Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

This process has been tested over 100 hours with 30+ potential co-founders — ultimately helping me co-found a project that has grown to 2000+ users in less than five months. With this in mind, I derived a five-step process for finding an ideal co-founder for my next adventure.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

THE ORIGIN I was the Founder & CEO of InboxDollars from 2000 to 2019. I learned something new with each pitch deck, each conversation with a Founder, each term sheet, each stock purchase agreement, each follow on financing, each exit event… Of course I expected that by angel investing I would learn about angel investing.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Drawing from his experience of leading startups through the dot.com implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar said it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive. Your fundraising pitch deck needs appendices. Your fundraising pitch deck needs appendices. When it’s OK to leave money on the table.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Even more interesting is that at GRP Partners (the VC firm where I’m a partner) our two most successful returns from our previous fund [which is ranked as the top performing fund in the country for its 2000 vintage according to Prequin] were both run by women! The latest entrepreneur who has been pitching me, Shahed Khan , is only 16!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Now it’s Scale Venture Partners ’ turn, announcing it secured $900 million in committed capital for its eighth fund, also its largest since forming in 2000. As such, the firm wanted to raise its fund sooner rather than later so if there were entrepreneurs pitching the firm in the fourth quarter, the fund was closed and ready.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. True story.)

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It’s also meaningless if they had four $200 million funds and the last one they closed was in 2000. Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. GRP’s last fund was in 2000. What is a VC fund?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Its big pitch is that it has built the tools to make it easy for companies to build their own training and learning materials, incorporating tests, videos, slide shows and more, and by making it easier for companies to build these themselves, the materials themselves become more engaging and less stiff.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. How do you prefer to receive pitches? If you study previous compression periods in the ecosystem (e.g.,

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2010

RSVP: [link] Wednesday, January 20th EVENT OF THE WEEK: 7PM Kevin Ryan & Henry Blodget: NYTech -10 +10 @ 92Y Tribecca The city's enhancement-free version of the "Bash Brothers" talk NYC Tech in 2000, 2010, and 2020. what is changing/what isn't -- what are we willing to bet on, and where are the wildcards.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 4, 2019

00:18 – Working at Google in 2000. 42:20 – Ronak Shah asks – What’s your best pitch to high-performing startups in the Bay Area to adopt more of human centered design (something that the government has been moving towards surprisingly well, but that some fast moving startups have neglected resulting in controversy).

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses. Baby Einstein grew revenues from $1 million in 1998 to over $10 million just a few years later in 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs. What are the most common mistakes in first pitch? Prior to First Round Capital, Howard had invested in two of Josh’s companies Infonautics Corp. and Half.com.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2022

TC’s Rebecca Szkutak wrote about how a pivot helped HopSkipDrive win a difficult pitch to parents: Trust your kids with our ride-sharing services. What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? . Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter and tag me so I can thank you for reading myself! Seen on TechCrunch+.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. They accepted my argument.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

Networking is not just handing someone a business card or giving them a pitch. I'd say just about everyone in my LinkedIn network , all 2000 of them, are people who I've at least had the equivilant of a 1:1 lunch with. These are people that will really go to bat for you because they know you beyond the business card.

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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. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. You have an “hour” to pitch in your first meeting. Prepare to give your pitch in 30 including Q&A.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 21, 2023

They pitch you their firm and talk very specifically about what kind of deal they should do with you at what dollar amount and at what price. At Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, I would fund, at most, 10 out of about 2000 deals I’d see in a year. A check-writing partner reaches out to you. There’s a term sheet. of people in that race.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

It’s Thursday, which means that Haje also wrote another installment of his popular Pitch Deck Teardown series on our subscription site TechCrunch Plus. Before Karl Alomar became managing partner of VC firm M13, he led one company through the dotcom bust of 2000 and helped another survive the Great Recession of 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. Why buy me?

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 19, 2015

In addition to the pitches themselves, the types of companies presenting forbear trends in the startup world more broadly. One analyst counts more than 2000 software products catering to marketing teams, up from 1000 the year before. I’ve been to many YC Demo Days and I always look forward to them. This year was no exception.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

For years I did my own PR, pitching my products and services to editors of magazines and producers of TV shows. In 2000, I started writing educational skincare content, which led to the creation of my popular skincare blog in 2005. Advertising = telling people how good you are. The latter gives you way more credibility.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. So I think it’s OK for the “key players&# to monetize.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses. Baby Einstein grew revenues from $1 million in 1998 to over $10 million just a few years later in 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

It was early 2000. We had companies pitching us that had almost no revenue at all and they were raising $10-15 million in capital at a $40-50 million pre-money valuation. To any prospective investor you look like you’ve failed even before your first pitch. I raised my A round at a $31.5 That was market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. Many entrepreneurs come by with great pitches and say, “I’m hoping to have term sheets in the next 30 days.” I pitch a lot of LPs. The industry isn’t dying. It is changing. And reinventing itself. And some firms will go under. Shame on you.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Right now, it’s a bit like 2000 and the internet is about to take over everything, and the most important thing is whoever can build the best router. Cisco in 2000 was worth half a trillion dollars at its peak. It was worth more than Microsoft at the time. So, who has the largest LLM?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. So, the next question in the pitch conversation is: how quickly can the business show its unit economics work? More money raised for less dilution.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Then the business developed, then I moved into a thousand square feet and then that outgrew, and then I moved into 2000 square feet, which is my max. But I actually am on a path that’s a little bit different now where I I’m pitching the Giggling Pig as a children’s show.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. I have been pitched by too many companies that want to help every brand discover their inner iPhone self. Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely. These phones were so over hyped.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The fans were most panicked after the 2000 season (COVID year), when the team went 2-4 and people we calling for Harbaugh's firing. It doesn't create a sense of stability, and would naturally have everyone looking for the door, especially with rival coaches fueling that messaging in their recruiting pitches.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. For years I saw companies pitching themselves as “mobile coupon companies&# and I never believed this would be a big idea. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa).

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

“Now I think the real question — which is why we didn’t raise more money — is, is there enough consumer and business demand that we can actually discover what the cost of privacy actually is?

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

If you can raise $250k, through at least 1000 donations of no more than $250 each, with a cap of $2000, you can qualify for an 8:1 match of taxpayer dollars. You see, New Yorkers try to keep money out of politics in our election by using a matching program. Basically, if you can create a groundswell of support, you’re in the game.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

More recently in a WSJ interview dated June 6, 2014 , Travis notes “When we got this company started (in 2009) we were pitching the seed round and we pulled a bunch of research from this report that showed that San Francisco total spend on taxi and limo was like 120 million bucks.

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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. Pitch Deck Teardown: Lunchbox’s $50 million Series B deck.

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