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TechCrunch+ roundup: 5 pitch deck slides to fix, initial viable product, MLOps acceleration

TechCrunch

This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch deck. According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark : Go-to-market.

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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Streamlining processes and defining role responsibilities will pay dividends for those willing to invest time and energy. But the No.1

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EO’s Top Engaging Posts on Inc.com for 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Streamlining processes and defining role responsibilities will pay dividends for those willing to invest time and energy. But the No.1

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Lok Yek Soon, Founder of Awesome Ventures: Empowering Impactful Startups for Lasting Change  

AsiaTechDaily

We have guidelines within our investment framework. The investment memo allows us to test our understanding just like the pitch deck helps founders crystalise their ideas. Fundraising takes up more time and energy than you think. My advice to founders is to focus on getting your MVP up and running before raising.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

TechCrunch

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. Lightspeed’s Gaurav Gupta and Grafana’s Raj Dutt discuss pitch decks, pricing and how to nail the narrative.

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This UK startup got $9M so you’ll pay it to shrink your household bills

TechCrunch

Worse is yet to come as an energy price cap will end in April, when bills are projected to rise by more than 50%. The UK’s cost of living crisis has been making grim headlines for months — with no respite in sight. That’s just step one, though. The founding team looks similarly seasoned.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Where are we putting our energy? Are we putting our energy into meeting new executives? Are we putting our energy into sustaining those relationships by being there to offer counsel or introductions? Are we putting our energy into being on search from update calls? The mission is the elevator pitch.

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