demo events pitching 
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 2, 2015
It''s a co-working space full of creatives and freelancers, most of whom who have never pitched an investor, and probably never seen a startup pitch either. The first question I always get, which I find endlessly hilarious, is "Don''t you get tired of people pitching you all the time?". Well, I guess I''m not surprised.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2025
nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Events like these foster a lot of good conversation around where good deal flow comes from and where investors should be spending their time. Promise them some good deal flow, of course.
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This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 21, 2010
Personally, I find pitch events to be a little bit contrived. For the most part, while the companies may be interesting, the actual pitches are usually so-so. For the most part, while the companies may be interesting, the actual pitches are usually so-so. A few of them are just awful—and very few do an amazing job.
500
MAY 21, 2019
Its been one week since the Misk 500 Batch 1 Demo Day and we’re still smiling. The 19 companies were on FIRE and rose to the occasion to give the best versions of their pitches. Due to the observance of Ramadan in the region, the event began at 10 PM and concluded at 3 AM. The last two hours of the.
Dream It
JULY 31, 2019
The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. Many programs still put a lot of focus on demo day rehearsals, prep, and on getting the pitch deck just right. It did for me, at least.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. They want you to attend demo days. start-ups are overvalued… The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. It’s exhausting.
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. Before the event I wanted to find out what I could about the students. NEVER lead with features. For fawk sake, practice!
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