TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Instead of putting the onus on customers to roll up their sleeves, he suggests that SaaS startups learn from cryptocurrency culture and find ways to “incentivize users to do the necessary work to have the right experience.” Vise CEO Samir Vasavada and Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire break down the art of the pitch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Here’s what I learned : The success of Zeta hinges on the idea that people want to share their finances in an ongoing and meaningful way, and that the world of finance is ready to shift from individualism to collectivism earlier and louder.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Our guests at this event have some of the brightest minds in the business and have intimately shaped crypto as an asset class and cultural touchstone. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. Changing your meeting culture is difficult, but given that 26% of workers plan to look for a new job when the pandemic ends, startups need to do all they can to retain talent.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Our guests at this event have some of the brightest minds in the business and have intimately shaped crypto as an asset class and cultural touchstone. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They originally pitched us with a hacked but super productive prototype they built in their fraternity room and a rendering of a beautiful bookshelf sized in-home growing system that they committed to building. One of the first bets we made in Agtech was Grove started by two young, passionate engineers out of MIT – Gabe and Jamie.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Our guests at this event have some of the brightest minds in the business and have intimately shaped crypto as an asset class and cultural touchstone. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. The industry’s brightest entrepreneurs will take the stage in front of a live audience and a panel of industry experts, pitching revolutionary technologies.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 11, 2022

The corporate chain can be beneficial to a startup culture by bringing credibility as well as experience in distribution, PR, and branding. . The first step is to target brands that have the opportunity to bring in a bigger audience or can finance a larger project that your company might not be able to accomplish otherwise.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The startup has closed a seed financing round of $2.5 The material differs from other online programs by focusing on more philosophical skills, like how to create a safe environment for teams or how to retain knowledge, instead of topics like like Finance 101. million in a round led by Juvo Ventures’ Maia Sharpley.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And while I passed on leading their seed, I did contribute a smaller amount into the financing, along with three subsequent pro rata/super pro rata investments. As is the case with startups like Ethena, that first opportunity would have given us a larger ownership stake than all subsequent checks combined.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 3, 2022

Led by team leader Rachel Brown and team member Patrick Bruce, OSU’s team Titan Charts pitched their vision to Love’s Cup judges of a HIPAA-secure, cloud-native workflow solution that increase specialty physician referral turnaround time by automating the entire process. February Start.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

“In a culture where growing valuations are worn like a badge of honor, founders may fear that taking a down round would render them Silicon Valley pariahs,” writes Holden Spaht, managing partner at private equity firm Thoma Bravo. How to protect your IP during fundraising so you don’t get ripped off.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

In i2e1, though I was hired as a UX designer, I collaborated with other teammates and took care of the branding, print design, offline and online marketing collaterals, marketing strategy, pitch presentations, and more. All are one In India, an open-door policy and flat hierarchy are the gifts of startup culture.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Ben, for its part, is pitching its “end-to-end flexibility” and comprehensiveness of its benefits as one of its core differentiators, spanning regulated “core” (e.g. life insurance and pensions) products and lifestyle (e.g. gyms) perks. ” Retention. billion valuation. Ben had previously raised a $2.5

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. As the team is not from a VC background, the typical investment strategy for seed or early-stage fund on diversifying into a portfolio of companies and then follow-on investments into potential winners is simply not in our DNA who came from corporate finance and business advisory background.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It’s a perfect system for collections attorneys, legal, auto finance, health care and property management companies who need to keep on top of payments in a particular way. It also just won the Digiday Worklife Award for Most Collaborative Culture. Healpay isn’t just another payment processing company. Bedestrian. Workit Health.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I lacked a formal education in Finance, Ivy League credentials, an MBA, substantial financial resources, and a well-established network. As a generalist in this field, I confront the significant challenge of sifting through an immense volume of data points obtained from the review of pitch decks and research reports.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Toward the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs, some citing Elon Musk, told me that they’re bringing back an in-person work culture in the following year to help promote productivity and, in some cases, loyalty. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. And if 2023 isn’t the year of the bottom line, I don’t know what else it could be.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

This year, we’re adding a new feature: Our guests will analyze pitch decks submitted by members of the audience to identify their strengths and weaknesses. In my experience, many founders have a hard time delegating, which can quickly create cultural and operational problems.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

All told, these companies have raised more than $200 million in financing over the past few years to increase diversity and inclusion and help solve tech’s diversity problem. That same toolkit is something that Talenya pitches its own customers. Flockjay pitches its sales training service as an on-ramp to tech careers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com. Ask @YourProtagonist tomorrow, October 19 at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET during our Q&A (but please save your pitches to send over via email!) — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) October 18, 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

As my wife will tell you – arguing is cultural – you grow up with it or you don’t. I’ve been pitched by hundreds of entrepreneurs who never actually asked me whether I would invest. Hold interviews with tech people, marking people, ops people, finance people – whatever. It’s very Jewish.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

But over the years, it has forced Floodgate’s small team to sort through many thousands of pitches and identify those it thinks have the most potential. And then for the follow-on financing, it ranges in terms of what the person needs and also [it’s tied to] when we invest into that company, so it ranges in valuation, as well.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 6, 2021

Cultural and regulatory biases, as well as lack of access to ?financial For example, Amina Dyslexia Center was selected for the Social Innovators incubator program by Donors for Africa and to pitch at the Nigerian Tech Summit held by the US Embassy. . Amina Dyslexia Center’s happy faces.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business. The nonprofit Dallas Entrepreneur Center offers public tours, but if you want to practice your pitch or get feedback, you can also apply to present as part of its 1 Million Cups program. Boulder, Colorado.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

.'” For his part, Connie also wrote that Talton was put on administrative leave in October of last year after submitting a letter to Carta’s board of directors, flagging various “problems” with the company’s culture. 40Seas secures $11M in equity, $100M in credit to grow cross-border trade financing platform . I did, too.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Be specific in this elevator pitch of your business. Positioning includes your branding, which is more than just your logo and name; it also includes your company culture and reputation. Financing is a common need for new businesses, as the startup costs for new ventures can be much higher than inexperienced entrepreneurs understand.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. . “In fact, they are better than I would have guessed, more evidence that I am a mixture of Scrooge and the Grinch.” Image Credits: Guild Education.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Is it suffering from cultural dissonance between its high-growth model and more conservative European investors? Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture. Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture. What to make of Deliveroo’s rough IPO debut.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fuelfinance Their pitch: “We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automation. On Howly, you gain 24/7 access to thousands of experts in various areas – from finance to household appliances repair.” 17+ years in Finance and Media & Entertainment, with a special emphasis on Ticketing.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 11, 2024

It’s also good for our employee retention, as it fosters a strong, inclusive company culture that values and showcases its team’s contributions. We debunked common misconceptions about finance in engaging live streams. This tactic not only educated our audience but also sparked discussions, drawing in curious viewers.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. This narrative was laced through the event, especially with the founder of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, recounting his company’s financing story. Um… wow. 4/ LPs noted that the term “pre-seed” is really a U.S.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The result was a series of exceptional Seattle program cohorts, including not just the “unicorn” outcomes listed above, but hundreds of millions of dollars in venture financings and liquidity events deep into the roster of participating teams, year after year.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Israeli startup ProFuse aims to cut the production price of lab-cultured protein. Classiq adds HSBC, NTT Finance to $36M Series B. It will have a hackathon focusing on energy resources, autonomous capabilities, safety and reliability challenges, and a startup pitch track. Learn More. Application deadline: May 26. Learn More.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially. Investors were becoming nervous and were no longer willing to underwrite new Unicorn-level financings at the drop of a hat. This is uncharted territory.

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