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Tattoos and YCombinator Demo Day

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Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. How active are they?

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Dreamit Ventures Announces Spring 2020 Cohort, Kicks Off Its First Fully Virtual Program

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The venture fund launched a completely virtual program with a focus on helping 13 Urbantech, Healthtech, and Securetech startups with business development, customer growth, and capital raising in a time of economic uncertainty. pic.twitter.com/oNozwB4OF3 — Dreamit Ventures (@dreamit) March 19, 2020.

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

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There are places that founders frequenteverything from demo days to meetups to sponsored dinners to coffee gatherings. Here are a few things to remember about these events: When it comes to demo days, its unlikely that youre going to show up to the main event and see a top quality company whose round isnt largely spoken for.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

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The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. This business would generate revenue ASAP to avoid depending on investors and rounds of funding.

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My Least Favorite Part of Venture Capital

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But, at this stage, starting from a Powerpoint, prototype, or even a demo product, you probably have just as much chance of going under as any other company. All the reasons why you think you should get a much higher price for this round are the very reasons you made it past the 1,992 other companies.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. I spotted my fellow VC Leo Spiegel (from Mission Ventures) who had spoken previously to the same group and asked about his experiences. NEVER lead with features. They had more advanced degrees.

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Pitch me!

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One time, I spoke at a meetup that was divided into my talk and demos--and the organizer assumed I wanted to go on before the demos. I didn''t understand why it would matter, but she told me that most of the investors like going before so they could skip out after the demos and not get bombared at the end of the event.

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