Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. ” Tomasz Tunguz: Great sales pitch, please come do this. And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps.

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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

APRIL 20, 2011

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? Prior to First Round Capital, Howard had invested in two of Josh’s companies Infonautics Corp.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

style euphoria that swept the Valley beginning in 2005. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 19, 2016

.’s annual GrowCo conference on Wednesday, the entrepreneur, investor, and Internet advocate divulged the most valuable lessons he’s learned since he launched the hugely popular website in 2005. –before coming back to lead Reddit. . Great founders don’t quit, but do adapt.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 30, 2020

It came to a successful close in November with a final pitch event at adidas Headquarters in Herzogenaurach. Of the 40 ventures that applied to the program, 11 were selected to take part and the top three were picked by an expert jury after the final presentation and pitch. The winning changemakers.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It was woman-owned, which I liked, and I went through my pitch with Lisa. We scheduled an initial production run for early April 2005, since it was going to take a while to get everything lined up. I connected with a relatively small co-packing operation in Chicago that manufactured a range of food and beverage products. Fruit extract.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete? was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

If a VC fund you’re talking to raised a fund in 2005 or early and hasn’t yet raised a new fund they certainly will be thinking about it and trying to figure out how and when to raise a fund. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.

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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.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

So our pitch went. There was a meme that started going around LPs around 2005 that “I’m not sure LA is really its own venture market” and some LPs actually believed that. I call this arming & aiming and it’s critical in building a sales organization. “Listen. In a hosting facility?

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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. Billings are expected to be €160 million in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

” ‘It was perfect timing’ Pitching more than 100 investors, Shells says it took around six months to close the seed round. in 2005, Umubyeyi studied political science at the University of Notre Dame, believing that was the way to create positive change. “What we’re doing is super needed in the market.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

” “It was perfect timing” Pitching more than 100 investors, Shells says it took around four months to close the seed round. in 2005, Umubyeyi studied political science at the University of Notre Dame, believing that was the way to create positive change. “What we’re doing is super needed in the market.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

per annum] from 2005 to 2020, beating both the S&P 500 and gold by more than 200%,” Auslander said. Because of their scarcity, they have historically had a low correlation to traditional markets and have provided a stable return during periods of broader volatility and inflation, according to Auslander. The company has raised $2.5

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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. No new investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. If you normally pitch 30 investors to get 3-4 interested in good circumstances all you’ve done by putting off your mess is decrease your odds of getting funded. It is 2010. This doesn’t suit anybody.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In 2005, Gmail claimed the title of most sophisticated app. That design language dominated the fundraising pitch designs of the epoch starting with Apple events : black backgrounds, thin fonts, & smooth transitions. Then, we added interactivity with Javascript. Next, the first mobile apps were launched.

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