Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The typical VC process is as follows: They say there are three rules in property: Location, location, location. The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. Same with VC.

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MARCH 2, 2015

One time, I spoke at a meetup that was divided into my talk and demos--and the organizer assumed I wanted to go on before the demos. I didn''t understand why it would matter, but she told me that most of the investors like going before so they could skip out after the demos and not get bombared at the end of the event.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

What is a principal at a VC firm and how does it work at Upfront Ventures? ” Associates have different functions at different VCs. VC firm admin. VC firm policy or fund analysis. Helping be the VC “presence” at key events. inside insight into VC decision-making. Industry reviews.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. I attended events. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Personally, I find pitch events to be a little bit contrived. However, the innovation community seems to be in love with this format, so you can’t be a VC without watching a bunch of them. Slides are supposed to augment a live presentation, emphasizing, complimenting--driving a particular message home--not be the main event.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. We are experiencing a frenetic time. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. For investors life is no different. Year in, year out.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. The second event was in Boulder. Tonight’s event at the 5A5 Steak Lounge in San Francisco was even better.

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MARCH 1, 2010

If you'd like to receive this events list by e-mail every Monday morning, just sign up here. Back to demos. We are pleased to have a member of our group and former product manager turned VC, Charlie O'Donnell speak to us about the challenges of job-hunting in the current market. Tuesday, March 2nd. Tuesday, March 2nd.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The sign up page for the event is here & there is limited availability. It’s at the Zanuck Theater (Fox Studios) and will be a great event to learn about the direction of the Twitter platform and how people are using it. Oh, and if you’re in Chicago or Seattle you have your home town events, too.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Y Combinator’s Demo Day took place this week , and although the event itself was virtual-only, 86% of the founders in YC’s winter 2023 batch lived in SF while participating. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, according to Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. And VC’s are tough customers. I’ve talked before about how to build long-term relationships with VCs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Elsewhere on Demo Day, Lydia.ai walked through its health assessment service for insurance carriers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Once percentage was agreed we’d negotiate “service credits.&# The standard contract had no remedies in the event we didn’t meet our SLA. Demos – One of the things that most people are bad at and that are hard to standardize is the demo. A good demo tells a story.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. 8% of VC partnerships, for example). With 8% of partners at VC firms being female?—?we

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JANUARY 8, 2014

someone who can win over the VCs, the CTOs, create content, etc. All he had to do was hangout at hackathons and do demos where he wrote code live. I think big companies (and sometimes VC firms) invest too much in personalities when a big personality or someone with a big network should be used more like a tool than a centerpiece.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

The events of the last year affected this team personally--being LGBTQ and female founders, as well as having a Dreamer on the team. At the time, I was looking for a company to present to an investor education group that I run to help teach people about how VC meetings work.

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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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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But absent a demo, we have only his word to go on. Despite securing millions in VC backing, Kite struggled to pay the bills, running into headwinds that made finding a product-market fit impossible. “Within AI more broadly, training state-of-the-art models remains expensive,” Steinberger admitted. But not everyone agrees.

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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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 28, 2020

There will be demos of many of these new apps and a series of panel discussions. There are four of these online events planned over the next two months (roughly every two weeks) and they will cover enterprise contact tracing applications, what is happening internationally, and more.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

First, there is some sort of change event that has happened. It could be technical — CRISPR got invented — or a regulatory change event, like telemedicine across state lines is allowed, or it could be societal. Somewhat relatedly, Y Combinator just wrapped up its latest Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

This event draws an incredible mix of Silicon Valley’s startup community, including over 40 VC firms so far — a who’s who of founders, investors, tech makers and movers and shakers. A quick reminder that if you have an early-stage startup, it’s not too late to buy a Summer Party demo table.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Our first big institutional round of VC was $16.5 They were fine traveling RyanAir and then having to bus an extra hour to get to the event but they wanted their own room to crash in late at night. A small refuge from a busy day of shaking hands and demo’ing products.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 22, 2019

Guillaume was kind to share some takeaways from the event below. If your contact to demo rate is below 1%, you’re burning your TAM inefficiently. Top companies with a strong brand, leading with value in an email, often get >10% demo rate on cold emails. If you’re in B2B SaaS, you most likely have a finite TAM.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Each founder has trained with the Startup Battlefield team to develop their pitch, craft their stories, polish their launch strategy, strengthen their go-to-market and create amazing live product demos so you can see the innovation firsthand. Videos of the pitches will be made available after the event as well. Session 1: 10:45 a.m.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The opposite side of online event fatigue is the hesitation to attend in-person events. You can visit the huge exhibition and demo areas, meet the founders and engineers behind buzzy early-stage startups and get an up-close or even a hands-on encounter with their tech. See what we did there? 5: Tickets are just $75.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We’re talking three event- and programming-packed days focused on anything — and everything — related to early-stage tech startups. We’ll hit a few of the highlights, but be sure to check the Disrupt 2021 agenda for all the interviews, panel discussions, breakout sessions and events. Head to the agenda and plan your strategy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

training with the TC Battlefield team to make sure they’re primed and ready to face a panel of expert VC judges. Each startup team gets six minutes to pitch and present their demo — and then they’ll answer probing questions from the judges. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck. Participants receive weeks of (free!)

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

During the pandemic, we’ve charted the massive growth across all sectors of robotics, and while VC money is slowing for nearly every startup category, robotics investments continue at a pace not seen before 2020. You’ll find the full schedule for the July 21 event below. We’ve got headliners like the U.S. The Changing Face of Work.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Private Equity. Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase.

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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. For Roger, whose upbringing was on the westside of Chicago, he doubles as an active angel investor and a VC scout.

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