2005 board pitching 
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 20, 2011
I have sat on a board with Howard and have known him a few years. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs. What are the most common mistakes in first pitch? What is ideal board structure?
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 6, 2020
You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. My husband and I are also pitching a second Weird Homes Tour book with all of the cities in it. We can make different boards that represent cuts, color, up-dos and makeup and show them to our guests, or have them make their own to show us. 5000 list twice!
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. They weren’t with you when you did the VC pitch where you looked them in the eyes 9 months ago and said, “I see only one outcome, we want to build something really big. Call me when you’re ready to leave.” “Dude, we saw a bunch of those last year. Sorry, brah.”
TechCrunch
JULY 29, 2021
What is also notable is how Odoo pitches itself. The company has been growing revenues and customers at a rate of 50% over the last 10 years (and 63% over the past 15 — it’s been around since 2005), and it now has 1,700 employees with plans to add another 1,000 this year. Sikkens is joining the board with this round.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.
Tomasz Tunguz
OCTOBER 24, 2021
I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. And then we do score ourselves with the board, but also with the company. ” That’s reported to the board. ” Tomasz Tunguz: Great sales pitch, please come do this. She’s got an English degree and an MBA. And I joined as a customer support rep.
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