energy pitching VC 
StartupNation
JUNE 4, 2025
Discover the secrets to transforming pitch decks into compelling investor magnets, courtesy of seasoned industry professionals. I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections. The energy in the room shifted immediately—he became engaged rather than adversarial.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 30, 2013
Energy independence (so he founded Tesla and Solar City). His imagination of what is wrong with VC has captured perfectly in satirical format what ails our industry. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. VC or entrepreneur, we need to all stand up for creativity, innovation and the moral compass within all of us.
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This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 26, 2012
I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. Practicing the word no as many times as a VC does means you have to fight not to have your mind close on you. I want your pitch to be the one I say yes to--and I want you to solve the inherent problems in your business model.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 21, 2011
Will you get the TechCrunch bump, the tier-1 VC anointment, followed by great PR firm support and then the NY Times or WSJ story that follows? Not every problem has to be a huge VC-fundable business. They pitch me features, not value. The challenge that many startups face today is: Are you really providing enough value?
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 4, 2021
Below is a link to the pitch video. There wasn’t any context around it—not exactly something I’d call a “pitch”. I explained that this wasn’t really a pitch because it lacked all sorts of context. Having been called out, I set up a meeting—but I didn’t do it to take a charity pitch. Who was the team?
TechCrunch
MARCH 15, 2022
Not-for-profit search engine Ecosia has started funnelling a portion of the profits it generates from serving ads against users’ searches into startups in the renewable energy space. “At the moment, we’re supporting renewable energy projects across Germany.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.
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