TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021. Jessica McLean, director of Marketing and Communications, Infinite-Compute. This is not a lather, rinse, repeat scenario, folks.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It’s been incredibly rewarding to be able to offer relevant advice or a connection at the right time and to see when a founder builds on that key turning point and it leads to success. No more founder pitch meetings. It hasn’t always been as rewarding as it could be, however. No new investments. No more responding to fundraising decks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

In an excerpt from her new book “Breaking into Venture,” SemperVirens General Partner Allison Baum Gates revisits her early days as an investor, when establishing deal flow and networking were skills she’d yet to acquire. “I want to tell a compelling thing at my own pace. ” Do you need a deck to raise from VCs? .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A 7-step method for running effective pitch meetings. Michael had a strong network in the startup and venture capital community, but the investors he met often took meetings as a favor to mutual friends, not because they were actually interested in the UX research space. His advice for cold calling?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch. The best advice I can give is to dive in with the mindset that done is better than perfect.” Rick Kiessig – Cofounder. Fabulous ideas are a dime a dozen.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Now imagine if you were given 10 minutes to pitch the potential of your business? It can take years to dream up an exciting startup, and even longer to turn it into something substantial, but a strongly crafted sales pitch can propel your business in the right direction. Related: 5 Terms That are Killing Your Startup’s Pitch.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

” COMEUP 2023 is all set to facilitate interactions between Korean startups and the global community, promoting international engagement at the heart of Asia. International Collaboration: Explore the “Global Community Zone” The standout feature of COMEUP 2023 is the creation of a dedicated “Global Community Zone.”

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow and co-founder of L3G’s & Associates, Fatima Chi, is empowering businesses in her community in Belize to take control of their finances. To celebrate Fatima’s work promoting financial literacy and wellness, the YLAI Network asked her a few questions about her journey to entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Ecosia said it’s already invested $23M into small solar systems through Zolar’s local solar distribution network, alongside other renewable energy projects across the country. So there’s no shortage of reasons for investors to cut checks for renewables like there’s no tomorrow.

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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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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As you look around your local community, take the time to talk to people to discover unmet needs. What is missing that your community currently wants? Before you can pitch your idea to investors or apply for a loan from a financial institution, you should draft a business plan. Seek advice from experts.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

When Operator Collective started in 2018, its idea of cultivating a community of operators as LPs to serve as a resource to its portfolio companies was unique. She had sold her startup and wanted to potentially make some investments, but she didn’t think she had the right network to do so and wasn’t really sure where to start.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

At these shows-within-our-show, you’ll engage with smart, driven founders, and investors and members of your community, and have the opportunity to cross-collaborate with leaders from other industries. In these salon-like sessions, industry leaders will share their deep expertise, insights and trends within your sector.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive. It’s essential to make sure your sales, pitch and negotiation skills are on point.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Now that a new community exists within Rise of the Rest?—?comprised These five insights from the Summit stood out as critical business building advice that entrepreneurs all across the country can apply: 1. When working with early stage startups, Eric runs an exercise where he says “Give me the pitch; I am your first customer.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Attendees say: “Early Stage 2020 provided a rich, bootcamp experience with premier founders, VCs and startup community experts. Build community and expand your network. At Early Stage 2021, you’ll tap into a global community of folks just like you — startup founders in the early, and often confusing, innings.

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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. Pitch Deck Get your idea onto paper; it’s far easier to convey that way. This could be a friend or an introduction through your network or a more dedicated CTO for hire. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder.

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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. Like many communities in this position, it has not been easy or straightforward. We have brilliant minds working together to leverage our opportunities and assets to move our community forward and so far, the plan is working.

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David Teten VC

MAY 26, 2021

Join the online communities and virtual conferences where investors participate. . The obvious solution is to get in touch with your friends who have earlier raised or pitched to the family offices. Join the online communities and virtual conferences where investors are participating. . Launch a rolling fund.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To give those initiatives the best chance of success, VCs need to expose themselves to the communities they want to empower. When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So organic community-building looks like a work in progress. While the group we saw that had the largest number of members (~1k) was an open pitch around podcast ideas and soliciting help for podcast projects. Adding other forms of interactions around voice threads is also on their to-do list. ” What about monetization?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Fundraising is a huge part of building a successful startup, and whether you’re looking for information about the latest trends, alternative funding or how to fine-tune your pitch to attract investors, you’ll find that and a whole lot more at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Crafting a Pitch Deck that Can’t Be Ignored.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

A growth framework for reaching $1M ARR Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M pre-seed deck Image Credits: DeckMatch (opens in a new window) Using this slightly redacted 14-slide deck, the founders of DeckMatch raised a $1.1 Unless, of course, someone can explain exactly how to do it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Back when I was pitching my previous startup to investors, it had never really dawned on me that they had experienced what I was going through--and that a VC firm was essentially a startup. VCs pitch for money, too. No one ever thinks about VCs having to pitch, who they pitch to, or how it works.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

It feels nice to eavesdrop on conversations and hear people talking about the future, to see bookstores filled until close and to have a full schedule of networking events and happy hours. It makes me think: Cities never leave our lives, they simply teach us lessons about cyclic moments, transient friendships and how community can be fickle.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

On an app advertised to "meet inspiring people" for meaningful networking, someone tells this black founder, whose last name is "Youngblood" that is name is inappropriate. Your network never signed up to do your outsourced job for you. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? Look, I get it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Working hard on launching your startup, but need next-steps advice you can trust? Looking for a supportive community of folks traveling a similar path? Know before you go: This is our first live event since well, you know, and we want you to learn, connect and network safely. Buy yours ASAP , and you’ll save $350.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

A 2020 UCLA study found that approximately 15% of couples will have trouble getting pregnant, but Kindbody, which has spun up a network of fertility clinics since its founding in 2018 , has taken a holistic approach to the issue. But having 20% to 30% ownership of a token or of a network is very bad and frowned upon by the community.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

” Joyce Sidopoulos is a co-founder of MassRobotics, a community and advocacy group for the sector’s startup ecosystem. How do you put it into a pitch deck? It’s not exactly advice, but it does show that it pays to strike while the iron is hot. Finding the right people and the right combination.

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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. Accelerators have been great for our respective communities. So we went for it. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

He pinged me that he was thinking about joining a startup based in LA with the CEO in NYC and would I be willing to meet him and give him advice on this process. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Come to entrepreneur pitches.

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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. a top-down view on HR challenges at startups; and, obviously: a great network. Startup Advice' Deal screening. Industry reviews.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

I'm sure each of those guys got questioned by entrepreneurs as to why they should accept advice from them as opposed to the entrepreneurial veterans of the days who worked in VC. Facing live pitching is a new thing, but that's no excuse for not having an approach to hitting and studying up to face this particular pitcher.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2010

Each day, hundreds of people stuff themselves into my inbox--pitches, career advice pleas, introduction requests. It's almost as if I hand out cash for a living or if my job is to know a lot of people in the NY tech community. Listen to your pitch? that is my job. Provide some useful biz dev intros after?

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