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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

This is going to be BIG.

nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Investors can sign up for a two hour slot here to get six intro meetings to founders.) The founder barely knows who you are and you dont have a board seat. No one likes obligatory meetings, least of all the founders.

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i2E Showcases Startup Innovation at Bridge2 Cohort 3 Demo Day

Innovation 2 Enterprise

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.

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Crimson Founders Brings MIT & Harvard-Affiliated Startups to UAE’s Thriving Innovation Landscape

American Entrepreneurship

Six startups showcased at Investopia 2025 represented a diverse range of industries, demonstrating the breadth of innovation within Crimson Founders 2025. The program featured exclusive networking opportunities, private investor meetings, and demo sessions, solidifying the UAEs role as a global innovation hub.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

Ben H , Founder & Owner, Dealmemo The Power of a Well-Designed Pitch Deck for Your Business Follow a Psychological Sequence I designed the pitch narrative to follow a psychological sequence rather than a linear business outline. I treated the product demo as a live slide. So, the structure was emotional to rational to visceral.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

StartupNation

Based on early results, founders can make changes. In particular, investors on P2P platforms either prefer working with founders with a strong credit history. You must be ready to sell your campaign from scratch without an existing following or network. Entrepreneurs can build a community and get feedback.

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Sales Best Practices vs. Intuition in Startups

StartupNation

It is not surprising, therefore, that when founders go to sell their wares, they rely heavily on description and demonstration. Using product or service descriptions with the expectation that a “demo” is going to generate sales is a fool’s errand. Every single company that rushed to demo eventually closed the business.

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