TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It plans to use the funds to continue expanding its product, hiring more talent and taking Peek to more places, after passing some $2 billion in bookings from some 35 million customers, mostly in North America. ” Peek has now raised more than $100 million in the last 10 years. Peek was also not immune.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 1, 2023

Register Korean company Sleek Corporation ‘s innovative fitness platform, ‘Hifive,’ achieved a major milestone by securing the top prize at the prestigious 2023 East Meets West Pitch Competition. Customers can conveniently book fitness, beauty, and salon services.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This was the example business model slide I used for my book “Pitch Perfect.” For the purposes of a funding pitch, however, it’s likely you only need a few crucial elements: COGS, or cost of goods sold, is the incremental cost for each unit you deliver. ” You can see the full template here.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss The art of crafting a pitch deck that impresses investors The EH Podcast returns for a second season (and a revamp) Let’s get to it. Great pitch decks are like works of art Aaron Dinin, PhD is a self-confessed pitch deck snob who obsesses over his slides more than the average entrepreneur.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The NVCA and Pitch Book are out with their Q3 report on the VC industry and what they report is that the VC industry continues to be very active throughout the pandemic. Deal counts and deal values are stable to up over last year. The massive expansion of later-stage private capital continues unabated. Valuations continue to rise.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

In an excerpt from her new book “Breaking into Venture,” SemperVirens General Partner Allison Baum Gates revisits her early days as an investor, when establishing deal flow and networking were skills she’d yet to acquire. “I want to tell a compelling thing at my own pace. ” Do you need a deck to raise from VCs? .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 29, 2015

As part of our firm’s rebranding strategy for McKenzie Pitch Partners, which was anchored by the publication of founder Hamish McKenzie’s new book, we held an innovative event in New York City that showcased Hamish’s philosophy in action. Honing their strategies and stories with Hamish, both got their best pitches together.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You need a solid business plan, traction to demonstrate market fit, and the skills to pitch effectively. Don’t neglect ongoing investor relations “A lot of startup founders think that the only way investors will respond favorably is if they provide their best pitch on first contact,” said Mohammadi.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 18, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, The Tech Celerator @StateCollege, a partnership with Invent Penn State that has helped create more than 130 new startups, hosted a zoom pitch event. Bob Dornich, the Tech Celerator’s Program Director, commented, “Everyone in this group is a winner in my book.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 23, 2023

and then BOOM they sent you a link to an app with your whole trip, completely booked, with a map driven itinerary and a text concierge available to make last minute changes, etc. Total cost was just $5 per traveler per day and Noken took a cut of the bookings.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Where to go: Book a room at the 21c Cincinnati for an artful stay, explore the country’s glowing commercial history at the American Sign Museum, and catch a Bearcats game at the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium. Catch insights from Steve and a recap of the pitch competition. Read highlights from the annual meeting.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

helping them to handle things like booking and payments. Direktiv : It’s honestly a bit over my head, but Direktiv pitches itself as a platform-agnostic “event-driven serverless orchestration engine” in the cloud. EMBER Medical : A telemedicine and doctor-visit booking platform built for the Middle East/North Africa.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

In fact, says Hutchison, Perfect Venue is so much more efficient than its “hundreds” of customers’ various processes earlier in time that, according to him, they report saving 12 hours per week and see an increase in sales of more than 40% because they can book more business with far less friction.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Glambook’s $2.5 This summer, Glambook, a booking platform that aims to become the “Uber for the beauty industry” raised $2.5 Pitch Deck Teardown: Glambook’s $2.5 Marco DeMeireles and Allan Jean-Baptiste, co-founders and GPs, Ansa Capital. million seed deck. million at a $12 million valuation.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

Register Startup founders wanting to pitch to investors to raise money should not get into the “sell now” part of the conversation immediately but must instead lay the groundwork first, according to James Walker, Associate Counsel and Investor at Draper Associates. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When pitching a potential investor or customer, time is of the essence. While politicians may be masters at deflecting away from questions they are asked, that is not productive for a founder pitching. By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Book Office Hours with me.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The returns are what have made the pitch compelling to these companies: Easol claims that for an event with a $2 million turnover, using Easol’s software instead of a mix of third-party tools works out to more than $80,000 of savings annually.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 14, 2021

