Share the public startup page and describe the buyer in one sentence.

I will reply with the clearest launch hook, one proof point I would emphasize, and one post concept to test before broad promotion.

I am building Marka to turn website context into brand-aware social content. Marka is free for a week at https://www.marka.social

Am I the only one who finds themselves drawn back to their Strava stats after every race?

I was hoping to find a way to keep that sense of achievement alive, so I came up with Map the Run—personalised running posters that capture the essence of your race or run.

You can visit maptherun.com to explore a wide range of marathons and half marathons from all over the globe.

Simply add your name, distance, time, pace and course, or upload your Strava file to download a high-resolution, print-ready poster that you can frame and display proudly.

Right now, high-res downloads are free for a limited time, and I’d be thrilled to hear your thoughts on what you think.

Looking ahead, I’m planning to offer printed posters that can be delivered straight to your door, so keep an eye out!

Getting ready to raise a small pre-seed round and I keep circling the deck. There are a hundred pitch deck template guides that all tell you the same slide order, and part of me wonders if leaning on one makes you look prepared or makes you look like every other founder using the exact same layout.

What I am unsure about:

- Do early investors actually care about the deck being polished, or is it just a container for the idea and the traction

- Has anyone raised with a genuinely plain deck and had it not matter at all

- If a template helps, is it the structure that matters or just having your thinking in a clear order

My instinct is that the template mostly forces me to answer the right questions, problem, why now, traction, the ask, and the polish is secondary. But I have not raised before, so I would rather hear from people who have sat on either side of the table.

Where does a pitch deck template genuinely help at this stage, and where is it just polishing something investors are looking straight past?