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How to Launch Your Startup Without a Launch

This is going to be BIG.

When Tinybop first launched, before they ever made their first app for kids, they started a newsletter that featured products they loved for kidsfrom everything from books to board games. Follow and engage with them on social media, comment thoughtfully on their articles, and offer insights on industry trends without pitching your company.

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#DreamitLive with Ron Gula: Five Slide Pitch Deck

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In the episode, Steve asked Ron about his “five slide pitch deck.” Ron advises not to stray away from the core message by including items such as a list of advisers and board members, biographies of the founders, or competition slides. Read Ron’s article on his five slide pitch deck here.

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In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion

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I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. This article had much resonance with me. I was at the first pitch meeting they ever did to raise capital. But this is a high-class problem they solve for me.

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

There’s a lengthy application and vetting process for EO members or Accelerators to qualify to pitch. The 20 or so people selected will participate in a pitch workshop breakout session during DX22. Round One of the Angel-Shark Experience gives each competitor three minutes to pitch before a big gong ends their presentation.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

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Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. In fact, the article was so spot on, so well shaped and formed I was only left wondering three things: 1. I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. All of my partners at Upfront do.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Take one topic and break it up into 10 bite-sized articles. eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term.

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The Ideal Pitch Deck is a Story, a Science, and an Art

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In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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