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A Tale of Two Pitches

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC.&#. I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. Many people agreed and added that even the best sales meetings are also discussions and not pitches. A Tale of Two Pitches. is important.

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Set local traction before venturing overseas – John Lim, Partner, Meet Ventures, tells startups

AsiaTechDaily

Meet Ventures is a consultancy firm that specialises in running startup accelerators and market access programs. Its team comprises of former VCs, program directors, consultants, and startup CXOs. Winning many pitch competitions and hackathons does not automatically mean that a startup is good.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. Demo’d to death. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The competition has $50,000 in cash prizes.

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten VC

The Boston Consulting Group and MassChallenge , a US-based global network of accelerators, partnered to study why “ women-owned startups are a better bet ”. The study used multivariate regression analysis to control for education levels and pitch quality to conclude that gender was a statistically significant factor. I am not a lawyer.

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Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups

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Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. And finally a reminder: Selling is about listening & reacting and not “pitching.” ” I encapsulate that in an analogy I heard years ago.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. OK, hold back on your consulting humor. NEVER lead with features. But seriously her book is spot on. For fawk sake, practice!

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