Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest & the End of “Silicon X Syndrome.” But from the back half of 2020 into 2021, we are bearing witness to accelerated adoption and transformational change in industry after industry. So the oft-elusive “elevator pitch” is instead replaced with a shorthand: “we are the Uber for X.”

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

That’s why in this article, you’ll get a comprehensive look at the startups using voice technology to make healthcare better, along with some of the VC’s and accelerators that are backing them. The company’s product listens to doctor-patient interactions and uses the data to add clinical notes and diagnoses to the EHR.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. For more, see Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors ; Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist ; and How to Format Financial Models that Investors Want to Read. Fundraising.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 13, 2020

Anyone who’s run an accelerator, a grant program, reviewed book/screenplay manuscripts, or been in charge of hiring has an impossible challenge: how do you find the proverbial needle in the haystack? I don’t want unlucky people working in this department. The answer is usually some variation on, “start sifting.”

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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. Attending a remote startup accelerator is absolutely worth it. The 17 startups presenting today were whittled down from 1,850 applicants, according to the accelerator. Serinus Labs.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He read a New York Times article on the adult coloring book craze, and thought, “I could do this. That included the ideal platform to make it a subscription business, the right tool to create the coloring books. A few months ago, he blasted out cold emails to pitch an intrapreneurship class. The juggling act.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

In exchange for 14 weeks of help with everything from product-market fit to the go-to-market strategy a team should employ, the startups in Pear’s accelerator program give Pear the right to invest from $500,000 to $750,000 in each team at a valuation that it caps at $10 million. Pear lets the founders choose the check size.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. For more, see Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors ; Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist ; and How to Format Financial Models that Investors Want to Read. Fundraising.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 21, 2020

But fret not, we’ve listed down the eight biggest fundraising mistakes that you need to be wary of while approaching the investors, pitching to them, and signing contracts. Substandard Pitch Decks. A prominent mistake entrepreneurs make is by not focusing much on the pitch deck. Assuming Valuations And Demands.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A download link is sent to you automatically by Gust once you create your profile, and the book is exactly what it says. At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It’s the 33rd Demo Day of the well-known accelerator and holds the largest cohort yet. Today, 189 companies will pitch, while the rest will pitch tomorrow. Mecho Autotech has created a network of vetted mechanics, and via an app, car owners can book and pay for their services. Odiggo (Egypt).

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Jason Malki

JUNE 22, 2023

Fortunately, angel groups like Chemical Angels, and accelerators like CleanTech Open and Venturewell Aspire where I mentor give me a chance for deep interactions with climatech startups that lead to a few investments. When you pitch to us, tell us why this is a great investment instead of how wonderful your product is.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

located in Tyrone, PA, developed a product that helps a home inspection company with its core business needs such as booking, accounting, training, and relationship building. For more information: www.gigandtake.com. InspectionGo Inc., For more information: [link]. For more information: www.reflexion.co. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The startups all have different versions of the same pitch: they can offer teachers more money, and flexibility, than the status quo. Startups, looking to get a slice of the teacher economy, suddenly can form an entire pitch around these discrepancies. Underpaid and overworked teachers. Image: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about chief inspiration officers, growing startup accelerators and a rare buzz we’re hearing about one tech company and its public market wishes. Book your pass ASAP! As always, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram. Expect more scrutiny. TechCrunch is coming to Boston on April 20.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

” Wilson’s book explores the history of freon, a common refrigerant that was later banned due to its devastating impact on the ozone layer. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. As its startup market accelerates, Brazil could be in for an IPO bonanza. I hope you have an excellent weekend.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. No pitches, please. Before Bedrock, Amazon’s interest was best seen through a partnership with Stability AI , and even more recently, an accelerator for generative AI startups. Book your pass ASAP! You can tell me stuff on Signal at +1 925 271 0912.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

