{"id":18530,"date":"2024-02-06T07:12:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T07:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/saasboomi\/?p=18530"},"modified":"2024-05-16T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:25:15","slug":"freshworks-pitchdeck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/saasboomi\/saas\/build\/freshworks-pitchdeck\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshworks: The deck has to tell a story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freshworks: The deck has to tell a story | PitchCraft\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDTum6BRKdo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first episode of PitchCraft, Moneycontrol\u2019s Chandra Srikanth speaks to Girish Mathrubootham, Founder and CEO of Freshworks, and Shekhar Kirani, partner at Accel, as they deconstruct Freshworks&#8217; first pitch deck which helped them secure the initial round of funding from Accel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The power of storytelling is at the heart of this episode; as Girish emphasizes that a pitch deck should clearly articulate the problem the startup is trying to solve, how the solution will be executed, and why the team is well-equipped to win in the segment the firm operates in. 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