03
Aug
Mon
in-person
Pitch Deck Teardown LIVE: A Real VC Reviews a Real Founder's Deck, Yoko Okano, First Row Partners
Most pitch deck advice is generic. This isn't.
For one hour, you'll watch a seasoned VC open up a real founder's actual pitch deck - slide by slide - and react the way she would in a real partner meeting. No hypotheticals, no polished "after" version. Just an honest, live teardown of a deck that's out in the world right now.
The VC: Yoko Okano is the Founding Partner of First Row Partners, a women-led pre-seed firm in Seattle backing tech startups that empower individuals through technology. A former Google product leader and Stanford grad, she writes some of the first checks into companies and has seen countless decks from both sides of the table. She invests at the earliest, hardest stage to fund - where the story matters as much as the numbers.
What you'll get:
- A live, slide-by-slide review of a real seed-stage deck
- What a VC actually looks for - and what makes them lose interest
- The difference between a slide that "works" and one that raises questions
- Open Q&A: bring your own deck questions and pitch challenges
Whether you're actively fundraising, refining your story, or just want to understand how investors really read a deck, this is a rare look behind the curtain.
Speaker
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Yoko Okano
Founding Partner. First Row Partners.
Prior to founding First Row, Yoko was an active angel investor, earning taking leadership roles within groups like Grubstakes and Seattle Angel Conference.
Early in her career at Google, she worked on Google Books & News and launching ebooks on Google Play. She applied the learning from the immense operational scale of Google to her product-related roles at startups before embarking on the investing path full-time.
Yoko loves to dig into product-led growth and shortening an end user’s “time to delight.” She also has a deep passion for bringing more founders and funders into the ecosystem and balancing the power imbalance between the two sides of the table through education. She relishes discussions about fundraising strategy and narrative.
Yoko serves on the board Sustain Music, an organization that uses music as a way to connect - between genres, people and spaces.
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all founders,
not just ceo
People inclined to be Founders are a rare breed, and are hard to spot in society. We welcome ALL Founders, regardless of role, and generate proprietary profiles for every member so you can easily find your next team member or co-Founder.
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current founders
Regardless of where you are on your journey, Founders share a unique set of challenges. Hiring, leadership, managing investors, developing products, handling customer issues, external communications, etc. This community exists to amplify your success.
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TRANSITIONING FOUNDERS
So you’ve founded at least one company, and now you’re looking to refine your next great idea or find the perfect co-founder. Share and learn from a wide array of talented Founders in your area.
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CURIOUS FOUNDERS
Congratulations! You’ve found success as a Founder and are now getting curious about doing it again. Now you need to find the right idea and co-founder to excite you. Share your wisdom and passion while forming new bonds within the startup ecosystem in your area.
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