TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The pitch — building a starter home for a much lower cost than other prefabricated houses on the market, and one that could be dropped in to locations in the urban core of most cities — was too good to pass up. But, there’s an opportunity to infill housing. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Together you rehearse and go over every iteration of the pitch line-by-line and slide-by-slide. After each session, I walked away with constructive feedback on everything — the content, the speaking style and even the font color on a particular slide. As a result, we couldn’t have been more prepared for pitch day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. I have held back because I place more value on the relationship.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Or so the pitch goes. “It’s a huge opportunity for educational content creators but for customers, it leads to information overload and it can be hard to cut through and find the quality in what feels like an oversaturated market. Built, of course, for the short attention spans of millennials and Gen Z.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Move on, keep looking and find people who are truly supportive, on your terms. However, if you don't want to evaluate your inbound deal opportunities, that's the job, my friend. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? Ok, second--most VCs are just looking to make money for their investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The company also has managed to raise $63 million in equity and debt financing to support its mission. Baird declined the opportunity, but did take on a role reaching out to communities and unions to help implement the first stimulus package that Obama and Biden put together to promote green jobs.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 27, 2023

The program helps entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success, discuss business models and financials with experts, expand their network, engage with other entrepreneurs, and develop a pitch deck for funding opportunities. Over the past ten years, the program has helped create dozens of new tech startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

” VCs still think work software is a wise investment MassMutual launches $100 million fund to invest in diverse founders Image Credits: We Are / Getty Images Two years after launching its first $50 million MM Catalyst Fund to support diverse founders, insurance company MassMutual is doubling down.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

Formstack alongside All Stage & Zapier allows us to solicit pitch meetings dates from founders, for deal leads to request SPV creation, for members to refer new members. clipr transcribes and categorizes the content of our pitch meeting video recordings. Zoom is our platform of choice for pitch meetings and internal meetings.

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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. So how are these first-time fund managers going to fare? Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

When the idea of starting a business is pitched, it is human nature to get excited about it, but when the actual work begins, team members may slack off and fade away. They have an opportunity to set realistic expectations for achievable goals. But when you let people make their own decisions, then a few things happen.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. What success looks like in this three-year pilot.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

COVID-19 has spotlighted many of the weakest points in our transportation system, but some of the rapid shifts in consumer behavior are creating opportunities for tech once considered fanciful, like sidewalk delivery robots and eVTOLs (electric vertical and takeoff vehicles). Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There are a number of tailwinds supporting the growth of a business like David Energy right now. The sands of market power are shifting and incumbents are poorly-positioned to adapt to evolving customer needs, so there’s a massive opportunity for us to capitalize.” . So it could pay for the power its customers have bought upfront.

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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. So how are these first-time fund managers going to fare? Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

Prominent investors include a slew of a16z partners such as Marc Andreessen, Andrew Chen and Chris Dixon, as well as entrepreneur Ev Williams, icon Paris Hilton and support from investors Ryan Hoover and Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst. She’s already landed checks from the who’s who in tech.

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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. The Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund for Entrepreneurial Studies supports entrepreneurs attempting to build something that advances business and society in revolutionary ways. “. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

We like to say that the Central Texas ecosystem is much more supportive of each other than a lot of other places. The whole ‘90s were the early days of the Internet and I saw a lot of opportunity,” Whurley said. Even Intel halted construction of its new office building at Fifth and San Antonio St. Austin got hit hard.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

AngelSurvey (our own custom site for recording member interest after pitches). Gust for timely communication to all interested members in a particular opportunity, and our intern analysts use Pitchbook for initial diligence on similar companies, market size, and other related topics. The investors wire the money themselves.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand discuss proptech’s biggest opportunities. What is the biggest opportunity for proptech founders? Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand discuss proptech’s biggest opportunities. What can we do to support her? What is the latest on DACA?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. I always enjoy the two-day pitch-off because it gives us a glimpse of what is top priority for a whole slice of founders, some of whom are trying to put meat back in plant-based meat.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Who was willing to jump on a plan on a Sunday morning with a hang-over to make sure they were there the night before an important biz dev pitch on a Monday morning. So I patiently waiting until there was a good opportunity to bring Stuart on board and took the opportunity when it presented itself. The stories still to be told?:

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

And this gives Affirm an opportunity to generate more revenue as it makes money in part on interest fees. For example, big companies can easily pitch new products to their large customer bases and stymie outside players who may have more favorable products. What’s the best way to pitch you? Indian fintech Slice tops $1.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

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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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. The Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund for Entrepreneurial Studies supports entrepreneurs attempting to build something that advances business and society in revolutionary ways. “. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Connecting consumers with products they need through channels they already know and trust is both a massive revenue opportunity and a social good, providing financial resilience to families at a time when they need it most. In simpler terms, Zeta helps companies pitch customers in varied manners depending on their own characteristics.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I was WAY off between my book research about what the engineering & construction market would want (my first company) and what they actually wanted. And you need to watch them pitch. Take the opportunity to watch the sales process as an observer. Repeat this process 50 times and trust me you’ll see patterns.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I was cognizant that women only received less than 1% of venture funding globally, but that wasn’t at the forefront of my mind as I started my journey or as I pitched to VCs or angels. They believed in the team, vision, mission and the opportunity of building streamlined cross-border commerce solutions for African consumers.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 14, 2023

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, in partnership with Invent Penn State, hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Boot Camp. Nuclear Applications (Eric Schwarz, Lancaster) Construct and operate a new Flow Loop at Penn State’s reactor. It can also run different complexities of parts.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 12, 2024

What was the pitch? When Ralph pitched me the idea of TigerEye, he said, “Remember all of those spreadsheets we’d have people make [when building PlanGrid], and they’d never actually answer our questions? When a sales rep hits save on an opportunity, it overrides the history. But that history is interesting!

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

They want the government to stay out of their way but they definitely want the government to come and ticket the car blocking the driveway, to stop construction noise, and to solve homelessness but definitely not to put low-income housing on their street. Basically, if you can create a groundswell of support, you’re in the game.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The mission is the elevator pitch. I just want to let you know and give you the opportunity to let me know if there’s any flags that you want to tell me about right now.” There’s a certain way to do this that is constructive and that actually adds to the process rather than causes friction and problems.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

It's a lot more lucrative to convert a warehouse into a condo building--especially if it's anywhere near the city--but it's those areas where innovators are creating economic opportunity as well, and where they need commercial space to thrive. 33 Flatbush. Interior of the Batcave, 2006 ( Jake Dobkin / Gothamist). 55 Washington Street.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

In reality, most hedge funds have a handful of analysts and just some back office support, right? Kevin Hale [03:01] – That’s when we realized there’s this huge opportunity because investors they they make money off of having an information edge, right? Bird comes in and pitches you. This has been great for us.

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