TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Dear Sophie, I’ve been on an H-1B since 2011. Pitch Deck Teardown: Forethought’s $65M Series C deck. Last month, enterprise reporter Ron Miller spoke to Forethought CEO Deon Nicholas about the pitch deck his company used to nab a $65 million Series C round in 2022. Pitch Deck Teardown: Forethought’s $65M Series C deck.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

You’ll learn or strengthen the core entrepreneurial skillsets every startup founder needs to master — legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, tech stack, recruiting, pitch deck teardowns and more. In 2011, he co-founded the first beginner-focused, in-person coding bootcamp. Talk about awesome exposure!

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JANUARY 12, 2016

That was the Datadog pitch in late 2010, my first full year of leading deals, that I got from two software engineers. I even punted on the fundraising by adding them to the Open Angel Forum in February, 2011, giving everyone else an opportunity to do the deal, without leading it myself. Makes sense, no? Doesn't sound crazy, does it?

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Outplay helps them scale more easily with tools that automate campaigns, identifies the likeliest prospects and uses data to decide the right time to send pitches. The previous outbound sales tech disruption happened in 2011 when Outreach and Salesloft were founded. The company announced today it has raised $7.3

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Accucast, where he served as CTO after leaving Delta, struggled with this as it pitched software and services for email marketing. Roy founded MessageGears in 2011 with Taylor Jones, a colleague, to productize this solution.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

7 investors explain why they’re all in Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008 Image Credits: Uber (opens in a new window) The word “disruptive” gets thrown around so much, it’s lost much of its impact. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch Dear Sophie, I’m in the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. You may enjoy looking at that last link. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They met and bonded over both having type 1 diabetes — Westermann was diagnosed over 25 years ago — and started the MySugr app for diabetes self-management in 2012 ( they won a TC pitch-off back in 2011 ). Four years later, Westermann moved to the U.S. 9am.health’s clinic was launched in August.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what I do see in the market in 2011 is way too many “me too&# solutions where a bunch of founders have brainstormed a way to do a better GroupOn, a better GiltGroupe, a better Twitter or a better Quora.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

However, I understand the round values GoCardless at just over $970 million, meaning that the 2011-founded fintech is perhaps best described as a soonicorn (presuming these things are important to you). According to The Telegraph newspaper , this gives the company much coveted unicorn status.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. Then, it’s time for the pitch deck teardown. Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. I was trying to cheekily suggest that it was the new status symbol. All of my partners at Upfront do.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Waseem Daher elaborates, pointing out that the first company that Pilot’s founding team ran, Ksplice, was bootstrapped before getting acquired by Oracle in 2011. (It’s Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

So, if you''re going to argue that the process of venture capital is inherently unfair to women, here''s the logic that you *should not* use: "Less than 3 percent of the 6,793 companies that received venture capital from 2011-2013 were headed by a woman, according to a study from Babson College released Tuesday.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

In 2010 and 2011, Févry said the dean of the University’s business school let the budding business owner cut back on his hours so he could start iTrade International, an import-export business selling earthquake detection equipment in Haiti. The time at Stonybrook was also when Févry got his first taste of entrepreneurship.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As the entrepreneurs are hardly making any money to pay their personal bills, they devote a great deal of time and energy in making elaborate pitches for raising investment capital. Surging Growth: This period started in 2011, where Groupon crossed the 1 billion mark. Some of the common mistakes made at this stage are –.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

The coworking space opened its doors in September 2011, as the first of its kind in Norway. It’s the day of the weekly “Waffle Pitch” – a local take on the classic “Falafel Pitch” hosted by many Impact Hubs around the globe. Today, Impact Hub Bergen has grown into a community of more than 50 entrepreneurs and changemakers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

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. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. To any prospective investor you look like you’ve failed even before your first pitch. It was early 2000.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

HubStop introduced usage-based pricing in 2011 to boost its retention rate, then near 70%. Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks. When it comes to building a durable relationship between a founder and an investor, “the trust starts in the pitch deck,” says Guideline CEO Kevin Busque.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

An article by Harvard Business Review in 2011 says, “a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop.”. On the surface, YC’s co-founder matching platform does not seem to regard this advice.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. Starting with the first point, in general, IP assets of demonstrable value that are relevant to the startup’s business can only help when pitching investors.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. One particular four-letter word has been used pervasively by candidates of all stripes: Jobs.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. Power Pitches. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. Power Pitches.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

We’ve heard this trope below, but the data does show it and in the last year, this is what I’ve observed — it’s easy to the pre-seed round, but then folks line up to pitch the best seed funds, but those seed funds are drowning in deal flow from the pre-seed funnel.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

But back in 2011, no one knew this startup would see such meteoric success. The episode also featured the Extra Crunch Live Pitch-Off, where audience members pitched their products to Bennett and Narang and received live feedback. Toast has raised more than $900 billion and is reportedly valued at over $5 billion.

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JULY 11, 2011

ESPN reports that Padres closer Heath Bell told reporters in Arizona, where he will pitch for the National League in the All-Star game, that he would be willing to serve as a setup reliever for the remainder of the 2011 season if he is traded. He did insist, however, that he wants to be a closer in 2012.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2021

This was back in 2011, and Chandra was absolutely adamant that he wanted Poshmark to be an app, not a website. On the latest episode of Extra Crunch Live , Chandra and Chaddha sat down with us and walked us through that original Series A pitch deck (which you can check out below). He met Tracy Sun, brought her on, and got to work.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry. I wouldn’t rule any decent firms out. I know many great funds that haven’t yet raised their new fund but may still get there. GRP’s last fund was in 2000.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

1) What I eat: I've been following the Four Hour Body since June 1, 2011. I have a preset availability schedule for pitch meetings on Tungle that doesn't include meals. I never really take a pitch over a meal. This is how I connect with new people who aren't pitching and how I keep up with a lot of professional friends.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The company, based out of Miami, also provides a range of other tools for the media professional — including media monitoring, reporting and analytics and collaboration and pitching tools that it introduced in 2011, after running for two years solely as a journalist database — and as such is more generally part of the world of business (..)

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque showed us how valuable a simple pitch deck can be. We take a look at early-stage funding deals through the eyes of the founders and investors who made them happen, and those same tech leaders go through your pitch decks and give feedback and advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. And why I still made it to breakfast at 8.30am with Christina Cacioppo the next morning (although I’m not sure she found me too Haimish of a conversationalist that day ). We’ll see.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Image Credits: Saviynt Nayyar founded Saviynt in 2011 and stayed on until 2018 prior to his most recent stint. Take that with a massive grain of salt — Nayyar has a product to pitch, after all — but it’s true that Saviynt’s solution is fairly holistic. from last year’s $1.3

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StartupNation

APRIL 20, 2021

Since I first invested in his prior company back in 2011, we’ve shared meals and wine, successes and frustrations. “At I met Greg in the spring of 2011 when he approached me to invest in his new idea. From the time I started the fund in 2010 until I left at the end of 2014, we evaluated more than three thousand entrepreneurial pitches.

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