Business deck sections · Core
Customer slide
Also called: customer overview slide
ELI5
The slide that explains who the customer is.
Used in conversation
“The customer slide should separate users from economic buyers.”
Definition
A slide defining target customers and sometimes naming current or representative accounts.
Here “Customer slide” means: A slide defining target customers and sometimes naming current or representative accounts.
Pitch context
You will see “Customer slide” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches business deck sections.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business deck sections without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- U.S. Small Business Administration — Write your business planSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- Y Combinator — YC Startup Library — fundraising and pitching resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Small Business Capital Formation GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16