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Upp wants to add more broccoli to the plant-protein mix using big automation

TechCrunch

based agtech startup that’s using computer vision AI plus farm-sized proprietary machinery to expand crop yields. “They’ve using a depth-sensing camera with the 3D piece in it to determine the size of that head. So the pitch is this is an even greener plant protein. What is automation good for?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Immigration law Q&A, finding your problem, why a16z pitched Deel

TechCrunch

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Raising a Series A in a market of mixed messages. Raising a Series A in a market of mixed messages. Image Credits: Andreessen Horowitz / Deel.

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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.

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How to Pitch Like a Shark Tank Winner

StartupNation

But we overestimated how quickly people would come on board and underestimated our industry’s tendency to move slowly and resist change. As it turns out, trying to change an industry using 100-year-old technology is a bit like turning the Titanic around. But know the difference between confidence and arrogance. It’s not.

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Eight Ben Franklin TechCelerator Finalists Chosen from Erie, Pennsylvania!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

At the end of the program, they’ll pitch their business concepts to a panel of judges for a chance to take home up to $15,000 to officially launch their idea. The eight entrepreneurial teams chosen for the 2024 Erie program represent an exciting mix of products & ideas: Premier Manufacturing – d.b.a

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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds.

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Lessons for raising $10M without giving up a board seat

TechCrunch

Henry Shapiro is the co-founder of Reclaim.ai, an intelligent calendar assistant platform used daily by over 14,000 companies. We realized early on that we tended to build best (and pitch best) using a more incremental approach — raising modest sums of capital as we grew rather than using a pitch deck and raising multiple rounds.

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