Paul G. Silva
MARCH 26, 2020
This is the 3rd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. Spell out for people why your team is right for your venture. Bad example: “This round of financing will be used primarily on working capital to keep us alive until we’re ready for the next stage.”. View all posts in the “Startup Pitching” series.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 2, 2015
It''s a co-working space full of creatives and freelancers, most of whom who have never pitched an investor, and probably never seen a startup pitch either. The first question I always get, which I find endlessly hilarious, is "Don''t you get tired of people pitching you all the time?". Other pitches!
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 10, 2023
Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.
TechCrunch
APRIL 25, 2023
But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Just saying your product is AI-driven will not cut it.
Dream It
MAY 29, 2019
Startup pitch meetings are pretty predictable. You walk into a venture fund’s conference room or Zoom room (if they’re progressive), pitch the partners, offer to answer their questions, maybe ask them a bland question or two, and then leave the meeting to await a response. Do you have the financing you need to purchase this car?
StartupNation
AUGUST 8, 2021
But financing isn’t always easy — especially if you’re the proud founder of a brand new business. You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. You’ll need to think outside the box, but you’re bound to come across your “aha” financing moment in this article. Bootstrapping.
TechCrunch
APRIL 21, 2022
The venture capital market is slowing down, which means early-stage founders are chasing a smaller pool of money. Don’t abandon all hope: “You can still finance hopes and dreams, but just with smaller dollars,” Mayfield Partner Arvind Gupta recently told TechCrunch+. Clelia Warburg Peters , managing partner, Era Ventures.
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