TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. So, if you’re a female founder faced with the prospect of pitching to VCs — what steps can you take to set yourself up for success? It’s essential to make sure your sales, pitch and negotiation skills are on point.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. For years I saw companies pitching themselves as “mobile coupon companies&# and I never believed this would be a big idea. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. Now I don’t get any.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. Once your life shifts from pitching outbound to defending against inbound, however, you have to ruthlessly say “no” as your default. It’s the most adaptable.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Similarly, “everyone needs 18-24 months of runway” is a nice motto, but when it takes three times longer to raise a round than it used to, it may no longer be useful advice. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Mission slide. Team slide.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. Startup Advice' That is what we set out to solve at MyTime. Top Photo Credit.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

There’s an audio-only version of TechCrunch Live hosted by Matt that features founders and investors discussing successful pitch decks. Extras: Hana Mohan’s Twitter thread on the YC advice to founders. Sean Lane co-founded Olive in 2012, and signed on Chris Olsen from Drive Capital as the company’s first investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Often if a customer has heard similar problems described in other customers (not hearing your solution pitched at them but a real business discussion about the pain point) then they will start to open up and have a discussion.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

RH: In 2012, Dr. Chris Hagen, one of my co-founders, had recently joined the engineering group at Oregon State University, when he received a seedling award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE). KP and CA: What advice do you have for early-stage founders?

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Most programs culminate with a Pitch Day and Investor Networking Event where the companies present their newly defined and expanded growth playbook. . Lighter Capital : “Since 2012, we’ve provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies.” Apply for funding. Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Y Combinator

JULY 7, 2022

seed round in 2012 and has been profitable since 2014. Christina shares insight into her first customers and advice on testing the value proposition with early users. Christina shares how her pitch to candidates changed throughout Vanta’s journey. 46:45 - Wade, what is your advice for founders whether to fundraise or not?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. 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. VCs need to go to 20 cities and pitch one firm in each location!”

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. No more founder pitch meetings. Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will also be my last venture capital deal. No new investments.

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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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Y Combinator

JUNE 12, 2024

The hard parts of joining a big company following an acquisition, her advice for new founders going through YC, and more! What was the pitch? It’s funny, but we often get founders who are thinking about starting a company with their partners, and the advice we give is: don’t do it. And marriage is hard.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

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. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. It’s where their passions are, too.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

So, for example, when I first started here back in 2012, there was a ton of energy being put towards building a network of executive relationships that is now somewhat more about sustaining those relationships. The mission is the elevator pitch. I think part of the advice depends on the stage of the company.

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

We had a good 4 year run with this company and built up some valuable intellectual property, which we sold to another company in 2012. If an investor does 90% life science deals, then pitching them an energy deal is probably not time well spent for anyone involved. Two years later I spun out NanOasis, my first startup.

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