š Pitch Deck GPT
š¤ Hey, Iām Ivan. I write about how top 1% startups raise capital and grow.
Summary
š Pitch Deck GPT: GPT and Assistant API building 101.
š” Story-framing: the key to persuasive communication ft JosĆ© Luis AntĆŗnez.
šµĀ Iberian Deals: 10 startup deals in Spain (>ā¬40M).
š Pitch Deck GPT
Like half the world, Iāve been playing around a lot with OpenAI lately.
Whatās most impressive about this technology is how it lowers barriers to entry for developing a bunch of different skills - but also how fast it enables you to move.
As usual, the best way to learn is to try to build stuff, so hereās a quick 360 tutorial.
OpenAI: Beginner Vs Intermediate Mode
Easy Mode - GPT Builders: Cool, but largely gimmicky things. You can set them up very quickly, but canāt do much beyond OpenAIās designated playground.
Intermediate / Advanced Mode - Assistant API: This side is super interesting, basically the business building side. It allows you to do the same as GPT builder, creating an assistant, and make calls to it from pretty much wherever you want.
Level 1: GPT Builder
Lets build a startup pitch deck co-pilot GPT - to help founders with story-building.
Step 1 - Login to ChatGPT and subscribe to Pro ($20/month, worth it). Click on āexploreā, then āCreate a GPTā:
Step 2 - Create: give your GPT high-level instructions. Answer GPT Builderās questions, and give it a high-level mission, approach and tone. You can also ask it to design a quick logo through Dall-e.
Step 3 - Configure: click on the bottom right to expand the text box. Give specific step-by-step instructions following this schema:
Step 4 - Train: You can either upload PDF documents directly in the configure tab, or drag and drop them unto the prompt interface with an instruction to learn. To train Startup Pitch GPT I used both methods (sometimes the system still struggles to capture text from longer PDF files / images). You can also āCreate Actionsā - which lets your GPT retrieve information or take actions outside of ChatGPT - but lets keep it super simple for Level 1.
Step 5 - Deploy: Share it with the world by clicking on the top right Update to public button and voilĆ ! You have trained a GPT on YouTube, Facebook, Uber and other pitch decks + vc frameworks to help founders with their pitch decks.
š Try it, upload your pitch deck or slide.
Level 2: Assistant API
This is going to feel a little more in the weeds - but its worth it.
Imagine you own an ecommerce store - you want to build a virtual sales assistant.
You want this sales assistant to be trained on your sales material, your ICP, the types of products that might convert best and so on.
What the Assistant API lets you do is build your own GPT (using OpenAIās API) and breaking it free from the OpenAI gardens, so you can deploy it anywhere you want - effectively deploying an AI Sales Assistant on your site.
This looks more complicated than it is, but it is actually pretty simple. Hereās an attempt at simplifying this YouTube tutorial by Liam Ottley that will help you pick up this skill super fast:
Quick project: Startup Pitch Deck Assistant
For the sake of this tutorial, lets build a Startup Pitch Deck Assistant - a friendly chatbot that will help you build better pitch decks when you land on our website:
Step 1 - Setup Backend & Knowledge Base:
