TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! Improve your pitch: Startup Battlefield isn’t just thrilling to watch; it’s a masterclass in how investors think. All right, here are the final five business Brahmins who will help judge the Startup Battlefield pitch competition.

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MAY 4, 2021

Below is a link to the pitch video. There wasn’t any context around it—not exactly something I’d call a “pitch”. I explained that this wasn’t really a pitch because it lacked all sorts of context. He didn’t write back to me until I wrote this piece on backing disruption in the middle of the racial equity protests last June. “As

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

My first pitch was not to investors or potential clients; it was to my fiancée, convincing her to delay our wedding plans until Equifund was up and running — a promise that took significantly longer than the anticipated six months to fulfill. I doubled down on my efforts, making more calls, writing more content, and networking tirelessly.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt ! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Disrupt Stage | 10:00 am. Disrupt Stage | 1:40 pm.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s hard to believe it but TechCrunch Disrupt — only one of the most engaging, fun, well-attended startup events in the world — is around the corner, taking place September 19–21! Outsiders may not realize just how much work goes into planning Disrupt. If you want to receive this in your inbox every Sunday, sign up here.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas need to be disrupted? Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. What areas are going to change?

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

If you fit that description, we want you to apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Perfect pitch: All competing startups get weeks of free training with the TC Startup Battlefield training squad. Plenty of perks: Battlefield gladiators are TC Disrupt VIPs. But here’s the thing.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The competition has $50,000 in cash prizes.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

You can still shoot your shot to pitch to an amazing panel of judges and thousands of TC viewers. TechCrunch editors will select 10 founders from around the world to pitch on stage July 9th. Without further ado, here are your judges for the Early Stage Pitch-Off: Ben Sun, Primary Venture Partners. Apply here.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

SDAC angel investors build social capital as they work together to discover investable companies with the potential to disrupt industries and solve real-world challenges. SDAC angel investors can expand their network through structured seminars, and socials, and by becoming a member of the USD President’s Club.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

She was disruptive. The need to have well-defined networks of people you trust for introductions (he talks about Shervin Pishevar, who is also a friend of mine). The power of “influencer networks” to drive product adoption. . “It was a series of inflection points. It was us planting seeds in every place.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield is one of the most popular parts of our annual TechCrunch Disrupt conference which is happening on September 21-23 this year. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming up around the corner, September 21-23.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Angel investment fund selects six companies to pitch live on USD campus on May 9. Tickets for live pitch event now available. The fund’s portfolio companies have raised about $191 million so far as they scale and disrupt industries.” Actual amount invested depends on total dollars raised.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. Network with corporations, VCs, & founders. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 1. Networking. Get your free tickets here !

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 9, 2019

As co-founder at Radical Ventures and Singularity University ’s chair for entrepreneurship and open innovation, Pascal is focused on creating new business models for success and positively embracing disruption. I hear way too many entrepreneurs pitch stuff that I don’t understand—and I’m sure they don’t understand either.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

During this one-day startup bootcamp, you’ll learn about legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, pitching, recruiting and more. We’re talking more than 40 highly engaging presentations, workshops and roundtables with interactive Q&As and plenty of time for networking.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

The venture capital community reacted to the racial reckoning the country experienced in June in ways I felt were pretty underwhelming—one-time pitch events for Black founders or promises to only meet with Black founders for a month. The Circulate series acknowledges that access to ideas, resources and networks is structurally unequal.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Ready to place your early stage startup in orbit with industry movers and shakers — and pitch your startup to attendees during the event? We even offer a super budget-friendly, expo-only pass for $25 ( Note: this does not include networking, access to the main stage programming or the free Extra Crunch membership).

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Entrepreneurs seek to find the right investor and to make the best pitch when the opportunity comes Entrepreneurs start their companies with great passion and big dreams. If the founder does not yet have a team, they may have individuals in their pitch deck who will join the venture once funding is achieved.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

The network is one of the most valuable assets an angel investor can develop. The importance of the network is why I decided to found San Diego Angel Conference, and have worked with Central California AngelCon, AngelNV, and the NorCal Angel Conference. Having a great network is good for several reasons: Investors pass deals around.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Today, 189 companies will pitch, while the rest will pitch tomorrow. A wave of disruption of digitizing informal retail stores is sweeping across emerging markets this year, and Chari is joining in on the action. The countries with the most representatives (aside from the U.S.) include India, with 33 startups; the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

So when you pitch, be sure to point out what makes your company/news stand out. So while we’re still getting pitched (a whole bunch), we more than ever are reviewing pitches with a bigger-picture lens and hope you’ll do the same when you’re doing the pitching. Why is it unique? Why would our readers care? Weekly News.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

. “There is such a funding gap in this space – lots of funding going into research, but not into the seeding of these projects, empowering youth across the world, thinking how to disrupt and re-engineer industry.” ” Like the Olive Garden, when you’re part of the network, you’re family.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. However, for some startups, it’s a essential inflow of capital just to set base for something big that can disrupt the industry. But not all ideas convert into real businesses. Purpose of Pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

During this one-day startup bootcamp, you’ll learn about legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, pitching, recruiting and more. We’re talking more than 40 highly engaging presentations, workshops and roundtables with interactive Q&As and plenty of time for networking.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Coro — a startup building an all-in-one cybersecurity platform aimed at mid-market companies, with functions to monitor devices, users, email, networks, data and apps and remediate any malicious activity — has raised $60 million, funding it plans to use to continue doubling down on this particular gap in the market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

LynxDx pivoted from cancer treatment to COVID-19 testing during the early pandemic, and now is one of the primary providers of rapid COVID-19 tests in Ann Arbor and for the large University of Michigan network of employees. RightBrain Networks. FreightVerify. It’s also another solution to make your supply chain more visible.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The youngest one we sent was Mitchell Johnson, the past president of Code Network. He had just turned 18 which was fantastic but he did some great work with Code Network and?—?I’ve Graham (in the Code Network shirt) and the Community Leaders 2018 mission crew visit 500 Startups. I’ve got to say?—?after Of course!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Also, it’s always great to see startups actively searching for help during networking events or conferences. We know you have weaknesses, and we’re never expecting the best pitch deck on earth from you, nor the most detailed financial data. We can elaborate on the market you’re planning to disrupt or focus on the team’s background.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Asset inventory has historically been a challenge when workforces were physically sitting in company offices and on company networks,” said Paul Baird, chief technical security officer at cloud security firm Qualys. Before you can deliver on any of the promises in your pitch deck, you’ll need to build a team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2016 at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, several of the original developers behind what became Siri unveiled Viv , an AI platform that promised to connect various third-party applications to perform just about any task. The pitch was tantalizing — but never fully realized. ” Luan told TechCrunch in an interview via email.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Disrupting the traditional MBA may be the most tried, tested and tweaked edtech startup pitch out there. “I think they have done brand-building and [developed an] alumni network well enough that it’s become an aspirational brand to those in the know.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Two black entrepreneurs, despite living in segregated America, found ways to exercise their creativity and disrupt their worlds. He gave his elevator pitch and before long found his partner. Not until 1912 would the music that Bolden played be given a name: jazz. What did they share? The barbershop.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

This inspired its founders Minette Navarrete, Dan Siazon, and Christian Besler to pitch for a pioneering evergreen fund to the Globe board, starting with $2.5M Ambitious and promising startups abound, but none managed to scale as fast or as large as those in neighboring countries. on its first year.

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