Hey! I have applied to an entry level investment associate in a venture capital firm in my country. As part of the process they will send me some real pitch decks and I will need to do 1-pager investment thesis for each one. I have never done that in the past. Can you please guide me? Is there a template or format I should use? Tips & things to be mindful of will be extremely helpful!

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Main things you want to address in 1 pager. Can be a headline with bullets under each. Most formats you find will follow something similar to below.

- Company Overview: highlight the industry, problem, and solution they’re selling. Outline why their market exists. Mention founder, their background.

- Product: what is it they’re selling? How does it work? What specifically does it solve? What’s the GTM?

- Market: what’s the end market? How big is it? Is it growing?

- Competition: how saturated is the market? Are they best in class? How do they compete?

- Team: who’s building the product? Have they been successful before? What are their qualifications?

- strengths / risks: what are the key strengths/value prop? What are risks?

Recommendation: would you invest based on above factors? Why or why not?

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Just did my investment thesis and landed the gig. My paper was longer but things I focused on: company overview, what the problem they’re solving is, approach to solving the problem, size of the opportunity / market, competitive landscape overview, risks of investing, further items for due diligence

You obviously need to cut some out but this is the framework I used

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