Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007. People don’t hand us greatness.

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Dream It

MAY 4, 2021

In this Dreamit Dose, Managing Director Adam Dakin reveals the right approach on how to answer the valuation question when pitching VCs. Valuation is not set by you, your team, your investors, or your board. I have co-founded several companies and served on many boards. That’s your Dreamit Dose in about 5 minutes!

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In addition to his books, Geoffrey Moore assisted in writing “In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers” for the Harvard Business Review in 2009. Identify a problem that resonates with the decision-maker at your target organization Moore recommends that you put yourself in the shoes of the CEO or Board of Directors. What are they ignoring?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I understand that Adam Grant is a fairly popular professor at Wharton and has a book that some people loved called “Originals” (for me it interesting but not mind blowing, and I have some first-hand knowledge of some of its inaccuracies). Would you recommend that I create an open Trello board and anybody can add tasks for me there?

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Qualifications and roles of the top three executives and top three on your Board of Advisors. A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Executive team.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

And every exhibiting startup also gets two minutes to pitch live during a breakout session. Exposure, practice and invaluable feedback from the pitch-savvy TC crew — jump on board that opportunity. Exhibiting in Startup Alley is one big boatload of opportunity and time’s running out to book passage. Your audience?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

In MyEO groups, you can: • Gather a group for a poker night • Sail with EO members in the Caribbean Sea • Learn how to write and publish a book • Enjoy a whiskey-tasting tour • Learn and share industry-specific knowledge. My book, From Bad to Worse to Best in Class: A Refugee’s Success Story , was published two years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They originally pitched us with a hacked but super productive prototype they built in their fraternity room and a rendering of a beautiful bookshelf sized in-home growing system that they committed to building. One of the first bets we made in Agtech was Grove started by two young, passionate engineers out of MIT – Gabe and Jamie.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Couple of quick things: Apply now to pitch at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta pitch-off. Hidden in plain sight: 5 red flags for investors Image Credits: Steven White (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Investors may review hundreds of pitches each year, which means they’re compelled to make decisions quickly. PDT, subscribe here.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 29, 2016

Assuming they weren't unethical and they met your character standard, you went into a pitch with the goal of getting money from this person, and they didn't get there. It doesn't pay to look at it any other way--and I think too many founders focus on the investor as the problem versus their pitch or their company. Same with pitching.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You also have an impressive array of side projects—from books and apps to philanthropic and environmental initiatives. 5000 list twice! .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Going through the company’s pitch deck, the trio describe the business model that will take Anthropic there and the investors behind it. Meanwhile, Rita reports on a promotion over at Tesla China , and Kirsten reports that JB Straubel could return to Tesla as a board member. Though not sure how you can read on something that small.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Here’s the short, short version of other stories: Powering job boards : While the tech sector is seeing layoffs, Kyle reports that Gloat grabs $90 million to build better internal job boards. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Grab a cup of coffee and strap in, because this pitch deck teardown is pretty different from most of the ones I’ve done to date. This is a blockchain pitch. The pitch deck is for Simba Chain , a blockchain company that raised $25 million in a Series A. Pitch Deck Teardown: Arkive’s $9.7M seed deck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

It’s nice to see some other cities put points on the board. It’s always good to consider one’s options, but before booking a moving van for the Sunshine State — or any emerging tech hub, for that matter — here are some basic questions entrepreneurs should ask themselves. 7 questions to ask before relocating your startup to Florida.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

She told of the teaching of the Talmud – a book which scholars use to debate doctrine and from which Jewish people are reminded to always learn and to debate. But as I rose in my career (and post MBA) I moved into a role in which I was to advise board-level executives on topics where I was expected to rapidly become an expert.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

In my past as an investor and in my present as a pitch coach, I have come across a surprising number of companies where someone who’s not part of the founder team is out there trying to raise money for the company. They rarely see a pitch and reach for the checkbook, only to wait for the big bucks.

