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What’s Standing Between You and the Yes?
No speaking fee ($0)
Keynote·Under 1 hour·In person or virtual
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, and general corporate audiences.
Drawing on experience as an investor, CEO, and founder advisor. Vicki explores why seemingly strong proposals stall and what earns conviction across the table. Through live audience votes on short business scenarios and guided discussion, participants examine what would make them say yes, say no, or ask for more evidence.
Understand what investors, partners, and other decision makers need to believe before they commit.
Recognize the difference between generating interest and earning a decision.
Identify the unanswered question that could be holding back their own proposal.
Session details and terms
Promotion: Optional invitation, only if you agree. The Founder Hour: A closing slide describing my Founder Hour and a QR code, for a minute. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Vicki. A thank you email sent through the organizer.
A Good Business. But Would You Invest?
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Workshop·Half day·In person or virtual
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, next-generation leaders, and general corporate audiences.
Participants become the investment committee, working in small groups to assess three contrasting businesses, question their assumptions, and decide which, if any, they would fund. They then use AI to challenge their decisions, before debating which objections are meaningful, which are generic, and which require verification, guided by Vicki’s experience as an investor, CEO, and advisor. Finally, participants apply the approach to their own business or supplied case, exchange feedback, and develop a practical action plan.
Distinguish a business that can succeed from an investment that makes sense for a particular investor.
evaluate an opportunity through its potential return, risks, needs, and timing.
build an action plan to address the gaps that could prevent their own business from attracting investment.
Session details and terms
Promotion: Optional invitation, only if you agree. The Founder Hour: A closing slide with a QR code for The Founder Hour. About 1 minute. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Vicki. Thank you email sent through organizer.
About Vicki
Vicki Politis brings three perspectives to every business decision those of an investor a CEO and a founder advisor. She has led a listed company with 530 employees and a 175 million PNL and served as a principal at a 400 million venture capital firm. Today she leads DeckToVC, helping founders, build credible investment cases and navigate fundraising. Her clients have raised $17+ million across 15+ rounds. A Yale economics graduate, Vicki asks the questions others avoid and makes complex decisions clearer. Her sessions combine commercial realism, candid discussion, and practical tools for deciding what deserves your money, time and conviction.
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VIP fundraising help: 1:1 help with everything a founder needs to raise.
VC workshops: 3 hour workshops to work through the deck and investor outreach.
Founder Advisor: I work alongside the founder as an advisor, helping you set priorities, navigate growth and funding decisions and turn difficult trade offs into clear next steps through regular strategy sessions and support between meetings.
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