Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year. The problem they were solving was not one I had experienced, and the product demo didn’t work very well at the time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 14, 2021

If you’re in the startup phase, low-code/no-code (LCNC) is especially appealing because it is versatile, customizable and open source, so you won’t feel trapped by your architecture or have to start over when you change programs. You can just keep going and growing. What is low-code/no-code technology?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The The J.M.K. “The

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — Session 4. with Peter A.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

That prototype (and his incredible energy) got him in the door for demos with some pretty incredible companies for a newborn startup. When it comes to most startups, you have the opportunity to launch with some basic personal and professional protections to shore up any gaps as you gain traction. Be sure to incorporate.

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500

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was really like being a part of Batch 25 In March of 2019, Alluva was accepted into Batch 25 of 500 Startups. As part of the founding team at Alluva, my thoughts ranged from excitement at the incredible learning opportunity to worry about how challenging 500’s batches were rumored to be.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Startup Battlefield , the world’s preeminent pitch competition, has launched hundreds of startups over the years — 922 if you want to be a stickler about it. Yup, that sound you hear is opportunity knocking. GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield. You’ll find them here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

When you’re head-down and nose to the grindstone — I’m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders — it’s easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity. Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Whenever I talk about minimal viable products with product-driven startup founders, I often find myself in a frustrating conversation. In the world of lean startups, founders have to stay hyper-focused on figuring out how to fail as fast as possible. Could a video demo get you the answers you need?

incumbents

TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor. Six years later, the pair decided to venture into tech, a relatively nascent industry in Nigeria at the time and began investing in startups via LeadPath , an early-stage firm they launched in Lagos, Nigeria. How African startups raised investments in 2020.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

These people who never had the opportunity to start a store came onto our platform and became entrepreneurs for the first time, because we do not need them to invest any money in working capital or setting up an offline shop. And he’s saying that he wants to work in a startup. There was no better opportunity for me.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We hope you’re well rested and well fed, because day two — October 19 — comes fully loaded with action, connection and opportunity. Expo Hall & Demo Booths. Head to the expo hall each day to check out early-stage Startup Battlefield 200 exhibitors and sponsor booths. Latecomers still welcome: Buy a pass right here.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 18, 2016

That's the kind of pace a startup needs to be on--except that most startups treat their PR as if all you need to do is to launch your message at a debate and cross your fingers after that. Here are five things startup founders can take away from the way campaigns work: 1) Campaigns have a message. 5) Campaigns run events.

startup

TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on. A look at 4 IPO updates and 2 late-stage funding rounds.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 9, 2020

DoorDash is the first company that I’ve had the opportunity to follow all the way from YC application to IPO, so to celebrate I thought it would be fun and interesting to share what a great company like DoorDash looks like at the earliest stages. That was followed by Demo Day in late August.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Our 11 favorite companies from Y Combinator’s S20 Demo Day: Part 1. Kodo is building a Brex for India, helping Indian startups and small businesses secure corporate credit cards. Banks and other credit card companies are still not addressing this opportunity. Prescribe is a Shopify for hospitals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark your calendar for TechCrunch’s annual celebration of the startup community — TC Disrupt 2021 returns this September 21-23! At Disrupt , you’ll rub virtual elbows with the thousands of startup founders, investors and innovators building cutting-edge products and companies.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

I’ve been among the group of TechCrunchers watching pitch after pitch at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. Meanwhile, Canaan closed two new funds — its 12th flagship fund for early-stage tech and healthcare startups and an opportunity fund — that total $850 million. On with the news! Christine The TechCrunch Top 3 Only half?

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

I went back to Google for a bit and I had that realization that I wanted to be working with startup founders again. I had a bunch of conversations and I came to realize that the part of the job I love the most is being shoulder-to-shoulder with founders when they’re trying to make something new in the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. This is a demo + a high-level deck. And PR also has a way of generating inbound funding opportunities.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I’ve personally experienced 16 of the last 18 batches as a YC startup founder and then YC partner, and I’m very confident S20 was a transformative experience for our companies. Going remote gave us the opportunity to build a lot of software over the past six months. We expect W21 to be just as successful.

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