TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Floww — a data-driven marketplace designed to allow founders to pitch investors, with the whole investment relationship managed online — says it has raised $6.7 Founders can then “drag and drop” their investor documents in any format. million (£5 million) to date in seed funding from angels and family offices.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 5, 2022

So give your pitch deck a break and lend an ear!”. This could include mundane tasks from replying to emails or phone calls, to bigger things like completing the pitch document that is needed next week, to prepping content in advance for social media. And don’t forget it’s not a one-way street.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

It is a huge mountain to climb and a full-time job to continuously pitch your vision and yourself to reach the first meeting with a VC fund — and that’s still miles away from a funding discussion. These discussions then bring further biases to the surface. It is all possible, but patience is key. Think of the worst-case scenario.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Want to map your entrepreneurship ecosystem but don’t know how to get started? I’ve added some of those insights here while I work on a more comprehensive resource guide to mapping entrepreneurship ecosystems. Start here! Note: I originally published this article in 2019 to share my lessons-learned from mapping a local ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Based on our experience, it takes less time to prepare an IEP petition than an O-1A petition because it’s not as document-intensive. For example, instead of listing tech entrepreneurship as your area of expertise, narrow it to something like entrepreneurship focused on developing machine learning software for the healthcare industry.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

FreightRoll claims that its app-based, paperless trade documents can save shipping companies up to 30% of freight overhead costs. They have won $20k in funding from the inaugural A2EF pitch competition, have been incubated at the Zell Entrepreneurship Program, and won multiple awards for their project. FreightRoll.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Media Contact: Melanie Anderson Pitch Public Relations 480-225-7148 melanie@pitchpublicrelations.com Disclosures Advantage Capital is an Investment Adviser registered with the U.S. Million Series A Extension Led by Advantage Capital appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®. Learn more at Advantagecap.com.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 8, 2022

As entrepreneurship increasingly becomes a cornerstone of this emerging inclusive growth journey, the need for early-stage investment capital increases, demanding support for initiatives towards the access of capital for the ecosystem to thrive. DDA’S 2022 “Investing in Africa ” report. . Read the full version of the report.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The ultimate goal of KSGC is to promote the expansion of open entrepreneurship in Asia and assist in South Korea’s evolution as a prominent business hub in the region. XQuant is Asia’s leading specialist in using AI to process text documents, extract meanings and perform data analysis and second prize winner of KSGC 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

The Exchange has been riffling through the document since it came out, and we’ve picked up on a few things to explore. Meanwhile, read on for highlights from our chat with Olson, Grooms Lee and Adler, and then stay tuned at the end for a recording of the full session, including our live pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I have now been an investor for two years after 15 years of entrepreneurship. You want to proactively manage the order in which people access information and focus their attention on a few key documents that they can return to when they fall down a rabbit hole. An elegant strategy memo is your most important document.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Five Flute’s founders shared their slightly redacted pitch deck with us. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M .” Thanks for reading — I hope you have a great weekend. Walter Thompson. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist. pre-seed deck.

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Guy Kawasaki

MARCH 23, 2015

They, too, must prototype, position, pitch, bootstrap, recruit, fund, partner, sell, and support. The downside of trying to innovate within a big company is clear and well documented, but there are also benefits. Some aspiring entrepreneurs are already working for a big company. Build on what exists.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

To add more pressure, every conversation you have is a potential sales pitch, making it difficult to have honest, relaxed conversations with anyone who could be a potential client or stakeholder. Your neighbour, your brother, the 21-year old investment associate who spent 3 minutes looking at your pitch deck?—?they’ll Doesn’t matter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Weeks or even months of working on your pitch deck could come down to the 170 seconds (on average) that investors spend looking at it. “Investors see a lot of pitches,” VC and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman noted. “In A pitch deck is a tool to show VCs why your idea merits investment. exit strategy”. just X percent”.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 6, 2020

We strive to make entrepreneurship more accessible, and hope that by sharing our knowledge publicly, we can support the founder community more broadly. From fundraising document templates , to tips on how to pitch , to strategies for navigating COVID — we hope that our library offers something useful to every founder.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The Future is Uncertain, Your Pitch Deck (and Profitability) Can’t be On the off chance you need to be reminded, factors that can make or break your business are unpredictable, and 2020 has reminded us in no uncertain terms how quickly market opportunities, customer demands, and institutions can change irrevocably at a moment’s notice.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. It’s easier than ever to find example documents on the Internet, use a service to file your certificate of incorporation or trademark application, and so forth.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While it may be easy to convince loved ones to help, thorough documentation is highly recommended. Perfect your pitch. Once you have an investor’s attention, a sales pitch is your chance to clinch the deal. Related: Why Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Look at Teams, Not Ideas. It (literally) pays to prepare.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Mentors are immensely helpful, but they’re not a requirement: We run articles regularly that explain how to create pitch decks and reach out to investors. Most of them are so open to pitches, they’ve provided their contact information below. Tell us how you’d like to be approached by a founder with their initial pitch.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Go deeper into these lessons and more: Why Startups Really Fail, and How To Fix It Don’t hide in shame from your startup failure “When I stepped on stage at Demo Day to pitch our company to hundreds of investors, I had never felt so confident. This can be a person (advisor) or an organization, for example, an accelerator. ??

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. I’m proud to contribute to the effort and always enjoy reading what the other authors have to say.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 20, 2021

Entrepreneurship requires learning lots of new skills. Clouds and dirt I pictured entrepreneurship as being mostly in the clouds, dreaming of a better future. To deal with this, I document to make the next time easier. When the possibilities are endless, the path forward can also be paralyzing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Each respondent was kind enough to let us know how they want to be pitched, and for grins, one shared an example of a cold e-mail that worked,” she writes. 10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2011

My job basically revolves around strangers and technology--letting people I've never met that wind up in my inbox come into my office to pitch. It's a function that I find the kids in my entrepreneurship classes at Fordham would be increasingly uncomfortable with, because they're not good with new people in person.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that help founders control the narrative. Crupi has spent the pandemic era supporting Series B startups, so he shared an article that examines how a strategy memo, a pitch deck and a forecast model work in tandem to steer potential investors through diligence. Seeking to Stay. Series A deck.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This document should include key components that detail your business model, target market, competitive analysis, financial projections, and growth strategy. To attract potential investors, attend industry conferences, networking events, and pitch competitions to connect with investors and other entrepreneurs.

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