Angel Capital Association

JULY 23, 2020

By: Lance Cottrell, North Bay Angels Editors Note - The following article shares points from one investor to founders. Or, do you have additional advice for founders who pitch to your group? I answer more questions and provide more coaching about investor pitches than anything else. When do you need more investment?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. I’d never used a 10-speed bike before, so I wasted time and energy struggling to ascend hills, much like a startup with a go-to-market model that doesn’t match the stage of their business. Cassie Bowe, partner, Energy Impact Partners. It was a mistake.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As the entrepreneurs are hardly making any money to pay their personal bills, they devote a great deal of time and energy in making elaborate pitches for raising investment capital. Tell us what you think about our article on hockey stick growth in the comments section. Go On, Tell Us What You Think!

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

“Just like with a new fitness program, participants feel good after completing the workout, but it takes a lot of activation energy to start and hard work to get there,” Chen notes. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. With a surge of VC investing, many startups are urgently hiring.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Managing potential points of tension is critical, but founders must be pragmatic: Only choose someone you respect, and be prepared to invest time and energy into cultivating a close relationship, advises Max Schireson, an executive-in-residence at Battery Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Twenty companies pitched in all, and here’s who took the stage today: Ally Robotics : The company has developed a combination hardware and software solution designed to make it easier to deploy these automated solutions for those without coding/robotics experience. Startup Battlefield. News drop from Disrupt. Aisha has more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. I think climate investing, what I do, is still extremely brisk.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

If you are strategic enough with where you focus your energy (the little you have outside your primary work), then you can generate traction. They’ll be the most interested and invested in the startup and entrepreneurship work happening. Jess suggests starting with local economic development offices. Right to Start .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Everrati , EV conversion startup, has landed an investment from former Nest CEO Matt Rogers, the Verge reported. Listen up founders! In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

For the latest entry in a series of longform articles that explore the inner workings of notable startups, we looked at NS1 , an internet infrastructure company best known for its software-defined DNS. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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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. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. What investors really think about the TAM slide in your pitch deck. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 8, 2019

Check out this article to learn more about how trees make a difference! Donate To Renewable Energies. This organization asks airline passengers to make voluntary climate protection payments based on the amount of emissions they create; and uses these contributions to develop renewable energies to save CO? Floripa Week 2019.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations! Google AI for Social Good. Skoll Foundation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

This is not a boast, but a warning: I could write a how-to article on almost any topic. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Fortunately, things have changed with the rise of SaaS and alternative funding sources such as revenue-based investing VCs. Still, revenue modeling remains a challenge for founders.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

The more baked you are, the more investable you are. The best possible move is to invest in and warehouse some special purpose vehicles that fit your strategy. Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations! Skoll Foundation. Summit Fellows.

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn Tom’s tips for setting up fast, aligned teams to drive growth at your company. A free worksheet to apply everything that you’ve learned in this article so far. If set up correctly, fast, aligned teams relieve leaders from wasting time and energy on ongoing approvals.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Investing every bit of his savings from summer internships —about US$14,000 — Joe purchased 2,000 high-quality water bottles. In order to mitigate the wear and tear on the well, we utilized clean solar energy to bring the water from the aquifer into a water tower for distribution. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) ( Note to reader: this week’s essay is a continuation of my piece from last week, “A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue. Omnitron Sensors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Mercedes Bent and Bradley Twohig , partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners (a multistage generalist fund with investments including Forage, Clever and Outschool). Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Rising African venture investment powers fintech, clean tech bets in 2020. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Maybe it’s just the way I’ve been experiencing San Francisco, but it feels like the more social energy around us is less cocky, more present. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about pitch deck teardowns and artificial intelligence. Let’s start with the good: First, women-founded AI startups are seeing a boost in VC funding.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your best bet is to prepare a pitch deck with your proposal, start with some icebreaker questions and discuss mutually beneficial terms, which make saying “yes” a no-brainer. For instance, Red Bull gave away drinks at VIP and sporting events, helping the brand take off and become the most in-demand energy drink.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “Decreased consumer confidence, inflated brand value, and a freeze in investment capital are creating a perfect storm,” says David Wright, co-founder and CEO of Pattern, an e-commerce accelerator. Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Walter Thompson.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them. Partners make investment decisions. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

If you want outside capital, VCs will chase after you to invest. . At my prior firm, ff Venture Capital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. I suggest you have 6 main options: . Consulting.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Beyond sharing their investment thesis, they also let us know what they’re looking for and how they measure success. Shayle Kann, partner, Energy Impact Partners. Inside the pitch deck that won Heartbeat Health’s first investment check. Cleantech 1.0

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2023

Mike Cessario’s Linkedin After consuming multiple hours of podcast interviews and just about every article I could find online on Liquid Death, I put together a “handbook” of takeaways I learned about branding and entrepreneurship for founders, marketers, and startups wanting to learn from Liquid Death’s playbook. It’s a good story.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

For a good long while, it seemed like a fund-returning investment. It looked like I had invested in a company making a generational impact. But all this isn’t why you started reading this article, is it? Thought I'd share.” That was a note that I got from a friend back in September of 2018. Things looked more than great.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

Brian Halligan [01:10] – Well, I have to manage my energy, because people drain energy from me. We’d meet once or twice a week, and work on the idea, and pitch it to law firms. What was your pitch even like? And I helped him set up his blog, and I remember he wrote his first blog article.

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