While I was unable to present the pitch deck due to getting sick, I learned a lot through creating and practicing the deck. It was interesting to put together concepts like TAM/SAM/SOM in the context of our product pitch and plans, as well as to actually break down what we were doing. The practice of taking our ideas and refining them until they are easy to understand for others was also important for us to understand what we were doing ourselves. Through the deck creation, I think we better grasped the how, what, and why of our product.
I also learned about the timeliness and importance of understanding each others’ work. Since we divided up the deck, we knew little about the slides that weren’t ours. When I was too sick to come to class, I then had to prep notes for my teammates covering for me. However, because I knew a lot about what I had prepared, I ended up leaving out details that my teammate needed. They did a great job regardless, and I learned the importance of communicating and explaining the details of my work to others, especially my teammates.
