TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Investors and founders have long expressed excitement about what is happening in the region. A lot of new founders are starting companies at astonishing rates; in terms of deal flow, we’ve never had so much.” Naturally, the next step was TechCrunch spotlighting the city to showcase all that is new and upcoming.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU).

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Investors are affluent, and founders will weather this storm just fine, but in downturns like these, rank-and-file employees are the first to feel any pain. So, if your face doesn’t appear on the team slide in your startup’s pitch deck, this would be a good time to cancel your upcoming vacation. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “If AI-related coverage can get a new, unknown brand into its target publications today, it could help get the brand’s pitch deck in front of potential investors or partners tomorrow,” she writes in TC+. “Gable weaves its story together with ease.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In a previous era, aspiring journalists relocated to New York, would-be actors made pilgrimages to Hollywood and plucky tech founders moved to the Bay Area so they could attract capital and talent. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Keep an eye out for more recaps from TC Disrupt in the coming days.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. This article includes a RICE (reach, impact, confidence and effort) scoring spreadsheet, along with his thoughts on acquisition and activation growth hacking. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022: Taking the BS Out of Your TAM. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Time is relentless and, right now, it’s no friend to procrastination-prone early-stage startup founders. The application window for Startup Battlefield 200 (SB 200) at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 slams shut in just one week. They’ll receive special pitch training from TechCrunch staff and one free year of TechCrunch+ membership.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. It’s hard to imagine any scenario where an investor doesn’t enjoy several advantages over a founder. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

You blinked, and suddenly there are only two weeks left to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Join the elite Startup Battlefield 200 at TC Disrupt 2023! Free exhibition space for the entire show: The SB 200 will be the only early-stage startups allowed to exhibit at Disrupt. Don’t let it slip away.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a mere 72 hours, early bird pricing disappears for TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 , our two-part, founder bootcamp series focused on the building blocks you need to grow your company. TC Early Stage is all about helping new startup founders (pre-seed through Series A) learn the essential skills required to build a successful startup.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live , Retail Zipline founder Melissa Wong and Emergence Capital investor Lotti Siniscalco joined Managing Editor Jordan Crook to walk attendees through Zipline’s Series A deck. She was one of the few or maybe the only CEO who ever stood up to pitch the entire team,” said Siniscalco. “She

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startup pitching has become an existential drama, in part because so many founders exaggerate the size of the total addressable market (TAM) in which they hope to compete. At TechCrunch Disrupt, I spoke to three investors about how they use TAM to guide their decision-making. It’s either going to be too large or too small.”.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. Did I mention it only took the founder a month? On top of that, the article comes with a chart--this chart to the left entited "Fewer Bets". Not a bad close rate, I'd say--and a pretty great pay day.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“When you can’t quite make it to product-market fit, there’s a third choice that too many entrepreneurs, and their investors, overlook: selling out,” says Kittu Kolluri, founder and managing director of Neotribe Ventures. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “How can you choose? .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. For early-stage startups “this is arguably one of the worst times to be looking for talent,” says Champ Suthipongchai, founder and GP of Creative Ventures. Black startup founders raised just $187 million in the third quarter. cloud servers.”

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick. Did we miss something?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The next storm front expected to arrive tomorrow is expected to bring disruption and destruction on a massive scale. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Most investors won’t sign a non-disclosure agreement before reviewing your pitch because your idea is probably not worth stealing. Happy new year!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

Yet, it’s a startup with a CEO and co-founder who isn’t Brazilian, didn’t speak the local language of Portuguese, hadn’t started a company before, and didn’t really know a lot about banking to begin with. The Nubank EC-1 comprises four main articles numbering 9,200 words and a reading time of 37 minutes.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

This is part two of the highly successful event from April where top experts train and teach founders how to build, launch and scale their companies. In April we hosted the inaugural TC Early Stage Pitch-Off with 10 top companies from around the globe. Nervous to pitch onstage in front of thousands? Apply here by June 7th.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Pre-seed capital is required to set the base for the business operations to start and ensure that the founders’ business is a viable one. A pre-seed stage is when the founder sets the base to sow the seed.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. And while you may not need to be an insider, second-time founders — largely male and white — still have a competitive advantage. Vise CEO Samir Vasavada and Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire break down the art of the pitch. Image Credits: Sequoia Capital / Wolfe + Von / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The outlook of investing in China is suddenly brightening as the country gradually phases out its draconian zero-COVID policy, which has caused disruptions in businesses of all kinds and kept the country’s borders shut for the last three years, Rita reports. Mary Ann has more. Startups and VC. What is going on with your team slide?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Ten global startups, three rounds of pitching, nine expert judges. It’s not the 12 Days of Startups (no robotic partridge in a pear tree here), it’s the TC Early Stage Pitch Off — otherwise known as day two of TC Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising. TechCrunch vetted hundreds of applications to pitch at Early Stage 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

For many first-time founders, determining the size of the market in which they hope to compete is one of their biggest challenges. I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Bruno Vieira Costa, founder and CEO, Abstra.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Listen up founders! In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, co-founder and CEO of Polymath is a familiar to the AV industry ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

A big shoutout to the early-stage founders who missed the application window for the Startup Battlefield 200 (SB 200) at TechCrunch Disrupt. The Startup Battlefield 200 experience at TechCrunch Disrupt Membership has its privileges. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. “A Before you can deliver on any of the promises in your pitch deck, you’ll need to build a team.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

How is your offering disrupting the industry? 150birds CEO and founder Rick Koletavitoglu was a marketing consultant curating and managing marketing teams for high-growth startups in Silicon Valley. Our team leader Rick Koletavitoglu is the CEO and founder of 150birds. Here are his thoughts on his startup –.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

and mentally preparing ourselves for TechCrunch Disrupt. A strong sales organization is the tip of the spear for every SaaS startup, but because so few founders have meaningful experience in this arena, they don’t know how to set their teams up for success. PDT, subscribe here. An IPO at last! You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?” ” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “Think of the kind of things you’d tell a store associate helping you find the right gifts to purchase for your family,” says Ben Parr, president and co-founder of Octane AI. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck.

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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. " Founder and Operator Thoughts. " Parse.ly

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Just shine a light on your SaaS portfolio, according to CEO and co-founder of Zylo, Eric Christopher. Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored. I went into Apple Podcasts and it said, “Hey, Saba, here’s my pitch.” Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Early-stage founders, usually first-timers, often tie themselves in knots as they try to project the qualities they hope investors are seeking. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. How to identify unicorn founders when they’re still early-stage. What, exactly, are investors looking for?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Station F team has created a ton of videos and articles by talking with some well-known entrepreneurs and investors in the startup community in France. Throughout the program, you’ll be going through the steps of building a pitch deck. By the time you finish this program, you should understand all that crazy jargon.”.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In an blog article on Virgin.com, Branson said, “From the day I took my first steps as an entrepreneur, I’ve felt that the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people’s lives better. Anthony Baxter is founder and CEO at Firefly Digital. Get entrepreneur articles by email once a month. NZ Entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. ” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. . ” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. On Wednesday, August 24 at 3 p.m. Walter Thompson.

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