Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. 2013 and Before Optasite Optasite is engaged in the acquisition and development of telecommunications tower sites in the United States. is a leading provider of prepaid card programs for community banks and credit unions.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Here’s the brand story of the vacation rental company, Airbnb: “A trusted community marketing for customers to list, book, and discover unique accommodations for unique travel experiences.” . For example, prime minister of the UK (1979 – 1990) Margaret Thatcher died in 2013. Build a statement summing up why your brand exists.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. We are experts on user generated content and creator communities.”

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. This was big news for the Ann Arbor tech community, and a huge move for Llamasoft.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. The pitch arrived along with a five-paragraph summary of his accomplishments. We had to fight like crazy in Chicago in 2013 to get approval for that.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

PitchBook has ranked OurCrowd as Israel’s most active investor each year since we were founded in 2013, with investments in more than 330 portfolio companies. It will have a hackathon focusing on energy resources, autonomous capabilities, safety and reliability challenges, and a startup pitch track. Top Tech News. Learn More.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Portfolio community building. a really wide angle view of the tech industry since you see so many concepts / so many pitches and REAL data points on how startups perform financially. In 2013 we launched many firsts to reinvent our firm. Usually there roles are a combination of: Deal sourcing for partners. Deal screening.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. Not a complete deck, but an embellished elevator pitch meant to whet investors’ appetites before you serve them the full meal. How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch. Start here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It’s a critical topic: Startups are not made in a vacuum and often benefit from a frothy local community of like-minded companies and entrepreneurs. 406 Ventures since 2007 and investing as a partner since 2013. Lastly, the event concludes with a pitch-off with three Boston-area startups.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

Even though we decided not to pursue this model at InboxDollars, I continued to think about it and eventually decided to start angel investing as a personal hobby in 2013. MY 2013 ANSWER TO “WHY?” I’m active in the MN tech and start-up community as a mentor, advisor, and angel investor. A lot of new things.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. Once your life shifts from pitching outbound to defending against inbound, however, you have to ruthlessly say “no” as your default. Each year we vow to be more productive.

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Feedough

MARCH 18, 2021

We discussed the startup’s concept, vision, and prospects with Thea Silayro, the Community Manager at Inlytics. Tony, Henrik, and Ioannis met in college in 2013 while studying for a Master’s degree in Computer Science. This allows non-designers to express their ideas creatively, sans technical skills. The Interview.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

Since its founding in 2013, NS1 has raised more than $100 million to build an engineering team and robust product portfolio that’s expanded to include DDI, which helps companies manage internal networks. Image Credits: jhorrocks / Getty Images. households.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

The tendency here is we want to join a lot of societies and communities, and I would say that our tendency is to join ‘Women in Product’ groups, or ‘Women in Engineering,’ and that’s how we’re going to try and invest our time. This was 2013, 2014. But pitching is not the time to second guess; it’s the time to convince investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Jason Furtado and Stephan Richter founded Boston-based Shoobx in 2013, according to Crunchbase. CNBC reported : “Instead of its previous goal of reaching as many Americans as possible, the company will now focus on home loans for existing bank and wealth management customers and borrowers in minority communities.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Revolution provided the capital for the company’s Series C round in 2013 and continued to invest in subsequent rounds.). Last month, we talked at some length with Case, including about his involvement in the creation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which helped create today’s internet giants.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 9, 2020

” You know it was a good application video when the same pitch can be reused in the S-1. I first met and interviewed the DoorDash founders on Friday, April 26, 2013. Here’s one of my notes from June 24, 2013: “So far, nothing is working that well. Months later, my skepticism remained. Just started expanding to MV.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Prakash previously founded social media search platform Topsy, which was acquired in 2013 by Apple, where he later became a senior director. The number of open source models both from community groups and large labs grows by the day , practically. So what does Together bring to the table? ” It’s a lofty goal, to be sure.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

While the pitches aren’t as fast and furious, they’re still coming. The London-based company, its CEO and co-founder Dev Subrata told me, started out as a customer engagement platform in 2013. “We Here’s to empathetic leadership as some startups potentially face tough times. Now on to funding rounds.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

Then the next, I open my inbox to see pitches for nine-figure funding rounds (hello, SpotOn ) and the birth of new unicorns (looking at you, Unit ). The drama between Plaid and Stripe continued this week with the former announcing an expansion outside its core offering of account linking for the first time since its 2013 inception.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2021

If I wanted to launch something in the fitness space today in this pandemic world, how relevant would that Classpass discussion be, given that the company launched in 2013, not only pre-pandemic but obviously, pre-Classpass! But when I’m taking pitches, I really don’t care if someone went to Vanderbilt, Clemson, or CUNY to be honest.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 10, 2024

We provide jobs that help drive the economy, give back to local communities , and create sustainability practices that support climate neutrality to make our world a better place. My diagnosis occurred on October 21, 2013, one day after I ran the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Entrepreneurs change the world.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 9, 2025

We're all aware of the endless stream of dreadful headlines that have fuelled the longevity of the "This is fine" meme since it first appeared in 2013. It's kind of hard to be fully present for a startup pitch--the next big thing in AI or whatever--when you're thinking about an illness in your family.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

I trust her to hear out the community, gather all the data, and, unlike our current Towering Ineptitude, actually make a decision—one that she believes is right for New York, not just politically popular. At this point in the 2013 race, de Blasio was a distant third being Weiner and Quinn. Kathryn is exceedingly practical. Three cents?

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