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Justworks’ Series B pitch deck may be the most wonderfully simple deck I’ve ever seen

TechCrunch

He’ll create a framework that not only answers your specific question, but can prove to be a model that will answer future questions of the same type. ” In 2015, Justworks closed its $13 million Series B, led by Bain Capital Ventures. Pitch deck teardown — 33:00. He’s a systems thinker.”

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What's your hero story?

This is going to be BIG.

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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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

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What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? 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.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Selling SaaS to developers, cracking YC after 13 tries, all about Expensify

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Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that leverages discoverability, desirability and do-ability — the “aha!” Data show that traditional marketing doesn’t work on developers, and it’s not because they’re impervious to a sales pitch. The Expensify EC-1.

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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Let’s talk about succession plans 

TechCrunch

No pitches, please. Throwback Saturday: If you missed Startups Weekly last week, catch my last issue here: “The oh-so-biased branding risk in venture capital.” Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier. You can also send me tips at natasha.m@techcrunch.com