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TechCrunch+ roundup: 7 VCs who are taking pitches, AI best practices, zero-based budgeting

TechCrunch

I shy away from sharing hot takes, but here’s one: With contagion contained, the VC community feels good about writing smallish checks for pre-revenue startups, but Series A and up? If you’re an investor who wants to be included in future columns, email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com with “How to pitch me” in the subject line.

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The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat?

Revolution

But the key to success is about more than just clever branding and a good elevator pitch. Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. Regional cities all across the country can build defensible strategies to help their startup communities rise and thrive. It’s also about establishing a competitive moat.

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4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising

TechCrunch

Jessica is on the growth marketing team at Zageno, a multi-vendor, online marketplace for life science products, and is head of content at Elpha, a Y Combinator-backed community of 40K+ women in tech. Make your pitch tailored to what excites venture capital investors and avoid what does not. Share on Twitter. Highlight your big vision.

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Is Strategic Money an Oxymoron?

Both Sides of the Table

So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. So if you get good feedback just make sure that you understand the framework above to think about how to best mitigate your risks. And I had 2 “strategic&# investors in my first company.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

Syed Balkhi , Founder, WPBeginner Showcase Real-World Impact and Metrics When pitching to investors, especially in the early stages, it’s easy to focus solely on financials — but in today’s landscape, especially in beauty and wellness, impact is a currency of its own. If you’re pitching impact, make it real.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

TechCrunch

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way.

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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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 expert insights to share that will benefit the entrepreneurial community on EO blog or EO on Inc. ? But the No.1