TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

If you haven’t booked your pass yet, hurry! He will also address common challenges that nontechnical founders may encounter when building their founding team and offer practical strategies for overcoming them. The doors to TechCrunch Early Stage (Boston Edition) open in just three days, and we cannot wait to meet and greet you!

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2021

There’s been an emergence of “pre-accelorator” or “people accelorator” programs—experiences that you can buy your way into with cash, as opposed to potentially valuable future equity, that replicate the education and network provided by the likes of YCombinator. But what about the network? Social development or “Campus life” - Parties!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

In MyEO groups, you can: • Gather a group for a poker night • Sail with EO members in the Caribbean Sea • Learn how to write and publish a book • Enjoy a whiskey-tasting tour • Learn and share industry-specific knowledge. With 568 MyEO interest and industry groups in the EO network database, there is truly something for everyone.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

However, don’t forget that most likely, angels you’re pitching to want to offer their best advice and be part of your journey to success and changing the landscape of an industry. Jason advises that you should not base your strategy on outliers. Angels want to be affiliated with winning teams. How do you attract angel investors?

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies. He talks to AsiaTechDaily about the firm’s investment strategies, the fundraising journey, and other points. We pitch to investors without requiring them to commit to a blind pool.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Greg Satell was interviewed on the You Are Not So Smart podcast (excellent, highly recommended) about his book Cascades. Its the Network, Stupid For me the author did a great job of expanding on an idea I first learned from Seth Godin’s book Idea Virus , more than 20 years ago: it is all about the network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TechCrunch Events Networking Platform Mobile App is now available. Web-Based Networking Platform: The web version of the networking platform can be accessed via an activation email sent to attendees’ inboxes. How to Use Your “Perfect Pitch” to Gain Partnerships and Grow Your Startup , with Dell for Startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

In exchange for 14 weeks of help with everything from product-market fit to the go-to-market strategy a team should employ, the startups in Pear’s accelerator program give Pear the right to invest from $500,000 to $750,000 in each team at a valuation that it caps at $10 million. Founders: Pol Hevia (CEO), Joaquim Tresserra (CTO).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

Or, as I covered this week, a tool for startups that lets companies simultaneously blast out the same application — or pitch — to multiple angel and pre-seed investors. Afore’s take on the idea is to help founders rapidly pitch expert investors while also helping those investors get differentiated deal flow on a consistent basis.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 31, 2021

Related: How to DIY Your Public Relations Strategy During COVID-19. Or you can pitch yourself as a workshop guest to the owner of a popular Facebook group or YouTube show. Think of this as a networking opportunity and a way to grow your referral network. Collaborate with competitors and similar businesses.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Read books, listen to podcasts, pay for courses you think will be beneficial, have a coach or mentor, listen to others who have more experience, watch videos, train your mind, and go to networking events. “Try to test and prove out your go-to-market strategy, before launch.” . “Never stop learning.”

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. Jaia Robotics Inc. Lenoss Medical Lenoss Medical Inc. management.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Our favorite gift would be “more hours in the day” and “a week of sleep,” but failing that, perhaps some hot chocolate and a three-hour uninterrupted block of time to read books would be magnificent. Banish vanity metrics from your startup’s pitch deck. Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3. Startups and VC.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. She previously founded Dress for Success, a network that empowers women to thrive both professionally and personally, and Crisis Textline, a non-profit that provides crisis intervention support via text. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? Eliminate distractions.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

She told of the teaching of the Talmud – a book which scholars use to debate doctrine and from which Jewish people are reminded to always learn and to debate. What is the right organizational strategy for a large UK conglomerate to operate more effectively? That was an awesome project and the answer was quantifiable.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. Extends network dramatically. Fundraising.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Inevitably, his side hustles flowed from curiosity and generosity, and from his network, especially his co-working hub. “I He read a New York Times article on the adult coloring book craze, and thought, “I could do this. That included the ideal platform to make it a subscription business, the right tool to create the coloring books.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What challenges and success the initiative booked in the first six months, and how COVID-19 impacted the project. We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I followed her writing and bought her AOL book back in 1999. Does that make it a viable strategy for every new entrepreneur? When someone comes in to pitch me, I always ask them to tell me the "origin story". Call it simplistic and naive, but being who you are, in my book, is always a winning strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

