Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We interviewed two current Inventives, Craig and Rebecca, about their projects, mentors and what advice they would give to young entrepreneurs. I think the lab has definitely changed my life. It is the type of information you do not get from a typical college level business entrepreneur course or a business management course.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

The main driver of the skew towards men getting venture capital, statistically, is that far more men are pitching. That means you actually have a *better* shot, statistically, of getting VC investment at these firms, statistically, once you actually pitch. Once again, that''s all stats and doesn''t really explain anything.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Great entrepreneurs invest countless hours reinventing, reimagining and disrupting products and services of all kinds. Another entrepreneur told me how incredibly stressful it is for her to pitch her ideas in front of would-be investors. Definitely. Reinvention is the key to successful entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The program, titled “ Funded Not Fired, ” will write $100,000 checks into 20 startup teams by the end of the year.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? I have definitely made the mistake in the past by choosing the wrong people to do business with and when I started Teulo, it was really important to me to find a team and investors who share a similar vision and purpose. This is super important.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund? Hard Problems I encourage entrepreneurs to try and tackle harder problems even if it makes fund raising more difficult and is less likely to succeed. But really it’s something I look for.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I think it''s likely that it will unfocus the company and what it definitely does is eliminate the possibility of exiting for anything less than two and a half billion dollars. That is likely to lead to decisions that might not be in the best interest in the company or the users.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

So when you pitch, be sure to point out what makes your company/news stand out. So while we’re still getting pitched (a whole bunch), we more than ever are reviewing pitches with a bigger-picture lens and hope you’ll do the same when you’re doing the pitching. Why is it unique? Why would our readers care? Weekly News. “We

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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. Sometimes, you get contacted by certifiably crazy people who have perfectly legitimate ideas.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We definitely noticed deals were happening slower,” said Karima El Hakim, country director of Plug and Play Egypt. “A Read on to find out what these prolific investors have to say about hot startup sectors in Africa, investment trends, their predictions for 2023, how to pitch them and more. How do you prefer to receive pitches?

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Often, entrepreneurs struggle to determine when and what to patent. Despite the process being relatively laborious, if you believe that your company has created a truly unique invention, then it’s definitely worth the investment. Entrepreneurs also need to know that intellectual property is one of their most valuable assets.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Most obviously, ecosystem maps can serve as a resource guide for entrepreneurs in the community. Strong ecosystems allow entrepreneurs to quickly find knowledge and resources they need to succeed.”. Entrepreneurs face challenges everyday and nobody is born with the inherent knowledge needed to make their startup successful.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

It definitely has a “d” in it, as in it’s really not fun, raising. The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. Sure, you need to learn what the common theme of the no’s are and be willing to make adjustments to your pitch. Fund raising. Let me give you an example.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. The entrepreneur will tell you things are really tough, because they don't want to think that it has anything to do with the quality of their company or their own fundraising skill--it's easier to blame some outside force. There is no fork.

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MAY 25, 2011

bre.ad , a new startup launching whose founder has perfected the art of the conference pitch. No pitch, nothing more. You see, we hear a lot about elevator pitches, but to be honest, most short pitches really don't do your company justice. Can you really pitch a company in one sentence? No, not bread. fine, fine."

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

The firm provides flexible financing to growth-ready entrepreneurs and industries located in communities that often lack access to conventional sources of capital. Media Contact: Melanie Anderson Pitch Public Relations 480-225-7148 melanie@pitchpublicrelations.com Disclosures Advantage Capital is an Investment Adviser registered with the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Eager Entrepreneur. The salads were delicious, but the prices definitely made me appreciate our free lunch policy. Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored. Originality definitely helps an entrepreneur break apart from the crowd, said Karim. I went into Apple Podcasts and it said, “Hey, Saba, here’s my pitch.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Her father is a serial entrepreneur. “My I competed in Tiger Tank (a mini-version of Shark Tank), came in second place in Love’s Cup and won the pitch competition. It is important to help entrepreneurs here believe that you don’t have to be in a certain place to create a technology business. Rural Entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Definitely not!). In a post for TC+, entrepreneur and angel investor Kuan Wei (Greg) Soh shared his top suggestions for managing distributed engineering teams, which includes mandatory standups and at least three hours each day when everyone is available to chat. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, many entrepreneurs have opted to remain heads down and build more efficiently instead of testing this new valuation environment. We are excited to see how entrepreneurs leverage these tools to enhance our archaic B2B payments ecosystem. How do you prefer to receive pitches?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Many entrepreneurs confide that raising capital is their hardest task. There are a number of great examples of publicly available pitch materials, so draw from ones that you like the most. You would be stunned how often entrepreneurs fail to close a lead, misconstruing silence for rejection. We understand. Ask for the order.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

Because a founder’s pitch is the first step on that journey, we’re interviewing active investors to learn more about what they’re looking for and how they prefer to be approached. For our latest outing, we asked each of them to name a pro forma pitch practice they think founders should retire. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2022

This requires pitching, numbers, stats and a story. Each week on TechCrunch Live , investors and entrepreneurs share lessons learned from personal experiences. So it definitely doesn’t get easier.” Startups need capital and often fundraise from investors. And the time has to be correct.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This triggered entrepreneurs to start breeding cobras to collect the bounty. We try upfront to disclose any conflicts and if we, during a pitch process, find out that the presenting company is competitive with an existing investment would never forward materials. To curb the population the government paid a bounty for dead cobras.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2018

In support of its vision to create the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) encourages new ways of inspiring entrepreneurship through education and experience sharing. Being an entrepreneur, Ryan has realized that a job is great, but making extra money is even better.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

More specifically, an SEC filing from Sound Ventures , actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher’s venture firm, confirmed plans to raise an artificial intelligence-focused venture firm. Ok, now onto the aforementioned essay! It all started with a sound.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

A definitive founder’s guide would have to include chapters like, “So you’ve hired the wrong person,” or, “Five ways to tell if an investor is lying to you.” It’s impossible to plan for everything that can go wrong while building a startup.

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Gust

JULY 22, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

In fact, Mighty — led by founders Ben Goldhirsh, who previously founded GOOD magazine, and Dana Mauriello, who spent nearly five years with Etsy and was most recently an advisor to Sidewalk Labs — hopes to woo families with the pitch that it operates at the center of fintech, ed tech, and entertainment. ”

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Winning many pitch competitions and hackathons does not automatically mean that a startup is good. What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? Sustainability is definitely an area to look at. Investing based on the startup’s heuristics.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 5, 2021

Based on the definition of an accredited angel of a net worth of $1 million or more, the potential number of angel investors could be up to four million. There was a need to connect entrepreneurs coming out of a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) training program to investors and funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

They pitched on a Wednesday. She was everything I was looking for in an entrepreneur to back. In the most perfect sense of the definition. And for Soleil it was her entrepreneur friends: Dan Rosensweig, Tim Ferriss, Kevin Rose, Shervin Pishevar, Randi Zuckerberg, Gina Bianchini, Erik Lammerding and Rick Marini.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Nancy Lublin, CEO of Loris.ai, is definitely a founder to watch. And it’s fun! Want to hear more?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Some of her projects include: (With Norris Krueger) 2020: AOM 2020 PDW “Entrepreneur-Led Economic Development: Entrepreneurial Communities through New Eyes… the Right Eyes!” 2) If you’ve got a better idea for a project, pitch it! (3) ” (#18303, August, Vancouver ). Norris Krueger. “On ESHIPprojects. (2)

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies. Definitely tough to raise funds from LPs, especially for a first-time fund manager with no track record (in fund management) and during this Covid period. front seat now to drive the valuation.

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