Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Let’s say that your ideal clients are CEOs of mid-market companies that need your consulting services. Contributed to EO by Steve Ferman, an EO New Jersey member, serial entrepreneur, and founder of 4 Pillar Coach. In other words, where do they congregate, what do they read, and what are their interests? Where can you find them?

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

If necessary, we stick around in a consulting role. For instance, we recently helped a B2B SaaS platform increase demo requests by 350%. The process we were following was focused on optimizing every aspect of the demo request journey, from acquiring visitors to optimizing the demo page and more.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Josh is an entrepreneurial visionary with over a decade of experience in technology sales, HR service delivery, and consulting. In addition, we will explore partnerships with HR consultancies or complementary HR tech solutions to expand the software’s reach in a way that will best benefit our clients. Take action.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2023

Besides the all-paid 15-week residency, this year, the program offers a follow-up program after Demo Day in November 2023. The final Demo Day in November 2023 will select five promising startups for grand prizes. On the final Demo Day, prizes worth approximately $270,000 will be awarded to the top five startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

German food tech startup Koralo won the coveted ‘2022 K-Startup Grand Challenge’ as the best foreign startup team at the Demo Day. The final Demo Day in November 2023 will select five promising startups for grand prizes. On the final Demo Day, prizes worth approximately $270,000 will be awarded to the top five startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. – Haje Kamps.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. I did almost every VC meeting myself save for when one of my co-founders, Tim Barker, was in town. So if you present to me and the CEO can’t drive the demo or the financial model themselves it is a BIG RED FLAG.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

They also build sales collateral, such as demo videos, pitch decks and one-pagers, to more effectively reach and build long-term relationships with these prospects. Similarly, external consultants, such as marketing agencies, can take over major projects like launch strategy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

So Jitx is changing that by letting engineers write code to create their designs, and that brings the benefits of software to hardware design,” co-founder and CEO Duncan Haldane told TechCrunch. As the idea of code-based circuit design grew, he connected with his co-founders and started the company in 2017. Image Credits: Jitx.

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Y Combinator

MAY 11, 2022

Every batch, we invite founders and executives to advise YC companies as Visiting Group Partners. Throughout the batch, they take on a variety of responsibilities, including application reading, interviews, group office hours, individual office hours, demo day prep, and more. Welcome to JJ, Liz, Pete, and Puneet.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The round, led by Blackbird, also included participation from Shasta Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, Ascential and brand consultant Mark Ritson. “With Tracksuit, we wanted to make an affordable, always-on, easy-to-use way of accessing these insights.” ” “A common language.”

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Meet Ventures is a consultancy firm that specialises in running startup accelerators and market access programs. Its team comprises of former VCs, program directors, consultants, and startup CXOs. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money? What are the top 3 questions that you always ask the founders?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Interestingly, Yuma “got started by accident,” according to founder Guillaume Luccisano. “I released Yuma as a prototype for fun in mid-December 2022, and was overwhelmed with demo requests,” Luccisano said. ” without having to rely on their data team.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. Demo’d to death. Yeah, he was LA, baby! Quality endures.

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500

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Felix Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Back Office, a human-assisted AI platform and bookkeeping service for companies and consultants. I believe founders have superpowers. Below is an excerpt of his interview.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

I avoid Demo Days like the plague and have publicly said so. By the time it’s hit demo day I’m too late. The founder wants to change the world and has a Phd in a science where I believe he just might. I remember being a strategy consultant where you had to pretend to know everything and be right all the time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

You would expect the co-founder of a startup that improves on traditional slide presentations to hate tools like PowerPoint. The experience is meant to be as simple as arranging widgets on an iPhone, and the founders say decks can be created in just eight minutes. Chronicle’s founders sort its competitors into four categories.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 31, 2023

Jason Vaught , Founder and CSO, 805SEO Try the “Hipster Hat Trick” Ever heard of the “Hipster Hat Trick”? Ben Lau , Founder, Featured SEO Company Post More Video Content A good tip for start-up companies with marketing is to use more video content over pictures and text on your social media platforms and website.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). For those of you who fit that description, nice work. Do not expect grand valuations of your enterprise from these professional angels.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Josephine Tine, co-founder of ART-Pesoung, Hadji Malick Sagne, of Cactus Innovation, and Adja Aissatou Diallo, founder of Galle epitomise the transformative potential of sustainable solutions in Senegal’s shift towards a circular economy.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The top 3 projects were qualified for funding opportunities after a Demo Day, where they had the chance to showcase the progress made during the programme. Josephine Tine, the co-founder of ART-Pesoung, was one of the participants of the initiative. Meet the Wërngël-Bi entrepreneurs.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I spent a decade consulting for Fortune 500’s with massive customer data sets?—?data If you had to share “words of wisdom” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? Have you ever met a company that actually knows why their customers churn, renew, or grow, and most importantly, how to get ahead of it?

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2012

Sure, they had a demo or a prototype or something, but investors know the product will change. And in fact, it is ok--particularly when you're not a technical founder, it's not always clear what your next step is in the early going. Most entrepreneurs aren't qualified for their jobs--including about 100% of the first timers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. As a founder you end up having to deal with a lot of sensitive information & discussions. I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. Nom nom nom. Office Space. We’ll see.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

The idea for Vendease came when founders who have been friends for more than five years noticed their favorite restaurants in cities like Lagos and Accra shutting down. It sparked an idea in the founders’ minds. The company was founded by Tunde Kara , Olumide Fayankin , Gatumi Aliyu , and Wale Oyepeju.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. After publishing the content, we managed to triple our organic traffic quarter-over-quarter and got the first demo call scheduled.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

You went to top schools, trained at a prestigious bank/consulting firm/etc, and you’ve succeeded in the corporate world doing some important and impactful stuff. Accomplishing that means understanding how the key stakeholders, like founders and investors, spend their time. You’ve got a great resume.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

Gerry Giacomán Colyer, Clara’s co-founder and CEO, told me the company is working with over 10,000 customers across Latin America and that its annual run rate of 5 million credit card transactions is equivalent to $1 billion. One of those is Clara, a spend management company based in Mexico that announced $60 million in new funding last week.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups. We deploy a range of tools to keep clients up to date, and this is typically accompanied by different meeting types, such as developer dailies and weekly or biweekly demos and planning sessions, which follow a scrum format.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Founders may reduce staff, particularly in recruiting or new projects that the company prefers not to finance. Some fraction of a post-sales/professional services consultant. Scenario Qualified Lead Sales Call Demo Close Funnel Yield. Some fraction of a marketing person and some incremental marketing spend. Six months to ramp.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Here are a few key questions and observations that I offer to any newly incorporating startup: Who are the founders? Were outside advisors, contractors or consultants involved? If all goes well, the value of those assets will grow geometrically over time to eventually be worth millions or even billions.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In this article, we’ll share insights informed by our experience working with small business owners and startup founders who used Draftbit’s low-code/no-code platform to save hundreds of engineering hours and reduce their time to value. Your team can understand app-based project needs and requirements better than any outside consultant.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). For you who fit that description, nice work. More on raising money in BERKONOMICS book, also available on Amazon.com.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The $3 million seed round was led by Tiger Global Management and included Y Combinator, Soma Capital, SV Angel and a group of angel investors, including Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and Vercel founder Guillermo Rauch. A look at all 35 international fintech startups at YC’s winter 2022 Demo Day.

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