This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 26, 2012

One event organizer had even asked me if I wanted to give my talk before the company demos, enabling me to duck out before the crowds could rush me. In today's world, the democratization of technology means that the next big thing could literally come from anywhere. It's tough to figure out what advice to give. Take pitches?

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. Players such as Foursquare , Tapulous and Bump Technologies are attracting huge investor attention not to mention the huge hype around augmented reality applications such as Layar.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). They’re great at orchestrating your company to deliver product demos. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice. They’re always on time. LOVING Balsamiq!

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. But if you identify investors with whom you’d like to work here’s my advice: 1. That’s OK, too.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He was introduced by a senior technology executive that I really respect in the LA area and a close friend of mine told me separately that he would like to invest if they did a friends & family round. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. Needless to say I was positively predisposed to this individual before the meeting started.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

When you do get a follow up meeting tell them about your new revenue model, ask to show your new demo, talk about the progress you’ve made and what has turned out differently then expected. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Update them on your fund raising progress.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

I also (as Fred describes us youngins) "work hard, put in ridiculous hours, are on top of all the latest trends, companies, technologies, etc. meet with tons of companies every week, work hard for their portfolio companies, and are on planes flying around to the important confereneces and demo days".

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MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

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MARCH 15, 2014

It wasn’t because I’m the target demo for that app – I am certainly not. But my job is to understand technology and therefore you must use it to understand it. So my advice for anybody building apps that are anonymous is to try and nail the balance of pseudonymity and authority or reputation management.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

It is with this backdrop that I was really happy to learn from my friend Ethan Anderson (HBS alum & founder of RedBeacon) about an awesome program at HBS run by Tom Eisenmann called Launching Technology Ventures. Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

We believe that the structural industry changes will continue to create big opportunities for technology firms that enable the changes in media consumption for television, radio, inbound calls, online & social media. The global advertising market is estimated at around $475 billion / year with only 12% of this online and measurable.

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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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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Offer to do a demo later, but don’t try to squeeze it in the presentation. A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With massive annual technology budgets and scaled distribution, the largest FIs are the ideal end-buyers. This is because FIs have long relied on painstaking manual operational processes to accomplish their goals, eschewing technology for human labor.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My Human Computer Interaction.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. What is a startup really? What: The foundational corporate formation, governance, equity issuance and intellectual property assignment documents.

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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

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. You’ll hear from CEOs like Starship Technologies’ Ahti Heinla. Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent.

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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? ” If you look at every technological shift or platform shift so far, it’s resulted in more things to design. I have a demo and I can show off some stuff. David: Yes, yes, yes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Second, he thinks that technology is the most scalable way to spread that impact. Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch). First, he said that education is the most high-leverage way to make an impact on an individual, community and world.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

“It’s so easy to throw together a vertical AI demo,” Winfield told TechCrunch. Many founders and investors are getting wrapped around the axle and putting the technology and solution before the benefit.” “You see a lot of folks who would have been decent SaaS founders, trying to be decent AI founders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

The advice was one of 10 bullet points in a memo meant to help companies navigate the economic downturn crushing tech. The email was a vibe shift from just a few weeks prior, when hundreds of Y Combinator startups — many of which already raised venture funding — presented themselves to the public on Demo Day.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Adham Abdelfattah , an advisor to the Senior Partners at McKinsey and Venture Partner with Versatile VC , said, “Familiarity with technology topics is extremely valuable to become an advisor for the top firms. Private Equity. Venture Capital. S&P Global Market Intelligence .

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. Tech startups with innovative technologies got the edge over other startups in the KSGC program selection.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

She also explains the importance of her family, her new book, the Dell Women’s Entrepreneurship Network, and her advice to entrepreneurs both young and old. Just being able to demo her product at these cafeterias and seeing people excited about her work means a lot, she says. Advice for young (and older) entrepreneurs.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

By: Dror Futter, Legal and Business Adviser to Startups, Venture Capital Firms and Technology Companies The SEC announced a series of amendments (likely to be effective early next year) to the rules governing private offering exemptions – by far the most frequent path for venture fundraising.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

His passion for solving complex organizational challenges through technology has been the driving force behind Grapevine’s success. But now, when I demo the platform, you can see their eyes light up. That’s why my second piece of advice is probably the most important — you must be passionate about the problem you’re solving.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2012

I think this is great advice. That's all they have--no demo no code--and they get funding. Entrepreneur + Kinda Workable Demo/Alpha + Little to No Data on Traction. Could Jack have raised money on is own without the demo? He built the demo first and if you were interested in mobile payments, he won you over.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

Because it takes “about 15 touches for a prospect to want to see a demo,” Tong authored a TC+ guide for CEOs who need guidance around hiring and incentivizing SDR teams. “Pipeline generation at early-stage companies is expensive and time consuming, often more so than the sales process itself. .”

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 25, 2012

3) Have offline copies of whatever you're doing, so you can demo using screenshots if you have to. 5) Be clear about the ask: "We're here to get advice about the following specific three questions." Don't get visibly frustrated if they interrupt.

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JANUARY 27, 2013

I’ve started a recent series on PR at startups since I get asked for advice on this topic so often. ” The problem with this advice is that it was (and is) wrong. I will put the full list of posts here. The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ? that they probably read the main tech blogs.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Less need for a belief in breakthrough technology. However, companies with a focus on early profitability are less likely to require an investor to believe in complex, hard-to-predict new technology which is hard to diligence. I argue that these 3 reasons are much less applicable for RBI investors than for conventional VCs.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

That’s why product demo webinars are so effective at maximizing conversion rates. You’re relying on technology to do all your selling. As advanced as technology is, nothing will ever replace genuine human interaction. In doing so, I maintain the human element, despite my use of technology and e-commerce platforms.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Teknobuilt, a UK-Canada-based startup with innovative technologies in digital program management, construction workflow automation, and SaaS platform services for AI-based project delivery, participated in KSGC 2020. The top 10 teams got monetary awards worth $10,000 to $120,000 on the demo day of KSGC 2021. Besides the 3.5-month

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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. The alphaa.io

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

With new technology enabling better, faster and easier-to-use software to build better, faster and easier-to-use products, the market is becoming busier by the second. There’s an old adage that says, “ask for money and you’ll get advice; ask for advice and you might get money.” So how do you stand out from the crowd?

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MARCH 1, 2011

Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn’t include you. You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever.

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