This event is brought to you by Wildfire in partnership with Elevate Rapid City. 

A great pitch deck is more than just slides—it’s a powerful blend of data and storytelling. In this session, you’ll learn the science—the proven structure, essential content, and key metrics investors expect - alongside the art - storytelling techniques, design principles, and narrative flow that capture attention and build trust.

But this isn’t just theory. Attendees will participate in a live pitch deck teardown using an example deck, gaining real-time insights into what works and what doesn’t. Armed with this knowledge, you'll get hands-on time with Wildfire's new AI pitch assistant, which will analyze your own deck and provide personalized feedback to help you refine your deck and strengthen your investor appeal.

By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with a tested framework, expert feedback, and an AI-powered tool to transform your approach.

About the Speaker:

Mike Vetter

Mike has spent his entire career building software companies. He started his first software company out of his parents basement in college, and since that time has helped found, grow, and sell 6 SaaS companies. 

During his years building businesses, Mike has personally worked on each aspect of building a software company – marketing, sales (yes including cold calling), product architecture and development, and operations management, fund raising, and everything in between.

Mike earned a BS in Computer Science & Information Security from Dakota State University in Madison, SD. Mike is based in Brandon, SD with his wonderful wife and four children. Mike loves overlanding and backpacking with his kids in the most remote places. This is probably because Mike was born in Canada where wilderness is everywhere.

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