Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Through 2021, affiliates have been navigating this new normal, adapting to continuously changing circumstances and looking for creative ways to keep their resource partners and entrepreneurs engaged. Scores were based on presentation, marketability, and originality. Creative ideas were everywhere!

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 15, 2022

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM, the teams pitched their business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of $10,000! In addition, the zoom audience members had the opportunity to vote for their favorite presentation and awarded a cash prize of $1,000.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You’ll pitch a new client by e-mail or you’ll ask people you’ve worked with to recommend you. Given that, why wouldn’t you want to present something a little bit different—something that shows off your best thinking? A job could lack the potential for creativity you had hoped it would provide.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2023

“Creative Spark Industries” student team from Pryor High School wins highest honor Leaders from MidAmerica Industrial Park and i2E announce a team of three Pryor High School seniors are the top winners of the inaugural high school entrepreneurship program called the MidAmerica Cup.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Any advice or insights on how to present a strong case for an O-1A or EB-1A? Were you invited to judge a pitch competition, speak on a panel or mentor others based on your background, experience or skill set? I’m considering either having my startup sponsor me for an O-1A visa or self-petitioning an EB-1A green card. Take a listen!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. Because the videos show exactly what life would be like if a young Elon Musk came to pitch VCs today and said I want to transform P2P finance, get people driving electric cars and send a man to mars in our lifetime. He has now created Part II. It is also very funny but please watch Part I first.

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Impact Hub

MAY 27, 2024

The programme concluded with a pitch competition, awarding additional funding to three winners: $25,000 for first place, $10,000 for second, and product and partnership support for third. It was surreal and such an honour to win first place at adidas Community Lab Pitch Day.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

After rigorous evaluation, six outstanding contenders have emerged, each presenting groundbreaking solutions in diverse fields. Good Things Growing, founded by Joshua Zucal (Emporium, PA): Good Things Growing focuses on biochar production, presenting a dynamic solution for soil remediation and holistic health enhancement.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Tome co-founders Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani, former Instagram and Facebook product leads, are applying their creative spins to the dreaded slide deck. We’ve all seen great ideas fail in big companies because someone couldn’t present it or the idea wasn’t structured the right way,” Peiris added.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 19, 2022

Technology continues to level the playing field for innovators and creatives, providing new opportunities for ambitious entrepreneurs. Even if you lack name recognition or a proven track record, all hope is not lost — there are ways for creative entrepreneurs to ensure an idea breaks through. It just needs to be an idea worth hearing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

The pitch — it’s the single most important step you’ll take to get your startup where you want it to go. The challenge is saying enough to grab investor attention, yet being concise enough to turn the pitch into a conversation. That’s as true for a pitch deck as it is for a verbal pitch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We have more than 80 presentations (and counting) on tap. You can also catch Startup Alley founders pitching to TechCrunch staff. Look for the Startup Pitch Feedback Sessions scheduled over all three days. Rachael Wilcox, creative producer, Volvo Cars. Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

The main driver of the skew towards men getting venture capital, statistically, is that far more men are pitching. That means you actually have a *better* shot, statistically, of getting VC investment at these firms, statistically, once you actually pitch. Ellen Johnston of Makr has a decade of senior creative experience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim interviewed VCs and corralled data to present a detailed picture of Boston’s startup funding scene. Boston’s startup market is more than setting records in scorching start to year. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Boston is benefiting from larger structural changes to at least the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Positioned as a “micro-learning” platform,” Uptime presents five-minute “knowledge hacks” from books, courses and documentaries. The idea is to let you quickly “grasp ideas and insights from trusted authors, instructors, and creative minds,” without spending too much of your precious time.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 31, 2014

I’ve listened to thousands of fundraising pitches in my six years so far at Redpoint. I’ll never forget one meeting when the founders presented an entirely hand-drawn deck on 12 pieces of paper. The extent of founders’ creativity is hard to over-state. But what distinguishes the best pitches?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2016

In entrepreneurship, opportunities can present themselves in various ways. In my first job, I watched as other designers did the same things day in and day out with little pay; it can really zap you of your creativity. They helped me with my presentation, mentored me and taught me how to deliver my pitch in English.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 24, 2021

They thrive in the creative and risk-taking process. You don’t pitch to prospects because your slide deck needs additional work. You are servicing customers and clients you have presented to and closed. Are they presentable? You can be presentable and not have the most expensive handbag or shoes. Do they smile?

