This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Would we pitch Series A players? It's too easy to think that if you tilt the pitch just a little one way or the other, that's going to make the difference, but that's Monday morning quarterbacking. What we found is that while most of the people turned down the invite, most of the people who showed up invested.

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Feedough

APRIL 6, 2021

Undercover marketing or stealth marketing is a marketing strategy where a company markets their product in a subtle and ‘hidden’ way, such that the consumers don’t realise that it is a marketing ploy. Undercover Marketing Strategies. Advertisement What Is Undercover Marketing? Stealth marketing isn’t new.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. PlayPrint , founded by Kevin Zhang and Syed Bokhari (Centre County): Offering innovative, eco-friendly alternatives to children’s toys, PlayPrint focuses on creativity, educational value, and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

I set aside four hours with only a pen and a piece of paper in front of me, not allowing myself to do anything other than brainstorm until I had a strategy,” says Herndon. donations with a bunch of random pitches for startups? . “I had to get scrappy. ” Not all investors agree on that particular point.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

150Birds help startups and small businesses to: Get guidance to develop suitable marketing strategies, Get professional marketing services on-demand on a simple fixed monthly price, and Pay expert’s charges only when experts work. Strategic guidance: The experts help clients develop the most profitable marketing strategies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

From this post, deep tech startups can formulate their marketing hiring strategy and attract and cultivate top talent to drive their go-to-market plan. To this end, marketers develop creative ways to gather lists of, and information on, key contacts at these potential partners. Whether the marketing team needs industry experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. I always tell people that if you’re not creative in how you tell stories the simplest way to do so is by telling “a day in the life&# of your potential user. One strategy I often employ. The bring your product to life.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

In an interview with reporter Anna Heim, Romania-based marketer Robert Katai discussed some of the methods he uses to help clients refine their content and branding strategies. Ramp and Brex draw diverging market plans with M&A strategies. Ramp and Brex draw diverging market plans with M&A strategies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. There’s the all-important pitch, creative sets, unexpected reactions by five seasoned investors and the possibility of scaling growth fast with a cash infusion and industry connections. Perfecting My Pitch. I went all in. It was fascinating.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Don’t be afraid to get creative and explore new possibilities!” Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The average new business pitch costs $450,000. You can’t afford to lose a pitch or (even worse) win a pitch that’s not the right fit for your business. So lets start with these six elements of a pitch response: Values: Your team aligns with the Brand’s value system. Process: Leading a pitch from end to end.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort. Participants in the program engaged in weekly workshops and coaching calls, refining their revenue models, competitive strategies, and customer acquisition.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

11 Startup Content Marketing Strategies That Actually Work To help startups navigate the complex world of content marketing, we’ve gathered eleven successful strategies from industry professionals, including CEOs and Content Marketing Managers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

So, if your face doesn’t appear on the team slide in your startup’s pitch deck, this would be a good time to cancel your upcoming vacation. Pitch Deck Teardown: Dutch’s $20M Series A deck. If you’re working on a pitch deck and are in need of inspiration, start here: all 17 slides are available to TC+ members.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Head to the agenda and plan your strategy. You can also catch Startup Alley founders pitching to TechCrunch staff. Look for the Startup Pitch Feedback Sessions scheduled over all three days. Rachael Wilcox, creative producer, Volvo Cars. Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I have board meetings, company pitches, internal partner meetings, etc. If you need some help with the creative process read this. Guest authoring – Once you have a bit of credibility as a writer a great strategy to drive traffic is to write guest posts for relevant bloggers in your sphere of influence.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Finance teams were constantly needing them for things like creating pitch decks. Or put more simply, she wanted to build a new kind of cloud storage that would serve as an alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive “built by, and for, creatives.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Samuel graduated from MIT with a degree in electrical engineering.

