TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In this article, we will look at a bunch of great examples culled from my TechCrunch Pitch Deck Teardown series and detail what needs to go on the slide. As a startup founder, your company should be designed to fail as fast as possible. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

With a Section 1045 rollover, founders can salvage QSBS before 5 years. Advanced tax strategies for startup founders. When a founder sells their company, its valuation gets a lot of attention. He is a managing director of Keystone Global Partners. More posts by this contributor. Image Credits: Keystone Global Partners.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. ExactTarget’s co-founder, Scott Dorsey then started a new venture studio and fund, High Alpha, which has backed dozens of startups in the greater Indianapolis area. They’re rightly more focused on the company’s product, sales, and growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later. Being aware of this bias can help founders take a balanced perspective. and more articles from the EO blog. The post Raising Funds? The post Raising Funds?

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

To tackle these challenges, Wu shares several strategies that can help e-commerce startups refine their brand marketing and “entrench” existing customers. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. Can we do it? Advancing AI.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

It’s not just about the job; it’s also about their hobbies, things to do in the city and some thought leadership articles that can inspire them to have a better life. You can publish them daily on your site or social media channels with a comment that says, “Here’s the link to the full article.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

“It’s about focusing on the metric that directly reflects the value that your company and products bring to your customers,” growth marketer Maya Moufarek told us in an interview for one of our most popular marketing articles of the week. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. The pressures facing first-time founders are enormous. ” What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Nanda, Director General, Department of Industrial and Commercial Development, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, at the K-Startup Grand Challenge (Photo = beSUCCESS) The delegation then toured the startup campus, saw the office spaces of companies and business support organizations, and was introduced to startup business support programs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A lot of these articles are part of TechCrunch+ — TechCrunch’s premium subscription product. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Here are a few articles we wrote to help you crack some of the more challenging parts of the pitch. Before you start pitching.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

The fundraise was covered on TechCrunch : Part of the fun of looking through decks is the ability to link back to an article we posted, saying, “This was the raise; here is how they did it.” ” Within the past year or so : Part of the problem for founders is that a lot of sample decks out there are 10 to 15 years old.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

“As a startup founder, how do you prevent leakage after spending significant resources to acquire people at the top of the funnel?” ” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ” Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that will help founders control the narrative.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

The deepest irony of the VC business – which we understood not at all when we started but is obvious in hindsight – is that excellence in investing requires the exact opposite of what’s demanded from the best startup founders. . By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

He believes that when startup founders know how to raise money, they can find the freedom to approach investors with confidence and raise the capital they need to grow their company. Tal developed his methodologies in the course of leading five startups over more than 20 years. How to break into Silicon Valley as an outsider.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ” To better thwart ransomware attacks, startups must get cybersecurity basics right. Black startup founders raised just $187 million in the third quarter. The downturn appears to be disproportionately affecting Black founders’ ability to raise capital.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. Today’s abrupt slowdown in VC investment suggests a post-recession-type M&A wave is on the horizon. How can you avoid this unnecessary fate?

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Georgi Todorov , Founder, ThriveMyWay Content Marketing Can Help With SEO and Organic Reach Content marketing is an invaluable tool for startups looking to establish their presence in their chosen market. For example, in 2013 I was given a column at Forbes and began to write articles about my business experiences.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Combine that with the fact that startup founders are praised for sleeping under their desks, and it’s easy to see why many tech workers don’t even take the 12 weeks they have coming their way after having a child.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In a TC+ guest post, he shares the basic steps for creating a cash management plan for startups that have closed an extension or need to make the most out of their precious runway. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Treasury management should be top of mind for startup founders. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

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. Out of the hundreds of applications we received, we selected 10 founders to pitch on stage for five minutes to a panel of prominent VC judges — followed by a five-minute Q&A.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This report prepared by Eddie Ackerman, Thomvest’s strategic finance operating partner, looks at startup hiring velocity since February 2021 by region, company type and, notably, how much time passed since last fundraise. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

One of the biggest challenges that the startup founders face during the initial stage is the lack of a well-proficient, professional marketing team. A well-rounded marketing team can make or break a startup and that’s why it is essential to hire the very best. Identify Your Marketing Channels.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. It’s amazing how frequently investors say “no” to startup founders: If 100 early-stage entrepreneurs pitch a VC, maybe three of them will be lucky to get a second meeting. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Kara shared seven lessons she’s learned in her 15 years as a startup founder of one of the most successful beverage companies in the US. and more articles from the EO blog. . The post 7 Hints for Entrepreneurial Success from Hint Water Founder Kara Goldin appeared first on THE BLOG. Identify the problem.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

The ongoing AI boom is a contributing factor: 54 of the 282 companies in this cohort “are specifically building generative AI startups,” reported Natasha Mascarenhas. As a result, “the average Black founder raises less than around $1,000 from family and friends,” reports Dominic-Madori Davis.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. What US startup founders need to know about the R&D tax credit. For a founder who’s bootstrapping an early-stage startup, $250,000 could change their company’s trajectory. . Preparing your team to interact with the code source.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Over the last six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck Teardowns — the popular series of articles where I review a pitch deck in detail, celebrating the wins and gently (and sometimes not-so-gently) suggesting improvements. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Series A deck.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

And rather than giving him just my answer — which might have been unique to my experience, not applicable to his — I decided to do something different and write this article. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But wait, there’s more: Buy a pass and receive a free annual membership to Extra Crunch, our membership program focused on startups, founders and investors with more than 100 exclusive articles published per month ( learn about the benefits ). Read the event agenda and start planning your schedule now.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital. In France in some ways it was worse because if you failed as a startup founder you shouldered personal liabilities that don’t exist in the US under our bankruptcy laws.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 3, 2021

These include dealing with personal relationships both within and outside the business and conflicting co-founder visions. In this article, I will share some of the real reasons why I think startups fail that I have observed firsthand as a startup founder. Conflicting co-founder expectations. Key takeaways.

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