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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

This is going to be BIG.

Even the top partners at Benchmark and Sequoia get half-baked ideas pitched to them. The founder barely knows who you are and you dont have a board seat. When you show up and make a good impression, your name gets circulated to other founders making their pitch lists. Not every stream is full of chocolate and candy.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. If you’re pitching impact, make it real. Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. Show the feedback loop.

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Fueling Founders, Scaling Impact: Inside Keshia Theobald-van Gent’s Investment Philosophy

Jason Malki

Keshia Theobald-van Gent I had the pleasure of interviewing Keshia Theobald-van Gent , an accomplished executive with deep experience in innovation, strategy, and stakeholder engagement. She’s a frequent speaker, startup advisor, and nonprofit board member. Keshia holds a Master’s from the University of Groningen.

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Puawai

NZ Entrepreneur

Whether you’re just starting or scaling up, Puāwai brings strategy, content, and collaboration together, powered by intelligence that gets smarter and personalised the more you use it. Our AI learns your strategies and adapts to your unique tone of voice, turning everyday tasks into smarter outcomes.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? Over time, the co-working space developed and there was a natural progression towards a lot of individuals starting new ventures coming out of that space.

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Auctions in AI : Cost of Capital as a Strategic Advantage

Tomasz Tunguz

A decade ago, most startup pitches ended with a calculation justifying the amount they sought to raise. This auction dynamic, combined with venture capital’s explosive growth over the last decade, has transformed fundraising strategy. In other words, the raise was an output of the financial model.

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11 LinkedIn marketing tools to grow your business in 2025

The Zapier Blog

For example, I used Collabwriting to save Ryan Baum's post about using AI as a creative partner rather than a replacement (shown below) so I could reference it later for a client's LinkedIn content strategy about responsible AI use. The one hiccup I ran into was connecting my LinkedIn account.