demo education pitching 
Innovation 2 Enterprise
JUNE 25, 2025
Earlier this month, ten dynamic Oklahoma startups took the stage at Bridge2 Demo Day, marking the conclusion of the third cohort of i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator. The program equips founders with essential tools to navigate the venture ecosystem, culminating in the Demo Day showcase. Bridge2 helped us get laser focused.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. Also, asking is not appropriate at a marquee conferences like TechCrunch50, DEMO, Twiistup and the like. NEVER lead with features.
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This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
The company sells to local governments, real estate management companies, educational institutions--anyone responsible for public or private infrastructure. There are a lot of reasons not to like the space that Publicstuff is in. That alone is enough to make a lot of VCs throw up a little in their mouths. Slow sales cycles.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 1, 2012
I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. We’ll see. TechStars Interactions.
The Zapier Blog
JUNE 19, 2025
They typically highlight key features, benefits, or use cases, often with a quick demo or close-up visuals. Why this Facebook ad works : Feature-forward messaging : "Record your pitch once—share it anytime" in the ad copy , as well as the video itself, makes the value of Canva Recordings instantly clear.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 5, 2010
Marco Zappacosta served up an cogent, business focused and nicely demo’d pitch of their product. would acknowledge – they needed to get to the demo more quickly. They walked through 4 minutes of PowerPoint garble (of a 5 minute pitch) before unveiling a beautifully designed UI. As I’m sure Pip.io
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 29, 2013
In my post I noted the bias in his accent comments and also called b t on his statements that Demo Days are great because “the bad companies look good” and that VCs should compete to “pay the highest price & offer the best terms.” I did so before when he originally uttered the accents comment for the NY Times.
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