u/SparkSignal

We all know the pain — you pour weeks into your pitch deck, send it to dozens of investors, and get... crickets. Or the classic “not the right fit right now” with zero explanation.

No insight into what actually landed, what confused people, or what red flags killed your chances.

So I’m curious — how are other founders getting useful feedback on their pitches?

• Cold outreach to investors?
• Friends & family (brutally honest ones)?
• Accelerators / incubators?
• Paid coaches / consultants?
• Online communities or “roast my deck” threads?
• AI tools?
• Something else?

What’s worked best for you? What hasn’t? Any horror stories or game-changing moments where feedback completely leveled up your deck and fundraising?

Would love to hear real experiences (especially from anyone who’s recently raised or iterated multiple times).

Thanks in advance!

(For context — I’m building something to help close this exact feedback gap, so all input is gold.)

We all know the pain — you pour weeks into your pitch deck, send it to dozens of investors, and get... crickets. Or the classic “not the right fit right now” with zero explanation.

No insight into what actually landed, what confused people, or what red flags killed your chances.

So I’m curious — how are other founders getting useful feedback on their pitches?

• Cold outreach to investors?
• Friends & family (brutally honest ones)?
• Accelerators / incubators?
• Paid coaches / consultants?
• Online communities or “roast my deck” threads?
• AI tools?
• Something else?

What’s worked best for you? What hasn’t? Any horror stories or game-changing moments where feedback completely leveled up your deck and fundraising?

Would love to hear real experiences (especially from anyone who’s recently raised or iterated multiple times).

Thanks in advance!

(For context — I’m building something to help close this exact feedback gap, so all input is gold.)

Talked to a bunch of founders over the last few months and kept hearing the same thing: they send their pitch out into the world and get nothing back. No score, no feedback, no clue what's actually broken. Just silence.

So I made a free pitch scorer. Paste your pitch, get a score + a breakdown of what's weak in ~30 seconds. No signup, no email wall, no "book a demo" nonsense.

It won't get you funded. But it'll tell you the stuff investors are thinking and won't say to your face.

Would love brutal feedback — is this actually useful or just noise? Drop your score in the comments and roast mine back.