TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today is the 28th Demo Day for Alchemist , an accelerator that primarily focuses on enterprise companies — or those that sell to other companies, primarily, rather than directly to consumers. In Canada, for example, it’s working with Innovate Edmonton on an accelerator program focused on community safety.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

My social media streams actually do more to keep existing connections warm than they do to create new ones. It also seems to reinforce a lot of the activities in the community that connect me to interesting non-founders. Actually, these things play an important role, but not in the way that you might think.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

After the panel stay for demos by cocktail experts and chefs, tastings by local producers, and cameos by some of the city's cult food vendors. Many more are joining in. Our high profile speakers come from the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Alchemist Accelerator is back with another Demo Day — its 29th Demo Day overall, and the latest in the series to be entirely virtual. Alchemist’s Ravi Belani also shared plans to announce some news during today’s Demo Day, including that: They’ve raised $2 million from German chemistry company BASF.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Let’s take a look at the different ways you can work with the investment community. Private equity.

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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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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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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Friction in Sales : The traditional sales process involved cold calls and lengthy demos, which were less appealing to modern customers who valued a frictionless experience. Additionally, we are dedicated to building a strong community around our brand to foster loyalty and deep engagement among our users.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. Community meets product. As TechCrunch wrote last year, in many ways, the chief community officer is the new chief marketing officer.

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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. What it says it does: Instant Domains claims that in less time than it takes to create a social media profile, businesses can buy a domain, launch a site and start collecting revenue. Tuva Health. Founded: 2021. Instant Domains.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She has been a thought-leader in tech for the past 8 years, her newsletter has 25k subscribers, she was named one of Bloomberg’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022 , and she has spoken at numerous panels including at TechCrunch Disrupt, L’Attitude, NFT NYC, and a16z’s Google’s demo day at LA Tech Week 2023. I am proud to say that Alphaa.io

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

Less common bank loans, such as those offered by credit unions or Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), may also fall into this category. Entrepreneurs can build a community and get feedback. Someone with a large social media following or email list has a significant edge. What is Alternative Funding?

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 31, 2023

Vikrant Shaurya , CEO, Authors On Mission Align Marketing with Your Audience’s Lifestyle Whether it’s utilizing social networks, paid advertisements, or other media channels, employing a direct approach to marketing often proves to be costly. Well, our startup took a leap of faith and gave it a shot, and boy, did it work like a charm!

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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. Want a few more details about how Startup Battlefield works?

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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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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

This includes website content and software code as well as the more obvious examples in media and publishing. This is often referred to in the creative community as a “ work-for-hire agreement.”. If that’s the case, without a proper contract in place, it wouldn’t necessarily be sufficient to take down the picture.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Social media enables them to refine their model, explains Rachel Tipograph, founder of social commerce software company MikMak. Social commerce takes a step beyond marketing products and services via social media. The first is a standard single-purchase price, while the second is exclusive to communities of at least two buyers.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I am super passionate about bringing disruptive technologies into real world use cases for mass adoption, especially when it involves empowering communities. How can our readers follow you on social media? What motivated you to launch your startup? So when that presents itself, you run at it as fast as you can.

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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

MAY 19, 2021

The podcasting world remains one of the most vibrant formats in media (and I am not just saying that since the Equity crew won a Webby yesterday for our not-that-humble podcast ). She saw just how little impact media like email made for employees, particularly in the distributed workforce she was attempting to engage.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In Singapore, a global expansion base, Kim organized a Demo Day event for the companies in his portfolio looking to expand internationally. Only then will a management community centered around the company be formed, and many long-term benefits can be enjoyed by stakeholders.” In the whirlwind of his professional life.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Which is why I’m hoping that this is the year that a back channeling social media platform actually takes off. As our own Mary Ann reports, “Arc is building what it describes as ‘a community of premium software companies’ that gives SaaS startups a way to borrow, save and spend all on a single tech platform.”. RIP Y Combinator.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

I’ve been among the group of TechCrunchers watching pitch after pitch at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. Get your facts straight : That’s what the Indian government is saying to Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies about posting any misinformation. Here is part 1 of our favorites , with the second one coming later on today.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. Private Equity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

That’s a huge bottom-line boost, and it also comes with global exposure, massive media attention and invaluable investor interest. You’ll face a panel of judges consisting of leading VCs and have six minutes to pitch and demo. Oh, and let’s not forget the bragging rights associated with winning the Disrupt Cup. In round three — a.k.a.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It’s a blank infinite canvas that lets you draw lines or objects, write text and insert media like images, videos or GIFs. Demo of the Perfect Freehand project. What’s more, in the next 12 months, the startup plans to add more features like rulers, object lists and animations based on community feedback.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

But now, when I demo the platform, you can see their eyes light up. They realize that Grapevine is the key to unlocking better optimization of knowledge management, enhanced employee engagement, and seamless communication. How can our readers follow you on social media? Thank you so much for joining us!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We’re excited about the Apple event, and Y Combinator has its demo day. Data dilemma : Instagram was handed “a fat fine” by the European Union after it was determined Meta’s social media platform was not properly handling children’s data, Natasha L writes. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, hey, hey!

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

A study conducted by Harvard Business School points to three key factors contributing to the growth in independent retail: (1) community, (2) curation, and (3) convening 6. 1) Community: Independent retailers have become staples of their communities by focusing on values that are relevant to local consumers.

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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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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

Our team works with local animal services organizations and municipalities to build a custom identification tag program tailored to meet the needs of the community. How can our readers follow you on social media? Our digital ID tags have replaced traditional stamped metal tags used by most animal services organizations.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Peter Bryla , Community Manager, ResumeLab Leverage Customizable SaaS Products Or APIs I think startups with a limited budget don’t need to create their own AI, but instead, try to leverage some SaaS products. This information can be used to develop more targeted marketing strategies and improve customer retention.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

If you attract names like these you’re bound to attract some media attention and then Chad Hurley dropped the bomb that he was leaving YouTube while he was at the f.ounders event. I know that people want a chance to say hello to somebody they know through the media and when you have a checkbook even more so.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 14, 2021

At Draftbit, we have separate systems for planning, designing, writing, and analyzing just our social media output. Some low-code/no-code platforms are collaborative, customizable and connected, offering the ability to publish multiple versions, share externally and run user tests, with access to software experts and a vibrant community.

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