TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We have an outstanding cohort of VCs ready to hear their pitches and follow up with tough Q&As — and we’re thrilled to add three more to the slate. An experienced executive, serial entrepreneur and internet pioneer in software and media, Dave Samuel is co-founder of Freestyle.vc. Dave Samuel, the co-founder of Freestyle.vc.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The lucrative startup landscape has been particularly exclusive and inaccessible for non-white male and female entrepreneurs, whether intentionally or not. For ambitious entrepreneurs who don’t benefit from a privileged background, it’s important to understand the challenges you may face when seeking funding. Find your people.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

Being a female entrepreneur is looking better each and every day. According to Entrepreneur , “Women are also raising smaller rounds than men -- averages of $5 million and $12 million, respectively. Find the Right Investors - don’t throw your pitch to just anybody. But, women entrepreneurs are taking the economy by storm.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. It concludes with a Pitch Showcase awarding at least $25,000 in prize money. Brianna Ellison.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In Africa, incubators, accelerators, angels and seed investors easily outnumber larger funds — simply because it’s much harder to raise a large fund here. Read on to find out what these prolific investors have to say about hot startup sectors in Africa, investment trends, their predictions for 2023, how to pitch them and more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 8, 2021

ACT House is attracting not only a top-flight leadership team, our first cohort of participants come from more than 50 eager entrepreneurs. Each company works from space at 36 Degrees North Incubator. The second three months is implementation, including building investor pitch decks and developing mental and advisor relationships.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Heyday competes against a large field of startups also raising huge amounts of money to follow their own Amazon marketplace roll-up strategies. The pitch that Heyday makes is that it has built technology that evaluates this sea of merchants to identify the most interesting of them all. Other big names out of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Rising tides and all : Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an ocean-focused, early-stage startup incubator, got itself $18 million in new funding from sources, most notably Marc and Lynne Benioff, Devin writes.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

We’ve gone from just having Howard’s office at Partsearch, with Chris parking himself at Niles close to Penn Station, with Phin living on Amtrak and Josh squeezing pitches in between board meetings, to a real office right in Union Square—in my opinion one of the best in the city. Chris Fralic is now based out of NYC.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Aimed at managers, this post offers several testable strategies that will help you boost productivity and say goodbye to poorly run, lazily planned meetings. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. “Help them feel empowered to decline a bad meeting.”

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

The other day, Ron Conway said at an event that “ he hopes that any entrepreneur that has “the guts” to start a company gets funded.” Too many entrepreneurs start out their business endeavors with an investment pitch. Step one: Ask for money. You’d also be incredibly shortsighted.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Investors have already been signing the dotted line without meeting entrepreneurs in person. Over the past year, VCs have been quick to commit to diversity, with 40% of firms putting D&I strategies in place. They hear about the barriers that entrepreneurs from different groups face and learn what tools they need to overcome them.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. In this seven-step guide, you’ll find strategies and tactics for identifying key members and influencers, streamlining the communication process, and creating “a little FOMO.”

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them. The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program.

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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. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? Ten years ago startups were unusual. On the other hand, remote work has seen a surge in investments.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What does adopting a Circular Economy model (circularity) look like for entrepreneurs and startups? What if all startup incubators and accelerators took the step towards integrating design principles that foster circularity? How would this impact ventures going through these programs and the environment at large?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Having worked in entrepreneurial ecosystem building ourselves, we were not surprised that the main challenges in our field arise around a typical old-school mindset and a severe lack of equal opportunities for entrepreneurs of ALL ethnicities, backgrounds and gender. My biggest frustration I encounter is silos in ecosystems. Clark Rinehart.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

He will also address common challenges that nontechnical founders may encounter when building their founding team and offer practical strategies for overcoming them. Workshops and roundtables draw like-minded entrepreneurs, and you’ll have plenty of time to meet and connect. Don’t miss the closing reception.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Extraordinary Entrepreneur. As always, I recommend that you consult with an immigration attorney who can help you and your co-founders devise an immigration strategy and backup plans, if needed. Winning a national or international startup pitch competition or hackathon. How do we qualify for each of the O-1A criteria?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Murielle Thinard McLane, Intuitive Ventures: Robotics capitalization strategies will shift. Many startups in the space relied on SVB’s unique venture debt offering and it leaves a gap in capitalization strategies. I recommend serial entrepreneurs get some version of that tattooed somewhere on their person. automotive industry).”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

Here steps in Jason Holt, former staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, serial entrepreneur, and a seasoned investment advisor. And right now the handful of cleantech entrepreneurs that are still out there have been hearing the mantra: “Don’t even bother with VC money.”

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital.

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