Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 14, 2021

Foster: “The students’ companies were the product of identifying a problem in their local community and looking for ways to address it. Instead, we saw competitors supporting each other by giving advice and feedback. We took notes during the competition to help improve our pitch!”.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

I still regularly meet with i2E for advice as I’m building my company. As a woman founder, what advice do you have for other aspiring women entrepreneurs who may be facing barriers or doubts about pursuing their own ventures? Practice in pitching and answering tough questions has prepared us to begin raising funding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This was the shared dream of Rick Fiery and Tom Bergeron, the co-founders of InventiveLabs , a multi-track research center that supports Inventives, people who have non-traditional learning styles and are looking to make their passions a reality. What advice would you give other aspiring, young entrepreneurs?

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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

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . 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.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 6, 2020

The library consolidates the knowledge and advice we’ve previously published and provides a central location for new content. We strive to make entrepreneurship more accessible, and hope that by sharing our knowledge publicly, we can support the founder community more broadly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Eden shares how entrepreneurs can use AI apps such as ChatGPT to support decision-making while still exercising innate expertise and judgment. Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What compounded The Wing’s pandemic woes wasn’t so much being a terrible employer or community steward as much as it was promising it wouldn’t ever be terrible. Community building isn’t much easier, especially in progressive circles. I don’t think Audrey was particularly well supported by her high-profile board members.

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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. COO of SpaceX.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

“At the moment, we’re supporting renewable energy projects across Germany. Further investment into renewable energy will be likely as Ecosia evaluates community energy projects and pitches from founders and these may take place in other countries,” a spokesperson told us.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

I joked with that they may have accidentally created a community-focused tech startup. Community members who attended the debut conference are cooking up mini “Learning Man Dinners.” “We In the rest of this newsletter we’re talking about Amazon’s new bed, and bad advice from investors. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too.

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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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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. 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. What success looks like in this three-year pilot.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Another US femtech startup has joined the race to build up data-sets to support research into and understanding of a range of health issues that can affect women. Decoding the vaginal microbiome is thus seen as an opportunity to support a broad range of women’s health goals.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This years’-long shared experience has helped to foster an interconnected web of relationships that support our investment efforts with our $150 Million Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Now that a new community exists within Rise of the Rest?—?comprised When you hear a pitch, most people focus on why it won’t work. Leverage?—?and

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

VCs have to be a direct extension of the teams they support, but they can’t align and succeed with teams if they haven’t experienced one of the most crucial parts of their growth trajectory. To give those initiatives the best chance of success, VCs need to expose themselves to the communities they want to empower.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Eden shares how entrepreneurs can use AI apps such as ChatGPT to support decision-making while still exercising innate expertise and judgment. Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Like many entrepreneurs, I found myself working from home to cut costs, meaning I had no sense of a workplace community. One of the smartest things you can do is join a community for entrepreneurs, such as an accelerator program, or local or online group. another reason to join an entrepreneurial community! No pressure.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market. 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?

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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. With this new stage, Disrupt 2023 is reaffirming its mission — supporting founders, builders and investors across the entire startup spectrum.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, Daylight, a digital bank that pitches itself as LGBTQIA+-friendly, closed a $15 million Series A round led by Anthemis Group with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures and Gaingels. A day after a bill that would codify same-sex marriage in the U.S.

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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? And if, at times, you feel like you’re going it alone, rest assured — you’ll connect with a supportive community of like-minded founders and builders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

TechCrunch+ provides advice and analysis to help startups. Get expert advice on fundraising, growth, and management from experienced entrepreneurs. Get expert advice on fundraising, growth, and management from experienced entrepreneurs. How Retail Zipline’s Series A pitch deck ticked every box for Emergence Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal support / analysis / quant / legal for deals a partner is seriously considering. Portfolio company support & analysis. 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.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? .

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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

AUGUST 18, 2023

As a result, he says the accelerator model must evolve, as “nearly every early-stage VC will have a ‘platform’ component to support early-stage founders.” ” Thanks for reading TC+ this week! Unless, of course, someone can explain exactly how to do it.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When facing the challenges of starting a business, a founder needs to be resourceful—and that includes having a network of contacts who are supportive and available to help. Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ’s Accelerator program empowers early-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow and master their businesses. What, in your opinion, went right with your pitch to help secure their investment? Did you conduct any practice sessions?

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Move on, keep looking and find people who are truly supportive, on your terms. Another thing that skews the process is the lack of accessibility of many partner-level VCs, especially to diverse communities. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? Look, I get it.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Strategies to cultivate a community, iterate with an audience and convert it into a customer base Photo: Unsplash In today’s hyper-competitive, fast-paced digital world, it seems like everyone and their smartphone-savvy grandmother is developing a mobile app. Instead, think about building a community (or joining an awesome existing one ).

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 9, 2020

” You know it was a good application video when the same pitch can be reused in the S-1. They wisely ignored that bit of advice. Here’s their pitch: Many investors were skeptical, and they didn’t make it onto the list of top picks from Demo Day, but fortunately they were able to raise a seed round and keep growing.

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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. Get the pitch right Tell a great story Startups that tell a great story get funding. But this still needs to be grounded and supported by data.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Community building and connection is essential for early-stage founders to find the support they need to stay the difficult course, so you’ll have to be there in-person to participate. TC Early Stage provides access to essential information, resources and community connection to help you realize your entrepreneurial potential.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Once you’ve reached out, pitch them on why they should support your launch! From there, you want to identify all of your existing audience channels, potential support sources, and the effort/work required for you to hit your benchmark for each source. They’ll likely be the most vocal and willing to support you.

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