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. misses an opportunity. Securities Regulation.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program. Topics of conversation included how to identify fundable companies, trends in funding, business plans, and pitching to investors. We had a lovely time in Northern Ireland.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The firm has made 326 investments since 2012.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012. Probably frequenting many of these buildings, helping companies, taking pitches, and being blown away by the creativity and inguinity of the folks that inhabit them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Insights Learned From Raising $1.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. The accelerator has backed more than 270 startups since its inception in 2012, co-founder and partner of SparkLabs Eugene Kim told TechCrunch. . Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

Singer Jay-Z performs before US President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, on November 5, 2012. We just announced the judges of the pitch-off competition, and have already landed top-tier venture capitalists to share what you won’t find on Twitter: behind the scenes startup advice that is beyond 180 characters.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Many, like Calendly, passed through Atlanta Tech Village, which has served as an incubator for the city’s talent ecosystem since it was founded in 2012 by David Cummings. Some well-known companies from Atlanta include Calendly, Kabbage, One Trust and FullStory — all unicorns, by the way.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “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. Pitch perfect, you might think. with an office in central London. .”

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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

APRIL 7, 2021

Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. In six months, you’re going to pitch on stage at demo day, to an institutional investor in your industry,” Executive Director Caroline Winnett tells TechCrunch. Publica is Shopify for Digital Content.”

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

In 2012, it surpassed Melbourne, Australia; in 2014, it surpassed Osaka, Japan, and Sydney, Australia; in 2016, it overtook Seoul, South Korea; and in 2018, for the first time, it outranked Tokyo, Japan. The forte of FinTech Week lies in its ability to forge a symbiotic relationship between financial giants and agile startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Insights Learned From Raising $1.5

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Eventually, her persistence paid off when she secured a meeting with a Neiman Marcus buyer, and after a memorable pitch in which she personally demonstrated Spanx’s slimming effect in the dressing room, she landed her first major retail order.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “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. Pitch perfect, you might think. with an office in central London. .”

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. This inspired its founders Minette Navarrete, Dan Siazon, and Christian Besler to pitch for a pioneering evergreen fund to the Globe board, starting with $2.5M on its first year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Since 2012 Vilnius’ population has been steadily growing 0.3% Mainly because remote investing/pitching/selling became an absolute norm and founders do not have to fly hundreds of miles for an event or a meeting to close a deal. However, I’d say that a lot of focus goes to B2B/enterprise software. every year.

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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. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The pitch arrived along with a five-paragraph summary of his accomplishments. Verity was founded in 2016 by Raffaello D’Andrea, who also helped launch Kiva, which was purchased in 2012 and eventually served as the basis for the behemoth that is now now Amazon Robotics. The winner snags the $100,000 prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup.

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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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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

June 19th, 2012. June 17th, 2012. 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. June 13th, 2012. June 10th, 2012. June 5th, 2012. June 4th, 2012. Power Pitches.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

” The ultimate measure of success for a journalist is viewership so if nobody cares about your shitty little company and the story you’re trying to pitch then the journalist doesn’t want to publish. Consider this blog post titled, “ Christmas 2012 Shatters More Smart Device and App Download Records.”

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Dennis and Naveen had pitched just about every investor you could think of and came up with a whopping zero term sheets. When Raul Gutierrez was fundraising for Tinybop in the fall of 2012, he didn''t actually finish the round--instead getting about three quarters of the way and then deciding to just get started working on the app.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

There’s even a pitch-off, and we’re looking for Columbus-area startups to apply and pitch. Register for the virtual event here , and apply for the pitch-off here. Apply for the pitch-off! Pitch Competition (4:20 pm EDT). Why Columbus? Like every TechCrunch Live event, it’s free to participate and attend.

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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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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This will be changing next year, however, because of a new law called the JOBS Act of 2012 , which establishes a new, limited type of Crowdfunding for small companies and non-Accredited investors. Once the U.S.

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

There’s even a pitch-off with Columbus-area startups. Olive is a homegrown Columbus unicorn; hear from the CEO and lead investor how the company was built and raised $850+ million since its founding in 2012. Pitch Competition (4:20 p.m. Register for the virtual event here for free! Why Columbus? Sean Lane , Olive CEO.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Amazon’s huge bet on robotics dates back to its 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems. TechCrunch Robotics Pitch-off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies. Founders — apply here. Education FIRST .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

One of the great things is we can really look at the pitch that we want, and then decide when to swing,” Lai said. “We We don’t have to swing at every single pitch. His approach was so different from those I pitched in 2012,” Aderinkomi said. Then he met Lai.

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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 ). Founders like to create companies around what they know, and Frank Westermann and Anton Kittelberger know diabetes.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

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. In the mean time, best wishes for a safe, happy and healthy 2012. We’ll explore these challenges in more detail in the coming weeks.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

The event will be held on June 29, so make sure to register here (for free) to listen to these conversations, enjoy the pitch-off and network with local talent. Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 as one of its first engineers, and firsthand witnessed the growth of the company from a scrappy startup into a 400-person global business.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

By way of background, Socialcam was a mobile photo-sharing app that Autodesk acquired in 2012, while Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform aimed at enterprise tech companies. In any case, it’s a reasonably compelling sales pitch. Only time will tell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

Once your life shifts from pitching outbound to defending against inbound, however, you have to ruthlessly say “no” as your default. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. Instead of throwing spears, you’re the one holding the shield.

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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. Sean Lane co-founded Olive in 2012, and signed on Chris Olsen from Drive Capital as the company’s first investors. Now, nearly 10 years later, Olive has raised $856.3

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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: Tell us about the origins of your company.

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