TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. Founders — apply here.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In addition to his books, Geoffrey Moore assisted in writing “In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers” for the Harvard Business Review in 2009. His strategy for selling in 2009 is relevant to any economic downturn. Luckily, the strategy can be broken down into 3 steps.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

A lot of the things that we ultimately did when I was running Global Payments from 2013 to 2023, a lot of things that we ultimately did were not even like a glint in my eye back in 2009, 2010 when I was just thinking about coming over. I was in that pitch too, kind of a year and a half ago when I was leaving. Same thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. Not continuing to challenge yourself on product strategy will lead you down long-term ratholes. Surely there must be some benefit here??

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And then I got into strategy consulting, and I wanted to go into strategy consulting, and they said, “Yeah, but you’re a tech guy. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. Does that make it a viable strategy for every new entrepreneur? When someone comes in to pitch me, I always ask them to tell me the "origin story".

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in. Demo Day pitch.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. There’s the all-important pitch, creative sets, unexpected reactions by five seasoned investors and the possibility of scaling growth fast with a cash infusion and industry connections. It was such a blast that I did it again in 2009. Perfecting My Pitch.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. Taskrabbit; Nov 2009 What is one question you ask yourself before investing in a company? The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Execute on the strategy to win. Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. Must-Read: 5 Terms That are Killing Your Startup’s Pitch. Read on to find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of VC funding and some of the smartest places to invest it within the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. The “team beneath the team&# was as talented as any top team that pitches me startups. I’m on record all over place saying that 70% of my investment decision is the team & 30% is the market. I knew this from day one.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Going through the company’s pitch deck, the trio describe the business model that will take Anthropic there and the investors behind it. No chip off any block right now : Samsung cuts memory chip production , with Kate reporting that the consumer electronics giant hit its worst quarterly profit since 2009.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

The structural problems of the EU monetary union came into focus in a big way from 2009–2011, when a number of European countries struggled to pay off the massive debts they had accrued over the preceding decades. Usually, whatever trade or investment idea Goldy is pitching is a sign you should do the exact opposite.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

In 2008-2009, the financial markets seized up, and there were quarters of complete uncertainty, but ultimately VCs started investing again and things normalized. The crisis began in August 2008, but by March 2009, deal activity in venture had picked up again and economic activity in the venture ecosystem normalized.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

If your startup has a clear brand pitch, “an enticing offer” and “clear next steps,” you’re ready to reach out to influencers , he says. Last week, Kickstarter announced that people have backed more than 200,000 projects with $6 billion in pledges since the company launched in 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . VCs need to go to 20 cities and pitch one firm in each location!” But that’s it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. I’ll admit that I do know one VC firm who’s strategy is not to call their entrepreneurs and not to be involved in operations. Many entrepreneurs come by with great pitches and say, “I’m hoping to have term sheets in the next 30 days.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

If you want to pitch, it’s your last chance to get your applications in. The company has been around since 2009 and just launched a new set of tools. Baseball has come a long way since 1897, when a Princeton math professor designed a pitching machine that ran on gunpowder. A propos events – are you coming to our mobility event?

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