TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

“It’s comparable to the financial crisis of 2008, when poor financial products were lumped together in order to diversify risk and make them look better than they actually were,” he writes. Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Five Flute’s founders shared their slightly redacted pitch deck with us.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. Let’s be honest – the same is true for VC’s.

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APRIL 20, 2011

In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs. What are the most common mistakes in first pitch? They decided to run the fund close to home in West Conshohocken, PA where they still have offices. How do people get access to First Round Capital?

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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. Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. What advice are you giving to your portfolio companies?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. On a panel that I sat on with Ron in LA in 2008 he stated that there were no circumstances in which the founder should take money off of the table. It’s that simple. I believe this is wrong.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice (although this also applies tightly with Raising Venture Capital ). History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. By mid September the entire market was constipated. ABC: Always Be Closing.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012. And my pitch used to be that, “Hey, I’m going to take you online.” Adora Cheung [44:57] – What is your best piece of advice for aspiring Indian founders? 46:45 – Why is Delhi the best IIT?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

ET, M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar will join me on a Twitter Space to share his advice for fundraising during a downturn. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Many founders start by building a 10-slide pitch deck, but AR car hardware company WayRay’s Series C presentation contained 75 slides. PT/2:30 p.m.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

From the earliest pitch decks I had ever created. And I can see how — whenever we pitch — people just feel uncomfortable. Image credits: Daye. “This was actually always part of the original vision for Daye. They look to the floor. They avoid eye contact.”

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

You’ve got to be able to come out of unsuccessful VC meetings, pull your socks up, and go into the next pitch. Ask any entrepreneur who has been through the recent washout that began in September 2008. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Stories like these are not rare.

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JUNE 5, 2011

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs. Exercise hadn’t been enough of a priority in 2008-09. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice. As a result I freed up the time to get back into shape. I swam every morning and ran every afternoon. I lost perspective and my life hasn’t been in balance.

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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. A promise: We won’t run any articles on TechCrunch+ with advice for navigating a downturn unless the author actually knows what they’re talking about.

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Y Combinator

MAY 30, 2024

I might pitch it differently today depending on who I’m talking to — we do a lot more than that now — but that’s still the simplest distillation. "When the iPhone came out in 2008, that was the true end of my physics career." [We’ve grown], but we’re still the same!

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APRIL 14, 2010

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. This doesn’t suit anybody.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. But thank you.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. Raising money is hard.

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