AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

Register Led by an eminent team of investors and industry captains from around the world, Awesome Ventures brings together a wealth of experience in strategy planning and diverse sectors. We have guidelines within our investment framework. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money? The clarity will go a long way.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said. As the market looks toward the future, some venture capitalists are revamping their investing strategies, while others are holding to their current plans, with perhaps a small tweak or two. Samantha Lewis , principal, Mercury.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

If you’re a company’s founder in an early market, you know how hard it can be to cross the chasm between early adopters and mainstream customers. Early markets are by no means easy to tackle, so in this post, I’ll discuss seven tips that will help founders navigate these difficult waters. But first, some basics.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Investors are affluent, and founders will weather this storm just fine, but in downturns like these, rank-and-file employees are the first to feel any pain. So, if your face doesn’t appear on the team slide in your startup’s pitch deck, this would be a good time to cancel your upcoming vacation. yourprotagonist.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

What is a founder to do? Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. On market segmentation I often recite my “ Elephants, Deer & Rabbits ” framework. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., 1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” shared his preferred goal-setting methodology. “I’ve

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Dream It

APRIL 21, 2020

When pitching investors, remember that your ask is like porridge; it follows the goldilocks ratio and has to be just right. So the question remains: what is the appropriate amount of funding founders should request? This framework helps founders position their fundraising targets and avoid red flags with investors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The accelerator collected mentors and speakers like Ryan Wyatt, CEO of Polygon Studios, and Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin, co-founder of Axie Infinity , to help guide the cohort. Founders: Daniel Garay, Jesse Brauner. Founders: Oliver Tang, Robin Ji. Founders: Chris Tam, Shuguo Yang, Wallace Wong. Founders: Wen Xu, Conan Zhou.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The Coveteur article featuring Andy and Bonobos encapsulated exactly how a founder worth writing about will act: ".He Telling your story isn't just about conveying information about your company--it's about giving someone a framework that makes them feel like they know how to be successful as well. Otherwise, who cares?

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Dream It

JULY 20, 2020

When you’re raising a bridge round and pitching investors, their first reaction may be that you’re in trouble. In this #DreamitDose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh gives founders tips on how to frame their bridge round ask, overcome assumptions investors often make, and provides a general way to structure startup bridge round pitches.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

His latest venture, The Brain Wrx , revolutionizes the way founders approach and grasp growth by providing a straightforward and effective framework for success. It all begins with an idea and where there is an idea, eventually there is a pitch deck. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In the early stages of startup growth, it is critical to have a balanced and strong core team of founders. We brought on Caya (CEO of Slidebean ) to provide a smart framework on how to find the right cofounders that can hit this mark. But convincing a “Techie” founder type to leave their stable job is harder than it seems.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

As a result, he says the accelerator model must evolve, as “nearly every early-stage VC will have a ‘platform’ component to support early-stage founders.” I do not pretend to have a silver bullet,” he says, “but I do have a tried-and-true framework you can use to help you achieve your first million.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We’ll hear from experts about what winning the war on ransomware looks like and how startups can play their part — with Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, and Katie Moussouris, founder and CEO of Luta Security. It appears to be true accessibility in a framework that works with the existing U.S. TC Plus Stage | 10:50 am.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

But the key to success is about more than just clever branding and a good elevator pitch. Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. Regional cities all across the country can build defensible strategies to help their startup communities rise and thrive. It’s also about establishing a competitive moat.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Founder and CEO Don Vultaggio says he plans to keep the price where it’s been since he launched the company 30 years ago. Usage habits are only one signal of a customer’s willingness to pay, so Martinez shares multiple strategies and target metrics for building scalable models. Inflation is at a 40-year high in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The biotech industry is built on one of the cleanest go-to-market strategies in existence: if you make a safe drug that really works, patients are likely to receive it and payors are likely to pay for it. One of the most common questions we get from early stage founders is “what should I put in my data room?” key in vivo data results).

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Set Goals Like Google: Why OKRs Surpass Other Goal-Setting Methods for Entrepreneurs Eric Crews (EO Boston), founder and CEO of management consulting firm Crews & co., 1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” shared his preferred goal-setting methodology. “I’ve

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Photo by Matthew Osborn on Unsplash As founder of six startups, advisor to founders, and a startup strategist at IMD ( #1 ranked business school ), I see many mistakes being made and have made many myself. As a founder, when you start building a product, you start with hypotheses and try to validate them. Some founders?—?especially

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

, it’s time to map out strategies to transform your early-stage startup dream into reality. If there’s one thing every early founder needs it’s information, and you’ll find it in abundance at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021. Listen to what these early-stage founders said about TC Early Stage 2020. “I Here’s the skinny on passes.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 11, 2022

The strategy has a bad reputation, but when done right, it’s super effective Photo: GettyImages Who says cold emails don’t work? I’ve deconstructed a framework for the cold outreach to strangers, which was more beneficial than any other marketing tactics and created opportunities for myself that never would have occurred.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. Who is one of your founders you think we should watch? Nancy Lublin, CEO of Loris.ai, is definitely a founder to watch. Is this a founder I want to work with for ten years? What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder? And I love eating.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

” Nearly 70% responded yes, which means Twitter developers are “likely now asking themselves if they should try to revive the old codebase or start from scratch ,” writes Marcus Merrell, vice president of technology strategy at Sauce Labs. ” Which open source startups rocketed in 2022?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

An example: “growth at all costs” is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped venture capitalists set expectations for founders — and each other — for years. “Growth at all costs” is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped VCs set expectations for founders — and each other.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The best way to find marketing hacks is by using “stringent experimentation frameworks to run countless A/B tests,” he advises. Every founder should understand the sector they intend to compete in, but calculating Total Addressable Market (TAM) is a daunting process, especially for first-timers. yourprotagonist.

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Dream It

JUNE 2, 2022

Our advice on cyber sales and crafting CISO security sales pitches will help improve your close rates and enterprise sales outcomes. Securetech Managing Director, Mel Shakir , covers the 5 common red flags from security startup pitches that CISOs hate hearing. Get expert advice on key issues to avoid.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

After listening to others pitch me a few different job opportunities while still at Google in 2008, it became clear to me that I would make a better decision if I could fully explore the larger landscape of new companies emerging in Silicon Valley. More posts by this contributor. Building A Diverse Board Makes Sense For Startups.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Oh, and Haje has written more than 20 Pitch Deck Teardowns over on TC+ — and he’s running low on decks to review. Here’s a bit more info about what he’s looking for , and instructions for how you can submit your pitch deck for review! Harri explores how the climate crisis is shaping investors’ strategies. Christine and Haje.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

I did 5 years of building large computer systems and computer networks for global corporations and 3+ years as a “strategy consultant.&# In many of the meetings you’d meet clients who would tell you everything you needed to know, would offer to help you and then would never follow up on the help that they had offered.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

3 views: How should founders prepare for a decline in startup valuations and investor interest? Investors are pushing founders to be lean, but at the same time, offering them $10,000 to take PTO for a week and try their hand at entrepreneurship. Cram downs are a character test for VCs and founders (April 2022). January 2022).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

” Logan Allin, founder and managing partner at Fin Capital, agreed. Vital Laptenok , founder and general partner, Flyer One Ventures. Logan Allin , managing partner and founder, Fin Capital. Check Warner , co-founder Diversity VC , and partner, Ada Ventures. Laura González-Estéfani , founder and CEO, TheVentureCity.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

These are the most common topics founders have asked us about. A lot of scientific founders have misconceptions about how to structure their founding team. A lot of scientific founders have misconceptions about how to structure their founding team. So they take their idea and pitch it to some local VC firms.

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