They pitched on a Wednesday. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. She debates manufacturing strategies. When you think about physical stickers and activity books every parent can understand. Turns out Punky was a childhood hero for Tasha. That’s cute. We had them a term sheet the same week.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. Extends network dramatically. Fundraising.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Initially, Zar and his team wanted to build the “Rocket Mortgage of commercial real estate lending,” but found that to be difficult because real estate brokers are putting together their own pitch books for lenders. You need an advantage to network and find great deals. This is a good time to start a proptech company.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2023

Recently, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures hosted our Pre-Series A Offsite —a one day single track conference that matched 60 top startups planning their Series A round within the next 12 months or so with 15 Series A check-writers for a day of panels, networking and small group working sessions. Curation also affects who’s willing to headline.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

Being unwilling to listen to that is foolish, because it’s good information—and it’s networking 101. but in the end you should know exactly who your best few hundred (or more) potential networking leads are, and follow them. Can you imagine them talking about it later at a networking event?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

1) Don’t hoard your idea, share it freely The 2010 drama, the Social Network , depicted every entrepreneur’s worst fears. Against the advice of my law-school friends (who had seen the Social Network ), I shared the idea with anybody who would listen. The universe must have been tired of hearing my pitch. Let’s dive in. (1)

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

On April 27 she’s speaking on TechCrunch Live to share her strategy that allowed her company to raise funds from less traditional VCs. Check out Kerrest’s podcast and upcoming book with the same titles: “Zero to IPO.” The interview begins at 12 pm PT followed by the TCL Pitch Practice at 12:30 pm PT.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

On April 27 she’s speaking on TechCrunch Live to share her strategy that allowed her company to raise funds from less traditional VCs. Check out Kerrest’s podcast and upcoming book with the same titles: “Zero to IPO.” The interview begins at 12 pm PT followed by the TCL Pitch Practice at 12:30 pm PT.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2022

On April 27 she’s speaking on TechCrunch Live to share her strategy that allowed her company to raise funds from less traditional VCs. Check out Kerrest’s podcast and upcoming book with the same titles: “Zero to IPO.” The interview begins at 12 pm PT followed by the TCL Pitch Practice at 12:30 pm PT.

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Sapphire Ventures’ Top 10 tips for pitching an LP . Tips to write a great venture fund pitch deck. Ha Duong: How Emerging Venture Capital Fund Managers Should Think About Their LP Fundraising Strategies. Venture Capital Pitch Deck: What VCs raised with to get capital to invest in startups. Here’s the Deck.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

For example, Jason Calacanis shares in his book Angel the compensation structure for Sequoia’s Scout program: 45% of returns are given to the Scout, 50% to Sequoia, and the remaining 5% to a bonus pool for other Scouts in the program. If you love the team and traction, you can pitch them to join them as an advisor or cofounder. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Like always, each episode features an entrepreneur presenting their early pitch deck along with the investor who funded the company. We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching. Presented by J.P.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

My largest investor was a financial firm that invested in my prior funds to get into the VC business—and in the six years since they first invested, they had built out a team and a strategy that no longer involved doing much seed. I was there for the first Etsy VC pitch meeting in a Fort Greene apartment.

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StartupNation

JULY 11, 2021

When I fail with a big project, not landing a new client I’ve been pitching, under-deliver on the results I was expecting, or when I get down about a cold email campaign that went completely unanswered, I always limit the amount of time I allow for being discouraged, to no more than an afternoon. Don’t make excuses—hustle hard.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Like Salesforce, HubSpot also has a significant (albeit smaller) network of integration partners. iPhone address book. social network profiles (e.g., We are setting up the following process: every time a company mails us their pitch or further information, we send to a special email, e.g., inbound(@)versatilevc.com.

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Reforge

AUGUST 8, 2022

He began his career in nonprofit education, first as a classroom teacher and then with charter school networks, scaling marketing and operations to fuel growth. Much like picture books and science fair trifolds from elementary school, the visual style of a slide deck was an engaging way to demonstrate what you learned. Slide decks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 25, 2018

Written for EO by Peter Kozodoy , partner and chief strategy officer at Gem Advertising and an EO New York member. . Many of those strategies—like offering a guarantee, perfecting your pitch and constantly revisiting your funnel—have been written about extensively before. Explore EO. .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should. Abigail Rogers-Berner, Content Strategy, Bionic , wrote, “Our social media platforms serve very different purposes.

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