TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. The company says that it provides interested clubs with the back office framework, legal and tax support and has a platform where leaders can look for capital raise opportunities, meet other members and manage portfolios.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? .

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 24, 2025

“It was a combination of having the theoretical business knowledge – how to build a business with a framework that helped you put that into practice, which is delivering your first pitch and understanding your value proposition, understanding your customer, your market. We weren’t flippant about anything.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

We’re talking everything from legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, tech stack, recruiting, pitch deck teardowns and more. The virtual aspect helps in terms of scheduling, it offers community-building through networking and it gives early stage founders a framework for navigating the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 14, 2020

If you want to expand your network, engage with serial entrepreneurs, participate in discussions with experts in marketing, sales and finance to help shape your business and develop a pitch presentation, then you’ll want to register for Ben Franklin’s Fall 2020 TechCelerator – To Apply: [link]. Your only cost is your time.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

So now the week you’re pitching them, they feel like the pace is too high, so the bar is now higher than it was a week ago. How do you break through the pattern-matching framework some VCs have in their head? I wanted to go to a good college…so I went to community college first. There is a lot of randomness. behaviors ?

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. Requires ongoing management to keep community members engaged. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

I do not pretend to have a silver bullet,” he says, “but I do have a tried-and-true framework you can use to help you achieve your first million.” .” Thanks for reading TC+ this week!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” Submit your post Are you an EO member who has lessons learned, best practices, thought leadership or insider insights to benefit the entrepreneurial community on EO blog. But the No.1 Insights Learned From Raising $1.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

To get things started, the startup seeded it with some common ones like motors, but an embedded developer can download the open source framework and create one anytime, and then share it with the community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Our shared commitment to unapologetically innovate formed the framework for our business. We’ve built a community based on this personal touch. Above all, we only pitch people on the companies we would personally interview for.”. We sought to change the mindset of modern recruitment. We stand out by building connections.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the early stage community, the amendments include a very useful provision that excludes “Demo Days” from being considered general solicitations provided certain conditions are met. What often makes the framework challenging for companies seeking to fundraise is that each of the exemptions has its unique combination of conditions.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. Requires ongoing management to keep community members engaged. .

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To the outside, all VC firms pitch founders on essentially the same product—there’s a range of check and fund sizes, wrapped in some kind of marketing. if you have a clear investment framework and partner with founders consistent with that thesis you can quickly build a reputation. The world doesn’t need more of the same VCs.]

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Buy your pass today, and then join the web3, DeFi and NFT communities to keep up with the ever-evolving and always exciting cryptoverse. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

How to pitch me: 6 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2022 (April 2022). As public market values get slashed, how does that trickle down to the startup community, and more importantly, you? This piece includes an applicable valuation framework and other factors that may be impacting your price.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The team behind the app, which is comprised of 30% PhDs, has been working on the core privacy vs convenience problem for some six years (though the company was only founded in 2017); initially as an academic research project — going on to offer an open source framework for masked federated learning, called XayNet.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Buy your pass today, and then join the web3, DeFi and NFT communities to keep up with the ever-evolving and always exciting cryptoverse. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Buy your pass today, and then join the web3, DeFi and NFT communities to keep up with the ever-evolving and always exciting cryptoverse. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

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. If you’re prioritizing a platform buildout for your firm, consider using the framework he’s outlined.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 5, 2021

Mirroring the entrepreneur training, SDAC provides investor training through an enhanced pitch competition run over a three-month series of events that culminate in a one-day conference, where a winner is awarded funds raised by the investors.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local Impact makers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. . (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

On the regulation point, Spain’s first startup law — which was adopted in draft and presented to parliament in December — has been well received by the local tech community. This is a super clear example that we should be proud of. Born and created in Spain.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local changemakers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 3, 2020

It’s a wonderful framework by Bill Macaitis, who was the CMO at Zendesk and Slack. The framework breaks down the key marketing operational roles into six buckets. The framework breaks down the key marketing operational roles into six buckets. The value of this framework is two-fold. Where does the company play?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The startup’s wider pitch and “social mission” is to use (first party) household finance data and (third party) vendor data to build models that can progressively automate the management of essential service switching and/or contact renegotiating to offer a sort of household savings-as-a-(subscription)-service.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The program culminated in a circular Demo Day where startups had a chance to showcase their progress and pitch in front of potential partners and investors. As part of that commitment, Impact Hub Kigali and the Digital Transformation Center are currently working on building a community of practice around Circular Economy in Rwanda.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

If you have a great idea within the open-core framework, expect your risks to be much lower than with a traditional business structure. Clearly communicate this fact to venture capitalists for the best chance at securing the seed funding your organization needs. Image Credits: Ureeka.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. . (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 11, 2022

I’ve implemented them into my strategy, and I’ve got : Investment pitches Working with some big brands Building beta list Getting press releases Before diving into best practices for cold emailing, a little background. Last year, when I was building WorkMap , everything was done, and I was approaching the launch date.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

AA, in contrast, has a wealth of liturgy that provides a framework for its adherents to follow.). Humans Anonymous is pitching a different vibe from Clubhouse, one of the most well known audio social platforms out there, which feels more socratic, or seminar-like, and allows speakers to mute or unmute at their own leisure.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

You believe in your community, you believe in your friends, and you believe in someone that everyone believes in, right? But when you’re buying from someone in your community who you know very well, that trust deficit goes away. The community helps each other out. .” So who do you believe in? People start doing this.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

We’re talking dozens of workshops addressing operations, fundraising, pitch deck pointers, term sheet tips, product-market fit, brand building, growth marketing, recruiting, taming your tech stack and a lot more. That’s a lot of ground to cover, amirite? Build your contacts, find indispensable support and mentorship.

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