TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Though much of the event is under wraps (stay tuned), we can promise an exciting slate of panels and articles to showcase the city’s culture and commitment to becoming a tech hub. Trust us, this is not an event you will want to miss, so stay posted for updates, and we hope you can join us as we officially welcome you to Atlanta.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

For an article we’re running on her last day at TechCrunch, Natasha Mascarenhas reached out to four investors to find out whether FOMO is encouraging them to climb aboard the AI bandwagon. Unlocking the M&A code: 5 factors that can make (or break) a deal Pitch Deck Teardown: Fibery’s $5.2M million Series A in September 2022.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

and how cultural disparities and gender can be factors to consider when you enter into a transaction. PITCH ANYTHING: AN INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR PRESENTING, PERSUADING, AND WINNING THE DEAL. He incorporates research results from neuroeconomics, which reveals how the brain functions when making a decision and reacting to a pitch.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the decision has been made to go forward, there are very basic steps to setting up a business that formalizes the creation of the business and makes it operational which is addressed in a related article. Company Culture Many founders underestimate the importance of having a healthy company culture.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

It’s too simplistic to believe that cities can leave our lives, disappear from culture or bid away relevance. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about pitch deck teardowns and artificial intelligence. Read the entire analysis here and remember: If you want your own pitch deck teardown featured on TC+, here’s more information.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Each respondent was kind enough to let us know how they want to be pitched, and for grins, one shared an example of a cold e-mail that worked,” she writes. 10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Pitching a startup to investors without a personal recommendation isn’t a terrible idea — as long as you’ve done your research first. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Cold outreach with a warm touch: Here’s the fast pitch we emailed to investors. million seed round a year later. .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Pitch Deck Get your idea onto paper; it’s far easier to convey that way. A pitch deck is a teaser, where its goal is to create an appetite for further conversations and this can work equally well with prospective co-founders as it does with investors. Get the pitch right Tell a great story Startups that tell a great story get funding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. ” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Reform your startup’s meeting culture. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Over the last few days, we’ve published several articles recapping panels from last week’s TechCrunch Early Stage virtual conference. As ever, full articles are available for Extra Crunch members. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Part 4: The consequences of scaling up sneaker culture.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

“In a culture where growing valuations are worn like a badge of honor, founders may fear that taking a down round would render them Silicon Valley pariahs,” writes Holden Spaht, managing partner at private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

analyzes more than 10 million online articles to show how readers find their way to articles on the Internet, and reports that Facebook is now the largest source of external referrer traffic in " Online Traffic Sources Often Determined by Topic. com grows user base by more than 2,000% to 10 million via Totara partnership.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com. Ask @YourProtagonist tomorrow, October 19 at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET during our Q&A (but please save your pitches to send over via email!) That is something we value a lot.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Instead of putting the onus on customers to roll up their sleeves, he suggests that SaaS startups learn from cryptocurrency culture and find ways to “incentivize users to do the necessary work to have the right experience.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

One of the most important articles I read during the entire year was David Brook’s op-ed article on “ The Haimish Line.” He goes on to say, “We live in a highly individualistic culture. And so I framed much of my life since reading the article in Haimish terms. ” So true. ” So true.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Note: I originally published this article in 2019 to share my lessons-learned from mapping a local ecosystem. I highly recommend checking out Chad Renando’s article on LinkedIn, Mapping Innovation Ecosystems , where he discusses the concept and shares many examples. Making (and Measuring) an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem article.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

It is a huge mountain to climb and a full-time job to continuously pitch your vision and yourself to reach the first meeting with a VC fund — and that’s still miles away from a funding discussion. In 2019, The New York Times published an article headlined “More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: Simba Chain’s $25M Series A deck. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Simba Chain’s $25M Series A deck. . ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Simba Chain’s $25M Series A deck. Image Credits: Simba Chain (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

As this TechCrunch article points out, what drives the mental health epidemic among entrepreneurs is their propensity to accept risk. There is a vast cultural, contextual gap that they have to bridge all the time when they’re pitching to a foreign investor and trying to justify why they should invest in Africa.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

Jess also recommends inviting local civic and business leaders to participate as judges at pitch competitions or to emcee events. Check out the resources and articles below for additional information, ideas, and talking points to help you raise awareness about entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy. Right to Start .

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 19, 2022

The goal of the New Economy Booster accelerator program was to support the regrowth of the Nigerian and Ghanaian economies by supporting impact-driven ventures and businesses in the key areas of healthcare, education, agriculture, trade, culture and creativity, and tourism. How the New Economy Booster addressed these issues.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Our Black history month mention of the day is Ijeoma Oluo’s “So You Want to Talk About Race,” which Haje read last year and which served as a bit of an eye-opener to all the things he thought he knew but really didn’t about how race shows up, ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth.

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Red Rocket

MAY 11, 2021

I recently stumbled on this great article below from my good colleague, David Gardner (pictured), the founder and General Partner at Co-Founders Capital , one of the most active early-stage venture capital firms in the Southeast, based in the Raleigh-Durham area. Our CEO is building a positive company culture that people want to be a part of.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. This year, we’re adding a new feature: Our guests will analyze pitch decks submitted by members of the audience to identify their strengths and weaknesses. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. What if instead of surreptitiously tracking our behavior, they just asked us for relevant details?

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Haystack

JUNE 11, 2018

A stranger (hopefully a future friend, Pietro Invernizzi ) on Twitter tagged me as part of his tweetstorm earlier today about his hope for how VCs and founders should interact around and during a pitch. ” 4/ When looking at potential investments, be open to alternatives to pitch decks. What if the pitch isn’t clear?

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 6, 2021

Cultural and regulatory biases, as well as lack of access to ?financial For example, Amina Dyslexia Center was selected for the Social Innovators incubator program by Donors for Africa and to pitch at the Nigerian Tech Summit held by the US Embassy. . Amina Dyslexia Center’s happy faces. That is the most important thing.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Is it suffering from cultural dissonance between its high-growth model and more conservative European investors? Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture. Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

There’s an audio-only version of TechCrunch Live hosted by Matt that features founders and investors discussing successful pitch decks. Articles from the episode: A third straight week of tech layoffs in the books. Plus a rundown of the week’s top news on TechCrunch. Up next on Found Live is WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In the process, he helped to create a culture in early twentieth-century Durham so entrepreneurial that it became known as the “Black Wall Street.”. In Thomas Wolfe’s iconic 1983 article about the birth of Intel, Wolfe described a new breed in Silicon Valley that often stopped at a third place on their way home.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. As I described in Part 2 of this EC-1 , that staffing efficiency is partly due to its culture and who it hires. In simpler terms, Zeta helps companies pitch customers in varied manners depending on their own characteristics. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The pandemic and a new work-from-home culture have fundamentally changed how founders think about location when choosing a co-founder. An article by Harvard Business Review in 2011 says, “a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 3, 2017

When employees are willing to pitch in and help each other, more gets done. This article was originally published in the Ruby Receptionists Resource Library and has been reprinted here with the author’s permission. Gratitude’s proven benefits. Enhanced teamwork and customer experience. Prosocial behavior benefits customers too.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Founders and LPs will read into your personal vacation pictures on instagram, just as much as they’ll consider the amount of time you spend responding to comments on LinkedIn articles. I typically share my draft article with relevant domain experts, which makes me more educated about the topic I’m digging into. 2) Researching a topic.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Founders and LPs will read into your personal vacation pictures on instagram, just as much as they’ll consider the amount of time you spend responding to comments on LinkedIn articles. I typically share my draft article with relevant domain experts, which makes me more educated about the topic I’m digging into. Distributing content.

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