TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2023
Young looks back at “five key failure points” that are common potholes on every founder’s path and shares tactical advice for addressing internal conflict, losing product-market fit and other stumbles. “If these reflections help even one founder make one less mistake, I would consider this effort worthwhile.”
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. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs ! Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. So eventually the money has to start flowing. So get out there and start raising your capital!
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
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? It’s interesting that the question is pitch deck’s being obsolete versus business plans being obsolete.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Pitch perfect, you might think. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.
propel(x)
MARCH 2, 2017
In 2006, our group published a high-profile paper in Science on the concept of water filtration with nanotubes. If an investor does 90% life science deals, then pitching them an energy deal is probably not time well spent for anyone involved. But what inevitably happens is they end up relying on investors for strategic advice.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Pitch perfect, you might think. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.
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