This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. It's happening on their side, too. Need an even more Seamless-like experience?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. I can’t really change it because we had a super long lease. But that expires soon and I hope to get back to the right side of the Haimish line.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Generative AI startup founders within the cohort can expect to have access to AI models and tools as well as machine learning stack optimization and custom go-to-market advice. There’s also a Demo Day in San Francisco at the end of the program. AWS will not invest in startups and does not yet have an AI/ML investment arm.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

It is really good advice to do this ahead of time. Really, ALL the advice is right there in front of you in Startup School. Toward the end of the batch, there was a moment when it became clear we weren’t going to hit our ambitious Demo Day goal. We’ve just tried to follow all of YC’s advice perfectly.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The program contains events focused on specific topics and concludes with a final demo day with investors. There are multiple phases from September to March, including team forming, workshops, and demo days. Y Combinator’s advice to students: A Letter to College Students and How to Find a Co-Founder in College. . Startup grants.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day. In exchange for a stake, they could get advice from The Family’s team and network with other people in the community. The Family was originally founded in 2012 with three co-founders — Alice Zagury, Oussama Ammar and Nicolas Colin.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In the last six months alone, we’ve rewritten our entire Demo Day experience (to connect founders with potential investors), re-created the batch experience with both in-house tools and 3rd party integrations, and written software to help founders connect with one another for advice, intros, deals, networking and so much more.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch). The data could help Parthean evolve to a platform that can offer consumers financial advice when they need it most, such as budgeting tips after a spend-heavy weekend or investment advice after a big crypto moment.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena. Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent. You’ll hear from CEOs like Starship Technologies’ Ahti Heinla.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? I have a demo and I can show off some stuff. Jambot demo Dylan: If you haven’t seen FigJam, this is our whiteboarding and brainstorming product. The demo is a good example of that.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As you’re maturing, you’ll need the broader reach that PR and ongoing strategic advice provides. Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day. Today we still retain many of these client relationships in different ways, by providing more strategic advice.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the early stage community, the amendments include a very useful provision that excludes “Demo Days” from being considered general solicitations provided certain conditions are met. The amendments retain the same “menu” of exemptions but make incremental improvements.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

At the end of the program in December 2016, a demo day was organized in which 20 promising startups received funding of $33,000 from the government, with the top four getting an additional $6,000 to $100,000. The top 10 teams got monetary awards worth $10,000 to $120,000 on the demo day of KSGC 2021. Manufacturing in Asia is huge.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2022

There is so much great advice out there these days for anyone who is about to start their own startup, but there are three things I tell people. Use your network, ask for feedback and advice, and make sure that you invest in getting the right people onboard, especially in the early days. How can our readers follow you on social media?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Jai Malik, Venture Partner at Republic and ex-corporate Scout for Tata Communications, shares advice on becoming a Scout: “ I think the most important thing they saw was that I was open to learning whatever it took to get the job done. Private Equity. Venture Capital. Pratt’s Guide .

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The firm’s end-to-end services including program structuring, startup sourcing, startup interviews and selection, mentor recruitment, organising masterclasses, business matching, coaching, day-to-day operations, startup fundraising support, and organising demo days. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Meghan Cross Breeden, Cofounder of Amplifyher Ventures , observes, “Personal customer attachment shouldn’t be a factor in investing; the early investors in Snapchat and Facebook weren’t the Gen Z target demo. Diversity In Venture Capital: In the U.S., It May Be Getting Worse. I contributed this as a guest article on Techcrunch.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

To learn more, request a demo with a member of the Sydecar team today. Limited partner checklist for evaluating funds The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. It is not a substitute for professional legal advice tailored to your specific situation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2023

Exhibitor booths are multipurpose in Hopin: our customers use them for engaging attendees through live demos, watching videos, reading posters, generating leads, and more. Virtual summits: Offer an online summit that brings together multiple experts in a specific field or industry to share insights, strategies, and advice.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She has been a thought-leader in tech for the past 8 years, her newsletter has 25k subscribers, she was named one of Bloomberg’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022 , and she has spoken at numerous panels including at TechCrunch Disrupt, L’Attitude, NFT NYC, and a16z’s Google’s demo day at LA Tech Week 2023. Personal Instagram: [link] Alphaa.io

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

So my advice to you is, put everybody through product training.” And the other question that is just something I’m curious about, is: I work with different organizations and we have this org where the sales team doesn’t dig into the product too much and has the sales engineer to do the demo.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

The top 10 teams got monetary awards worth $10,000 to $120,000 on the demo day of KSGC 2021. “The mentoring program and all the advice we received from the accelerator and from all the partners we were introduced to have been very useful to us. Besides, the top 30 teams got $11,136 through a Settlement program.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA won legislation to expand the number of eligible investors in an early-stage fund from 99 to 250 and legislation to ensure that traditional demo days are not recognized as crowdfunding events. This committee provides advice and recommendations to the Commissions on rules, regulations and policy matters relating to small businesses.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

David Begazo , Owner, PRismatic SEO Generate Top-of-Funnel Traffic with Articles For a startup client who just entered its niche, our priority is to gain brand awareness and secure the first demo and sign-up. After publishing the content, we managed to triple our organic traffic quarter-over-quarter and got the first demo call scheduled.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

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. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death. Yeah, he was LA, baby! It’s where their passions are, too. Quality endures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. But we’re so thrilled to have her join with Tomasz. Tomasz Tunguz: Oh, interesting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Get yourself in a big demo day competition. Startup Advice' What kind of message does that send to the party faithful who slave away loyally to hit targets for BigCo? I’ll tell you what is says. It says if you want to make “real” money - quit. Go do a startup. Get some famous angel or seed money. Woo the press.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. I’m investing heavily in Internet video. Americans watch 5.3 hours of television / day – many age groups are even more. We read less than an hour / day. Full stop.

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OurCrowd

JULY 7, 2022

July 13th online: Labs/02 Startup Demo Day. The company has integrated a disease management feature into its platform that can track key fungal diseases on over 320 crop and fungal disease combinations, and offers advice on when to spray. Join this $4M round now funding on the OurCrowd platform. . Learn More.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Jai Malik, Venture Partner at Republic and ex-corporate Scout for Tata Communications, shares advice on becoming a Scout: “ I think the most important thing they saw was that I was open to learning whatever it took to get the job done. Offer career advice. I think that’s pretty standard with other positions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Both outfits look to back early-stage founders with money and advice in exchange for equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

In my post I noted the bias in his accent comments and also called b t on his statements that Demo Days are great because “the bad companies look good” and that VCs should compete to “pay the highest price & offer the best terms.” Startup Advice' They know how much opportunity we afford them. Thank you, Om.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Y Combinator’s Demo Day took place this week , and although the event itself was virtual-only, 86% of the founders in YC’s winter 2023 batch lived in SF while participating. Please note that these are for entertainment purposes only, as “we’re not offering investing advice or recommending anyone join or back a startup.”

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500

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. The outcome was that it was both – and when you’re at Demo Day, you’re going to be grateful to the part that’s ‘too challenging’. What Alluva is.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even though my wife thinks my true mental age is still around 13, sadly I am not in this youth demo. Startup Advice' And of course we also think about the fact that as many entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial concepts gear towards a younger generation we also needed investment professionals who are in that demographic.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. I guess if you’re in high-volume, low-differentiation mode perhaps this is efficient for you.

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