Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

From using voice analysis to identify behavioral health issues to streamlining physician documentation of patient interactions, startups have incorporated voice technology to improve the value and efficiency of care. Physicians spend hours each week documenting their patient interactions in the EHR.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

The answer to the original question, therefore, is that an entrepreneur should use Gust as a set of powerful tools to organize, support and smooth the fundraising process, rather than expecting it to be a magic bullet. Before you start entering your profile information, decide what language you would like to work in.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

A Very Honest Guide to Writing Your Fundraise Pitch Deck How to optimise yours for success Congratulations! You know you need a pitch deck to do this and so fire up your slide software of choice and crack your knuckles, ready to wow. I often see pitch decks positioning themselves as a Seed raise but realistically are at Pre-Seed.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 23, 2025

I was in the room at Microsoft's Copilot launch event in New York City in 2023, where Satya Nadella pitched a vision of Copilot across all Microsoft's apps and services. Now, Copilot in Excel is now just one click away—but most people still aren't taking full advantage of it.

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StartupNation

APRIL 21, 2021

Others forget that backers might hesitate to put their money behind campaigns that appear to be unpopular (think those that sit at 10% support for weeks). As Indiegogo indicates, crowdfunding campaigns with pitch videos tend to get four times the backing of those without a video. Construct a clear call to action.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 5, 2022

A strong support network of partner, family and good friends is tantamount to making it through your startup journey in one piece. So give your pitch deck a break and lend an ear!”. To know this will support your resilience for the ride!”. And don’t forget it’s not a one-way street.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Traditionally, SMEs were required to visit physical bank branches, provide extensive documentation, and endure lengthy approval processes for loans. More often than not, SMEs face difficulties obtaining the necessary financing support due to prolonged waiting time or a lack of collateral. According to Hao Jiang, 1.5

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

The clearest mechanism for this support was wartime expenditures on research and development by the U.S. Draper’s firm, Draper & Johnson Investment Company, was co-founded with Franklin “Pitch” Johnson, who went on to found many high-tech companies over an illustrious career. But that doesn’t change the fact the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Pitch Deck Get your idea onto paper; it’s far easier to convey that way. A pitch deck is a teaser, where its goal is to create an appetite for further conversations and this can work equally well with prospective co-founders as it does with investors. Get the pitch right Tell a great story Startups that tell a great story get funding.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

While it might sound strange getting your brother-in-law to sign a contract, a legal document is a great way to establish expectations for both parties. Pitch your business idea at a competition to earn startup funding. Check out this list of pitching competitions. Startup competitions.

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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

AUGUST 14, 2020

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Alexis Ehrhardt, President & CEO at Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, explains “For two years, Danville Regional Foundation provided a fellow to support the development of the ecosystem. The need for an ecosystem builder.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He’s the CEO of Humaans , an HR tech startup that lets organizations build a customizable HR stack that manages employee documents, data, payroll, contracts and other components of “people ops.” ” Luperti has a product to pitch. This is where our unique model can support them,” Luperti said.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

How do you assess and find what resources are available, then organize it all, document it, and publish it to make it available? You basically want to unearth any resource, program, organization, or person that supports and helps entrepreneurs, whether that’s their sole mission or ancillary. Planning for the Project.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

So Edda already has some competition beyond dusty-old spreadsheets, but what it’s pitching is an all-singing, all-dancing tool covering all bases. In terms of dealflow , Edda integrates with email inboxes and calendars to support workflow automation with tasks and reminders. Edda watchlist for dealflow.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

Formstack alongside All Stage & Zapier allows us to solicit pitch meetings dates from founders, for deal leads to request SPV creation, for members to refer new members. clipr transcribes and categorizes the content of our pitch meeting video recordings. Zoom is our platform of choice for pitch meetings and internal meetings.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

When the idea of starting a business is pitched, it is human nature to get excited about it, but when the actual work begins, team members may slack off and fade away. Leaders can nurture a sense of self-efficacy by providing adequate resources, training, and support, empowering individuals to succeed independently.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

FixMyCar is a newer startup out of Ann Arbor that is hiring locally and remotely for team members who want to support consumers in servicing their cars at home while mechanics make twice the wage they would at a mechanic shop. It was named 2020 Global Company of the Year in Clinical Genomics Interpretation by Frost & Sullivan.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Cloverleaf will use the new financing to further support organizations by extending its core automated coaching solution into even more areas of professional development for everyone in the enterprise. Since 1992, the firm has invested more than $4 billion in more than 900 companies to support more than 67,000 quality jobs.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Full financial support & top performing team prizes The most significant aspect of the KSGC program is the financial support.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 1, 2020

“i2E created the atmosphere for us and worked with us” he said, “creating the right pitch and all the documents, serving on our Board, and being willing to come in and pitch our company to other investors when we were growing faster than we thought. Support from the lupus community has been overwhelming.

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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. .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. 5) Manage relationships (CRM).

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. TABS Group offers a standardized due diligence scorecard, TABSScore.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

We eventually launched the product, which didn't generate enough revenue to support us- so we shut down the business after all my credit cards maxed out. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I’ve got to go consult documentation. Today, most context windows are around 32K, but bigger context windows are coming—and with them, the ability to run larger documents with more context through LLMs. I could have GPT-4 create a business plan and come pitch to you, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to invest.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. And I joined as a customer support rep. Tomasz Tunguz: That’s a living document. Claire Hughes Johnson : It’s a living document.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Back when I was pitching my previous startup to investors, it had never really dawned on me that they had experienced what I was going through--and that a VC firm was essentially a startup. VCs pitch for money, too. No one ever thinks about VCs having to pitch, who they pitch to, or how it works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 14, 2021

Instead, we saw competitors supporting each other by giving advice and feedback. We’re grateful to GSEA for providing this wonderful platform and letting us document it.”. As business owners, we constantly have new ideas for films we’d like to make–so we’re out there pitching, much like the GSEA competitors.

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Guy Kawasaki

MARCH 23, 2015

They, too, must prototype, position, pitch, bootstrap, recruit, fund, partner, sell, and support. They will support you if you’re doing it for the company, but not if it’s for your personal gain. When you show them that you’re driving a stake into the heart of the status quo, you will attract support and resources.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

.” It will also use the funding to continue investing in its product, including adding in more integrations alongside the 250 it already has with a variety of big-name and lesser known email, payments, CRM, CMS and document storage services. “Now we are not only focused on data collection, but document generation.”

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This personalized strategy, based on my expertise and knowledge, not only enhances overall productivity but also cultivates a collaborative and supportive team environment, a perspective I’ve gained from my personal journey in similar situations. I set the expectations on what one team member can expect from another.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This is a great place to find support and connection, and a useful resource for information and feedback. 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. No pressure. Doesn’t matter.

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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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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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