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How to Get a VC's Attention at an IRL Event

This is going to be BIG.

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.

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San Diego Angel Conference VI Announces Six Finalists to Compete for Share of Largest Event-Based Angel Fund in U.S.

American Entrepreneurship

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.

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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.

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Introducing Circulate: Creating Better Networks for Future Founders from Black and Other Underrepresented Communities

This is going to be BIG.

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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Fundraise for network access with Sapphire Ventures and Medable

TechCrunch

Along the way in raising $479 million, Sapphire Ventures invested in several rounds, providing Longmire with new relationships and opportunities within Sapphire Ventures’ network. This TechCrunch Live event opens on September 28 at 11:30 a.m. EDT with networking. PDT followed by the TCL Pitch Practice at 12:30 p.m.

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Prices increase tonight for our space-focused event, TC Sessions: Space

TechCrunch

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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Future of Real Estate Pitch Competition in Miami

Dream It

This event brings together investors, innovative startups and leading corporations in the construction and real estate industry. Apply to Pitch at the Event The top 10 finalists will be given the opportunity to get their ideas in front of distinguished investor panels, influential media, global partners, and over 300 esteemed guests.