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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. Founders hit the street with their pitch deck, some make it, and some don’t, but nearly all of them ascribe a lot more human influence over the process than there probably is. I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. I don’t have enough traction.

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Out There Bets and Insider Games: The Social Barriers to Funding Big Ideas

This is going to be BIG.

Below is a link to the pitch video. There wasn’t any context around it—not exactly something I’d call a “pitch”. I explained that this wasn’t really a pitch because it lacked all sorts of context. Having been called out, I set up a meeting—but I didn’t do it to take a charity pitch. Who was the team?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC demo days, pitching warm up drills, Kentucky’s Bitcoin miners

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For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. To cut through the noise, he recommends that founders create a “teaser trailer” to share with their network before they begin approaching angels and VCs. The pandemic put a stop to that, however.

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Hear from Contrary Capital and AtoB on TechCrunch Live today

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AtoB’s integrated financial platform is like Stripe for transportation, says Harshita Arora, co-founder of AtoB. Today at TechCrunch Live, we’ll talk to Tarcyznski and Arora about that idea, as well as: How much pedigree plays into a VC’s decision to invest. PDT for networking and the interview starts at 12:00 p.m.

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Top five reasons students should attend TC Sessions: Mobility

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Whether you are an undergraduate student with a startup idea or an MBA candidate building your company, TC Mobility offers students the opportunity to connect and collaborate with the industry leaders, investors and operators responsible for driving transportation innovation. 2: Build or expand your network. 5: Tickets are just $75.

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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility 2022

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TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Founders – apply here.