TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Startup Battlefield , the world’s preeminent pitch competition, has launched hundreds of startups over the years — 922 if you want to be a stickler about it. Yup, that sound you hear is opportunity knocking. Each startup team gets six minutes to pitch and present their demo — and then they’ll answer probing questions from the judges.

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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. The truth is, you don’t raise a round based on a 5-minute, highly scripted, polished and practiced on-stage pitch,” Feinzaig continued. “The

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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. Double down on essential exposure and increase your opportunities. Bring your team and increase your networking opportunities.

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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. This is your opportunity to determine if you’re okay with spending 40+ hours together in a high-pressure startup environment.

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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. Yeah, he was LA, baby! See point one!

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

I’ve been among the group of TechCrunchers watching pitch after pitch at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. She writes, “Yfood’s milestone should give the food tech community something substantial to chew on. Pitch Deck Teardown : Haje takes apart Smalls’ $19 million Series B deck. Well, hello there! On with the news!

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some grants target underrepresented communities, others are open to all small businesses and others are tied to early technology research. Its mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through free mentoring and education workshops for small business owners. Small Business Administration. Full list of U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Scale’s story starts with a pivot, and with a bit of rule-breaking, too — Wang went off the typical YC book by speaking to investors prior to demo day when Levine cold-emailed him after seeing Scale on Product Hunt. The community response was encouraging, and it also led to Levine reaching out via email.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

After 15 years of bootstrapping, the energy renovation company is at a crossroads and just closed a $22 million funding round from Felix Capital to make the most of the opportunities in the energy renovation space. CEOs only : Natasha M writes that Hampton is tech’s new membership community for chief executive officers.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 9, 2020

DoorDash is the first company that I’ve had the opportunity to follow all the way from YC application to IPO, so to celebrate I thought it would be fun and interesting to share what a great company like DoorDash looks like at the earliest stages. ” You know it was a good application video when the same pitch can be reused in the S-1.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark your calendar for TechCrunch’s annual celebration of the startup community — TC Disrupt 2021 returns this September 21-23! You’ll have the opportunity to make spontaneous connections, curated connections with CrunchMatch and chat with other attendees, all while watching sessions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

All you need is a killer pitch, an MVP, nerves of steel and the drive and determination to take on all comers to claim the coveted Disrupt Cup. The TechCrunch editorial team reviews all applications and will choose roughly 25 stand-out startups to participate in tech’s top pitch competition. In round three — a.k.a.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

A growth framework for reaching $1M ARR Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M pre-seed deck Image Credits: DeckMatch (opens in a new window) Using this slightly redacted 14-slide deck, the founders of DeckMatch raised a $1.1

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For entrepreneurs and startups, embracing circular economy principles presents a transformative opportunity. Workshops and training sessions covering product/material journey mapping, circular opportunity identification, collaborations, and business modelling were provided.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

However, the investor community also recognizes that there’s still a long way to go and a slew of opportunities left to tap. “We Read on to find out what these prolific investors have to say about hot startup sectors in Africa, investment trends, their predictions for 2023, how to pitch them and more.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

The space and the opportunities we offer are what we are most proud of and the collaborative atmosphere is the first thing that strikes a visitor who steps foot into Impact Hub Belgrade. The opportunities we have been providing are an entrance point to becoming part of a community that enables you to create new economic models.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

This class of investor, once quite disorganized, has become much like the venture capital community, creating a process including due diligence (careful examination of a business before investment), terms of investment that match those of venture capitalists, and a process that sometimes takes months from introduction to investment.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before. Online communities provide lots of valuable information as well. Getting them to think a about new deals isn't impossible but it will take a more compelling opportunity to get their attention.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

These raw materials are finite, and to exacerbate the situation, the used products are largely dumped in various landfills, missing the opportunity for extra value creation, and adding pressure to the environment. I like the feeling of not knowing and the opportunity to learn.” – Plante Josue from Aflimba. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

based seed-stage venture firm that has, from its outset, attracted the attention of VCs who think the firm has an eye for nascent talent , staged its seventh annual demo day earlier this week, and while it was virtual, one of the startups has already signed a term sheet from a top-tier venture firm. Website: accessbell.com.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

This includes companies that would meet most institutional definitions for impact investing (women, minority, and veteran owned/run businesses, including LMI (“Low to Moderate Income”) and CRA (“Community Reinvestment Act”) qualified companies. Instead, the company can pitch itself based on a credible financial projection.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In less than two weeks, on July 21 to be precise, the global robotics and AI community will converge online for TC Sessions: Robotics. Give speed networking a try — it’s a quick, fun way to prospect for opportunity, build community and share ideas. Engage with the leading visionaries, scientists, founders, makers and investors.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

This class of investor, once quite disorganized, has become much like the venture capital community, creating a process including due diligence (careful examination of a business before investment), terms of investment that match those of venture capitalists, and a process that often takes.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year. The problem they were solving was not one I had experienced, and the product demo didn’t work very well at the time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

What it says it does: Moni describes itself as a community bank for Africa. It provides financing to these agents using community and trust-based systems, claiming to do so in five minutes. Numida’s pitch to these businesses is that they can apply for working capital on its platform and receive it within a day.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I felt the same way after seeing Murray pitch his company during Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 demo day. Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 2. “Therapy is stigmatized in some communities,” Murray pointed out. “So we focused on anyone who feels underrepresented. . ” The $1.3M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

On Wednesday, March 3, leading experts, founders and social justice warriors will discuss topics ranging from systemic bias, essential workers’ rights and formerly incarcerated people to accountability in social media and funding for underrepresented communities. And that’s just for starters. Brought to you by StartOut.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. We’re not really pitching it as pandemic-related,” Chasen said. “No Investors clearly see the opportunity in the company’s strategy, from distribution to execution.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As a commenter on Hacker News put it: “Gitlab is one of the pioneers of ‘ remote-first ’ and ‘ building in public ,’ to the extent of sometimes even live-streaming CEO meetings and sales pitches. Open-source communities are distributed, with contributions coming from developers all over the world. Congratulations Gitlab.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. We’ll see. TechStars Interactions.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. NEVER lead with features.

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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. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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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. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. These days, when you have an opportunity to sell an investor on your idea, it will likely be via a video call, not over a croissant or a shawarma. How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Eventually, all these efforts translate into better opportunities, more leads, and sales. Here’s the brand story of the vacation rental company, Airbnb: “A trusted community marketing for customers to list, book, and discover unique accommodations for unique travel experiences.” . Build a statement summing up why your brand exists.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 24, 2022

haha Here is how it went down My guy noah kagan sent an email via OkDork.com promoting SendFox.com on ProductHunt.com While on ProductHunt.com I noticed a Startup/Bootstrap community created by Courtland Allen call IndieHackers.com (Amazing site BTW) After spending about a month on IndieHackers.com I saw a post that read something like this.

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