Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 4, 2023
We asked EO members to look ahead in 2023 and identify trends they see for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship overall. We asked them to share the skills, mindset or tools that entrepreneurs would be wise to adopt to meet the moment. Video pitching. I see an uptick in pitching via pre-recorded video. Temptation to regress.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 10, 2023
Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MAY 1, 2023
Dozens of emerging entrepreneurs who are developing innovations related to the maker economy, forest products, outdoors and recreation, and even tech manufacturing, applied to the contest for a chance to win $50,000 to help launch their “big idea”! – Intros, Pitches, and Judging 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
JUNE 9, 2023
Ben Franklin’s BIG IDEA Contest has given entrepreneurs and small manufacturers a risk-free funding opportunity for nearly 20 years. In addition to the money, the pitch experience they gain, and the business training offered are just as valuable. Eight finalists presented their business concepts to a panel of judges.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
It’s true that we also fund more mundane stuff like B2B software aimed at productivity improvements but we want some big bets in every fund where we feel we can contribute to “making our own little dent in the universe” as the saying goes – by backing ambitious entrepreneurs with that same goal.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 22, 2020
European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment).
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 27, 2010
Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. Step #2: Pitch investors. They’re front and center within their own walled gardens, but I’ve yet to meet faculty or deans anywhere that entrepreneurs are after hours. Same with students.
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