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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. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more. No VC on the face of the earth has a magical Good Deals Only stream of opportunities. Also, be careful not to fall in.
NZ Entrepreneur
MARCH 16, 2025
Locally here in Christchurch where we’re headquartered we operate a lot of events and organisational activities. We had this event called Coffee and Jam that was intended to let people think and share their ideas and big dreams for the city. So we’ve also eliminated these high-end production demo days, the big events.
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This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 26, 2012
I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. Practicing the word no as many times as a VC does means you have to fight not to have your mind close on you. For some, VC is about the picking rather than the fostering and growing. In venture capital, you say "no" a lot.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. NEVER lead with features.
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. It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. They want you to attend demo days. I’ll go as long as it’s not on a demo day. Lines, Not Dots.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 24, 2010
There was one other VC in the room, Charlie O'Donnell, who makes it a practice to be everywhere something is interesting happening. And I saw a bunch of demos of beta services spliced in between the talks.” I hope next year’s event is the same size, with most of the same folks. That’s kind of the point. It doesn’t need to grow.
TechCrunch
MAY 26, 2022
TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. Of course, some VCs still get an early look, in part by mentoring the startups. What it does: A marketplace to book short-term space rentals for corporate events, meetings and productions.
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