Jason Malki

JUNE 18, 2025

I’m always up to chat with fellow entrepreneurs, designers, or anyone interested in AI UX! Meet the Designer Helping AI Startups Go from Demo to Daily Use was originally published in SuperWarm on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. This was very insightful.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or managing a growing team, integrating AI tools can significantly reduce manual workloads and unlock new growth opportunities. In 2025, AI has become a game-changer for small businesses looking to streamline operations, boost productivity, improve customer experiences, and gain a competitive edge.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 10, 2025

Seasoned Founder: Andre Zeitoun At the helm of Ionic Mineral Technologies is Andre Zeitoun , a serial entrepreneur who has spent more than 15 years turning Utah’s rare halloysite clay into a strategic asset for the battery industry. Before founding Ionic MT in 2020, Zeitoun served as President & CEO of Applied Minerals Inc.,

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. They need attention.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

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. Where you planning to demo? Have someone else drive the demo – Don’t try to be super human.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. I'm sure their Summer Camp demo day will be the first time a lot of VCs have set foot in the thriving outer borough. Unfortunately, there wasn't much actual tech being built in 55 Broad.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. We’ll see. Yet I love TechStars.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 19, 2013

Paul''s point is all about being upfront and honest, which is ironic, because Demo Days seem to be one giant dog and pony show where the flashiest, biggest talking companies seem to get the most attention. That''s why it''s so important for investors and entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Entrepreneurs. ” **. . ” **.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Contributed to EO by Steve Ferman, an EO New Jersey member, serial entrepreneur, and founder of 4 Pillar Coach. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. These groups are easy to find and fairly inexpensive to join. and more articles from the EO blog.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This annual gathering brings together a dynamic mix of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists from the surrounding states, creating a fertile ground for innovation, networking, and investment opportunities. Following the afternoon Techstars Demo Day is the Female Founders in Innovation Dinner.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Pick what you want off the menu and someone will provide that service for you.

VC

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 24, 2010

And I saw a bunch of demos of beta services spliced in between the talks.” I saw Marco Arment talk about building Instapaper on the side while he was CTO of our portfolio company Tumblr. You didn’t hear about it, that is, unless you followed some of the most innovative designers and developers in Brooklyn. That’s kind of the point.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before. Experienced entrepreneurs and VCs share what they know on their blogs, and anyone can get thoughtful answers to tough questions on Quora. They each come with money and mentoring to help you get off the ground.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 18, 2024

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the second cohort of Bridge2 founders took the stage at Tulsa’s Agora Event Center for Demo Day. With a $50,000 convertible note and personalized founder mentorship, Bridge2 lays the foundation for entrepreneurs to thrive in a competitive landscape.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Often I see executive summaries from entrepreneurs who have never managed any form of business, or even managed employees in their past life, and who don’t know the first thing about business formation and managing for growth. I used to tell them to find a partner with knowledge in business creation and management.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day. and Asia. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about the new career path to CEO, our favorite startups from Techstars Demo Day and the latest SPAC you should probably know about. A triple-hitter Demo Day. TechCrunch covered favorites from Techstars’ three Demo Days, which were focused on Chicago, Boston and workforce development.

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Gust

JULY 18, 2012

Following the huge success of the Gust-DEMO scholarship earlier this year, Gust and DEMO have teamed up again to offer Gust start-ups a full scholarship opportunity for DEMO Fall 2012. The recipient of the Gust-DEMO Scholarship will have a chance to launch their product to some of the most innovative people in the world.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. Yesterday, I tweeted this: I get emails from friends @ accelerators, asking me what kind of co’s I’m interested in, or to watch online demo day (no), etc.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Tenity aims to support visionary entrepreneurs in the region and contribute to the growth of emerging technologies and groundbreaking startups. The XRPL Accelerator program is the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region and will launch in August 2023, concluding with a Demo Day event in November 2023.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Fewer demos this time. On 2/2/10 we discuss 2/2/20. Prepare to be Recruited By The Future.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Alchemist Accelerator , the enterprise-focused startup incubator, is hosting a demo day today for its 31st batch of companies. ” Alchemist will stream today’s demo day live on YouTube — you can find that right here beginning at 10:30 am pacific. The accelerator itself, meanwhile, has some news: new leadership.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant is “to help entrepreneurial students who have innovative business ideas.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Hacker houses are making a comeback for entrepreneurs as remote work drags on. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, Womxn Ignite sets up mentorship sessions from a revolving-base of female entrepreneurs. To do so, teams go through a variety of mentor sessions. A team photo.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Among the venture accelerators committed to aiding entrepreneurs in the Web3 sphere is Brinc , headquartered in Hong Kong. These include shared demo days, affording these startups an invaluable platform to exhibit their projects to a broader audience. Read more from AsiaTechDaily: Sony Network Invests $3.5

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Register In a strategic move to elevate its support for emerging entrepreneurs, South Korea’s Asan Nanum Foundation has introduced the groundbreaking “Asan Voyager” program. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

It has become normal to raise funds long before you have a product/market fit, and this poses challenges to entrepreneurs that are of a very different nature than those the ecosystem has faced in the past years,“ he added back in November 2021. Entrepreneurs know this well. Splitting up like this is a shame but it’s frequent.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

I’ve covered Wyvern in the past, including when the startup participated in incubator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)’s academic conference-like demo day back in 2019. ” Founded by a team of young entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists, Wyvern also added to its strategic advantage with the recent hire of Tovee.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Here’s why it’s important: The security, performance and reliability company didn’t raise a corporate venture fund, typical of other companies looking to breed entrepreneur attention. This week, we’re following up on our conversation about accelerator and demo days with a look at how 500 Global, formerly 500 Startups, thinks about it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Like other Y Combinator startups, Supabase closed its funding round after the accelerator’s demo day in August. Why SAFE notes are not safe for entrepreneurs. “It’s going to cost us a lot to compete with the generous free tier that Firebase offers,” Copplestone said. “And it’s databases, right?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2022

That’s why I’ve put together this introductory guide for fellow entrepreneurs. Or, a sales team member could practice complex product demos in a zero-risk virtual training space. I’m passionate about making the metaverse as inclusive and accessible as possible so that everyone can benefit from the opportunities it has to offer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

WHEN DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, “I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR”? Over the years, my Forum mates, chapter peers and fellow members have helped me become a stronger person and smarter entrepreneur. Every day, you see entrepreneurs trusting their gut. HOW DID YOUR PASSION FOR EO MOTIVATE YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER LEADER?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

However , organizations like Techstars Seattle, Transparent Collective, and Google for Startups have helped us by providing mentorship, networking opportunities, and investor demo days showcases,” Roman said. Early Stage is the premier “how-to” event for startup entrepreneurs and investors.

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