StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. On Monday, we’ll run columns with practical advice for exploring both of those scenarios. If you don’t, this TC+ guest post contains useful advice for budgeting, negotiating and strategizing to save your hard-won equity. “I know this company. Walter Thompson.

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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. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital.

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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 Walter Thompson.

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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

JULY 29, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022. Alda Leu Dennis, general partner, Initialized Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. million valuation, the company’s founders shared their 12-slide pitch deck with TechCrunch for a review. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. ” Thanks very much for reading.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 31, 2023

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss How to build businesses that withstand the AI revolution Why your pitch is making your startup seem too magical P.S. If you’re deep in the entrepreneurial trenches and have a story to tell, we’d love to read it (and publish it).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com. Ask @YourProtagonist tomorrow, October 19 at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET during our Q&A (but please save your pitches to send over via email!) That is something we value a lot.”.

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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. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. 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. Or as the article on Y Combinator suggests, “is your accent too heavy?”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

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. In business, if someone’s offering you advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. Newbie in Newark.

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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.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. 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?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. 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. They know how to build pitch decks. What stage? What price?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Over the last few days, we’ve published several articles recapping panels from last week’s TechCrunch Early Stage virtual conference. TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

. “As per Jungle Ventures’ calculations, the total value of the region’s digital companies is around $340 billion today and is estimated to grow to $1 trillion by 2025,” says founding partner Amit Anand. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Dear Sophie: Any advice for living my dreams in Silicon Valley?

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

To learn more about the state of the industry, Karan Bhasin interviewed four fintech investors : Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Frances Schwiep, partner, Two Sigma Ventures. Melissa Guzy, co-founder and managing partner, Arbor Ventures. Melissa Guzy, co-founder and managing partner, Arbor Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Suzanne Fletcher, venture partner, Prime Movers Lab. Sungjoon Cho, general partner, D20 Capital. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M seed round pitch deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M seed round pitch deck. PT/11:30 a.m.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Benoit Wirz , partner, Brighteye Ventures (an active edtech-focused venture capital fund in Europe that backs YouSchool, Lightneer and Aula). Charles Birnbaum , partner, Bessemer Venture Partners (a generalist fund with portfolio companies including Guild Education and Brightwheel). Jerry Lu , senior associate, Maveron.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. This article also covers how to hire and pay for custom market research, the best people to ask for advice, and the importance of only using credible sources.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

If you swing at every pitch you’ll end up with a lot more losers. MANY create consumer apps pitch me. Because that would a very long and bitchy article I’m sure. My job as a VC isn’t to beat myself up or any other partner up for the one deal we didn’t do. Mostly I wanted the journalist to know: We love Snapchat.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. Venrock Vice President Todd Graham has some frank advice for founders at venture-backed startups: “It would be wise to generate a return at some point.” On Wednesday, August 24 at 3 p.m.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

This is not a boast, but a warning: I could write a how-to article on almost any topic. But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. Trusted advice comes from experience. Rami Essaid, CEO and founder, Finmark.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I have sat through countless pitches with Ivy League grads spewing off intellectual descriptions of the details of their product or service and why it will win in the market. In a VC pitch this type of messaging will do just fine. Sure, she could pitch it as a P2P marketplace.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, our research indicated that the web3 investment landscape is growing increasingly competitive as venture capitalists become more educated. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Mercedes Bent, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners. Jai Das, co-founder, president and partner, Sapphire Ventures.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 19, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week! You’ll see some huge names dropping by to share articles with us soon. Here’s his advice so you can do the same: Don’t rush as it’s a waste of time to generate buzz if your landing page isn’t perfectly optimized. Here’s a sneak peek ??.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Young looks back at “five key failure points” that are common potholes on every founder’s path and shares tactical advice for addressing internal conflict, losing product-market fit and other stumbles. ” On Thursday, January 19 at 10 a.m.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. For a larger Series A check.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2024

Phil Nadel: The Serial Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Visionary Transforming Startups into Success Stories I had the pleasure of interviewing Phil Nadel, a well-respected serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, published author, and frequent speaker at industry events. How did you break into venture capital?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

It’s Thursday, which means that Haje also wrote another installment of his popular Pitch Deck Teardown series on our subscription site TechCrunch Plus. A promise: We won’t run any articles on TechCrunch+ with advice for navigating a downturn unless the author actually knows what they’re talking about.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. If Duolingo poses a strong debut, consumer edtech startups will be able to add a golden data point to their pitch decks,” they write. “A This post rounds up a few favorite excerpts from the chat, starting with Kunst’s notes on how to make a killer pitch deck.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Founders from outside a tech-ecosystem are surrounded by bad advice, since building a startup is different from other kinds of businesses. Against the advice of my law-school friends (who had seen the Social Network ), I shared the idea with anybody who would listen. The universe must have been tired of hearing my pitch.

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