Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder. Yet, the benefits of having a technical co-founder make it all worthwhile. A good co-founder will serve as a powerful force multiplier.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. The pressures facing first-time founders are enormous. ” What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist. Be 10x better. “If

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

In his latest column, Sales Kiwi co-founder and TC+ contributor Jonathan Martinez shared five essential takeaways that he learned along the way to reaching $1M ARR. Drawing from the early chapters of her book, this post includes a target prospect list for new investors, along with relationship-building advice from experienced VCs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

“As a startup founder, how do you prevent leakage after spending significant resources to acquire people at the top of the funnel?” ” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that help founders control the narrative. Pitch Deck Teardown: Helu.io’s $9.8M

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ET, M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar will join me on a Twitter Space to share his advice for fundraising during a downturn. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. On Monday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ET, I’m hosting a Twitter Space with Silicon Valley immigration lawyer Sophie Alcorn, who writes the “Dear Sophie” advice column for TechCrunch+ each Wednesday. For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup. PT/11:30 a.m.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

I’ve written more about “why now” in the context of pitching elsewhere , but it’s interesting to see that surface. Financially, the world is a little bit wobbly right now, so investors want to see decks that show that founders know how to optimize for break-even, then profitability. Now the average is 16. Get it right.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

As you can imagine, the pace of new unicorn creation and fundraising generated plenty of press coverage in France, but there’s an article in particular that caught my attention: A portrait of PayFit’s Firmin Zocchetto , OVHcloud’s Octave Klaba , Shift Technology’s Jeremy Jawish , and Contentsquare’s Jonathan Cherki.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. Keep it simple, stupid (KISS).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week, we ran an article by Gaetano Crupi, a partner at VC firm Prime Movers Lab, identifying three pillars required to support a Series B data room : a strategy memo, a pitch deck and a forecast model. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “Decreased consumer confidence, inflated brand value, and a freeze in investment capital are creating a perfect storm,” says David Wright, co-founder and CEO of Pattern, an e-commerce accelerator. Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M yourprotagonist.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

They now have a strong VC lead from Foundry Group and from experience when you get advice from Foundry it comes with authority, experience, empathy and the right amount of straight talk. I know because I have been the beneficiary of their advice for years and have appreciated it. All of my partners at Upfront do. ” Uhhuh.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, says entrepreneurs need to resist the urge to become defensive in these sessions. “In Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Fundraising in turbulent markets: Why we moved up our Series B.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

If I went to Stanford and worked with some YC-backed startups, chances are that I’ll find it relatively easy to find one or two co-founders, get millions in funding and build a billion-dollar company. But it then decided to level the playing field a bit by taking the program online so founders from other parts of the world could participate.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Are you a seed-stage founder who’s building a unicorn? Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “This is really only talking about world-changing, big-ass businesses with a lot of impact that could be a billion dollars or more in value,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

” For our latest investor survey, she asked the following investors about where the sector is headed, whether ChatGPT might impact the industry and how Apple’s potential foray into health insurance is shaping their thinking: Florian Graillot, founding partner, astorya.vc

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

“What’s crazy to me is that some of these companies are still in the seed stage backed by very large firms who dabbled at this stage,” said Elizabeth Yin, a general partner and co-founder at pre-seed-focused Hustle Fund. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “I know this company. Or even longer.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

A lot of my work as a consultant involves helping founders come up with a good fundraising story, but a surprising number of founders seem to get stuck on the next step: Finding the right investors and landing a meeting to pitch their companies. That’s a problem. What’s your business model? Which stage are you in?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ai-Ling Wong—founder at The Decorateur. Alex Louey—founder and managing director at Appscore . If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. Andrea Grisdale—founder and CEO at IC Bellagio.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Under IRS Code Section 1202, founders who hold QSB stock for five years or longer will be exempt from paying capital gains tax after a sale. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day virtual event with founders and investors shaping the future of disruptive technology and startup experts providing insights to entrepreneurs. We help founders and startup teams get ahead: . Build a better startup with fundraising , growth and workforce advice from experts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Y Combinator’s Demo Day took place this week , and although the event itself was virtual-only, 86% of the founders in YC’s winter 2023 batch lived in SF while participating. Please note that these are for entertainment purposes only, as “we’re not offering investing advice or recommending anyone join or back a startup.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “If AI-related coverage can get a new, unknown brand into its target publications today, it could help get the brand’s pitch deck in front of potential investors or partners tomorrow,” she writes in TC+. “Gable weaves its story together with ease.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. They get pitched by so many blowhards that more genuine people who aren’t in it for just a story stand out from the crowd.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Founders who target emerging markets like Latin America and India may have a slightly easier time, but only if their products and services are clearly differentiated. To learn more about the state of the industry, Karan Bhasin interviewed four fintech investors : Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When the downturn began, many VCs urged founders to slash their marketing spending. As Rebecca Szkutak reported this week, SaaS startups that ignored this advice outperformed the ones that followed it. If someone offers you free business advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. The year after?

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

The responses I got came at a time when I've been having a lot of conversations with female founders as well about their fundraising experiences. At this moment, I'm in the process of backing three companies that have at least one female founder and I just finished a round for a black female founder in December. Ducks head.]

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Like, yes, there’s a huge hype cycle around AI and I think people are flocking to Hayes Valley for some reason, but from the smattering of founders I’ve had coffee with lately? In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about pitch deck teardowns and artificial intelligence. TechCrunch is coming to Boston on April 20.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

We help founders and startup teams get ahead. . Build a better startup with fundraising , growth and workforce advice from experts. Improve your pitch with weekly Extra Crunch Live sessions, and watch event replays through our on-demand video library. Extra Crunch is a members-only community from TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startup pitching has become an existential drama, in part because so many founders exaggerate the size of the total addressable market (TAM) in which they hope to compete. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. What investors really think about the TAM slide in your pitch deck. Walter Thompson.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. They know how to build pitch decks. What stage?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. What stage? What price?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

An example: “growth at all costs” is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped venture capitalists set expectations for founders — and each other — for years. “Growth at all costs” is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped VCs set expectations for founders — and each other.

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