education pitching startup 
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 27, 2010
Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. Step #2: Pitch investors.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 30, 2025
Gone are the days of the startup launch party. Most startups know not to blow a bunch of money on a big party before they have their first users, but legitimate questions remain about what you do in its placeand how you open yourself up to the world that gets attention.
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Venture Well
JULY 29, 2019
VentureWell Director of Venture Development, Eli Velasquez offers insights on how to develop pitch competitions that provide maximum support to startups. The post Rethinking Pitch Competitions: Create Value, Not a Spectacle appeared first on VentureWell.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Here are five aspects of PR I feel like most startups need to do more of: 1) Fit all PR into a long term plan. Educate the market by being the authority. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists. 3) A smaller list of deeper relationships.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2015
People always tell me how smart they are or how much experience they have--or why they have a passion for startups. I went through eight years of Jesuit education, both at Regis High School and Fordham University--and one of the tenets they tried to convey was to be "Men and Women for Others". mention about themselves. Generosity.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
I have sat through countless pitches with Ivy League grads spewing off intellectual descriptions of the details of their product or service and why it will win in the market. In a VC pitch this type of messaging will do just fine. These messages need to pass the cocktail party pitch. And I think this is a mistake.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 23, 2014
When I turn down the opportunity to invest in a startup, I really turn it down. It doesn''t help them improve their pitch or adjust their model. This way, they know there''s a low chance of investment, and they can choose whether or not they want to spend their time educating you.
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