Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

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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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 25, 2022

The program includes: Startup Package - The legal advice and documents necessary to get a company up and running, all for a discounted flat rate. Free Early Stage Consult - Fox will hire an outside consultant to provide advice on pitch decks or executive summaries.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., My consulting firm has used them with over 100 companies. My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. But the No.1

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

“If AI-related coverage can get a new, unknown brand into its target publications today, it could help get the brand’s pitch deck in front of potential investors or partners tomorrow,” she writes in TC+. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. 1 (“Employee view”) Product slide No.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

My husband and I are also pitching a second Weird Homes Tour book with all of the cities in it. Pinterest has forever changed our consultation game. Nothing will ever replace an in-person, customized consultation where a professional can feel your hair, assess the damage and recommend the correct products for you to use.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. Raymond Chou—founder and CEO at Infront Consulting.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

So my simple advice is to start PR as early as possible (and certainly earlier than most of your investors will advise) when you have your head around your product plans and are well into execution (or ready to launch) precisely because your recruiting, seed funding and initial user base may depend on it. In a startup this is a mistake.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

My best advice: Strengthen your network. And if you have ever discussed an idea for starting a company with a friend, think about working on a pitch deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Wilco’s $7 million seed deck. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Wilco’s $7 million seed deck. Image Credits: Wilco (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

A lot of my work as a consultant involves helping founders come up with a good fundraising story, but a surprising number of founders seem to get stuck on the next step: Finding the right investors and landing a meeting to pitch their companies. That’s a problem.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Prior to The Hive Southeast Asia, I was previously in a fund under MAVCAP and has worked in a Private Equity investment and consultancy firm based in Beijing, China, focusing on consumer, TMT and healthcare. The pitches I received also shared a common tone, which I interpret as, “My need for capital is far more important than you.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The focus, as tends to be the case for all these customer service conversational AI plays, is freeing (human) support agents from dealing with dull, repetitive stuff — so they can apply their (less limited) skills to more complex, consultative or emotionally demanding customer queries.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Any advice or insights on how to present a strong case for an O-1A or EB-1A? The information provided in “Dear Sophie” is general information and not legal advice. Take a listen!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

So, if you’re a female founder faced with the prospect of pitching to VCs — what steps can you take to set yourself up for success? My first piece of advice is to leverage your own community and support network, especially any mentors and role models you may have, to introduce you to potential investors. Get funded, as a woman.

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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. Many years ago I worked at Andersen Consulting, originally developing software for large corporations and then as a strategy consultant. Much bad came out of this period including my cynicism for consultants.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Additionally, he is the founder and CEO of Infinitary Advisors , a SaaS consulting firm where he spearheads comprehensive competitive analyses for both startups and scaleups. If you could offer advice to an aspiring startup founder, what would it be? A generalist at heart, he holds degrees in economics and political science.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

Anyway, I spent the first part of my career consulting for large companies. Accenture always had a chip on it’s shoulder in strategy consulting – especially compared with McKinsey, BCG and Bain. We were Accenture (then Andersen Consulting) and our core skills were in building large-scale IT systems.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We helped them refine their pitch to emphasize not only the innovation but also the market potential, scalability, and revenue model. We tackled it by emphasizing a tangible prototype over traditional pitches. Leveraging Investor Expertise: We actively sought advice and insights from our investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

By Miranda Naiman, accidental entrepreneur, motivational speaker, organizational development practitioner, writer, and founder of Empower Limited , a Tanzanian human capital consultancy firm. If I could fly back in time to Empower’s start-up phase and give my younger self advice, I would offer these six thoughts.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it. I lose sleep.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

It is a consultative sale. Don’t confuse that with hiring “consultants&# who make terrible sales people. But a consultative sale means you need somebody comfortable working with a lack of defined structure, process or product. And you need to watch them pitch. Tags: Startup Advice.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 23, 2020

2) Pivot your pitch. Look deeply at your customer to see whether you need to pivot your sales pitch. Reframe your pitch so that your services fall into a more urgent category by talking about the pain that you remove for your customer, and how you make their life better. What has changed for them?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Today, the company makes money by working with organizations in a consulting or support role to help them use the development library or build profiles via a subscription model. While there isn’t a marketplace or central library for sharing profiles quite yet, the plan is to create one where there will be an organized way to share them.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it. I lose sleep.

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Onevest

MAY 12, 2015

Think attending a live panel, industry tradeshow, or consulting with a veteran mentor. These principles of trust and context are seconded by the Knight Foundation in its advice for entrepreneurs. Edward’s University highlights the need to contextualize, edit, and host the ‘conversation’.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 13, 2023

From starting with an in-depth strategy to approaching marketing spending correctly, these experts provide invaluable advice on how to navigate the complex world of startup marketing. This plan guides their content marketing which drives their website, sales aids, social media, and sales pitch. Kennette J.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. 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.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We are setting up the following process: every time a company mails us their pitch or further information, we send to a special email, e.g., inbound(@)versatilevc.com. The best predictor for failed Salesforce implementation is whether or not the firm uses a consultant with real experience of private equity to setup and maintain the platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

They get pitched by so many blowhards that more genuine people who aren’t in it for just a story stand out from the crowd. Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

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. And they were all run by talented people we respected.

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StartupNation

APRIL 14, 2021

While hiring a PR professional, agency or a consultant can be beneficial, it doesn’t make sense for all business owners, especially bootstrapped entrepreneurs. If you see a query that fits, simply craft your pitch and send away. Pitch Perfect: How to Say it Right the First Time, Every Time ” by Bill McGowan. Key takeaways .

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Matthew Craig-Greene of consultancy MJ Hudson points out, “Most public plans publish meeting minutes, and these can be a very interesting place to find information on manager selection. Sapphire Ventures’ Top 10 tips for pitching an LP . Some Advice On “First Calls” With Fund Managers You Might Be Evaluating.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. Founder and investor Melissa Bradley outlines how to nail your virtual pitch meeting. When should I hire a sales team? Image Credits: Ureeka.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

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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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. Were their consultants? Tags: Start-up Advice. Low numbers are sexy.

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