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

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How do you get 150+ VCs to show up for something? nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more. No VC on the face of the earth has a magical Good Deals Only stream of opportunities.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections. 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. That order carried more weight than traditional pitch sequencing.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Over time, the co-working space developed and there was a natural progression towards a lot of individuals starting new ventures coming out of that space. You’re also sort of no longer running your classic three-month type accelerator program, which finishes on, say, a demo day. James Burnes: Absolutely.

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Launching Orange Collective: Exclusively Investing in Y Combinator Companies

David Teten VC

Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies before Demo Day. They also have previous venture experience: Jason was a Partner at Peak State Ventures and Tara was a Partner at Initialized. Im happy to share that Ive started working (part-time) with Orange Collective.

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The Amazing Disappearing VC

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A number of VC firms have hired specialists in the area of recruiting. Interacting with a venture firm these days can feel like ordering from Seamless. One of my potential investors called me the "lean VC". Others have partners with expertise in PR. Firms have networks of advisors, too--with particular expertise in your area.

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Tattoos and YCombinator Demo Day

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Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. How active are they?

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How to Be a VC: Being Open

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I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. In venture capital, you say "no" a lot. Practicing the word no as many times as a VC does means you have to fight not to have your mind close on you. For some, VC is about the picking rather than the fostering and growing.

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