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Everything you need to know to make a great startup pitch deck

TechCrunch

The crew here at TechCrunch has done a lot of writing about making amazing pitch decks over the years, and I figured it was time that I put together a collection of all of it in one handy spot. Perhaps I’m just a teensy bit biased over here, but I’d say it’s definitely worth subscribing to get access to all of this content.

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500 Founders: Janelle Fenwick, Jack Coleman, Lane Litz & Frayne Cooke

NZ Entrepreneur

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Janelle Fenwick – Founder. This is super important. Chatterize.

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Active founders make good investors, but do they make good VCs?

TechCrunch

If a VC has experience in a different field, it may not translate well — if at all — to a startup, and advice around certain business decisions could quickly become outdated. There is a growing group of VC funds led by folks who think they might be better suited to back companies because they are currently startup founders themselves.

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Norwest’s Lisa Wu explains how to think like a VC when fundraising

TechCrunch

The overlapping in job roles is uncanny: The best investors and founders have to find focus through the noise, understand the weight of due diligence and pitch others with conviction. Pitch deck or pitch blurb? But, as the founder, I’ll probably tell you don’t do [the cold pitch deck].

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

AsiaTechDaily

Investing based on the startup’s heuristics. Winning many pitch competitions and hackathons does not automatically mean that a startup is good. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money? What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you?

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Be authentic, prepared: Rex Fong, founding partner at Capitale Ventures, tells startups

AsiaTechDaily

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. We pitch to investors without requiring them to commit to a blind pool. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

Over the years I have heard countless stories from founders about high pressure situations that non-business owners simply do not encounter in the course of “normal” life – which of course is already filled with its own share of challenges and traumas. Everything else we do (our “What” – programmes, pitches, funding) is secondary.

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