8 min read
Why the storyline gets approved before the pitchbook is built
Every deck tool automates the formatting half. The expensive half is the argument, and on a pitch it is decided in ten minutes by an MD who never opens PowerPoint.
Modelling practice, review checklists, and what actually changes when the work turns around faster.
8 min read
Every deck tool automates the formatting half. The expensive half is the argument, and on a pitch it is decided in ten minutes by an MD who never opens PowerPoint.
6 min read
The numbers already exist in the model. What the memo adds is a case. Re-keying the outputs into slides is where the errors get in.
5 min read
A median an LLM recalled is silently wrong on a client page. Why trading-comp arithmetic belongs in deterministic code and never in a model's head.
7 min read
Covenant tables, sources and uses that balance, and a downside case, assembled from the filing and the model rather than last deal's template.
6 min read
Twenty portfolio companies, one house format, four weeks after close. Where the time actually goes, and which parts are genuinely repeatable.
5 min read
A deck that is 90% on-brand costs more to fix than one built from the master. What .potx fidelity means beyond matching the colours.