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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. For example, during a pitch to a major venture capital firm, one partner was particularly intrigued by our customer acquisition costs. This made it tangible and less abstract.

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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

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Verizon Small Business Digital Ready: $10K Grants and Free Training to Help You Grow Venture Capital Venture capitalists are another funding option. Like angel investors, venture capitalists take an equity stake in the company. Pros You can get funding for startups that a bank would consider too risky.

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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. Im happy to share that Ive started working (part-time) with Orange Collective. The team has founded 5 companies which participated in 5 graduating batches spanning from 2009 to 2017.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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Tattoos and YCombinator Demo Day

This is going to be BIG.

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 Not Suck at a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. Also, asking is not appropriate at a marquee conferences like TechCrunch50, DEMO, Twiistup and the like. Where you planning to demo? Have someone else drive the demo – Don’t try to be super human.

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Honesty and Relationship Building with Investors

This is going to be BIG.

Paul''s point is all about being upfront and honest, which is ironic, because Demo Days seem to be one giant dog and pony show where the flashiest, biggest talking companies seem to get the most attention. Hunter Walk''s post on demo days really does a good job of summarizing how I feel about this: ".I’m

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