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StartupNation

JULY 11, 2021

You can’t use up creativity. The best way to get your side hustle moving is to flex those creative muscles. The act of exercising your creative muscle will help you perfect your craft and become even better. Hustle through the difficulties. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

According to Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, founders need to get a firm handle on LTV (lifetime value) and customer acquisition cost (CAC) before they start sending out pitch decks. This post identifies several factors that will help calculate LTV/CAC accurately and increase transparency for potential investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said. As the market looks toward the future, some venture capitalists are revamping their investing strategies, while others are holding to their current plans, with perhaps a small tweak or two.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you don’t already have a brand identity, including logo designs, a color palette, creative elements and photography to support your aesthetic, make this a top priority for your business. Related: How to DIY Your Public Relations Strategy. These assets will set the tone for, and be used in, everything else you do in your business.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

“This includes cutting non-performing products, decreasing R&D and general and administrative expenses, and doubling down on creative strategies to recover customer acquisition cost instantly to reduce burn associated with growth.” Pitch Deck Teardown: Wilco’s $7 million seed deck. Walter Thompson.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2023

“Creative Spark Industries” student team from Pryor High School wins highest honor Leaders from MidAmerica Industrial Park and i2E announce a team of three Pryor High School seniors are the top winners of the inaugural high school entrepreneurship program called the MidAmerica Cup.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

At the same time, they are submitting 30% more pitch decks, but VC engagement has fallen 23%. Because investors spend less time reviewing pitches, concise, data-driven storytelling is more important than ever. As co-founder and general partner of Creative Ventures, he raised $65 million “with fewer than 25 LPs.”

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. PlayPrint , founded by Kevin Zhang and Syed Bokhari (Centre County): Offering innovative, eco-friendly alternatives to children’s toys, PlayPrint focuses on creativity, educational value, and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The startups all have different versions of the same pitch: they can offer teachers more money, and flexibility, than the status quo. Startups, looking to get a slice of the teacher economy, suddenly can form an entire pitch around these discrepancies. Underpaid and overworked teachers. Image: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

Practice in pitching and answering tough questions has prepared us to begin raising funding. i2E helped with guiding our team in the right direction with programs like E3, which was great for going deeper into our strategy. Be creative with ideas and opportunities and figure a way to make those things happen.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A few months ago, he blasted out cold emails to pitch an intrapreneurship class. He earned an MBA by cramming on the weekends, then just had to start something entirely new, the strategy consulting firm Outglocal. Nayo Partners, her company, provided strategic consulting for founders in creative businesses. The juggling act.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If you are an entrepreneur, startup founder or business owner wondering how you can best structure your pitch to acquire a VC investment, I offer some insight as to what my own process looks like when selecting a particular company or entrepreneur. Every entrepreneurial leader needs to be able to creatively think outside the box.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mobility mavens, June 9 will be here before you know it, and that means it’s time to get your strategy ducks in a row for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent. Take your team to increase your ROI.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Knowing the Value Proposition is key to establishing a marketing strategy that distinguishes a company from its competition. Then, build a strategy behind your assessment that will be part of your business plan. Exit Strategy: How is it possible to choose an exit strategy when you have not yet started a business?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

A scientific or a creative marketer? Here’s a sample of the marketing functions at a typical early-stage startup: Brand marketing: Brand strategy, positioning, naming, messaging, visual identity, experiential, events, community. An offline or an online marketer? 5 ways to raise your startup’s PR game.

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Feedough

APRIL 16, 2021

Grassroots marketing is one of the most effective and economical marketing strategies which most companies are inclining towards to spread product awareness these days. Now that we have delved into what grassroots marketing is, looking at a couple of creative examples would give us a better insight and deeper understanding of the same.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Don’t be afraid to get creative and explore new possibilities!” Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

4 strategies for deep tech companies recruiting top growth marketers. “Incredible growth people are independent and creative and are drawn to environments that explicitly value these traits,” says Jessica Li, a content/growth professional who was previously a VC. . Ilya Sukah, partner, Matrix Partners.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Moranne and I are Millennials, as are most of our staff, so social media, digital strategy and technology is integral to everything we do. Most of the people we’ve placed are looking for something more than a paycheck; they want a job that lets them be creative and fosters trust and respect.

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