TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

What’s more, the TC Include founders will take the virtual stage for a live pitch feedback session with a TechCrunch staffer during the conference. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck. Founded by Lucinda Koza. Founded by Reetu Gupta. Founded by Paroma Indilo.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Chain Reaction connected with Edward Saatchi, an expert in the web3 space and the founder of The Culture DAO and Fable who discussed how emerging technologies can enable new forms of storytelling and how sectors like crypto and AI are changing what the metaverse might look like. Want your pitch deck featured on TC+? In on this?

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Please enjoy his Pitch Deck Teardown on Five Flute while he’s away. The company provides tools for financial advisors to expand their business, while also enabling users to do fun things like a “cash waterfall,” which means whenever you have the benefit of excess funds, you can designate where the overflow goes. See you tomorrow!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Dear Sophie: Any advice for living my dreams in Silicon Valley? Any advice? Dear Sophie: Any advice for living my dreams in Silicon Valley? Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored. I went into Apple Podcasts and it said, “Hey, Saba, here’s my pitch.” Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As a startup entrepreneur who is actively growing his business, Peter recently attended the inaugural MyEO Deal Exchange Conference in Denver, Colorado, where he pitched Table and Desk in EO’s first DX Angel-Shark Experience and received a US$250,000 investment in his company. . Thus Table and Desk was born?a

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Before you can pitch your idea to investors or apply for a loan from a financial institution, you should draft a business plan. Seek advice from experts. It enables military veterans and their spouses to take online and in-person educational courses, which teach them how to run a successful business. Create a business plan.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Pitch Deck Get your idea onto paper; it’s far easier to convey that way. Upskill There are now countless resources to enable you to learn basic coding skills for little money.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

20 Tips for Pitching New Business Ideas to Potential Investors To provide you with the best advice on pitching new business ideas to investors, we asked twenty CEOs, Founders, and other professionals for their top tips. You should highlight the potential future earnings while pitching your proposal.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Featuring topics like blockchain, challenger/neo banks, DeFi, fintech, NFTs and web3 The Hardware Stage: Uncover the mechanics and code behind the machines that enable us to get things done faster, smarter and more efficiently at work and at home. That’s certainly true for the Builder Stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2011

In the past I’ve given some tips for handling meetings effectively, covering topics like: - How not to let your meeting go down a rat hole ; - Dealing with the elephant in the room ; - Dealing with skeletons in your closet ; - How to make meetings discussions, not “pitches&#. - But you enabled them. Yes, it’s rude.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. They know how to build pitch decks. Advice to VCs Startup Advice'

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Now, the situation here that enabled such a frank discussion is a bit atypical. Their CEO Roxanne Petraeus suggested that talking about this together publicly would be helpful because she’s learned a lot about how she pitches Ethena, and unpacking the conversations we had could be helpful to other founders who are raising.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

The investment memo allows us to test our understanding just like the pitch deck helps founders crystalise their ideas. My advice to founders is to focus on getting your MVP up and running before raising. What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? The clarity will go a long way.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

AND NOW I'LL PRETEND THAT I WASN'T REALLY PITCHING AND I'LL BE ALL MODEST ABOUT IT. Or ‘How do we think about going back to the past via a technology-enabled model?’ We are a technology-enabled [WHAT WE DO]. But we wouldn’t be able to do it without being technology-enabled. The whole experience is enabled by technology.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2023

We are a good 47 pitch decks into our Pitch Deck Teardown series , and one piece of feedback we’ve gotten frequently is that it’s easy to be a critic: What would we have done? So for this week’s pitch deck teardown, we’re going to try something different. At its heart, though, the deck was good.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A large benefit, to you, in pitching yourself for these virtual opportunities is the ability to participate from your home office – no travel required. Guest posting does, however, enable you to position yourself as a thought leader in your field. For this reason, it’s worth your while to be picky about which who you pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. They know how to build pitch decks. Advice to VCs Startup Advice'

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For example, our Series A was oversubscribed because of our pilot success, demonstrating a 7x increase in qualified candidates per role through our AI-enabled platform. We helped them refine their pitch to emphasize not only the innovation but also the market potential, scalability, and revenue model.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 8, 2023

So, my advice to other startup leaders is simple: know as much as you can about your challenges before you face them. We used analytics, research, and experience to make informed decisions, enabling bold moves to increase our reach and visibility. The more you know, the better you can plan, and the higher your chances of success.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In The fundamental disconnect is that software-enabled businesses don’t necessarily monetize the same way that software-based businesses do,” Zimmerman says. For a larger Series A check.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

To put this capability in reach of any embedded hardware engineer, the company has developed an open source library that enables developers to create these different generic profiles. .” So you might have a battery profile or a motor profile that you can apply to every type of battery or motor regardless of which company produced it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While the group we saw that had the largest number of members (~1k) was an open pitch around podcast ideas and soliciting help for podcast projects. In general, groups had far fewer members and seemed more focused/niche — say aimed at illuminating a specific local issues (‘Police reform in Minneapolis explained’).

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We pitch to investors without requiring them to commit to a blind pool. Additionally, Do you have any other advice for anyone looking to start a fund? What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? Build trust. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I have sat through countless pitches with Ivy League grads spewing off intellectual descriptions of the details of their product or service and why it will win in the market. In a VC pitch this type of messaging will do just fine. These messages need to pass the cocktail party pitch. And I think this is a mistake.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

will hand-hold you through the process of building a super savvy customer service robot, is the pitch. can still offer a compelling sales pitch to businesses with more “consultative” customer support needs, where automation will only be able to play a far more limited role.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

“Edda enables secure transparency for everyone managing an investment portfolio, from deal-sourcing to due diligence and funding through to portfolio management,” Edda cofounder and CEO Clément Aglietta explained to TechCrunch. ” So what, exactly, does Edda give those working in the private investment space?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

Among them were winners from the recent 2020 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup business plan and pitch competition , Cadenzo and Novel Nuero, both based in Tulsa. Additionally, the cohort design enabled them to network with other Oklahoma entrepreneurs across various disciplines. . ” said LaManque.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

Among them were winners from the recent 2020 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup business plan and pitch competition , Cadenzo and Novel Nuero, both based in Tulsa. Additionally, the cohort design enabled them to network with other Oklahoma entrepreneurs across various disciplines. . ” said LaManque.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. We see ourselves as a mix of cheerleaders, enablers (when it makes sense), sanity checks, and sounding boards. If you’re not confident pitching, you need to put on your big-person pants and git gud at it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Fuelfinance Their pitch: “We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automation. Incorporated in Delaware, USA. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The poorest households describe a stark choice — between ‘heating or eating’ Into this grim maelstrom a new London-based startup, called Nous , is hoping to throw households a life-raft by offering a free personalized report that explains how price rises will affect their costs and gives advice on how to adapt to inflation.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Maybe the reason why venture capital as an asset class has underperformed is because the overriding criteria for having a fund in the first place is the ability to to raise one--not giving good advice, sourcing good deals. It seems just as driven by the willingness to pay a lot of money upfront to all of these middlemen.

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Y Combinator

JULY 7, 2022

They flipped the equation of a typical startup founder: instead of raising money to enable a certain amount of growth, they eliminated the assumption of fundraising, controlled their spend, and evaluated how to ramp up spending based on what the business was bringing in. You can’t raise your way into the right product.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score. The former is a business model that has already been proven such as a computer repair shop or a restaurant, enabling the founder to follow what others have done to be successful. They will utilize two common tools: the investor pitch and the investor slide deck.

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