As you think about your next fundraise, it’s critical to take a look inside an investor’s mind — to see what they see when they look at your startup.

After building hundreds of our own decks and seeing many thousands more, we have a clear understanding of what’s best-in-class and what’s not.

We’ve organized our insights for creating a world-class pitch deck into a library for Founders:

1. The 4 Types of Pitch Decks & The 6 Things A VC Needs to Know, featuring James Currier at NFX
2. The Common Thread That all Great Pitch Decks Have, featuring Pete Flint at NFX
3. Startup Pitch Deck Template: Team, Market and Product, featuring Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX
4. 2 Ways Your Team Will Standout to VCs, featuring Pete Flint at NFX
5. Capturing The Essence of Your Business in One Sentence, featuring Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX
6. The 4 Ingredients of a Great 1-Liner, featuring James Currier at NFX
7. How VCs Evaluate Startup Timing, featuring Pete Flint at NFX
8. The 3 Strongest Kinds of Timing Arguments for Founders, featuring James Currier at NFX
9. New Markets and Evaluating The Speed of the Market, featuring Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX
10. Why The Size of the Problem is More Critical than The Size of the Market, featuring Pete Flint at NFX
11. Always Asks Founders How Their Business Model Will Evolve at Scale, featuring Pete Flint at NFX
12. How NFX Evaluates Business Models of Early Stage Startups, featuring Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX
13. The 1st Question that VCs Want to Know About Your Traction, featuring Pete Flint at NFX
14. Communicating Traction with KPIs, featuring Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX
15. Using the Ladder of Proof to Prove Your Traction to VCs, featuring James Currier at NFX
16. Transforming Rejection into an Opportunity to Build Relationships with VCs, featuring Pete Flint at NFX

Founders who understand the mentality of investors and the winning features in successful decks will raise more money—faster—and at better terms.