TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch deck. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 5 critical pitch deck slides most founders get wrong. Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires?

pitching 85

pitching accelerator frameworks advice 85

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In a TechCrunch+ guest post, he shared three fundamental pieces of advice for new founders. Klaviyo co-founder Ed Hallen’s 3 top pieces of advice for launching a startup. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A.

pitching 90

pitching mix-use advice entrepreneurship 90

TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In a comprehensive TC+ article, Slidebean co-founder and CEO Jose Cayasso shows how to create spreadsheets that will help scale teams, track expenses, identify KPIs and “understand how fast your company can grow.” opens in a new window) license.

pitching 84

pitching SaaS incumbents ventures 84

TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ET, M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar will join me on a Twitter Space to share his advice for fundraising during a downturn. ” 3 tips for biotech startups seeking non-dilutive capital to weather the downturn. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck.

angel investing 84

angel investing pitching capital investing 84

David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Realistic projections.

venture capital 52

venture capital VC capital ventures 52

TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Tapping into someone else’s experience is a tried-and-true method, which is why two-time Y Combinator participant Chris Morton wrote a guest post for Extra Crunch with advice for founders hoping to be accepted by the famed accelerator. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Ethan Choi, partner, Accel.

pitching 86

pitching venture capital SaaS strategy 86

StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture.

entrepreneurs 109

entrepreneurs pitching construction accelerator 109

David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Realistic projections.

venture capital 40

venture capital VC capital ventures 40

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 26, 2012

In venture capital, you say "no" a lot. I want your pitch to be the one I say yes to--and I want you to solve the inherent problems in your business model. Take pitches? This article on Groupthink reasons that: ".dissent When you say no a lot, you get good at it. It is your default response.

VC 397

VC pitching venture capital creativity 397

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn. I imagined a future Wing media arm with a TV channel, a venture capital fund… …and then it all came crashing down. But all this isn’t why you started reading this article, is it?

hospitality 351

hospitality real estate culture board 351

TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. On Monday, we’ll run columns with practical advice for exploring both of those scenarios. If you don’t, this TC+ guest post contains useful advice for budgeting, negotiating and strategizing to save your hard-won equity. “I know this company. Walter Thompson.

pitching 93

pitching advice VC venture capital 93

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital.

pitching 319

pitching media advice venture capital 319

TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “Decreased consumer confidence, inflated brand value, and a freeze in investment capital are creating a perfect storm,” says David Wright, co-founder and CEO of Pattern, an e-commerce accelerator. Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Walter Thompson.

pitching 79

pitching advice education energy 79

TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

As I’ve said previously, if your name doesn’t appear on the team slide of your company’s pitch deck, this is a time to be cautious: Update your resume, dial back your summer vacation plans and start adding more to your rainy day fund. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. This might take a little time.”.

VC 81

VC real estate advice pitching 81

TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

VC 81

VC frameworks mix-use pitching 81

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Inside the pitch deck that won Heartbeat Health’s first investment check. Image Credits: Kindred Ventures / Heartbeat Health.

strategy 90

strategy startup health advice 90

TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022. Alda Leu Dennis, general partner, Initialized Capital.

SaaS 99

SaaS pitching strategy capital 99

TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Because their conversation contains a lot of strategic advice for startups that haven’t yet made a marketing hire, we made it available on TechCrunch. How do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck? Image Credits: Khosla Ventures.

VC 99

VC pitching venture capital consulting 99

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. million valuation, the company’s founders shared their 12-slide pitch deck with TechCrunch for a review. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

pitching 79

pitching advice financing finance 79

TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. It could take a little bit longer than that, but not that much.”

startup 87

startup economic environments venture capital advice 87

TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. ” Thanks very much for reading.

pitching 98

pitching frameworks VC ventures 98

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 31, 2023

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss How to build businesses that withstand the AI revolution Why your pitch is making your startup seem too magical P.S. If you’re deep in the entrepreneurial trenches and have a story to tell, we’d love to read it (and publish it).

pitching 52

pitching disruption advice entrepreneurs 52

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com. Ask @YourProtagonist tomorrow, October 19 at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET during our Q&A (but please save your pitches to send over via email!) That is something we value a lot.”.

startup 77

startup venture capital media pitching 77

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue.

SaaS 113

SaaS startup pitching education 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. Or as the article on Y Combinator suggests, “is your accent too heavy?”

advice 361

advice VC pitching entrepreneurs 361

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As Rebecca Szkutak reported this week, SaaS startups that ignored this advice outperformed the ones that followed it. If someone offers you free business advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. In business, if someone’s offering you advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. Newbie in Newark.

advice 89

advice pitching SaaS frameworks 89

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. So, if you’re a female founder faced with the prospect of pitching to VCs — what steps can you take to set yourself up for success?

VC 123

VC startup leadership communities 123

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.

VC 274

VC venture capital pitching capital 274

David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

founder 74

founder investing investment venture capital 74

TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

A lot of my work as a consultant involves helping founders come up with a good fundraising story, but a surprising number of founders seem to get stuck on the next step: Finding the right investors and landing a meeting to pitch their companies. That’s a problem.

startup 82

startup pitching SaaS financing 82

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. They know how to build pitch decks. What stage? What price?

VC 347

VC advice pitching entrepreneurs 347

TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Over the last few days, we’ve published several articles recapping panels from last week’s TechCrunch Early Stage virtual conference. TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. Walter Thompson.

board 91

board pitching venture capital mix-use 91

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the decision has been made to go forward, there are very basic steps to setting up a business that formalizes the creation of the business and makes it operational which is addressed in a related article. Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score.

innovation 98

innovation entrepreneurship culture pitching 98

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

. “As per Jungle Ventures’ calculations, the total value of the region’s digital companies is around $340 billion today and is estimated to grow to $1 trillion by 2025,” says founding partner Amit Anand. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Dear Sophie: Any advice for living my dreams in Silicon Valley?

SaaS 82

SaaS pitching advice VC 82

TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

We’re also building a growing stable of podcasts focused on the most critical topics relating to the startup and venture capital worlds. There’s an audio-only version of TechCrunch Live hosted by Matt that features founders and investors discussing successful pitch decks. Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board.

venture capital 73

venture capital SaaS incumbents ventures 73

TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

To learn more about the state of the industry, Karan Bhasin interviewed four fintech investors : Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Frances Schwiep, partner, Two Sigma Ventures. Melissa Guzy, co-founder and managing partner, Arbor Ventures. Melissa Guzy, co-founder and managing partner, Arbor Ventures.

pitching 87

pitching capital ventures strategy 87

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. That’s what makes this a little bit different from articles you usually read about fundraising. A great way to get connected with potential investors is by participating in pitch competitions. Refresh again. Still nothing.

startup 102

startup VC pitching mentorship 102