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APRIL 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the entire startup ecosystem, and in the name of safety and support of our founders, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day last week. This was a whole new take on demo day for us, and the end result was a unique and inspiring experience for both our startups and investor community.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. “Bonfire is empowering creators to turn audiences into communities through easy-to-use tools and a no-code platform powered by their social tokens and NFTs. We are experts on user generated content and creator communities.” ” Parthean.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. Fifteen years later, I’m here as YC’s president kicking off our 37th Demo Day — the one celebrating the Summer 2023 batch. Apply here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Here are all of the open source related companies presenting at Demo Day in the Winter 2022 cohort. How it says it differs from rivals: Uberduck boasts a Discord community of almost 3,000 members who collaborate to turn AI research into design tools for the app. Tuva Health. Founded: 2021. Location: Salt Lake City, Utah. Use wisely.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 1.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 22, 2020

We were forced to rethink the end of our Winter 2020 batch and transformed its demo day to an online-only event. There are plenty of other exits within the YC community to celebrate, but I won’t list them all. The program culminates in Demo Day, a two-day event where the founders present their companies to investors.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Pro tip for creating a sense of community during self-isolation: Virtual Happy Hours ????? This pandemic is accelerating a trend in more and more startups utilizing remote workforces and closing sales with virtual demos,” states Barsh. “As

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Accelerators have been great for our respective communities. Demo’d to death. Quality endures.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 25, 2010

7:00PM Moble Monday Brooklyn (MoMoBK) Inaugural Event: NY Apps, So Hot Right Now Mobile Monday Brooklyn demo night of awesome apps created by local NYC and Brooklyn developers. We're kicking off 2010 with demos from four exciting new local startups. Violators will be prosecuted. No, just kidding.I RSVP: [link]. RSVP: [link].

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

Earlier today Michael shared an update with the YC community, outlining a shift to his role within YC moving forward. We typically don’t make changes to our internal org structure public unless significant – and Michael Seibel’s impact as a leader at YC has been significant.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 5, 2023

The YC community is approaching 10,000 founders. We’re also enabling any YC company to opt into having their YC application video , written application answers , and Demo Day video public on the YC Startup Directory. Today, we are releasing a public YC Founder Directory , a companion to the YC Startup Directory.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Fewer demos this time. Bootstrapping a community from zero users.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Next week is Y Combinator’s biannual Demo Day, in which startups present to the public for the first time after spending three months going through the accelerator. It’s different than demo days prior because it’s smaller. Demo days definitely amplify a brand, but not the one you’d think.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

He also penned a petition , now signed by over 5,000 tech CEOs and founders, asking congress to step in and support the entrepreneurial community. We’ll know soon how a YC, refocused on early stage, is navigating the tough road ahead: T he storied accelerator is having its biannual Demo Day in just a few short weeks.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Robot demos. Who doesn’t love robot demos? You’ll see live demos from UC Berkeley, Agility Robotics and others. You can catch all of the sessions and join the robotics community online for speed networking, chats and one-on-one meetings. No one at this conference. World-class networking . Simply register here for free.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 7, 2024

Omnivore — an open-source, read-it-later app — recently demoed how AI can really provide creative summarization that benefits users. In more established communities like Reddit, these statuses can take the form of users becoming moderators. And not every user may be worth retaining!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

Step 1: Identify and target the right communities The first place you should start with is your network. There are tons of established communities where both repeat and aspiring founders regularly come together. Quickly identify the people you most admire or would love to work with.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

This event draws an incredible mix of Silicon Valley’s startup community, including over 40 VC firms so far — a who’s who of founders, investors, tech makers and movers and shakers. A quick reminder that if you have an early-stage startup, it’s not too late to buy a Summer Party demo table. Ticket price: $75.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

” New crypto startups forged ahead during Alliance DAO’s demo day on Wednesday amid the FTX implosion. The most recent cohort, known as All9, for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community, presented their ideas on Wednesday during a demo day , exclusively covered by Jacquelyn. Aisha has more.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Each startup team gets six minutes to pitch and present their demo — and then they’ll answer probing questions from the judges. Teams that move on to the final round do it all over again in front of a new panel of experts… one last major push — pitch, demo, Q&A.

