This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

From a technology perspective, so many parts of the stack have been made easier--from spinning up servers on EC2 and S3, to getting hosted Rails infrastructure on Heroku. On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. Players such as Foursquare , Tapulous and Bump Technologies are attracting huge investor attention not to mention the huge hype around augmented reality applications such as Layar.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

I’m a huge supporter of his initiative to help end this practice. Marco Zappacosta served up an cogent, business focused and nicely demo’d pitch of their product. would acknowledge – they needed to get to the demo more quickly. I wrote about how to give demos in a previous post.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 8, 2014

They support entreprenership because they see the ROI: Be helpful to a startup now, be there when they''re high on promise and low on cash, and you could be the platform that the next Facebook runs on for a long time to come. All he had to do was hangout at hackathons and do demos where he wrote code live. all at once.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in. Demo Day pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

It is with this backdrop that I was really happy to learn from my friend Ethan Anderson (HBS alum & founder of RedBeacon) about an awesome program at HBS run by Tom Eisenmann called Launching Technology Ventures. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete? Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . 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. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. The expectation is that in an era of increasing technology and decreasing costs, you will be bringing them an operating company with at least some traction.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Amid the pandemic, investors became laser-focused on sections of the pitch deck that address monetization and business viability — signs that founders need to come to the table with better-defined businesses in order to succeed. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. Image Credits: nadia_bormotova / Getty Images.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Be prepared to tell the CISO how your solution can be deployed alongside existing technologies without causing disruptions. Your product must: Have key security solutions or applications used by the firm Have APIs that can be used to integrate with homegrown tools Support industry standards that are applicable to your product category.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Vinehealth , a 2018-founded, London-based digital health startup that’s built an app which offers personalized support for cancer patients while also making it easier to gather patient-reported outcome (PRO) data, including for drug development and clinical trials, has closed a $5.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

CEO and co-founder Alex Wang credits their success since founding, which includes raising over $277 million and achieving break-even status in terms of revenue, to early support from investors including Accel’s Dan Levine. The Product Hunt spot wasn’t planned, either — Wang was as surprised to see his company there as anyone else.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete. And this batch supports that realization. International fintech remains a key focus at YC Demo Day.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As a commenter on Hacker News put it: “Gitlab is one of the pioneers of ‘ remote-first ’ and ‘ building in public ,’ to the extent of sometimes even live-streaming CEO meetings and sales pitches. is an embodiment of the open-source mindset, not just in technology, but in culture and spirit. Congratulations Gitlab.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This included creating and updating product demos and recording radio and video ads. The company’s clients range in size from individual content creators to SMBS and enterprises, and work in sectors like education, corporate, healthcare, media and entertainment, marketing, advertising, podcasting, customer support and more. .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations! Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We need thousands of active investors that support the different startup stages, especially on the growth side, offering both equity and debt.” Read on to find out what these prolific investors have to say about hot startup sectors in Africa, investment trends, their predictions for 2023, how to pitch them and more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Expo Hall & Demo Booths. TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition is back, as entrepreneurs from around the world pitch expert judges and vie for the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. What can startups do to make their technologies more compelling to the biggest players in healthcare: payors and health systems?

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Red Rocket

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

One of the applications of that technology is helping to revolutionize how sales coaching is done. By simulating various sales scenarios, AI-driven tools can help your sales reps practice their pitch, objection handling, and closing techniques before they ever step foot in a real sales call.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Full financial support & top performing team prizes The most significant aspect of the KSGC program is the financial support.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

His passion for solving complex organizational challenges through technology has been the driving force behind Grapevine’s success. But now, when I demo the platform, you can see their eyes light up. When we first started pitching Grapevine, people didn’t always get it right away.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

They are always supportive. At least in my experience with Me & the Bees, I found that there's a lot more people who are eager to join the mission, who are eager to believe, who believe in your product, and who will support your company,” she says. Utilizing support. Use the support that’s available to you.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

These markets can be very difficult and are very common in the technology industry. When pitching your product, you’ll need to be able to clearly convey how your startup is different from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, what your vision of the product is, and even how you envision the metaverse will evolve.

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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. The problem they were solving was not one I had experienced, and the product demo didn’t work very well at the time. Well, Dropbox focused on User Experience, ease of use, and cross platform support.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We are seeing an explosion of entrepreneurs applying bioengineering technology to public health, climate biotech, food, agriculture, and sustainability.” “We will do demo days, so we are in that sense an intermediary, escalating certain student pitches to venture firms,” he said.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn’t include you. I went in to get tokens and he got beaned by the effing first pitch while I was away. As you know, Justin’s is 8-15 year-old girls and he built his music & persona around this demo.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With the support of the DOEN Foundation, the MAVA Foundation, and the GIZ Digital Transformation Center, Impact Hub Kigali successfully concluded the Circular Economy Acceleration Programme. Greenrev Gr : A youth-led agribusiness focusing on reducing horticultural harvest losses and combating malnutrition through technological services.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. Some grants target underrepresented communities, others are open to all small businesses and others are tied to early technology research. Government Resources The U.S. Full list of U.S.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

With new technology enabling better, faster and easier-to-use software to build better, faster and easier-to-use products, the market is becoming busier by the second. Before growth hacking, before digital marketing, before pitching Wired or TechCrunch and long before you ever push that submit button on Apple. Put down the build tools!

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Each startup was assigned an individual sustainability coach that supported them to apply CE knowledge in testing out their circular innovations. The program culminated in a circular Demo Day where startups had a chance to showcase their progress and pitch in front of potential partners and investors.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Congratulations! Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.” Can’t we all just get along?

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. That startup was DoorDash, by the way.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

I don’t know where, but in another interview, and you said you don’t really want to scale customer support, because it’s unsustainable. You have to do both, because if you keep, for example, if you keep scaling customer support, if you need customer support, that means there’s something wrong with the product, right?

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