TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to respond!

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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. According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark : Go-to-market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 29, 2015

As part of our firm’s rebranding strategy for McKenzie Pitch Partners, which was anchored by the publication of founder Hamish McKenzie’s new book, we held an innovative event in New York City that showcased Hamish’s philosophy in action. Honing their strategies and stories with Hamish, both got their best pitches together.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Based on my experience, here’s how to avoid making the most common mistakes deep tech founders make when pitching investors: Work on your storytelling. Make your pitch tailored to what excites venture capital investors and avoid what does not. Put your presentation to the “grandma” test. Highlight your big vision.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 1. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 2.

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StartupNation

MAY 31, 2021

A business pitch is a presentation put together to entice an investor or group of investors. The goal of your pitch is to secure funding to proceed with your value proposition so you can take your idea to the market. I have reviewed many pitch decks in my day, and I have seen both the base and the STRONG method raise real money.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Many founders start by building a 10-slide pitch deck, but AR car hardware company WayRay’s Series C presentation contained 75 slides. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Time-tested tactics for building investor presentations.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

There are typically 10 or so companies that present and not many more. For the rest of you who missed Pear’s demo day this year, which took place last week in person at the outfit’s new headquarters in Menlo Park, California (Pear has taken over a former beer garden), herewith are the nine teams that presented. trillion.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The average new business pitch costs $450,000. You can’t afford to lose a pitch or (even worse) win a pitch that’s not the right fit for your business. So lets start with these six elements of a pitch response: Values: Your team aligns with the Brand’s value system. Process: Leading a pitch from end to end.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Having read all of this, I was curious to see how a company tells the above story in the form of a pitch deck to investors. And, perhaps most notably, which parts of the story don’t show on the pitch deck. Cover slide — Commercial and growth strategy. Slides in this deck. Closing slide. Three things to love.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

But in too many communities entrepreneurship is an underutilized and underleveraged strategy for economic growth. In my role as an ecosystem builder in Sacramento, I’m doubling down on my efforts to raise awareness about entrepreneurship and ecosystem building as an economic development strategy to civic and business leaders in our region.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s no magic formula for creating a winning pitch deck, which is why most of the articles we run on this topic continually emphasize the fundamentals. Venture capitalists are like judges at a gymnastics competition: Each pitch will be assessed for its technical quality and difficulty, but execution and artistry is just as important.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC.&#. I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. Many people agreed and added that even the best sales meetings are also discussions and not pitches. Both presenters are anonymized.

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StartupNation

JULY 1, 2021

Even if you’ve landed on a winning idea for a new app, you’ll need a strategy to get downloads and regular, sustained usage in a highly competitive market. Here’s a growth strategy that’s proven to work in the competitive app market: Develop an app you would use. You’re not just an app developer ; you’re also an app user.

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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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Dream It

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Most VC investors see hundreds, if not thousands, of startup decks and pitches each year. In this article, we’ll outline Managing Partner Steve Barsh’s top 5 things investors wish startup founders knew when reaching out, sending a deck, or pitching a VC. What’s Your Problem? What’s Your Go To Market? direct, online, B2C, B2B).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

But I was uncertain about presenting it publicly. When I’m invited to participate in a round of pitching to potential investors, it’s more often than not part of a company’s marketing strategy around proving to the world that they care about equity for women. I knew I couldn’t hold this data for just my clients.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

At TechCrunch Early Stage, she led a session on how to nail your virtual pitch meeting. Conversation > Pitching. One of the greatest shifts in the pitch landscape during the pandemic was the nature of meetings themselves. Justworks’ Series B pitch deck may be the most wonderfully simple deck I’ve ever seen.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I believe in this so much that, despite my post advising you to be prepared for the *norm* in VC, I wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. Be ready to map your presentation to their preferred method.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The competition adds to MidAmerica’s education and workforce strategy to create a homegrown talent pipeline and foster connections between local students and the 80 established employers located within the Park,” MidAmerica’s Director of Workforce Development Scott Fry said. “The MidAmerica Cup Award Winners Best Overall 1.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Every startup needs both a business plan and an investor presentation, completed before you formally approach any investors.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Reciprocal marketing is a marketing strategy in which two businesses agree to promote each other’s products or content for mutual benefit. In this article, we will look at how startups can apply the reciprocity principle as part of their overall growth strategy. How to apply the reciprocity strategy. Social media.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

