StartupNation

JULY 3, 2025

Not only are these relationships critical to the success of your business, but most startups rely on investor pitches and regular networking to fund their venture. Ensure that you attend in-person events, organise in-person meetings and invest in powerful video conferencing software to build stronger virtual relationships.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

HumanX, the top AI conference of 2025, is set to redefine the landscape of artificial intelligence events, featuring unparalleled access to some of the worlds leading AI innovators. With over 200 on-stage talks, the event will feature a comprehensive range of sessions, including fireside chats, panels, and hands-on innovation labs.

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StartupNation

JUNE 29, 2025

The Pros and Cons of Sales Commissions Make the First Meeting a Conversation, Not a Pitch The first meeting with a prospect (and often several subsequent meetings) should be conversations, not presentations or demonstrations. A training event will never do the job.

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StartupNation

JULY 24, 2025

Customization tools: It offers controls for pitch, pause, pronunciation, emphasis, and narration speed in the audio, ensuring that it aligns with your desired emotional tone. 10K Grants and Skills Training: Free Events 3. Artificial Intelligence in 5 Steps: Concepts that Apply across Use Cases 2.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 27, 2025

A targeted, well-researched pitch to the right journalist at the right publication is far more effective. Leverage Local and Industry Media New Zealand has a rich network of business publications, regional newspapers, and industry blogs. Building relationships with key journalists by engaging with their work before pitching.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 10, 2025

She’s the founder of Chez Faint , a curated networking and retreat company that hosts transformative gatherings, of Faint Services Group , a creative consultancy, and of Floor 51 Productions , an entertainment production company. Thank you so much for joining us! What motivated you to launch your startup?

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 12, 2025

Through MTI’s flagship four-month program, the companies will receive mentorship, strategic guidance, and access to industry networks that are instrumental in advancing to the U.S. On June 27, companies will pitch to investors at MedTech World in San Jose.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Make a difference Build a relationship with your startups, and add value from your experience and network. Return p.a. All rights reserved. Please sign up.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Make a difference Build a relationship with your startups, and add value from your experience and network. Return p.a. All rights reserved. Please sign up.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Make a difference Build a relationship with your startups, and add value from your experience and network. Return p.a. All rights reserved. Please sign up.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Make a difference Build a relationship with your startups, and add value from your experience and network. Return p.a. All rights reserved. Please sign up.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Make a difference Build a relationship with your startups, and add value from your experience and network. Return p.a. All rights reserved. Please sign up.

angel investing

Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. Make a difference Build a relationship with your startups, and add value from your experience and network. Return p.a. All rights reserved. Please sign up.

hospitality

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2022

What Alan recognized was that most IRL forums and networking events are absolutely awful places to pitch and here’s why: 1) When a VC shows up in person, they’re looking to replicate the kind of top of the funnel they would get in an hour or two’s worth of e-mail, and that’s not going to happen if you corral them into a corner for 30 minutes.

VC

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In fact, you could make the argument that, because of their lack of advantages in other areas, the ones who make it to a venture pitch actually have more of these raw ingredients because they’ve had to in order to make it to the same destination as their straight white male counterparts. The reasons why are plentiful and probably overlapping.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

To learn more about the MyEO DealExchange DX22 event, we asked Alan Peterson (EO Orange County), champion of the MyEO DealExchange premier group, about the DX22 event. Our second annual conference event, DX19, was even better than the first! Our DX events are truly done in the MyEO spirit: By members, for members.

accelerator

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Takes an hour or an hour and a half at most and everyone gets the benefit of a public conversation--versus three or four hours of pitches. Those kinds of requests feel desperate and not only undermine their pitch, but it''s still real time that adds up. I rarely go to other people''s after work events if I''m not speaking.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

I don’t want any formal pitches. Their dealflow is angels or seed investors pitching “their best deals” to you in emails. They usually have strong networks to begin with so suddenly you’re hit up by everybody you know who has a friend. Run your own events. So I have a rule on accelerators.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Topics span a galaxy’s worth of technology, including 3D-printed rockets, earth observation data, orbital operations, ground station networks, launch services, broadband communications, defense operations and manufacturing in space. Bonus exposure: all exhibiting space startups get pitch live to attendees during the event.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Lay the groundwork before the event and apply to become a speaker or invest in a tradeshow booth. Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. In addition to high-level conferences, where else can you meet CEOs? Look for CEO roundtables and forums.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Angel investment fund selects six companies to pitch live on USD campus on May 9. Tickets for live pitch event now available. Each year, the program culminates in a live final funding event. SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn.

angel investing

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?

pitching

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 26, 2012

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. Just take how most people approach networking events and talks. One event organizer had even asked me if I wanted to give my talk before the company demos, enabling me to duck out before the crowds could rush me.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Then we welcomed newly launched affiliates to the growing SourceLink network: BizLink Orange , SourceLink Nebraska and West Virginia BusinessLink. These questions were addressed in small group discussions: What have you learned about your network and community this last year? What is the new normal for your team and network?

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

This will keep you up to date on important deadlines, events, and other updates. University entrepreneurship competitions and events are a great way to fund yourself and build relationships with potential partners, mentors, and investors. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 12, 2024

These EOers work with the students to refine their pitches and provide insights and tips to help them succeed in the high-level competition. Kate Hancock, an EO APAC Bridge chapter member, agrees: “It was one of my favorite EO experiences, surpassing other high-touch events in EO. The depth of learning I gained from the students!

mentorship

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. I've seen about a dozen companies in the last year trying to help me figure out what to do with my time and how to collaborate with my friends around events. What areas are going to change? Calendaring.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. For example, remember to finish your point if you are interrupted during a pitch. Keep it simple, stupid (KISS). Keep it short. Franklin D. Franklin D.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 9, 2022

The chance to pitch the business concept for a $10,000 seed grant from Ben Franklin. Stay for a fun networking event, sponsored by Just Realty, following the presentations. The opportunity to win an additional $2,500 in a People’s Choice Award sponsored by CNB Bank. A guaranteed seat in an upcoming business accelerator program.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 1, 2022

This program lets you engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts, and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! You’ll also have the chance to pitch your business concept to a panel of local judges at the completion of the course with the winner taking home up to $10,000.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

Funding isn’t the only disparity, says Feinzaig: founders with strong networks are unlikely to face real scrutiny until seeking a Series B, but “meanwhile in Planet Scrappy, Series A level diligence happens at the pre-seed stage.” Pitch deck teardown: Minut. Pitch Deck Teardown: Minut.

pitching

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

The venture capital community reacted to the racial reckoning the country experienced in June in ways I felt were pretty underwhelming—one-time pitch events for Black founders or promises to only meet with Black founders for a month. The Circulate series acknowledges that access to ideas, resources and networks is structurally unequal.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’ll expand your network, engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will also be available.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Three of the four pitching finalists were women entrepreneurs focusing on health and wellness issues. They introduced “Startup Showcase Live”, a pitch contest for seed and pre-seed startups, competing for a $500,000 investment. The sold-out event also featured two additional pitching tracks: Early-stage and Growth Stage companies.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 10, 2022

At a pitch event and networking reception, sponsored by Just Realty, at the North Central PA LaunchBox powered by Penn State DuBois, six finalists presented their business concepts to a panel of independent judges. BIG IDEAS GROW IN WILD PLACES! .

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Before you can pitch your idea to investors or apply for a loan from a financial institution, you should draft a business plan. It’s also an excellent networking resource, as it connects veterans with fellow entrepreneurs and mentors. SCORE: SCORE is the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors.

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