Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Tobias Liebsch , Co-Founder, Fintalent.io Lead With Data for Investment Traction As a startup founder seeking investment, one major challenge I’ve faced is effectively communicating our vision and potential for scalability to prospective investors with limited time.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. The Singapore-based venture capital firm raised $135 million for its Fund 2.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Startups and VC. If you’re a startup founder, money – specifically, your own wages – can be a sticky point. Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, says founders need to get a firm handle on LTV (lifetime value) and customer acquisition cost (CAC) before they start sending out pitch decks.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

And while anecdotal evidence tells us massive companies are built by young founders like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, data tells us otherwise. What’s the number one most common difference between founders of seed-stage startups and founders of billion-dollar startups? Sometimes, the biggest one is your first one.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 26, 2022

What is your elevator pitch? What makes your pitch effective? . To help you make your elevator pitch effective, we asked startup founders and business owners this question for their best examples and insights. A good Elevator pitch is trimmed and streamlined. Inform First Then Sell.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations!

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups are more likely to face an uphill climb than their white, male counterparts, but their challenges stretch well beyond systemic bias and a general lack of access to capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As founder of the famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, or DFJ, Draper in 2018 introduced the Startup House concept. We look for really great founders who are building big companies and have huge ideas,” Wiegand told TechCrunch. “It’s

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — Session 1. with Vanessa Larco (NEA), Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures), Jordan Nof (Tusk Venture Partners), Bryan Offutt (Index Ventures) and Ulili Onovakpuri (Kapor Capital). Hear from these newly installed execs about what their leadership means for OnlyFans.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Venture capital is supposed to make a high multiple of return for the risk. And only then can you put asks out every single day to get the pitches from the smartest people in their network and expect it to look different. They will expect nothing less of their investors. Or these NYPD officers who took a knee.

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