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

TechCrunch

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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How Venture Funding For Early-Stage Startups Will Change During the COVID-19 Crisis

Dream It

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.

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Hockey Stick Growth Explained

Feedough

Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. As the entrepreneurs are hardly making any money to pay their personal bills, they devote a great deal of time and energy in making elaborate pitches for raising investment capital. Surging Growth: This period started in 2001. Did we miss something?

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. There’s also been tremendous growth when it comes to dollars invested in female-founded companies. Additionally, research from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found that women-led teams generate a 35 percent higher return on investment than all-male teams.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

TechCrunch

Mercedes Bent and Bradley Twohig , partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners (a multistage generalist fund with investments including Forage, Clever and Outschool). This year, we’re adding a new feature: Our guests will analyze pitch decks submitted by members of the audience to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. There’s also been tremendous growth when it comes to dollars invested in female-founded companies. Additionally, research from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found that women-led teams generate a 35 percent higher return on investment than all-male teams.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

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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