Stop Wasting 3 Hours on Your Next Pitch Deck. Do this instead.
It's Sunday afternoon, and instead of doing what you'd like to be doing, you're stuck indoors building an investor pitch deck. Jim shares an initially skeptical attitude towards Agentic AI into a practical experience that turned a spreadsheet and a few notes into a stunning, 10-slide investor presentation in the time it took to brew a coffee. This isn't just about saving time—it's about a fundamental shift in how founders work. Get your 500 free credits here: https://manus.im/invitation/VZILTLKC16ZSO
Chapter 1
Intro
Jim James
It’s Sunday afternoon. You should be with your family, or watching the game, or doing literally anything else. But instead, you’re staring at a blank slide, trapped. You’re in time draining, soul destroying black hole of building an investor pitch deck. We’ve all been there. But what if you could get your Sunday back, and end up with a better deck in the process? Stay with me.
Chapter 2
Main Story
Jim James
The reason it’s a trap is because creating an investor deck is forcing you to be a triple-threat: a data scientist, a graphic designer, and a master storyteller. It’s exhausting. And I’ve lost more Sundays to that trap than I care to admit. A few weeks ago, I was facing it again. I had a spreadsheet full of data for my TUNE Network and a clunky 8-slide PowerPoint. The familiar dread started to creep in. But this time, I decided to try something different. I’d been hearing about this Agentic AI tool, Manus, and honestly, I was skeptical. I thought, ‘Alright, let’s see what the hype is about.’
Jim James
So, I uploaded my files and gave it a simple prompt: "Create a 10-slide investor presentation." I walked away to make a coffee, half expecting to come back to a garbled mess. But when I sat back down, my jaw just… dropped. In less than five minutes, there was a complete, professional-looking deck. I actually laughed. It wasn’t just a template; it had turned my raw data into genuinely insightful charts. It had built a narrative.
Jim James
And here’s the part that really got me. I asked it to add a slide on investor risks. It didn’t just give me a blank page; it suggested a list of risks tailored to my business. It was like having a seasoned analyst sitting next to me. When I asked it to change the colors to my corporate red and black, it didn’t just change the background; it rebranded the entire deck instantly. Every chart, every heading. It was seamless.
Chapter 3
Reflection and Invitation
Jim James
Look, we can talk about the time saved, and yes, that’s huge. But this is about something deeper. It’s not about saving three hours of work; it’s about buying back three hours of your life. It’s the freedom from the grind. It’s the mental space to think about the big picture, not the alignment of a text box. That’s the real payoff. The AI handles the 'how,' so you can focus on the 'why.' You get to be the founder, not the frustrated designer.
Jim James
That’s the freedom I want you to feel. This isn’t just a new tool; it’s a new way of working. It’s about reclaiming your time and your creativity.
Jim James
So here’s my invitation to you, founder-to-founder: stop hearing about it and go feel it for yourself. If you want to see Manus.im in action, grab your 500 free credits and build something real with them, not something theoretical. See what it can do for your next project. The link is in the show notes.
Chapter 4
Outro
Jim James
That’s all for this episode of AI @ Work brought to you by The TUNE Network. Now, I'll stop talking and let you get back to your family, the gym, or where ever else you'd like to be rather than fiddling with powerpoint.