Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

Bijan Sabet – investor & board member in some small companies you might have heard of like Twitter, Tumblr, Boxee & OMGPOP – took issue with the whole notion that you even need a Powerpoint deck anymore. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. Be ready to map your presentation to their preferred method.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I sit through a lot of presentations. These range from companies pitching me to portfolio companies presenting at board meetings. Each of these scenarios has a team presenting. Some CEO’s are masters at communicating when team members are present. Weave in their pitch to an overall pitch narrative.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In this episode of #DreamitLive , Moore discussed the challenges we are confronted with in a downturn and the unique challenges COVID-19 presents. Identify a problem that resonates with the decision-maker at your target organization Moore recommends that you put yourself in the shoes of the CEO or Board of Directors.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Executive team.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. The fund raise required three in-person pitches, seven Zoom pitches and 30 Zoom calls before closing successfully in August. You may have to give up to 100 presentations – so condense your message.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

After giving a presentation he’d previously shared at Harvard Business School, Stanford and MIT, Currier outlined the mental models unicorn founders adopt and offered candid advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, including his thoughts on building a founding team: “You have to figure out what you and your team are capable of doing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Jenny is an entrepreneur, operator, board member, advisor, and investor in tech for over 25 years. The bad news is that I over-capitalized my companies, but the good news is that the process taught me how VCs think and the best way to pitch them. Tell a good story vs. “present slides”. Jenny Lefcourt. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

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. Grafana’s early pitch deck — 12:00. The pitch deck teardown — 32:00.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

These can be called: Operating Partners, Venture Partners, Board Partners or similar. They might sponsor an occasional deal, they might be looking to jump in and run a company or they might take the board seat if the firm invests. We also take input from our board partners and from our non-partner investment staff.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

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.” How to establish a health tech startup advisory board. Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. I pitched Gus twice and he told me no both times. When we were thinking of raising, he was the first I called, and after talking to Benchmark, Accel, August, and a few other tier 1 firms, it came down for me the person who was going to join the board. There are many great VCs.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

I joined the board of one of my international investments for the first time ever last year. The things to consider when flipping are: Tax implications Which entity owns the IP How you structure commercial agreements between the entities I’m not lawyer, so you should get legal advice. Feel free to reach out. How much to raise?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

The demand for a platform to make the art of advice more accessible is thus easy for entrepreneurs to identify then pitch, but the serendipity — or the chasm between what makes someone an effective mentor versus just a speed dial for questions — is harder for them to scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC.&#. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. A large part of my series has been outlining what the typical VC PowerPoint presentation should look like. Do not be put off by direct questions that are fired at you as you present. They’re partially right.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What advice the initiators have for other ecosystems looking to hire a professional ecosystem builder. We knew that when her fellowship ended, we needed to bring someone on board who was solely focused on this work. Not all service providers will be on board with the initiatives. Advice for replication in other ecosystems.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 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. Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You. . It seems like good advice to me. June 17th, 2012. ’ Please.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But we overestimated how quickly people would come on board and underestimated our industry’s tendency to move slowly and resist change. We needed to build our set and props and ship them to California, and I had to prepare a pitch and appear before the Sharks, all in a matter of weeks. Presentation matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

In the case of the investment they are often also not only committing personal risk of looking bad at their partnership if things don’t go well but also countless hours of board meetings, financial reviews, legal documents across what is often 7–10 years or more. This is part of a series on fund-raising advice for entrepreneurs and VCs.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

A live presenter especially helps when building trust with your audience and getting them to buy. — Simon Grabowski , founder and CEO of ClickMeeting. Is your marketing pitch confusing? Perhaps you have to adjust your product or even go back to the drawing board. Webinars also create a sense of personal interaction.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

“If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. Nubank’s present day headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Image Credits: NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The mission is the elevator pitch. And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job. The founder has appreciated the advice that you’ve provided to their business and that founder trusts you. And the founder wants you involved.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

No board seats or personal guarantees. Most programs culminate with a Pitch Day and Investor Networking Event where the companies present their newly defined and expanded growth playbook. . And we don’t take a seat on your board or make you write a big check if you’re having a down month.“. “Up For RBI, return caps of 1.2x-1.8x

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

Teamwork is almost always lacking in companies which fail and is present within companies that succeed. 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. Internal stakeholders include other teams or board members.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

It’s honest advice so please judge once you’re read the post. Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. Let’s say it’s for biz dev purposes, or you’re pitching investors, recruiting, or it’s a sales meeting – whatever. I’ll keep it short.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

During the first week of that class, we all had to do a short pitch of a startup idea and convince our classmates to join our “startup”. I pitched a startup called “HubSpot”, which ended up being one of the ideas chosen. This presented a dilemma for my fledgling role as an angel investor. No board seats or advisory roles.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Most board meetings are “update meetings” where management downloads its status to a group of investors. These outside board members spend most of the board meeting trying to reacquaint themselves with the company’s business and critical issues. So most board meetings become bored meetings.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

At least, that sales pitch from Hippocratic AI , which emerged from stealth today with a whopping $50 million in seed financing behind it and a valuation in the “triple digit millions.” The dietary advice use case gave me pause, I must say, in light of the poor diet-related suggestions AI like OpenAI’s ChatGPT provides.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Al Lijee , CEO, TowGator Invite Critiques with Reverse Pitching A unique approach I’ve found effective in determining the viability of a new business idea is what I call “reverse pitching.” Encompassing business advice is like a lighthouse to entrepreneur ships sailing towards the rough waters of startup success.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 22, 2023

I'm joined here today by Mr. Jeffrey Lang, chairman of the board for the Desert Angels. A great place to be able to start today is maybe tell our listeners a little bit more about yourself; a little bit more about your personal journey that led you to becoming chairman of the board, and of course, why you decided to become an angel investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch. Community-building is advice I give to nearly every startup team with whom I work. This had a dual purpose?—?the And it would be?—?but

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The user returns their swab to the startup for analysis — and gets detailed information and analysis of the microbes (fungi and bacteria) that are present in their vagina and may be associated with a variety of health concerns. “We give users back a full understanding of everything that’s present.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I use Google Drive to host my conference presentations , which are all embedded at teten.com. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 3) Raise capital.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I use Google Drive to host my conference presentations , which are all embedded at teten.com. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Alcohol wasn’t consumed in enormous quantities (ok, well, occasionally it was) but it was an ever present fixture in our socializing. I started my second company while retaining a board seat at my first company. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs. I swam every morning and ran every afternoon.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. The Present Era.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. And then we do score ourselves with the board, but also with the company. ” That’s reported to the board. ” Tomasz Tunguz: Great sales pitch, please come do this. Tomasz Tunguz: Oh, interesting. Mine, I edit constantly.

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