NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Janelle Fenwick – Founder. Jack Coleman – Founder. As a founder, it is essential in almost everything you do professionally and personally. This is super important.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Buildings and building construction are a huge contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, accounting for roughly 39% of carbon emissions annually , according to data released by the Global Alliance for Building and Construction and the International Energy Agency.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Perfect pitch, a singer’s ability to produce any given musical note without a reference tone, is a rare phenomenon — only 1-5 people out of every 10,000 have it. While your odds of creating a perfect pitch deck that captures coveted VC interest aren’t quite that dire, they’re not exactly in your favor, either.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

After winning the 2013 TechCrunch Meetup and Pitch-off , I decided to drop out of business school to pursue my startup full time. The best founder and VC relationships are based on trust and partnership; it should be a relationship that’s nonjudgmental, supportive, and constructive.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Harris says that, with any investment (particularly at the early stage of a company), the decision really comes down to the team and more importantly, the founder. They also gave live feedback on pitch decks submitted by the audience in the Pitch Deck Teardown. (If Pitch deck teardown — 33:00. Pricing the product — 25:00.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

We have quite a unique pitch deck on our hands today. A few years ago, AR car hardware company WayRay raised $80 million at a half-a-billion valuation in a Series C round led by Porsche, and I’m super excited to show off their pitch deck today! Nonetheless, you can’t argue with a successful fundraise of this caliber.

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JULY 22, 2015

I was really impressed with his ability to distill things down to what was really important--and his constructively critical eye when it came to the buzz around products that most people just didn't need. All had enough experience that led them to being the absolutely right founder for the products they were working on.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. Here are just a few examples of the topics we have on tap.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

I’ve written more about “why now” in the context of pitching elsewhere , but it’s interesting to see that surface. Financially, the world is a little bit wobbly right now, so investors want to see decks that show that founders know how to optimize for break-even, then profitability. Now the average is 16. Get it right.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

One founder even told me over drinks and fancy snacks that they weren’t worried about losing talent — because those who leave just because there’s an in-person mandate weren’t truly mission-driven to begin with. While some founders are clearly set on a return, others are confused. As always, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman once said, “Starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling the plane on the way down.”. Keep it short.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live , Retail Zipline founder Melissa Wong and Emergence Capital investor Lotti Siniscalco joined Managing Editor Jordan Crook to walk attendees through Zipline’s Series A deck. She was one of the few or maybe the only CEO who ever stood up to pitch the entire team,” said Siniscalco. “She

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. Here are just a few examples of the topics we have on tap.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

TechCrunch Early Stage is the place to be for the founder who is just getting started. We’ll also have dozens of roundtables focused on fundraising, operations and more, where early founders and investors can chat amongst themselves to resolve some of the biggest challenges facing early-stage startups today.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

In celebration of Women’s History Month, i2E is proud to shine a spotlight on two remarkable women founders who have not only engaged with i2E’s programs and resources but have also left an indelible mark in their respective industries. Practice in pitching and answering tough questions has prepared us to begin raising funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

It’s going to be the biggest and best Disrupt we’ve ever hosted: Along with a few to-be-announced surprises, we’ll have Startup Battlefield, as well as six new stages with targeted materials for founders of all types. When should founders follow the hype? When should they ignore it? Let’s talk about it.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

The responses I got came at a time when I've been having a lot of conversations with female founders as well about their fundraising experiences. At this moment, I'm in the process of backing three companies that have at least one female founder and I just finished a round for a black female founder in December. Ducks head.]

