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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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. Tim Friedman, Founder, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile Venture Capital , said, . “We

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Phylicia Koh, vice president at early-stage gaming venture capital firm Play Ventures , said effective fundraising is not only essential for securing necessary capital but also for demonstrating the commitment and resilience of the founding team. The Singapore-based venture capital firm raised $135 million for its Fund 2.

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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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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. Samir Kaji: 2019 Venture Limited Partner survey includes list of most active LPs. Sapphire Ventures’ Top 10 tips for pitching an LP .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ultimate.ai , a virtual customer service agent builder, has closed a $20 million Series A round of funding, led by Omers Ventures with participation from Felicis Ventures and existing investors HV Capital, and Maki.vc — bringing its total raised to date to $25M+.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Register Healthcare infrastructure, digital health, pharma, and foodtech will be among the industries that will impact the world in 2-3 years, according to Angel Low , principal at early-stage venture capital investor and studio The Hive Southeast Asia. The Hive is a seed stage venture fund based in Palo Alto, CA.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. Put it this way – Upfront Ventures spend on PR per year = $0. 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. I do it myself.

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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. Johnson, who is based in Houston, shared her investment thesis and strategies and spoke about her efforts to expand diversity in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. 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? More posts by this contributor.

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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. The outcome was a successful investment round, where the startup secured funding from a major healthcare venture capital firm. We tackled it by emphasizing a tangible prototype over traditional pitches.

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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. For instance, with the fund, the possibilities presented by the Bridge Method and our ventures into foundational mathematics seem boundless.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

*If* you believe that a good venture capitalist should have launched their own company and exited, then I simply don't have that track record. Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. These are things I systematically break down when I look at investments.

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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). We formed a partnership with some of our favorite early stage investors and friends including Jim Andelman at Rincon Ventures and Peter Lee at Baroda. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs.

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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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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC?

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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. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital. Founder and investor Melissa Bradley outlines how to nail your virtual pitch meeting. When should I hire a sales team?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Main investors include TMT Investments, TLF Ventures, Flyer One and others. Ahrefs claims to have become a $100 million company in annual revenue without venture capital. seed round funding for its warehouse robotics solutions, led by SMRK VC, a Ukrainian venture fund. It has raised $14.7

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

In the afternoon, college students and faculty advisors attend the WWTB session where they delve into details of developing a business plan, figuring out financials, and mastering a pitch — all delivered with advice that you won’t hear on Shark Tank.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. The website for their Venture Pipeline group is here. I saw the same bad behavior in consulting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

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.” And that leads me to today’s post.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

Dame shared one piece of advice that I’d never heard from an investor: more founders should learn to make themselves vulnerable. “Our teams that rely on trying to hire outsourced engineers or consultants or whatever to build their product tend to move much slower than folks with a technical founder,” he added.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” ” I said, “Why?”

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While passion provides self-motivation, it also serves to attract talent and investors to the venture. Relationships may occur with potential employees, mentors, consultants, suppliers, and customers. Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Set in Boston this year, Early Stage will host sessions with advice and takeaways from top experts and provide opportunities to meet entrepreneurs taking incredible journeys. Trust me, it’ll be worth the trek. Disrupt, TechCrunch’s flagship conference, will also be well worth the trek.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

From embracing data-driven market analysis” to engaging your community for idea feedback, these seasoned professionals share their singular tips for assessing the potential success of your entrepreneurial venture. Encompassing business advice is like a lighthouse to entrepreneur ships sailing towards the rough waters of startup success.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Our ongoing search for the best startup growth marketers is yielding results: reporter Anna Heim interviewed SaaS and early-stage startup marketing consultant Lucy Heskins to learn more about the mistakes her clients are most likely to make before they seek her help. How do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Following Fred Wilson’s advice, I want to build my own platform. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

Frankly, we’re still thinking about Anu’s incredible advice for women founders. Anu is never short on advice for founders, but her words are particularly salient for women looking to build and grow their startups in the aftermath of the pandemic. But if I could go back to my twenties and give advice, I’d go join a startup.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Before you hire a marketing consultant who doesn’t understand your products or commit to a CMO who has several years of experience — but none in your sector — consider influencer marketing. Craft your pitch deck around ‘that one thing that can really hook an investor’. Kickstarter’s CEO on the future of crowdfunding.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are in a space that seems interesting to investors and are able to raise venture capital early in the company’s existence. True story.)

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

Businessguy Bob On the other hand, having a 35 year veteran of the management consultant consulting industry doesn't mean automatic business success when your industry is being highly disrupted by technology this person doesn't even use. Don't let the fanboys distract you from business 101.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Prospective contributors regularly ask us about which topics Extra Crunch subscribers would like to hear more about, and the answer is always the same: Actionable advice that is backed up by data and/or experience. How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. The existential cost of decelerated growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

Before we see a whole wave of AI prompt engineering consultancy practices for hire — just kidding, we already are — I figured it would be helpful to aggregate some of the top tips I’m hearing from the community on how to better interact with AI to get it to give you the answers you want. Ask for help.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. OK, hold back on your consulting humor. I spotted my fellow VC Leo Spiegel (from Mission Ventures) who had spoken previously to the same group and asked about his experiences. But seriously her book is spot on. They had more advanced degrees.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. As always, I recommend that you consult with an immigration attorney who can help you and your co-founders devise an immigration strategy and backup plans, if needed.

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