Founder Bounty

APRIL 4, 2023

While some business owners use personal savings or loans to get started, many others turn to investors to help finance their dreams. Knowing who your target investors are and what they are looking for can help you tailor your pitch and increase your chances of getting funded.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Are you Ready 2 Pitch? 48 start-ups were carefully selected from the total number of applicants to present their commercial or investment pitch at the final event on the 27 th & 28 th of February 2019. The post Are you Ready 2 Pitch? R2P): Where Start-Ups meet investors, business partners, and customers.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. The main driver of the skew towards men getting venture capital, statistically, is that far more men are pitching. What I do think is going on is that men and women start the pitch process at different stages. Why so many mixed teams?

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

After several years in which capital flowed freely and the entire venture capital ecosystem and startup market marched in lockstep toward bigger, faster rounds at new, higher prices, we’re in a more mixed environment today. DocSend is best known as a software service that helps founders create and share their pitch decks with investors.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Traction is one of the most important elements to nail when pitching investors. When should I present my traction slide during the pitch? How do I drip in traction throughout my pitch? Scroll to see traction metrics for your stage using the charts below. When should I present my traction slide during the pitch?

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 10, 2023

Existing investor WFC, along with iAngels Network, Sateeq Invest, and Impactful Pitch structured syndicates, and marquee industry mix global HNIs, also participated in the round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“We will benefit from their unique experience and ability to create amazing experiences that help organizations use virtual spaces to drive impact. ” Mozilla launched Hubs in 2018, which it pitched at the time as an “experiment” in “immersive social experiences.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The platforms, which mix entertainment and education, have an unconventional value proposition. Outschool, an after-school enrichment platform for kids, is betting that working parents could use some extra help keeping their children engaged. Today, over 100 companies, including Alto Pharmacy, Mursion and Twitter, use Outschool.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 4, 2019

On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at the Technology Center on Innovation Blvd in State College, each team pitched their business concept to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of $10,000! The cohort represented an exciting mix of target markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, there’s a wall of new exciting things to look at…including, among other things, an opportunity Neesha has for you if you’re running a space startup: Apply to pitch onstage at TC Sessions: Space 2022 ! million in funding to solve this problem with a no-code way to design online storefronts using just one tool, Christine writes.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The two built a prototype workspace that sales teams could use to define and execute a repeatable sales process. Image Credits: Accord “Typically, sales teams hack together a mix of Google Docs, Sheets, shared Slack channels and other general project management tools to accomplish sales process management,” Ross said.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Clearly he assumed that he was using some kind of username, and that it was a gang reference of some sort--like, "Young Blood" as in the bloods and the crips or something to that affect. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? The person goes on to blame the uncommonness of the name.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 15, 2023

Join us on Tuesday, June 13 from 2:00-5:00 PM as the teams pitch their ideas. Join us for the Pitch Event See who will win the $30,000 prize! Ammonia will be used to produce fertilizer, the main resource for plant growth. It can be used sitting in a chair or lying in bed. appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Once there, the reactants mix and produce carbon dioxide, which in turn inflates a small balloon that helps create a pressure difference to help inject the drug-loaded needles into the intestinal wall. “So Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch: Meet the biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s Demo Day.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. You start to test out whose opinions mapped best to your own situation and whether following their advice would have been useful. Triangulate.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Here’s the first batch of Battlefield companies that pitched onstage on this fine California Tuesday — and if you’re curious, Neesha revealed the 20 companies that are presenting on the Disrupt Stage earlier today. Omneky : Leverages OpenAI’s DALLE-2 and GPT-3 models to generate visuals and text that can be used in ads for social platforms.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

The company argues that greenhouse agriculture is a safer, more reliable and more climate-resilient mode of food production, producing up to 15 times higher yields, using a twentieth as much water as traditional agriculture. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand commercial collaborations.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 4, 2020

Lastly, below are the one-line pitches from the founders & hiring teams of why you’d be interested in joining them. Work with us to help Lyft, Zenefits, Intercom, Box and 100s of others create docs and experiences that developers love. Lets make APIs dead simple to use, for everyone. Intern with us this summer.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

Without further ado, here are the five actionable steps that I’ve used to find, assess, and partner with the right co-founder. This process has been tested over 100 hours with 30+ potential co-founders — ultimately helping me co-found a project that has grown to 2000+ users in less than five months.

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Gust

AUGUST 17, 2014

Startups that try to mix a non-profit entity with a for-profit entity to share resources don’t work, and scare off investors. Later in the pitch, you can show that you are not a one-trick pony by prioritizing related solutions in your long-term plan. Solve one problem really well. Limited goals and priorities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But more than that, this IPO is a useful measuring stick for keeping tabs on the IPO market as a whole.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

You're company might be trying to get to $500,000 or $3 million in sales, the principles Ryan uses can still work. In hindsight, a perfect mix of focus and a strong partnership. Marc Benioff uses this method with Salesforce. (If Pitch to a specific targeted lists of interested media. Simplus was founded in 2014 in Utah.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 3, 2021

On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 the teams pitched their business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of up to $10,000! The team is developing a strategically engineered nutrition program that uses behavior modification techniques to encourage healthy lifestyle choices.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Accenture has been using TouchCast’s technology for its own events, but that is likely just one part of its interest: Accenture also has a lot of corporate customers that tap it to build and implement interactive services, so potentially this could lead to more customers in TouchCast’s pipeline.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 27, 2023

The program helps entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success, discuss business models and financials with experts, expand their network, engage with other entrepreneurs, and develop a pitch deck for funding opportunities. Ammonia will be used to produce fertilizer, the main resource for plant growth.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

The new funding will be used to further expand the reach of its online courses. Kodland’s latest tranche of funding — which brings its total raised to date to $11 million — will be used for market expansion, with courses in a further eight languages planned over the next two years. Ireland, the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Use chronological scenario planning to help your startup get through a potential recession. Use chronological scenario planning to help your startup get through a potential recession. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Breadfast employed a mix of improved customer experience (from what customers expected from traditional players) and a native supply chain process to gain entry into the market, said Amin. In 2017 when Breadfast launched, the more prominent companies either used marketplace or aggregator models: think Instacart and Postmates.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

It follows forms of journalism through use of third-party interviews and external expert analysis, researched or reported news, and feature stories. Assume that when I use "brand journalism" below, I'm talking about both forms unless I say otherwise.) Companies use brand journalism to get their presence into that mix.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

But a nut that is yet to be cracked is how to add measurable outcomes to the mix. As with every edtech startup, a common tension exists : the platform has to be hard enough to teach consumers something, but fun (or easy) enough for them to actually use it. Over 50,000 students have used its platform to date, the company claims.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2021

Literally moving us along: Can solid state batteries power up for the next generation of EVs? GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030. Uber’s mixed Q1 earnings portray an evolving business. Kry closes $312M Series D after use of its telehealth tools grows 100% yoy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Users on Beams are encouraged to join interest-based groups and (asynchronously) listen or clip into topic-based threads — on, well, whatever you want to talk about, be it art or politics, fashion, food or music etc etc… Topics on Beams are a real pick’n’mix — and the overall experience can feel pretty random.

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