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This year’s been eventful for investors and founders alike. Some of the sectors that we will be exploring include supply chain, logistics, insurance, construction and e-commerce enablement.”. When it comes to funding for under-represented founders , the investors mostly agreed that not much was likely to change.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One of the most common questions we get from early stage founders is “what should I put in my data room?” Company overview deck If you’re under CDA with an investor, this is where to add your expanded confidential pitch deck (typically, you’ve already shared a non-confidential deck over email). key in vivo data results).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Mike Myer is CEO and founder of Quiq , a startup building a new customer service platform that allows customers to interact with companies via text messaging as easily as they would with their friends. But, from the perspective of raising capital, 2020 has not been an awful time to be a startup founder. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Arjun Thyagarajan, co-founder and CEO at Solid, told TechCrunch that the company spent the last 18 months working with early customers on product-market fit. To do that, he and co-founder Raghav Lal thought it was time to go after new funding. 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Abodu , one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to construction and installation in about 30 days. trillion-dollar industry.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

The second day of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day is now behind us, and the TechCrunch team is recovering from watching hundreds of pitches in quick succession. Let’s learn more about what’s under construction! Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 open source founders have some interesting ideas up their sleeves.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Like, yes, there’s a huge hype cycle around AI and I think people are flocking to Hayes Valley for some reason, but from the smattering of founders I’ve had coffee with lately? In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about pitch deck teardowns and artificial intelligence. TechCrunch is coming to Boston on April 20.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Pitches are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. Budee Solutions: An “all-in-one digital safety platform” for industrial workers (construction, mining, transportation, etc.) As with Alchemist’s last few Demo Days, today’s presentations will be entirely virtual and streamed on YouTube.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. No pitches, please. In other words, if you’re a founder with true ambition, your salary is in equity, rooted in the future success of your startup. As a founder, it is your duty to focus on building the startup so it is as successful as it can be as quickly as possible.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

His story of overcoming child abuse, a missing arm ligament, a decade in the minors and going on to reinvent himself in his mid-30's using a pitch few have mastered is nothing short of inspirational. Oh, did I mention it turns out he's been pitching with a torn abdominal muscle all season? The movie centers around a lawsuit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Venture capitalists often say that they don’t just back a company because of its vision, but also because they believe in the founder or founding team and think they’re the right people to execute the startup’s goals. “Do they like constructive criticism or are they defensive? .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Everyone has a story, but they all sound a bit similar: A female VC is launching a fund, and she’s either compared to every other female VC with a fund, expected to only invest in female founders or have a diversity, equity and inclusion angle as a core thesis. TechCrunch is coming to Boston on April 20. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. We spoke with: Giuseppe Stuto , co-founder and managing partner, 186 Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

TechCrunch Early Stage is the ultimate educational resource for a founder who is just getting started. We’ll also have roundtables focused on fundraising, operations and more where founders can chat amongst themselves to resolve some of the biggest challenges facing early-stage startups today. We’ve got a session for it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

No pitches, please. It’s never GM; it’s only AI Now that I apparently live in Cerebral Valley, it’s quite easy to find investors, founders or my great friends in the middle of a passionate conversation about artificial intelligence. But to Gen Z, some of the biggest brands are people,” Detoure founder and CEO Meghan Russell. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It will not only allow content with less effort but also execute on our vision of AI-powered virtual actors being accessible to everyone,” said Taesu Kim, co-founder and CEO of Neosapience. to use synthetic media for personalized sales pitches. Synthesia raises $50M to leverage synthetic avatars for corporate training and more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Instead of waiting for founders to launch their next fundraising rounds, savvy players are watching the secondary markets, “where investors can buy and sell existing stakes in a startup or fund,” reports Rebecca Szkutak. “It was really hard to figure out what was going on.” “We’re very small in a large opportunity.”

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

PR isn''t a one shot deal--it''s about constructing a story that will evolve over time. Sometimes it means establishing founder credibility over time to prospective future investors or to potential employees. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve gathered insights from Co-Founders and CEOs who have faced these hurdles head-on, sharing their experiences and strategies. Tobias Liebsch , Co-Founder, Fintalent.io It can be tempting to use lofty language, but we’ve found it more constructive to focus the conversation on traction.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. We spoke with: Giuseppe Stuto , co-founder and managing partner, 186 Ventures.

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