TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

We have only a few spots left to exhibit in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23). And every exhibiting startup also gets two minutes to pitch live during a breakout session. TechCrunch staff and thousands of Disrupt attendees from across the globe. Your audience?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim with incredible panels and conversations, an absolutely stacked Startup Battlefield cohort of companies launching on our stage, investor insights and a virtual expo hall full of exciting new products and services in the Startup Alley. We can’t wait!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 — our flagship global event — takes over the internet on September 21-23. Time to get on board: It costs less than $100 to attend TechCrunch Disrupt until this Monday. Time to get on board: It costs less than $100 to attend TechCrunch Disrupt until this Monday.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

If you fit that description, we want you to apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Perfect pitch: All competing startups get weeks of free training with the TC Startup Battlefield training squad. Plenty of perks: Battlefield gladiators are TC Disrupt VIPs. But here’s the thing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Startup Battlefield , the world’s preeminent pitch competition, has launched hundreds of startups over the years — 922 if you want to be a stickler about it. The next Battlefield takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. We’re thrilled to have her on board. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching top-notch early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

PowerPoint may still dominate the landscape for presentations in many people’s minds, but some might say that legacy status also makes Microsoft’s software ripe for disruption. Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint.

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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

MAY 9, 2023

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Share on Twitter Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member and mentor to startups, and an angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Turnover disrupts the company’s operation, culture and growth trajectory.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In addition to the financing, Splice also nabbed Kakul Srivastava, the vice president of Adobe Creative Cloud Experience and Engagement as a director for its board. Splice is also pleased to announce that Kakul Srivastava has joined the company’s board. Steve Martocci at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2016. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield is one of the most popular parts of our annual TechCrunch Disrupt conference which is happening on September 21-23 this year. Garvey herself currently sits on the boards of Riipen, FourthRev, Holberton School and Ellevation Education. Startups: You can apply to be a part of the action here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

So, if your face doesn’t appear on the team slide in your startup’s pitch deck, this would be a good time to cancel your upcoming vacation. Pitch Deck Teardown: Dutch’s $20M Series A deck. If you’re working on a pitch deck and are in need of inspiration, start here: all 17 slides are available to TC+ members.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 7, 2023

Faye has served as an Advisor and Board member to over a dozen companies, including Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, UCSF Catalyst, ANA Innovation Advisory, Samsung Emerging Technology Advisory, Innovation Executive Forum, Summer Search, Autonomous ID, and Ascend Leadership NorCal Chair. Pitch smarter, not harder. trillion dollars.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Forethought AI won Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018. During this live event, Dean Nicholas, CEO and co-founder of Forethought, and Vanessa Larco, NEA partner and Forethought board observer, talked through the company’s early days. Nicholas shared the pitch deck that helped the company win Startup Battlefield.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Interestingly, the conversation revealed that Wong declined an invitation to do a virtual pitch and insisted on an in-person meeting. She was one of the few or maybe the only CEO who ever stood up to pitch the entire team,” said Siniscalco. How Retail Zipline’s Series A pitch deck ticked every box for Emergence Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield slide — (Yes, really!). In the past few pitch deck teardowns, I’ve often focused on the beginning of the narrative — the first few slides.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 1. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 2.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place on September 21-23, but why wait to get your network mojo working? Shameless marketing plug: Buy your Disrupt 2021 pass now and hop on board the opportunity express. Set up 1:1 video meetings, pitch investors, demo products or interview prospective employees. You read that right, folks.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Luos , a participant in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition this week, wants to make it easy for embedded hardware developers to connect to any hardware component, such as a motor or sensor, then build a reusable configuration profile to give them the same type of flexibility that software engineers have with microservices.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If we could find a way to make it taste good, we felt like we had the potential to disrupt the entire energy drink market and really the caffeine market as a whole,” he added. So they tapped into their neuroscience chemistry studies and went back to the drawing board for two years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Airbnb disrupted the hotel industry by imagining a technology that would enable homeowners to match up with travelers seeking a place to stay. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sequoia hosted a private, sponsored AMA for founders in Startup Battlefield and Startup Alley at the virtual Disrupt SF last month. They take on board seats and don’t have the bandwidth when you meet with them. So now the week you’re pitching them, they feel like the pace is too high, so the bar is now higher than it was a week ago.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

It’s nice to see some other cities put points on the board. Vise CEO Samir Vasavada and Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire break down the art of the pitch. In just a few short years, Vise has gone from launching on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to a unicorn. 7 questions to ask before relocating your startup to Florida.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

These days, the startup’s most disruptive belief is one that disagrees with the co-working model popularized by WeWork. A16z investment partner Jeff Jordan took a seat on Codi’s board as part of the round, while Marc Andreessen is joining Flow’s board, according to the New York Times.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Bringing key stakeholders on board like the chief technical officer, chief financial offer, etc. But not all ideas convert into real businesses. Some are discarded during the course and some fail.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

. “There is such a funding gap in this space – lots of funding going into research, but not into the seeding of these projects, empowering youth across the world, thinking how to disrupt and re-engineer industry.” ” She emphasized that while the efforts of bodies like the U.N.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

What is also notable is how Odoo pitches itself. We believe the future is bright, and Odoo clearly has the potential to disrupt the market led by software giants like SAP, MS Dynamics and Oracle.” Sikkens is joining the board with this round.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

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. We are their sparring partners, their sounding boards. Any true disruption will change all the rules. It is unknowable.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Just one gram of this absorbent material has a surface area equal to that of a soccer pitch, according to Sheeba Dawood, CEO and co-founder of Minerva, which should give you an idea of just how little you’d need to extract a large amount of minerals. . Dawood says Minerva has already acquired plenty of potential partners to come on board.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. So here’s our advice on how teams can smoothly reach an SOC 3 while simultaneously balancing workloads and minimizing disruption to users.”. How to establish a health tech startup advisory board. How to establish a health tech startup advisory board.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Reber knows a thing or two about software disrupting legacy productivity software — he is the co-founder and CEO of presentation software startup Pitch and the former CEO and founder of Microsoft-acquired Wunderlist — and notably he is joining Rows’ Advisory Board along with the investment.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It charges $99 for its services of strategic guidance and mediator and $65/hr for every expert that gets on board. How is your offering disrupting the industry? Startup reviews are custom written posts by our experienced team who’ll work closely with your team to create the best pitch possible. The Value Proposition.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. The respective boards at JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines approved a merger agreement at a diluted equity valuation of $3.8

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Its big pitch is that it has built the tools to make it easy for companies to build their own training and learning materials, incorporating tests, videos, slide shows and more, and by making it easier for companies to build these themselves, the materials themselves become more engaging and less stiff.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Before you can deliver on any of the promises in your pitch deck, you’ll need to build a team. Zendesk’s board of directors is a confident, secure group of individuals. As a result, we’re starting to see “which startups are disruption-proof.”. Zendesk spurns $17B private equity takeover offer.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

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. It could have been that awful hire you made that disrupted the team and you had to let go, but funny enough, that's never the story is it?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?” ” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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