OnStartups
MARCH 24, 2021
During the first week of that class, we all had to do a short pitch of a startup idea and convince our classmates to join our “startup”. I pitched a startup called “HubSpot”, which ended up being one of the ideas chosen. Note: this is not investment advice). Q: How should I pitch my startup to you? Not so fast.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2023
Young looks back at “five key failure points” that are common potholes on every founder’s path and shares tactical advice for addressing internal conflict, losing product-market fit and other stumbles. “If these reflections help even one founder make one less mistake, I would consider this effort worthwhile.”
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC “ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. 2006 was the last time I went out to raise venture capital. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. I had multiple term sheets to do my Series A financing.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 19, 2009
On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 22, 2010
File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral. I wasn’t trying to pitch a tightly controlled message about my company. It was Robert’s show.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers. It’s that simple. Many term sheets ensued.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice (although this also applies tightly with Raising Venture Capital ). Any deal – ANY DEAL – that was pre 9/11 was suddenly in question. ABC: Always Be Closing.
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