Names of people who recommended included for context

DIY resources:

• https://pitch.com/ (Amanda Calabrese - their templates are amazing and makes any deck look professionally designed)
• https://gamma.app/generate AI pitch decks generator (Peter Lowe - kind of interesting AI pitch deck generator that can help with insp)
• https://www.beautiful.ai/presentation-software - another AI pitch deck generator 
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p6Q-dt-6VMH1Gn995khD1Y5GmK6fpBAT/view?usp=sharing (Nicholas Chen - 90-minute masterclass Jack Zerby did, if you want to save $ and try making the deck yourself)
• https://designerfund.notion.site/Designer-Fund-Pitch-Deck-Resources-341028462e3f4552b83e6a14471256b2?pvs=4 (Jaireh Tecarro - designerfund also gave a talk last week that I found helpful, good resources at the bottom)

Individuals / consultants:

• Otto Pohl - narrative & storytelling https://corecommunicationsconsulting.com/ (Dave Maltz)
• Chris Ruprecht - https://christophruprecht.myportfolio.com/ - deck design. (Dave Maltz - investor rec, still early in work relationship)
• Purin Phanichphant - MFA '11 - purincess@gmail.com - takes on freelance design projects
• Stacey Estrella - stacey@humanifestostudios.com - (Eric and Sue Johnston - She is experienced working with companies at many different stages, I’d recommend her to anyone needing to craft a compelling message.) 
• Jack Zerby - deck design - https://www.designfordecks.com/services/done-for-you (Nicholas Chen - Jack Zerby makes great pitch decks)
• Mindy Phung - phung.mindy@gmail.com - deck design, has design and eng experience 
• Gloria Pu - gloria.m.pu@gmail.com - (Chris Miksovsky - We had good results with Gloria Pu, t I think she’s worked on everything)
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Firms / companies:

• https://www.presentationmode.co/ - mentioned by Nicole Kahn, Pratap Ganapathy, and Jamaal Montasser: founded by ex-ideo designers
• https://smackhappy.com/  - (Dave Maltz - only used them thus far for web design services, but they offer a lot more)