StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

Missteps during the selection process can lead to wasted resources and missed opportunities. Their insights offer practical guidance to help your startup make smarter, more informed decisions that support long-term growth. These weren’t minor usage gaps—they represented wasted investment and missed productivity opportunities.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 11, 2025

Overview Forward Cities, a national nonprofit committed to inclusive economic growth through entrepreneurship, seeks a strategic consulting partner to co-design and implement a set of field-informed solutions that advance Durham’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 3, 2025

When I’m scanning a pitch deck I’m basically looking to put it into one of two buckets – Traditional or Different. And how quickly the firm can process new information and adjust if portions of their hypothesis need tuning once in market. of them, often as their first or second largest investor.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

That means less time updating records and more time doing high-impact tasks, like crafting the perfect pitch or refining your next campaign. Sales automation is all about speed, efficiency, and making sure no opportunity is missed. But to keep your pipeline clean, you need that information to get to your CRM—and the sooner, the better.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

angel investing

Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

angel investing

The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

The RACI model—which stands for responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed—would have gotten us the Instagram-worthy escape time we'd hoped for. RACI is an acronym that stands for responsible , accountable , consulted , and informed. Informed: These people are just here for the updates. "Just " moments.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 28, 2025

Zapier can streamline this process by automatically evaluating your lead data to generate lead scores, gathering research to help determine if they match your ICP, and sending that information to your CRM. More often than not, it's about focusing on the right opportunities. Here's a pre-made template to get you started.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

technology

Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

angel investing

The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

A communication plan is your blueprint for delivering key information to appropriate stakeholders. It outlines the information that needs to be communicated, who it's meant for, the channel it's delivered through, and the folks in charge of it to ensure clear, consistent, and purposeful communication.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 31, 2025

Informational keywords target users seeking knowledge or guidance ("how to make pizza at home"). You can learn a lot from AIOs, since they show you the kind of information Gemini is looking for when it crawls pages. They provide quick answers to user queries using information pulled from a web page.

strategy

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2013

In other words, if you aren't journaling what you're seeing and doing in a thoughtful way, you're running your company based on year or more old information, never cleaning off your blind spots. The chances of getting money from someone who is hearing about you for the first time during the pitch process is extremely low.

entrepreneurs

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds. Technology has already made the world pretty efficient.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. Each person gets 90 seconds to share the details of the investment opportunity or the “deal need” they’re presenting or seeking.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

20 Tips for Pitching New Business Ideas to Potential Investors To provide you with the best advice on pitching new business ideas to investors, we asked twenty CEOs, Founders, and other professionals for their top tips. You should highlight the potential future earnings while pitching your proposal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Video pitching. I see an uptick in pitching via pre-recorded video. We used Loom to pre-record our pitch and share it with potential investors. It’s a great way to personalize a pitch deck and share it with interested parties. Opportunity for startups. Here’s what they shared.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

When a founder is “opportunity driven” it’s too easy to quit at the first bump in the road. As leaders we know that to succeed in today’s economy we need people who possess abilities to deal with large volumes of information and cut through the clutter to get to what’s important. We need leaders who can rigorously prioritize.

incumbents

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 23, 2014

When I turn down the opportunity to invest in a startup, I really turn it down. If I don''t have clarity on something, it means that I don''t think the space and the opportunity size is big enough to get clarity. It''s unclear what piece of information they were lacking or how someone could have gotten them over the hump.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As the captain of your ship, you’ll navigate a vast sea of opportunities. The next step is to find potential ideal employees through an interview process structured to get both technical and behavioral information from candidates. But here’s the catch – to reel in your ideal fish, you’ve got to know where to cast your line.

culture

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

As a founder you end up having to deal with a lot of sensitive information & discussions. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch deck. According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark : Go-to-market.

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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. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. What areas are going to change?

innovation

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 1, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA –Ben Franklin’s Tech Celerator @StateCollege; a partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, is again offering local tech entrepreneurs, grad-students, professors, and university researchers a fun, informative 10-Week Business Startup Boot Camp. This is a no-cost opportunity! All you need to spend is your time.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Our final SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversation of the year was packed with great information and fun. hint, hint SourceLink) A third group presented “Entrepreneurs on the Move” pitch event competition for each county in their region with the winners traveling to the final pitch event on a tour bus.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

But we’re talking science fact, not fiction, and TC Sessions: Space 2020 provides real opportunity to connect with the people, information and funding you need to boldly build the future of space technology. Here’s a classic “but wait, there’s more” moment, because we’re not done adding opportunity. Go boldly, yes.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Entrepreneurs seek to find the right investor and to make the best pitch when the opportunity comes Entrepreneurs start their companies with great passion and big dreams. Regardless of the type of investor, they all expect financial information about the venture including financial statements and financial projections.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They learn how to assess startups’ products, management, market opportunities and business models; how to perform due diligence, evaluate an investment pitch, and make informed investment decisions. It’s inspiring,” says Luckhurst.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch. Maybe we hear from one droning speaker and the rest of us are passively consuming information. It’s the opposite of community.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 18, 2022

Top 3 DIY tactics, according to a former BBC journalist turned media relations troubleshooter Image by author I sifted at least 100,000 story pitches when I worked on the main planning desks for BBC News (radio, tv, and online) and its investigative show Panorama. They just need the right insights and tools to pitch successfully.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Effective mapping initiatives can reveal opportunities to leverage new connections, partnerships, and collaborations. Defining Categories of Information. In my initial effort I collected all of the resource information that I could find. What kind of information should you look for?

entrepreneurial ecosystem

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Pitch Feedback Session. Join us for a pitch feedback session open to all startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Space 2020 moderated by TechCrunch staff. We need to capture these space opportunities, avoid potential threats and deliver on the promise of a multi-planet human race. 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. 1:00 – 1:50 p.m.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

March 3 is your opportunity to hear from and engage with the people who, through entrepreneurship, venture capital, labor organizing and advocacy, are both using and challenging tech to disrupt the status quo for the betterment of all. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In 2021, when Syed Haizam Jamalullail launched The Hive Southeast Asia, I saw opportunities in learning and collaborating from such an esteemed group from Silicon Valley, hence I joined the company back in 2021. As of Dec 2022, we have invested into 7 investment opportunities. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

Interested entrepreneurs can find more information here about applying to upcoming cycles. The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants. Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grants. The application deadline is the third Friday of each month.

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