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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

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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Startup Pitching 201

Paul G. Silva

This is the 2nd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. Our brains are hard-wired to digest information packaged that way. So simplify your pitch. If your product solves 10 pain points then in the pitch focus on the top 2-3 most important ones and simply hint at the others. Front load credibility. Tell a story.

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What do you need for a VC to properly evaluate a pitch?

This is going to be BIG.

A VC’s default is “no”, so without enough information to be convincing, it’s going to wind up being a pass. Pitch deck outlines are ok, but they don’t say much about what you’re trying to convey besides particular categories that may or may not be relevant. Size of the opportunity and your plan is often a tricky area for founders.

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Pitch on stage at TC Sessions: Space 2022

TechCrunch

Founders – pitch on stage with TechCrunch. Pitch your space tech startup. Now founders – apply to pitch on the same stage as these space tech luminaries. Startups applying to pitch should have some connection to space – intergalactic or from the ground. Selected companies will be announced on TechCrunch.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: ANYbotics’ $50M Series B deck

TechCrunch

That changes today, since ANYbotics was kind enough to share its pitch deck so we could take a closer look at the highs and lows of four-legged ‘bots. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Here are three things I loved about the pitch.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: BusRight’s $7M Series A deck

TechCrunch

Somewhere in that latticework of challenges, there’s an opportunity, which BusRight jumped on. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. I’m also including the full pitch deck, so you can get the full example!

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The Difference Between a Sales Pitch and an Elevator Pitch and Why it Matters.

Smart Hustle Magazine

The elevator pitch as we know it today comes from Hollywood. An aspiring screenwriter would corner an unsuspecting executive in an elevator and pitch his/her concept during the time it took to go one floor. If the executive liked the pitch they would stay on until their floor. That’s not an elevator pitch. Where to begin?

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