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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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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

StartupNation

They may also provide guidance and mentorship, while taking the firm’s equity in return for the investment. Incubators, often locally based, offer guidance, mentorship, legal advice, and funding. Accelerators are a faster and scaled-down version of incubators, offering short and intensive mentorship programs and funding.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

I treated the product demo as a live slide. I also incorporated a live demo section to enable investors to see the tool in action. Joe Schaeppi , CEO & Co-Founder, Solsten Image by DC Studio on Freepik Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Find free courses, mentorship, networking and grants created just for small businesses.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

You’re also sort of no longer running your classic three-month type accelerator program, which finishes on, say, a demo day. We’ve got some really incredible people that have joined our team to provide that one-to-one mentorship and advice. So we’ve also eliminated these high-end production demo days, the big events.

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NJEDA Board Approves Two Programs to Advance New Jersey’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

American Entrepreneurship

Winners from the initial competitive event will continue developing their prototypes towards a Minimum Viable Product and present their solutions at a demo day event. After the demo day event, winners will continue working with the Administrator on pilot testing or commercialization of the AI-based software solution.

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Sales Best Practices vs. Intuition in Startups

StartupNation

Using product or service descriptions with the expectation that a “demo” is going to generate sales is a fool’s errand. During our research, we identified more than 50 companies where the founders proudly declared they have done “more than one hundred demos.” Every single company that rushed to demo eventually closed the business.

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How do startup Accelerators work?

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Most, but not all, will offer networking opportunities (with the exception of programs that focus heavily on one-on-one mentorship) and most, but not all, will offer some form of funding opportunities, either through direct investment or by leveraging their network of investors for targeted introductions or a demo day-style event.