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Gust

JUNE 4, 2014

For example, the most recent investment I’ve led, Social Bicycles, I saw when they demoed at NY Tech Meetup last summer. Demo Days from the NYC-based accelerators. University-affiliated demo events from NYU, Columbia, Pace and others. Major industry conferences like Business Insider’s Startup.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day. Instead, startups could apply and join the community of startups backed by The Family. In exchange for a stake, they could get advice from The Family’s team and network with other people in the community.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

.” With the money freshly and safely deposited in the bank account, the company is focusing on expanding the applicability of its platform to a broader set of backend templates, more extensive demos on its experimentation playground, and more. 10 investors discuss the no-code and low-code landscape in Q1 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day. Here’s a look at Ready, Set, Raise’s third cohort of startups: ? It is based in Seattle, WA. ?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

We’ll also be speaking with top VCs and the CEOs of Boston Dynamics, Sarcos, Locus Robotics, Fetch and more, along with demos from researchers and bleeding-edge startups like Agility. We’ve seen the demos and the viral videos, but moving from research to real world is its own complex journey. Putting Robots to Work.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

For instance, we recently helped a B2B SaaS platform increase demo requests by 350%. The process we were following was focused on optimizing every aspect of the demo request journey, from acquiring visitors to optimizing the demo page and more. Every experiment we ran increased the demo request metric to some extent.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Now, that will include menopause, as well — a life stage that will impact nearly half the world’s population at some point, but where opportunities there are few online communities where women can connect and learn. Others, meanwhile, were older and entering menopause, and were in search of community. Image Credits: Peanut.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Once the demos and presentations are done, the judges need to think quickly and ask probing questions about each startup. Get your pass to attend with the rest of the TechCrunch community for less than $100 if you secure your seat before next month. ” Disrupt 2021 runs September 21-23 and will be 100% virtual this year.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 3, 2014

After seeing my ability to bring a big community together, she wound up introducing me to TK because he was running a hackathon of his own around the first Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC in 2010. So I went--the only investor at the time to actually hangout during the pizza and hacking part of the hackathon, not just the demos.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Indian SaaS community has seen a flurry of innovation and success. There were also several instances of substantial venture funding, including a $150 million deal for Postman, bringing the total amount raised by the Indian SaaS community in 2020 to around $1.5 The rise of Indian SaaS unicorns. India’s path to leadership.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Diversity of a cohort matters when trying to create a community that will systemically empower women of all backgrounds. The community of women, many of whom plan to return to school, aren’t focused on classic accelerator tropes like Demo Days or first checks simply because of the stage of life they are in. A team photo.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 31, 2023

Here’s how it works: There are micro-streamers (Twitch streamers with CCV ±35) who have small but highly engaged communities. Campaigns are now being scaled with new streamers while continuing to support the community of streamers and the viewers that were attracted before. Matt Janaway , CEO, Marketing Labs

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

SLAIT School uses an updated version of the gesture recognition tech that powered the translator demo app to provide instant feedback on words and phrases. It’s high quality and much of it is free but it isn’t the kind of interactive experience people have come to expect from apps like Duolingo.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

If you’re eager to introduce your early-stage startup to the top leaders, investors, experts and policy makers across the mobility tech community, don’t just attend TC Sessions: Mobility — exhibit there. Virtual booth space: Display your pitch deck, host a video display and demo your products.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

TC Sessions: Mobility, which takes place on June 9, features the top minds and makers, draws thousands of attendees, fosters collaborative community and creates a networking environment ripe with opportunities. You can highlight your pitch deck, run a video loop and/or host live demos.

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