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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2014

With one company, a founder and his super inspirational, creative, and established buddy hatch a plan to build a very strong content brand that serves as a platform for a lot of diverse revenue streams--events, ecommerce, advertising. The first pitch I got was from someone who didn''t intend on staying with the business as an employee.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. “So the TAM is massive.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I have my best creative break-throughs this way. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. If you struggle to find moments of creativity you might read that post. I also have huge creative spurts when I run. Board Meetings. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode.

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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

APRIL 7, 2023

Startups and VC Everyone needs some good competition to get the creativity flowing. Going through the company’s pitch deck, the trio describe the business model that will take Anthropic there and the investors behind it. Price wars : That’s Tesla’s strategy for competing with legacy carmakers , Kirsten writes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Each startup exhibits on all 3 days of the show in the expo hall, and the 20 finalists will pitch on the Disrupt Stage throughout several rounds during the show. How to Use Your “Perfect Pitch” to Gain Partnerships and Grow Your Startup , with Dell for Startups. Korea Pavilion Fast-pitch Sessions , with Kotra. . 12:10 p.m. –

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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

JULY 1, 2021

To put your business on a path that increases the chances of survival and future growth start with 1) figuring out who your aspirational customer is and 2) designing your go-to-market strategy around her needs. If they were to talk about your company to their friends / partners / customers what would their elevator pitch look like?

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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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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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Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

Prepare a perfect video pitch What is the best way to present your idea or product? To make it more informative, you can add your video pitch and some customer reviews to it. Develop your outreach strategy, test it and keep your list up-to-date. It’s all up to you and your creativity.?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Her highly detailed breakdown includes examples of the ads used in various campaigns, the process she used for optimizing creative materials and a cost-per-click analysis that shows how she reduced CPC from $1.51 Diversify your ad strategy, test different ideas and don’t give up if your ad doesn’t show results right away.”. Team slide.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

You’ll come away with actionable tips and strategies you can put to work right away. We’re talking funding tips — like creative bootstrapping, securing that elusive Series A and perfecting your pitch. You’ll have plenty of time to ask questions and receive feedback from experts on your top-of-mind issues.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

Since there''s no way to both make yourself accessible and not get a fire hose of inbound, most of the pitches you''re going to have are from perfectly nice, smart people who have perfectly horrific, unworkable ideas. 2) People pitch you. Given enough time, technology and human creativity can solve just about every problem we have.

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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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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

They pitched on a Wednesday. She debates manufacturing strategies. She talks about creative design of websites and physical products – in our case – stickers. Soleil at Chief Creative Officer. It’s not much different than having Dave Morin, Dick Costolo or Sheryl Sandberg sitting next to you at lunch.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In an effort to open-source Supademo ’s own Product Hunt launch strategy, here is a clear breakdown of what we did to prepare for and execute our launch. Once you’ve reached out, pitch them on why they should support your launch! Hopefully, it’s a helpful guide to founders and operators looking to launch soon.

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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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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 8, 2021

ACT stands for architects, creatives, and techies — the three talents that must be part of every entrepreneurial team — talent is at the heart of everything we accomplish. The second three months is implementation, including building investor pitch decks and developing mental and advisor relationships. Talent and team.

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StartupNation

MARCH 9, 2021

Entrepreneurs can use these insights to improve their website and build a marketing strategy tailored specifically for their target audience. Digital elevator pitch. Furthermore, websites give entrepreneurs creative freedom when it comes to storytelling and branding. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Brand journalism is a content marketing strategy that leans into what "be interesting" means to your target audience by defining "relevant" broadly. It doesn't need to rely on external publication editors to accept their pitches for a story. My three principles for content are: Never waste the reader's time.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 2, 2021

The passion and creativity flowing from these college students make us proud to sponsor the event each year,” Jenny Love Meyer, executive vice president, chief culture officer. “It Love’s Cup teams are making history as they pitch their concepts. million in cash, and $155,000 in scholarships.

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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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