raise-pitch

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raise-pitch

description

Use to prepare for pitching — full-spectrum prep in one skill. With no fund, it runs the stress-test: ten lethal questions a hostile VC would ask (know what to defend) and ten strongest signals a champion would champion (know what to lead with). With a fund, it builds a timed meeting plan with segment scripts, preemptive answers to that fund's diligence questions, and red-flag rebuttals. Use when asked to "prep me to pitch", "stress-test my pitch", "destroy my startup", "what are my strongest signals", or "prep for the meeting with <fund>".

raise-pitch — stress-test, then choreograph the room

Two modes, one skill. Run it without a fund early, to find out what you can't defend and what you should lead with. Run it with a fund before a booked meeting, to walk in with the room choreographed.

Invocation

raise-pitch            # general stress-test (devil + angel)
raise-pitch <fund>     # fund-specific meeting prep

Steps

1. Load context. Read .spine/raise/profile.md (stop → raise-init if absent). If a fund was named, also read .spine/raise/funds/<slug>/dossier.md (if missing, tell the founder to run raise-match <fund> first for fund-specific prep, or run the general stress-test instead).

2. General mode (no fund) — write .spine/raise/pitch.md:

   • The devil — ten lethal questions. In the voice of a contemptuous, seen-it-all VC, derive the ten hardest questions from this profile — the specific traps, not generic diligence. For each: the question phrased to sting, why it kills you (the exact vulnerability), and what a real answer looks like (the rebuttal framework).
   • The angel — ten strongest signals. In the voice of a partner who champions deals, surface the ten most under-rated strengths in the profile. For each: the signal as they'd say it in the partner meeting, why it wins the room, and how to amplify it.
   • The questions you can't answer in 30 seconds are the gaps to close first — say so.

3. Fund mode (with fund) — write .spine/raise/funds/<slug>/pitch.md:

   • A timed agenda for the meeting length (default 15 min) across ~8 segments.
   • Segment scripts — what to say, what to show, what not to say, per segment.
   • Preemptive answers to every diligence question in the fund's dossier, each with an "if they push" follow-up.
   • Red-flag rebuttals — a one-liner for each risk the dossier raised.
   • The ask — exact amount, the 90-day plan, the leave-behind action.
   • Meeting discipline — three rules for controlling the room.

4. Report. Point onward: general → close the undefendable gaps, then raise-outreach <fund>; fund → rehearse this, then attend; debrief with raise-debrief <fund> the same day.

Spine I/O

• Reads: .spine/raise/profile.md; .spine/raise/funds/<slug>/dossier.md (fund mode).
• Writes: .spine/raise/pitch.md (general) or .spine/raise/funds/<slug>/pitch.md (fund).

Notes

• Run the general stress-test before outreach — full-spectrum prep is knowing what to defend and what to lead with.
• Fund prep is for rehearsal, not the room: print it, rehearse it, then leave it behind. The meeting is a conversation, not a recital.