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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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The Ideal Pitch Deck is a Story, a Science, and an Art

StartupNation

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in. Demo Day pitch.

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How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Most innovation models refer to the final stage of the process as “execution” or “implementation”–making it sound very straightforward. In preparation, he spent months researching who might be amenable to his pitch. The post How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’ appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

The meetings included co-working spaces, accelerators, investor groups, tech giants, University startup hubs, maker groups, and pitch events. They collaborate and refer to those that play their specific role. People here are incredibly willing to help, to introduce and refer. Aussie startups can and should plug in.

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The Power of Getting the Band Back Together

Both Sides of the Table

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. When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. You can try to convince them of your “pay no more once you’ve signed up&# model but they fall for the other guy’s pitch every time.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. You can try to convince them of your “pay no more once you’ve signed up&# model but they fall for the other guy’s pitch every time.