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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. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. My other partner, Steven Dietz, was on the board of my second company.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

located in Tyrone, PA, developed a product that helps a home inspection company with its core business needs such as booking, accounting, training, and relationship building. Visit www.cnp.benfranklin.org for program details. For more information: www.gigandtake.com. InspectionGo Inc., For more information: [link].

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. In this environment, every investor has a well-honed pitch on how they can uniquely add value. Lak Ananth. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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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.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He read a New York Times article on the adult coloring book craze, and thought, “I could do this. That included the ideal platform to make it a subscription business, the right tool to create the coloring books. A few months ago, he blasted out cold emails to pitch an intrapreneurship class. He was hooked on side hustles.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

I read this book, " Why We Make Mistake s " and it talks a lot about "recall bias". Half the time, founders were pitching a completely different idea than what took off--so the VC who looks brilliant for funding the latest viral app really funded a B2B product that never took off. On average, it's probably nonsensical.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

bang on the windows of a board meeting recently and stick his tongue out at all of us. They pitched on a Wednesday. When you think about physical stickers and activity books every parent can understand. Heck, I even had Robert Downey, Jr. And Tasha never screamed before? We’re in LA. They’re only people.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

It’s sort of like having an Encyclopedic history book before just launching your product and seeing whether anybody uses it. Here’s the thing – as Michael Lewis talks about in his book, the adage of investing is that “if you’re reading about something in the papers it’s already too late.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

” Wilson’s book explores the history of freon, a common refrigerant that was later banned due to its devastating impact on the ozone layer. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. How to establish a health tech startup advisory board. How to establish a health tech startup advisory board.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Several times in my investing life, as the final board member making the arrangements to dispose of remaining assets, I have literally been the one to turn out the lights, carry out the documents, books and records to my car, and become the only remaining contact between the failed business and the investors, bankruptcy court, or creditors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

We’ve even made it easier to enter our two-minute Pitch Practice segment. You can now apply any day, any time for Pitch Practice by completing this form. And startups are on board. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Your day-to-day strategic decisions and your sales pitch are two very different things. It’s so easy, and there are many books on how to build startups. Do you still follow the best-practice guidelines from the brilliant books you’ve all read? from an advisor or board of directors. Do it whenever it adds value.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Several times in my investing life, as the final board member making the arrangements to dispose of remaining assets, I have literally been the one to turn out the lights, carry out the books and records to my car, and become the only remaining contact between the failed business and the investors, bankruptcy court, or creditors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Board Meetings. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? I learned about this behavior and how to channel it from my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. Conferences.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

” Getting artists back on board with NFTs The first challenge for the startup was bringing musicians onboard to the Remix NFT model. It was only when we were on-site that we realized we could have one-on-one mentor sessions with industry professionals, but by then it was too late to book.” Music was the answer.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

By putting some hard (time) limits on usage, Thursday’s pitch is that service scarcity can fix some of the problematic issues of overuse which can plague dating apps — leading to dating indecision and swipe fatigue. And, well, just waste a lot of people’s time. Which can otherwise, at times, feel pretty transactional.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

You will have more control over strategy and execution than with an outside board overseeing planning and performance. Money from these sources is relatively easy to come by, and most often comes with no strings as to oversight by a formal board. Dave’s book and ebook on raising money available on Amazon.com.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 7, 2014

There''s no board. In fact, I got pitched by a startup that told me nearly a quarter of all peak reservations at top places get cancelled the same day. Right now, I need to tell my assistant to pre-book three months in advance and cancel every day that I don''t use it--because that''s what everyone else''s assistant is doing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Some Salesforce employees just found out they’re part of the 10% layoff announced last month Board changes could signal Salesforce’s willingness to appease activist investors Salesforce turmoil continues into new year, as recent layoffs attest Can 4 activist investors play nice in the Salesforce sandbox? Book your pass ASAP!

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