Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 5, 2025

At the end of the eight weeks, teams will pitch for a chance to win $15,000 in funding. Simulations and Interactive Media (Indiana, PA) An AI-powered, emotionally intelligent content ecosystem for older adults that adapts and learns alongside the user.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

When we first started pitching Grapevine, people didn’t always get it right away. How can our readers follow you on social media? It’s exciting to have this grand vision, but the challenge is making sure we stay focused on what will move the needle now while keeping the long-term vision in sight. Thank you so much for joining us!

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

For the startup community, HumanX will offer a special pitch competition sponsored by Google Cloud, with the potential for founders to win up to $1 million in investment. Over 300 speakers will take the stage to share their expertise, while 200 sponsors will showcase their latest innovations.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Other effective CTAs for a sales-focused folder might include inviting recipients to connect on social media for updates, offering a limited-time discount on your products or services, or encouraging them to scan a QR code to access exclusive sales materials or product demos. Make CTAs stand out with a contrasting color or larger font size.

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

VP of Marketing, Next Net Media Zoho CRM Bring the very best out of your customer-facing teams with robust automation, comprehensive analytics, personalized solutions, and more. Shane McEvoy , MD, Flycast Media Ensure Full CRM Adoption The biggest mistake was choosing a CRM and never fully adopting it. Tristan Harris , Sr.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Not to pitch them. When LinkedIn woke up one day and decided it no longer wanted to be just your professional address book, but instead become full blown media property, the pressure got turned up to feed the beast with your thought leadership. He cold-emailed VCs and invited them on his podcast. Not to impress them.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 27, 2025

For many SMEs, marketing begins and ends with social media and paid ads – but theres a better way to build trust and credibility. Public Relations or (PR) offers a cost-effective approach for New Zealand businesses to gain media exposure, establish thought leadership and create long-term brand value.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

These touchpoints include things like: how you answer the phone, how easy it is to interact with your business on your website, what words you use to describe your unique business offering, and social media conversations involving your business. Do you have a unique elevator pitch? You are also the brand. How do they think?

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StartupNation

JULY 24, 2025

Customization tools: It offers controls for pitch, pause, pronunciation, emphasis, and narration speed in the audio, ensuring that it aligns with your desired emotional tone. Whether you are crafting website copy, social media captions, or an email sequence, the tool ensures your messaging remains relevant, sharp, and consistent.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 11, 2025

Monthly Entrepreneur Pitch Events (Jul – Dec 2024) Coordinate monthly entrepreneurial gatherings, in partnership with an Alliance organization. Content and technical inputs will be provided by Forward Cities and/or E3 Alliance members, with the project manager ensuring efficient and timely execution.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

For example, it told me that I posted less than usual one month, which was reflected in my earned media value. The level of transparency makes it easier to pitch brand partnerships—especially if you're trying to monetize LinkedIn —and refine your content strategy. LinkedIn Sales Navigator pricing : From $99.99/month Learn more.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 10, 2025

She also recently pitched her feature spec, Irish Morning , and tv pilots, Peri Does Europe and Collette’s Caleb  — both of which placed as semi-finalists in the ScreenCraft 2025 TV Pilot contest — at the London Screenwriters’ Festival, to great response, and they’re under consideration at multiple production houses.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 25, 2025

The AsiaStartupExpo Q2 2025, hosted by beSUCCESS Media Group in collaboration with AsiaTechDaily and KoreaTechDesk, brought together some of the most promising startups, visionary investors, and global experts for a […]

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

It's happening on your website, in your inbox, through social media, at events, or across dozens of other tools your team relies on every day. That means less time updating records and more time doing high-impact tasks, like crafting the perfect pitch or refining your next campaign. That's where CRM automation comes in.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 24, 2025

The agent then: Identifies the most relevant pitches based on my scoring logic (i.e., Here's an example of what the end result looks like in Slack: Then there's my news-to-social media agent. topics that include content marketing, AI, entrepreneurship).

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. 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

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. 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

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. 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

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. 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

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. 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 10, 2025

Whether you're drafting a press release, writing a briefing doc, refining a pitch, checking for brand risk, or just cleaning up grammar, these bots help you move quickly and confidently. Each chatbot is customizable to your needs, so you can feed it your own documentation to tailor the output even more.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

JULY 12, 2025

source My single best advice about writing⁠—whether for marketing copy, blogging, a sales pitch, an investor pitch, or even humor, is: BE SPECIFIC All done, you can stop reading now. Swap generic words for specifics to make your text clear, powerful, engaging, and even funny. In fact that post demonstrates all these techniques!)

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. 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

Off-page SEO focuses on elements outside your website that still impact ranking, such as backlinks and backlink quality, brand mentions, social media engagement, and user reviews. To do this, you'll need to pitch to writers and editors directly.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2024

Three finalists received training via workshops and coaching from business advisors, fine-tuning their business plans and pitches for the showcase and pitch competition. In addition to its classroom curriculum, NFTE hosts the Founders Forum Pitch Competition.

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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. Here’s what they shared. I see this as a new trend that will only grow over time.

ecology

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

You need a long lead time to get someone in the media to care about you, so what are you doing for them in the meantime. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists. An introduction to a reporter could result in the best story ever about you--six months from now.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new initiative includes a strategic partnership with the highly anticipated X-PITCH 2023, a global deeptech startup competition aimed at catalyzing the widespread adoption of cutting-edge technology across diverse industries. “We see immense potential in partnering with X-PITCH.

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500

MAY 21, 2019

The 19 companies were on FIRE and rose to the occasion to give the best versions of their pitches. Also in attendance were representatives of both local and international media to cover this groundbreaking collaboration between 500 and Misk Innovation.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

There is an array of capital sources that entrepreneurs can approach to finance the growth of their companies, including crowdfunding, government grants, and pitch competitions, which typically would not require giving up any ownership (equity) of their business. Further reading: 6 ways to sell your business on social media.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

When he pitched, he was the proverbial "guy with an idea." Raul is a 46-year-old dad, experienced in entertainment, media, and startups. Joining me in the investment is fellow Brooklyn native, Mitch Kapor , as well as KEC Holdings and Stickerbrush—but this wasn’t an easy round for Founder Raul Gutierrez to close.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Smaller businesses may be attracted to blogs, social media posts, and email marketing. It’s critical to set yourself apart from the competition. CEOs may resonate with a higher-end content strategy such as white papers, books, or even a branded podcast. What about employees?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Sarah writes that the social media giant is seeing a spike in one-star reviews, which include calling for its removal. Last impressions matter : Over on TC+, Haje argues that for your pitch deck, last impressions count almost as much as first impressions. Ivan has more on that. Kirsten has more.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. Through expert-led weekly group sessions and personalized mentorship, participants refine their business models, financial strategies, and presentation skills, culminating in a compelling pitch presentation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As a firm, we pitched campaign ideas and strategies to huge, internationally recognized brands, going up against big network agencies. From AR to social media trends to real estate, I was exploring. I had studied fine arts in university instead of business, marketing or computer science.

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