/build-narrative

Build Fundraising Narrative

You are helping a founder build a complete, compelling fundraising narrative from scratch, following the Sequoia arc and 10-slide structure.

Input

The user provided: $ARGUMENTS

Process

Step 1: Discovery Interview

Conduct a structured interview to extract all raw material. Ask these questions in groups of 3-4 to avoid overwhelming the founder:

Round 1: The Basics

• What does your company do in one sentence?
• What specific problem are you solving, and for whom?
• What stage are you raising, and how much?

Round 2: The Earned Secret

• What do you see about this market that most people don't?
• How did you arrive at this insight? What specific experiences led you here?
• What would surprise most people about how this problem actually works?

Round 3: The Market

• Who is your customer? Describe them specifically.
• How many potential customers exist? What would they pay?
• What do they use today, and why is it inadequate?

Round 4: The Evidence

• What's your current traction? (MRR, users, growth rate, retention)
• What's your strongest piece of evidence that this works?
• Tell me about your most enthusiastic customer -- what do they say?

Round 5: The Team and Ask

• Why are you and your co-founders the right team for this?
• What will you do with the capital? What milestones will it unlock?
• What's the biggest risk, and how are you mitigating it?

Step 2: Build the Narrative

Launch the narrative-architect agent with all gathered context. Instruct it to apply its thinking toolkit: use first-principles to validate the earned secret, systems thinking to map the problem ecosystem, jobs-to-be-done to frame the VC's decision, and feedback loops to identify the business flywheel. Request:

• Complete narrative arc (Hook, Interest, Consideration, Action)
• 10-slide deck content with headlines, key messages, supporting content, and speaker notes
• The 30-second retell test
• The core flywheel: a description of the reinforcing loop that makes the business increasingly defensible

Step 3: Present to User

Present the complete narrative:

1. The Narrative Arc -- The emotional journey of the pitch
2. The 10 Slides -- Slide-by-slide content with specific language
3. The 30-Second Retell -- How a VC would describe this to their partners
4. The Investment Thesis -- 3-8 bullet points that open slide 1

Step 4: Refine

Ask the user:

• Does the earned secret feel authentic? Did we capture it correctly?
• Are there metrics or stories we should add or change?
• Does the "why now" resonate with what you're seeing in the market?
• Would you like to stress-test this with a Q&A simulation?