TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The pitch — building a starter home for a much lower cost than other prefabricated houses on the market, and one that could be dropped in to locations in the urban core of most cities — was too good to pass up. “You cannot construct today cheaper than existing assets,” Bechtel said. trillion-dollar industry.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When facing the challenges of starting a business, a founder needs to be resourceful—and that includes having a network of contacts who are supportive and available to help. Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 27, 2023

The program helps entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success, discuss business models and financials with experts, expand their network, engage with other entrepreneurs, and develop a pitch deck for funding opportunities. Over the past ten years, the program has helped create dozens of new tech startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Move on, keep looking and find people who are truly supportive, on your terms. Another thing that skews the process is the lack of accessibility of many partner-level VCs, especially to diverse communities. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? Look, I get it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. I have held back because I place more value on the relationship.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Learn the building blocks of developing a compelling brand story that wins hearts and minds while supporting your company’s growth. Pitch Deck Teardown. An enticing pitch is foundational to a startup’s chance of successful fundraising. Pair that with a well-constructed pitch deck and you’re off to the races.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Siteline is building fintech infra for the construction market : While the consumer fintech space is chock-full of tools for what feels like any and every use case, the business world is a little bit different. It has communities of all types and sorts and sizes. I kinda dig it. Finding them, however, can be tough.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 15, 2023

Join us on Tuesday, June 13 from 2:00-5:00 PM as the teams pitch their ideas. Join us for the Pitch Event See who will win the $30,000 prize! Nuclear Applications (Eric Schwarz, Lancaster) Construct and operate a new Flow Loop at Penn State’s reactor. The post Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator is hosting a Virtual Pitch Event!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Strategies to cultivate a community, iterate with an audience and convert it into a customer base Photo: Unsplash In today’s hyper-competitive, fast-paced digital world, it seems like everyone and their smartphone-savvy grandmother is developing a mobile app. Instead, think about building a community (or joining an awesome existing one ).

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

Before we see a whole wave of AI prompt engineering consultancy practices for hire — just kidding, we already are — I figured it would be helpful to aggregate some of the top tips I’m hearing from the community on how to better interact with AI to get it to give you the answers you want. million in funding. million in funding.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 10, 2019

The eight finalists listed below will “pitch” their business ideas to a panel of independent judges on June 20, 2019 at Room 33 located at 1033 State Street in Erie, PA. Joel Marz with Efficient Nomad is providing the architectural design, engineering, and construction of custom, unique, and economical, single family homes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

We want to kick us off with a quick congratulations to FabuLinga for winning the pitch-off at the TechCrunch City Spotlight (Austin edition). The company is building a community and services to support people trying to increase our global population, one tiny human at a time. PT, subscribe here. Take a breath; you’ve got this.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. The pitch arrived along with a five-paragraph summary of his accomplishments. Image Credits: Built Robotics A pair of new construction robots debuted this week.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? Amid the pandemic, investors became laser-focused on sections of the pitch deck that address monetization and business viability — signs that founders need to come to the table with better-defined businesses in order to succeed.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. Interior of the Batcave, 2006 ( Jake Dobkin / Gothamist).

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 14, 2023

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, in partnership with Invent Penn State, hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Boot Camp. Nuclear Applications (Eric Schwarz, Lancaster) Construct and operate a new Flow Loop at Penn State’s reactor. It can also run different complexities of parts.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

You – being members of the technology community. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. It is a channel disguised in business clothing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I was cognizant that women only received less than 1% of venture funding globally, but that wasn’t at the forefront of my mind as I started my journey or as I pitched to VCs or angels. The key thing I did was to inch towards the “yes” and the right “yes” while pitching and selecting the right partners on this journey.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s probably about 40% with the portfolio, about 40% with the executive community, and then about 20% on work with the veterans community, which we can get into later. The mission is the elevator pitch. Matt Oberhardt: It’s a great question. Because anything that’s earlier than that is just too dated.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

I trust her to hear out the community, gather all the data, and, unlike our current Towering Ineptitude, actually make a decision—one that she believes is right for New York, not just politically popular. Basically, if you can create a groundswell of support, you’re in the game. Kathryn is exceedingly practical.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

In reality, most hedge funds have a handful of analysts and just some back office support, right? We had a whole bunch of these funny meetings where we’re trying to get in front of them to pitch them on a product and they’re happy to take the meeting because they want to hear about what we do. Bird comes in and pitches you.

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