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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. That''s a much better picture of female entrepreneurship than the 2-4% of venture capital dollars going to women.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

Discover the secrets to transforming pitch decks into compelling investor magnets, courtesy of seasoned industry professionals. This article breaks down the essentials of innovative design techniques that have a proven track record for engaging investors. That order carried more weight than traditional pitch sequencing.

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How to Be a VC: Being Open

This is going to be BIG.

In venture capital, you say "no" a lot. I want your pitch to be the one I say yes to--and I want you to solve the inherent problems in your business model. Take pitches? This article on Groupthink reasons that: ".dissent When you say no a lot, you get good at it. It comes off the tongue fast and in lots of different ways.

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#DreamitLive with Ron Gula: Five Slide Pitch Deck

Dream It

In the episode, Steve asked Ron about his “five slide pitch deck.” How much will you invest in marketing and other capital intensive resources? Read Ron’s article on his five slide pitch deck here. How will you grow your company to provide value for your investors? Will you be hiring developers or sales people?

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

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This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. On top of that, the article comes with a chart--this chart to the left entited "Fewer Bets". Well, they did ask David Chao of Doll Capital, who said that the " frothy bubble is over ".

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Business Development for Early Stage Startups

This is going to be BIG.

struck in the early days where newspapers would put a little “Tag this article” widget at the end of every story, and in return, they’d get a feed of the keywords used to take the articles, which helped them on search and ad targeting. Vet your deck with them… let them see how you’re pitching the company.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital.

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