If you haven’t booked your pass yet, hurry! Your Deck Sucks — The Pitch That Raised $18 Million in the Current Climate: Jacqueline Samira, founder and CEO, Howdy.com, raised $21 million without ever sending a deck to a single investor. We’re running low on tickets. Seriously, this is a genuine ah-oooh-ga situation.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. Founder Christina York created the tech to work as augmented reality for published books but quickly pivoted into health care when she found the technology could be readily used as pediatric patient distraction during medical procedures. Workit Health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

Or, as I covered this week, a tool for startups that lets companies simultaneously blast out the same application — or pitch — to multiple angel and pre-seed investors. Afore’s take on the idea is to help founders rapidly pitch expert investors while also helping those investors get differentiated deal flow on a consistent basis.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth. Early Bird tickets are now on sale through May 12 — book your pass here. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? See you there!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

By putting some hard (time) limits on usage, Thursday’s pitch is that service scarcity can fix some of the problematic issues of overuse which can plague dating apps — leading to dating indecision and swipe fatigue. And, well, just waste a lot of people’s time.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. This post summarizes the parts of his book that deal with U.S. What may be less known is the federal government’s central role in the birth and early development of the venture capital industry specifically.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Their chat covered topics as far afield as Airbnb’s “work anywhere” policy, how it’s addressing liability issues for hosts and his biggest regret from the COVID-19 era: I overrode the host cancellation policy and refunded more than a billion dollars of guest bookings. I think it was the right thing to do. “The public is now at risk.”

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

But now, artists can accelerate the dissemination of their new releases by making them available for remixing and letting social media generate exposure, removing the need to rely on major record labels. “At first, they couldn’t make heads or tails of what we were talking about.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Meet Ventures is a consultancy firm that specialises in running startup accelerators and market access programs. Currently, I run an innovation consultancy firm called Meet Ventures that helps corporates to run their accelerators and government agencies to run their market access programs. Profitability is a plus.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

But as fellow fintech enthusiast Jason Mikula pointed out last weekend, the fintech has struggled to build a meaningful loan book by lending to its customers and has been quickly spending the $510 million it raised in a Series E last September. Onramp Funds accelerates e-commerce financing platform with $42M in equity, credit.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

From Beer and Pitch nights to Startup Hatch to Disrupting Law, student-led events have shown that students are really hungry for this stuff. As an example, with Disrupting Law, Berni, my PA, did all of the bookings for the rooms because this is one way we can use the access we have to be able to set things up.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Calendly speeds up scheduling for pitch call Q: What are the tools you’re using for your middle office: tracking, risk management, etc.? We also have a fractional CFO that keeps our books and acts as a fund administrator. AI assisted pitch deck and pitch scoring is another.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Almost half of all Americans play mobile games, so Alex reviewed Jam City’s investor deck, a transcript of the investor presentation call and a press release to see how it stacks up against Zynga, which “has done great in recent quarters, including posting record revenue and bookings in the first three months of 2021.”

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 22, 2023

Listen to the newest startup CEOs present their elevator pitches. Freightos: Record transactions and bookings in 2022 2022 was a banner year for our portfolio company Freightos. The company reported a record 211K transactions, booked primarily on its WebCargo air freight platform in Q4 2022, up from 97K in Q4 2021 and 22K in Q4 2020.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Among them is CEO Andrew Airelobhegbe, who says he was previously co-founder and CEO at ogaVenue, which he described as “Nigeria’s largest online event venue booking portal.” Numida’s pitch to these businesses is that they can apply for working capital on its platform and receive it within a day.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Google for Startups Accelerator. Peacetech Accelerator. Skoll Foundation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

After having read Elad Gil’s book, I understand why. In fact, one of the defining chapters in that book was her user instructions for her as a manager. Maybe we can start with that backstory on how that chapter inside of Elad’s book came together. Her team loved working for her. Claire, welcome to Office Hours.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

If you are a sports fan, you will have regularly heard how important it is to have a team of leaders on the pitch, not just rely on one. As Patrick Lencioni points out in his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team , you want a balance between artificial harmony and mean-spirited personal attacks. High performing teams have more fun!

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

They started flipping through some books and examining designs up on the wall. Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. When he finished, I turned to his friend and said, "Want me to critique his pitch?"

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