This is going to be BIG.
JULY 25, 2022
Typically, investors don’t take a board seat until you raise your first equity round—which means that it could be *years* before you have a real board meeting: A year of nights/weekends work researching, prototyping, and fundraising. I’ll make it simple. The structure of the meeting should follow some kind of document.
TechCrunch
APRIL 25, 2023
But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to respond!
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Dream It
JANUARY 8, 2020
In the episode, Steve asked Ron about his “five slide pitch deck.” Ron advises not to stray away from the core message by including items such as a list of advisers and board members, biographies of the founders, or competition slides. Read Ron’s article on his five slide pitch deck here.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
A startup lives or dies by its board of directors. Chen joined Tonkean’s board of directors in 2019. The two are set to discuss the best ways for founders to work with their board of directors, including handling disagreements, preparing for fundraising events and hiring (or firing) senior management. PST / 2:30 p.m.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In his post he asserts, “You get the VCs you deserve” and the corollary “You get the performance out of your board that you deserve.” By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Most of the pitch deck teardowns to date (here’s a handy list of the more than 30 we have published so far ) have been for institutional funding rounds, typically in the millions or tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars raised. Slides in this deck Laoshi’s deck consists of 11 main slides and four appendix slides.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 28, 2020
Embody it to your core and make it a central part of your pitch to investors. The post 3 Tips for Getting Investors on Board With Your CSR Mission appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Purpose and profits have never been more intertwined, and investors have taken notice.
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