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While it is difficult to accurately forecast out over a long period, investors seek to know if the founder understands the financial essentials such as gross margins, customer acquisition costs, sales cycles and more that are specific to their industry and underly the projections being presented.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 3, 2022

Oral presentations were conducted at the OSU Discovery Center in Oklahoma City. Brown also won $1,000 in the 90-second Pitch Graduate Division, and Titan Charts was named the winner of another $1,000 for the Student Generated Interview award. Andrews also won the Small Business division 90-second Pitch award with a $1,000 cash award.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Perfect pitch: All competing startups get weeks of free training with the TC Startup Battlefield training squad. You’ll hone your presentations skills, polish your business model and pitch with cool, calm confidence come game day. Of course, you’ll make your pitch to, and then answer questions from, panels of expert judges.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. There’s the all-important pitch, creative sets, unexpected reactions by five seasoned investors and the possibility of scaling growth fast with a cash infusion and industry connections. Perfecting My Pitch. I went all in. It was fascinating.

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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. This presented a dilemma for my fledgling role as an angel investor. Creative Market : Acquired by Adobe.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2023

[link] 2/ Just because nobody likes your pitch doesn’t mean it won’t work. Mike Cessario was a creative director who worked at an advertising agency creating campaigns for some of the largest consumer brands in the world, including Nestle and Volkswagen. A strong brand is worth the extra time and creativity to develop.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Sir Ken Robinson’s ,“How Schools Kill Creativity” and the story of a little girl whose genius was unrecognized in school until she was allow do dance, and ultimately became a prima-ballerina, is simply unforgettable. The best book I’ve found on building compelling presentations is Nancy Duarte’ Resonate.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You want to make the most of your time at this one-day virtual intensive featuring interactive presentations with the mobility industry’s top movers, shakers and startup dream makers, amirite? Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent. Take your team to increase your ROI. If you want to go far, go together.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Here’s a handy how-to guide for everything you can expect at TechCrunch Disrupt presented by AT&T on October 18-20 in San Francisco at Moscone West (Oct. Each startup exhibits on all 3 days of the show in the expo hall, and the 20 finalists will pitch on the Disrupt Stage throughout several rounds during the show. 21 online).

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

“This includes cutting non-performing products, decreasing R&D and general and administrative expenses, and doubling down on creative strategies to recover customer acquisition cost instantly to reduce burn associated with growth.” Pitch Deck Teardown: Wilco’s $7 million seed deck. I wish more startups got this right!”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

All you need is a killer pitch, an MVP, nerves of steel and the drive and determination to take on all comers to claim the coveted Disrupt Cup. The TechCrunch editorial team reviews all applications and will choose roughly 25 stand-out startups to participate in tech’s top pitch competition. In round three — a.k.a.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I’m on the selection committee of our local Angels group, so I know that every CEO approaching our group for funding goes through ten minutes of creative “dancing,” to give us a basis for selecting startups that are most qualified and “ready” to proceed to the next level. Business casual is the standard for investor presentations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

So perhaps this kind of environment presents a very scrambled opportunity , pun intended.” Others saw a potential liquidity event as an opportunity to usher in a new generation of creative, and perhaps entrepreneurial, designers. Catch my interview with Kapor Capital’s past and present on day one. I’ll be there. Laid-off talent.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

I interviewed the past and present guard over at Kapor Capital. Here’s why it’s important: It’s a creative, but also surprising, partnership. I shook hands with Jamie Lee Curtis and stole interview tips from Kara Swisher. And Al Gore tried to recruit the entire audience to be more serious on combating climate change.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If you are an entrepreneur, startup founder or business owner wondering how you can best structure your pitch to acquire a VC investment, I offer some insight as to what my own process looks like when selecting a particular company or entrepreneur. Every entrepreneurial leader needs to be able to creatively think outside the box.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

That being said, the process isn’t too dissimilar to how you built your first budget, when your startup was just an idea, a pitch deck and a spreadsheet (you did build a budget when you first presented to investors, right?). Often, however, after that first budget is drafted, many companies shift to a traditional budgeting process.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

So the oft-elusive “elevator pitch” is instead replaced with a shorthand: “we are the Uber for X.” “We Often, that’s because they are presenting something that has already been commoditized as a still-new innovation or they are trying to replicate a platform for a much more niche or verticalized market. We are the Facebook for Y.” “We

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