TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

In the context of building a great product, founders are creating an investment pitch that reflects their day-to-day life. Stop spending so much time on your product when pitching to investors by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch. That makes sense.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

Investors are pushing founders to be lean, but at the same time, offering them $10,000 to take PTO for a week and try their hand at entrepreneurship. Steve Blank explains the rationale behind why a founder would agree to a cram down — and advice on what they could do instead. Just how much has late-stage venture capital slowed?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

“Oftentimes, investors have a sense of whether a pitch is going to go somewhere within the first 15-20 minutes of a conversation.” We also asked each of them to name a pro forma pitch practices that founders should retire. How to pitch me: 4 VCs share what they’re looking for in March 2022. All of the above!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Otherwise, you lose sales even before you start Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Do not mistake the perfect pitch for the well-rehearsed (read: memorized) presentation. The cookie-cutter pitch presentation kills your sales pipeline before you actually have one. My team members call it the Pitch Perfect experience.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

I still regularly meet with i2E for advice as I’m building my company. As a woman founder, what advice do you have for other aspiring women entrepreneurs who may be facing barriers or doubts about pursuing their own ventures? The Love’s Cup was one of the most memorable experiences in my entrepreneurship journey!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

ET, M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar will join me on a Twitter Space to share his advice for fundraising during a downturn. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Many founders start by building a 10-slide pitch deck, but AR car hardware company WayRay’s Series C presentation contained 75 slides. PT/2:30 p.m.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 6, 2020

The library consolidates the knowledge and advice we’ve previously published and provides a central location for new content. We strive to make entrepreneurship more accessible, and hope that by sharing our knowledge publicly, we can support the founder community more broadly.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. At TechCrunch Early Stage, Managing Editor Matt Burns hosted Lotti Siniscalco, a partner at Emergence Capital, for a session on pitch deck basics. ” Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. opens in a new window) license.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. Be the learn-it-all. Keep it short.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Other founders know better than anyone else how hard entrepreneurship can be and can lend a unique perspective to what your best path forward might be. Luke Campbell – Cofounder.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We started hanging out a bit and discussing technology and entrepreneurship. And after one meeting they started asking for his advice about marketing, customer engagement, product design, monetization – whatever. I reached out after the event to learn more.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Crupi has spent the pandemic era supporting Series B startups, so he shared an article that examines how a strategy memo, a pitch deck and a forecast model work in tandem to steer potential investors through diligence. Pitch Deck Teardown: Helu.io’s $9.8M Series A deck. Series A deck.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This dynamic zone will feature IR pitches for investment attraction, conducted on a dedicated stage, and thought-provoking conferences. Inspiration from Prominent Voices at COMEUP 2023 COMEUP 2023 promises captivating conference sessions featuring renowned personalities from the world of startups and entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 18, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. You won’t believe how VCs decide which startups to fund Aaron Dinin, PhD teaches entrepreneurship at Duke. Read here: A Venture Capitalist Told Me How He Decides Which Startups to Fund, and I Couldn’t Believe It Stop sending VCs pitch decks?—?start

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2020

To celebrate Fatima’s work promoting financial literacy and wellness, the YLAI Network asked her a few questions about her journey to entrepreneurship. What have the trajectory of your career and your initial start in entrepreneurship looked like? From very young, I was inspired to be an entrepreneur and to do great things.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I think his advice is this op-ed is bananas. I have even had to get physical security advice from some of the crazy. So if you want some real-world, non-Wharton advice it’s this: Practice writing great email titles that are compelling and personal and grab the attention from the person with whom you want an answer: “Important!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I have now been an investor for two years after 15 years of entrepreneurship. This is one of the lessons I wish I understood when raising a Series B, so I hope you find this advice helpful when you navigate your larger raises. More posts by this contributor. I see the deck almost as a derivative of the strategy memo.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

March 3 is your opportunity to hear from and engage with the people who, through entrepreneurship, venture capital, labor organizing and advocacy, are both using and challenging tech to disrupt the status quo for the betterment of all. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

University entrepreneurship competitions and events are a great way to fund yourself and build relationships with potential partners, mentors, and investors. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady met in 2014 sitting next to each other in class at Stanford and worked on a class project researching the Stanford entrepreneurship ecosystem. My advice to founders with an idea is to spend less time in the “idea” stage and more time on execution. This was very insightful. Thank you so much for joining us!

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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’s one of the first stops you should make on your road to entrepreneurship. Military veterans bring a wealth of life experience to entrepreneurship. Market analysis.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. Are you actually ready to pitch? When pitching, the startup has to put a number on the table. Thankfully, seasoned investor DC Palter offers some advice: Find the deal lead?—? Did you know the average new business pitch costs $450,000?!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

At TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 , a virtual bootcamp experience in two distinct parts, you’ll learn from leading experts across the startup spectrum — including prominent founders ready to share their personal experiences and hard-won advice to help you avoid costly missteps. What’s more, you’ll learn from the best of the best.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

People who know how to invest money aren’t always the people who know how to raise it Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 31, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. Matt Giaro has been in those trenches many times in his 10 years in entrepreneurship. For her, the most important soft skill for her progress was empathy, and laid down her best advice for you to improve your own. Sign up here.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 24, 2022

Like swimming, it’s best to learn from a coach to correct mistakes and advance to the next steps Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Five Flute’s founders shared their slightly redacted pitch deck with us. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M .” Thanks for reading — I hope you have a great weekend. Walter Thompson. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist. pre-seed deck.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Ann Miura-Ko has been called “ the most powerful woman in startups ” by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. Whether teaching my kids at home or teaching my class on entrepreneurship at Stanford, it’s something I really love to do. And it’s fun!

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Angry that such a tragedy could have occurred – indeed possibly directly attributable – as a result of Jake’s endeavours in the name of this thing we call entrepreneurship. Resilience, although much talked about and acknowledged as a key trait for success in entrepreneurship, is not something that can be taught.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

so he’ll give practical advice on how to stay alive and thrive. State of the Northeast Seed Market Kerty Levy (Techstars) As managing director of Techstars Boston and Iowa, Kerty Levy has a unique vantage point when it comes to the state of entrepreneurship and startup funding in the Northeast.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we share: Why your pitch deck has one minute to sell investors on your startup The 7 types of startup founder, and why it matters to you Let’s do this. The pitch is an overview, similar to a resume. Include deal terms?—?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A year before starting my first company, my cofounders and I were pitching our startup to every startup competitions we knew about. Our last pitch was awarded $15k, so we stashed around $30k (all from competitions) and we started a company. The Sacrifices of Entrepreneurship The entrepreneurial journey is not a glamorous one.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

In nine years as a VC, I have seen many founders misinterpret the standard advice to ask potential investors questions during pitch meetings. Approach an investor pitch similarly. Prashant Fonseka is a partner at Tuesday Capital , where he invests in early-stage technology companies. I’d get an answer immediately.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch. The best advice I can give is to dive in with the mindset that done is better than perfect.” Rick Kiessig – Cofounder. Fabulous ideas are a dime a dozen.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

” Fred Wilson seconded that opinion , citing that “We need more entrepreneurship, not less.” ” I’m all for more entrepreneurship, but I think it’s a slippery slope to tie together funding an increased number of companies with a better innovation landscape or even a better economic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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