disruption pitching reference 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2015
It has become so synonymous with Internet companies that the French have invented a disdainful term including Amazon: “les GAFA,” which they refer to as Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon to talk about American dominance of the Internet. Amazon is emblematic of the sort of company that mostly disrupts industries *behind* the scenes.
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
MAY 19, 2020
In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt.
StartupNation
JULY 5, 2025
Syed Balkhi , Founder, WPBeginner Showcase Real-World Impact and Metrics When pitching to investors, especially in the early stages, it’s easy to focus solely on financials — but in today’s landscape, especially in beauty and wellness, impact is a currency of its own. .” If you’re pitching impact, make it real.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals. She was disruptive. “It was a series of inflection points. It wasn’t one explosive thing that just happened. It was us planting seeds in every place.”
StartupNation
JUNE 29, 2025
This tendency is exaggerated when the new offering is disruptive or innovative. If the offering is truly innovative and/or disruptive, this first step is even more vital. This too is a bit more difficult if the offering is viewed by the prospect as innovative and/or disruptive. Dig past their reassurances.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 22, 2022
She wasn’t referring to the sophistication of the tools, but the way in which the hardware production toolset is balkanized across both teams and tasks. Their pitch obviously resonated. You’d be shocked at how archaic the tools are,” Lucy Hoag, co-founder of Violet Labs , said.
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