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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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. And a special thank you to Heather Brunner, our CEO for the past four and a half years. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

I’m also writing on my personal blog, if you’d like to follow along with the 1,835 other people who come to hang and be too wordy. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier. As always, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram to continue the conversation. Book your pass ASAP!

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

American Express has a branded blog, Business Class , that publishes content to help small and medium business owners. " But the Business Class blog also includes brand journalism content as a podcast, "The Next Chapter," which is a series of interviews with outside experts and successful business owners.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? They do, and I'll join these events, but when you name your pitch event after something violent, you shouldn't be surprised when you've gotten way more men to apply. How enthusiastic are women going to be to participate in shark cages and battlegrounds?

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. Why ever read another tech blog?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Seven years ago (yesterday, it seems… I had the date wrong in my calendar), I started this blog. The consistency of it provides constructive pressure to continuously find inputs and inspiration. I think that’s where people fall off the wagon when it comes to blogging. Blogging is taking batting practice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Who was willing to jump on a plan on a Sunday morning with a hang-over to make sure they were there the night before an important biz dev pitch on a Monday morning. David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog. Who came in the office at 2am when the servers crashed – even on the night of the big company party.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. I had very little cash in the bank yet the stories were still coming out about how we were going to change the world of online engineering and construction.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Abodu , one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to construction and installation in about 30 days. trillion-dollar industry.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Champion Sales Pitch Let me start by saying Champion was in my home for over four hours!! They showed their white colors vs off white colors of others, they showed how durable its construction vs. flimsy others, and they showed a corner cut of them vs. the competition (with theirs insulated).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

There was a time that Katerra was considered the darling of the construction tech world. Some argue it made prefab construction more mainstream — and cool. As it grew, Katerra ambitiously wanted to own the tech stack around a construction project, whether it be office buildings or apartments. Image Credits: Katerra.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

If you enjoy this newsletter, you should check out my personal blog too ! 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. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

I’m also writing on my personal blog, if you’d like to follow along with the 1,821 other people who come to hang and be too wordy. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier. As always, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram to continue the conversation. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. I always enjoy the two-day pitch-off because it gives us a glimpse of what is top priority for a whole slice of founders, some of whom are trying to put meat back in plant-based meat.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

A few weeks ago I was reading a blog post by MG Siegler that really struck a chord. VC Pitches. Having been an entrepreneur for near-on a decade and having pitched in 100 VC meetings I hated getting no feedback. I try to do it constructively and with a smile on my face. I face this issue several times a week.

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