His strategy for selling in 2009 is relevant to any economic downturn. In this episode of #DreamitLive , Moore discussed the challenges we are confronted with in a downturn and the unique challenges COVID-19 presents. Luckily, the strategy can be broken down into 3 steps. What keeps them up at night? What are they ignoring?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

BARGAINING FOR ADVANTAGE: NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES FOR REASONABLE PEOPLE. PITCH ANYTHING: AN INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR PRESENTING, PERSUADING, AND WINNING THE DEAL. He incorporates research results from neuroeconomics, which reveals how the brain functions when making a decision and reacting to a pitch. RICHARD SHELL.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The best business plans are stories, and the best pitches are stories. Pitch tip: don’t start with a boring introduction; start with a slide showing a great picture, nothing else, and use that picture to tell your story. It’s well worth the time and money for anybody who ever talks to a business meeting, let alone an investor pitch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Led by Jan Heybroek, the closed, coached conversations facilitate shared experiences around one presenter’s specific business challenge in a deep-dive presentation format. Never share your exit strategy with venture capitalists. Use these resources to understand how your company will look when you pitch a VC or angel.

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Dream It

JUNE 2, 2021

They think they’re doing everything correctly when they pitch, but there’s a subtle yet critical flaw -- they’re pitching, but not telling a compelling and believable “story.” Thinking of your pitch as a story will help you shape and deliver something that is so much more powerful and convincing than just a “pitch.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

But for enterprise software startups, this presents a special problem. Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?”

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Traction is one of the most important elements to nail when pitching investors. From pre-revenue early traction to post-revenue momentum, this Dose will teach you the ins and outs of presenting traction to investors. When should I present my traction slide during the pitch? How do I drip in traction throughout my pitch?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Develop a compelling pitch deck for potential funding opportunities. By the end of the program, participants will have a polished pitch presentation ready to attract investors and funding. At the culmination of the 10-week program, participants will have the opportunity to pitch their business ideas before a panel of judges.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

The short answer is that you should have multiple versions of your “pitch deck” (a short, visual presentation in Keynote, PPT or similar and shared as a PDF) and each occasion has a specific goal. During the Meeting One last pitch for why you should send the teaser deck in advance. A great meeting is a debate, not a pitch.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve gathered insights from Co-Founders and CEOs who have faced these hurdles head-on, sharing their experiences and strategies. Our strategy was to guide them in balancing the technical brilliance of their product with a strong, clear business proposition. By showcasing a working model, we made the vision more concrete.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We have more than 80 presentations (and counting) on tap. Head to the agenda and plan your strategy. You can also catch Startup Alley founders pitching to TechCrunch staff. Look for the Startup Pitch Feedback Sessions scheduled over all three days. Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know all of this because every VC knows this because we’ve all either funded companies that have marketing technology or we’ve seen a pitch with a company that does this. Your pitch deck should really be your best marketing tool Your pitch deck shouldn’t contain your deepest, darkest secrets and plans.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Follow-on funding is harder to come by, but seed-stage founders who have a strong idea and good presentation skills can still close rounds. Five Flute’s founders shared their slightly redacted pitch deck with us. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Julie Gionfriddo, director of advisory services at Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP, wrote an overview for TC+ that weighs the benefits and drawbacks of fundraising with convertible notes , along with some strategies for getting started. You may need more than one pitch deck. The presentation deck. The send-ahead deck.

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