TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

During this one-day startup bootcamp, you’ll learn about legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, pitching, recruiting and more. How to Tell Your TAM: Dayna Grayson from Construct Capital invests in the rebuilding of the most foundational and broken industries of our economy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

so he’ll give practical advice on how to stay alive and thrive. Kleiner Perkins’ Josh Coyne knows how a big round comes together, having invested in Figma, UiPath and Rippling, and he’ll share tips on how to make it happen. Pitch Practice Ginny Miller (1Sharpe Ventures) and Heather Widman (Building Ventures) So you think you can pitch?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

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. No pitches, please. No thanks Some venture capital firms are doling out surprising advice these days: raise capital from our firm, but don’t pay yourself. Are we surprised?

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Most startups will require ongoing capital investment for years, while generating little to no income. Inventory your savings, learn your credit score, and familiarize yourself with basic financial and investment vehicles such as bank loans, grants, and investor funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about pitch deck teardowns and artificial intelligence. A Pitch Deck Teardown to start It never hurts to be reminded that it’s important to eat your vegetables — and that is my lazy introduction into Haje Jan Kamps ’ latest Pitch Deck Teardown on Spinach.io. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 will feature an incredible lineup of speakers, presentations, fireside chats and breakouts all focused on the current and future state of mobility — like EVs, micromobility and smart cities for starters — and the investment trends that influence them all.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

4) The diverse background of the founder is not the main reason why most diverse founders get turned down for investment. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? In other words, if 10 female founders pitch a fund, and one gets funding, that means 10% of the founders that pitch a fund get funded.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Lead With Data for Investment Traction As a startup founder seeking investment, one major challenge I’ve faced is effectively communicating our vision and potential for scalability to prospective investors with limited time. We tackled it by emphasizing a tangible prototype over traditional pitches.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Before Tracy Young was co-founder and CEO of TigerEye, she held the same roles at construction productivity software startup PlanGrid. 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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

While she is opening up a $5 million allocation to accredited investors outside her network, she said from a portfolio construction standpoint: she’s not necessarily looking for “diamonds in the rough” or a specific diversity quota. “I I plan to invest in men and women and everything in between. Amoruso said. “As

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Jason Malki

APRIL 17, 2023

Jason invests in startups at the intersection of the technology, biology, and the consumerization of health. How did you break into tech investing? Thankfully I could write and was taking an economics class on the advice of my father, so I was able to get a job doing PR for life sciences companies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As we noted previously, deep tech investment in Europe had a very strong 2021. Siteline is building fintech infra for the construction market : While the consumer fintech space is chock-full of tools for what feels like any and every use case, the business world is a little bit different. I kinda dig it.

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Gust

DECEMBER 3, 2011

But sometimes the outsiders most capable of helping your business are those who invest time, not money. And I don’t mean because they lend a credible name to an investor pitch: way too many entrepreneurs look at names on Advisory Board as just a way to expedite a raise. Proper use of Advisory Boards begins with proper construction.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

Y Combinator’s new era, with smaller batches, a refocus only on early-stage investing and a new chief executive, is in full swing. As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

” is becoming more and more important to investors — why should they part with their cash to invest in you in this exact moment? I’ve written more about “why now” in the context of pitching elsewhere , but it’s interesting to see that surface. Financials overall are getting more scrutiny. Get it right.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the startup world, when you’re pitching your idea and proposing your solution in the preliminary stage, no one wants to come across as critical or unsupportive, so people will sometimes avoid sharing negative feedback that actually could be quite valuable. But how do you do that? At the beginning, don’t think about selling.

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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. In doing this work, there has been a significant amount of investment of both funds and time in moving entrepreneurship activities forward. Advice for replication in other ecosystems. Patience is key.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Having a real conversation with a potential customer shows you’re invested in their success and is the best way to build trust. You haven’t incorporated constructive feedback. Is your marketing pitch confusing? ” and, “What personal challenge are you looking for a solution to right now?” All rights reserved.

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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. There’s a certain way to do this that is constructive and that actually adds to the process rather than causes friction and problems.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

” Speaking as someone who’s been on both sides of this equation, I most appreciated her advice about focusing on “simplicity and staying consistent” when it comes to messaging. 6 investment trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. 6 investment trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Are you waiting for them to pitch you? I suppose it doesn't really matter much when it seems like most of the money that wants to invest in startups when they need it most--in a seed round--doesn't really want to be that active. Having a single person in a round who can do that is going to help the company tremendously.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

Over explanation and adjective use was probably the most common tip I received when asking for advice on how to be a better prompter. In contrast, Substack users make part or all of their living from the company, so they are more invested in it sticking around. Ask for help. For Substack, this is a win. Book your pass ASAP!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Whether you’re building a company or thinking about investing, it’s important to understand your strategic advantage. As we saw in part 1 of this EC-1 , this led him to the revelation that it’s easier to figure things out for yourself than finding advice that applies to you. 5 ways to raise your startup’s PR game.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

In addition, he created Ecliptic Capital, a $100 million evergreen investment fund that could grow to $150 million by the end of the year. But most of all, he will go out of his way to help newcomers (as well as veterans) of the Austin tech scene whenever they need help or advice or counsel,” Forrest said. “We Austin got hit hard.

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