As business owners, we constantly have new ideas for films we’d like to make–so we’re out there pitching, much like the GSEA competitors. We took notes during the competition to help improve our pitch!”. We can all take a page from these students’ books and suspend our fear of the unknown to try something new.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 17, 2019

One of the many great things about vacations is reading books. Vacation is the one time that I can really prioritize reading books (as opposed to everything else I read). I just finished Scott Kupor ‘s Secrets Of Sand Hill Road , a book for entrepreneurs about rasing capital from venture firms. It would be a great course.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Even though Kevin Busque is a co-founder of TaskRabbit, he didn’t get the response he was hoping for the first time he pitched his new venture to Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut. The duo also offered candid, actionable feedback on pitch decks that were submitted by Extra Crunch Live audience members. (By How they met.

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Dream It

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Most VC investors see hundreds, if not thousands, of startup decks and pitches each year. In this article, we’ll outline Managing Partner Steve Barsh’s top 5 things investors wish startup founders knew when reaching out, sending a deck, or pitching a VC. What’s Your Problem?

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Guy Kawasaki

MARCH 9, 2015

For entrepreneurs, the operative phrase is, “I pitch, therefore I am.” Pitching isn’t only for raising money—it’s for reaching agreement, and agreement can yield many good outcomes including sales, partnerships, and new hires. Here are the key elements of a great pitch. A pitch, however, is not a school play.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Virtual booth space: Display your pitch deck, host a video display and demo your products. A Startup Exhibitor Package lets you showcase your tech, build your network and expand your opportunities for growth and success. Here’s what your package includes ( Note: They’re available only to pre-Series A, early-stage startups).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

CEOs may resonate with a higher-end content strategy such as white papers, books, or even a branded podcast. These groups are easy to find and fairly inexpensive to join. Seriously, think about the differences as you create marketing plans that will help you get in front of the right audience.

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Gust

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There are thousands of articles and a few books including my book, The Pitch Deck Book: How To Present Your Business And Secure Investors, on putting together the best pitch deck for investors, but how should you end your pitch? The post How To End Your Investor Pitch appeared first on Gust.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Inspired by the book Start Something That Matters by Toms founder Blake Mycoskie, Joe decided to tackle the world water crisis. I scrambled to get my application done and worked on my pitch. After that round, EO members mentored and helped me hone my pitch before competing in the US Nationals.

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Dream It

JUNE 2, 2021

They think they’re doing everything correctly when they pitch, but there’s a subtle yet critical flaw -- they’re pitching, but not telling a compelling and believable “story.” Thinking of your pitch as a story will help you shape and deliver something that is so much more powerful and convincing than just a “pitch.”

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Gust

MARCH 14, 2023

The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The post 10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting appeared first on Gust.

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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. The CEO should give the pitch, and prepare by playing “presidential debates” – asking your team to be the opponents, and check you on timing. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

What it does: Decentralized order book for loans. The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way. The pitch: The NFT market has exploded and the communities surrounding them have flourished, co-founder Chris Tam said.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Entrepreneurial success hinges on generating breakthrough ideas.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If you’re going to pitch a two-sided marketplace, you should talk to early employees at eBay or Seemless or heck, even Notarize.com (one of my favorite business tools) to understand the keys to success there. That’s not taught in school—but there are plenty of books written about it like those written by Brad Feld.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

No more founder pitch meetings. I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. No new investments. No more responding to fundraising decks.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. In my book, I collects all the best scholarships, fellowships, and other programs for high-achieving young people. . 1) Your school.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. When you pitched me I really did love you. You’re in control.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 24, 2021

What I’ve found in the research for my new book, “ Reach ,” is that a key blind spot for many entrepreneurs has to do with perhaps the most important reinvention necessary to make their business successful: reinventing themselves. “Reach” is available now wherever fine books are sold and at StartupNation.com.

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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. However, these executives usually have multiple lines of defense to shield them from sales pitches. His strategy for selling in 2009 is relevant to any economic downturn.

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