Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 15, 2022

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM, the teams pitched their business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of $10,000! The team of Seth Pheng and Soph Horn at Control LTD, took first place with their concept for a patented, healthy dosing system for patients using cannabis.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. ” The VCs who founders love the most.

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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. Technology is the focus of this November 2019 edition. Technology is the focus of this November 2019 edition.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply. Yes, absolutely.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer merchants and brands that have found initial traction, leveraging the Amazon marketplace — has raised $555 million, a Series C that it will be using to continue expanding its technology, investing in business development, and to buy up more assets.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. The legal structures have gotten so much better, and the costs have come down to assemble investors using instruments like the SPV [special purpose vehicle] to invest together. What is unique about us? If we get the money, how will we use it?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Use-cases may include accelerating new drug discoveries, or powering the vast amount of data processing required for AI applications. So, what can Quantum Motion and its upstart brethren bring to the mix that the deep-pocketed behemoths can’t? ” Quantum Motion CEO James Palles-Dimmock with co-founders Prof.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Unit itself is not a labor union, but instead helps worker-organizers set up, affiliate and manage a union with a mix of software and human resources. The startup has a step-by-step process of how to virtually unionize a workplace that it offers for free public use on its website. Janitorial entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. “If I am buying some items and feel a bit unsafe about the merchant I’m using, if there’s a credit card, I don’t feel like I’m risking my money. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Q: What are the tools you’re using for your front office: sourcing , LP relations, investing analysis, etc.? Calendly speeds up scheduling for pitch call Q: What are the tools you’re using for your middle office: tracking, risk management, etc.? Q: Do you see any room to use AI to exploit your dataset? Yes, absolutely.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. For a larger Series A check. What Glossier got wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. They are an investment bank that targets the technology & media sectors. Let me be sure to use me some Luma Partners.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations!

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. Remember that actors, artists, athletes, and executives work in cycles.

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Jason Malki

JULY 12, 2024

Jordan has an extensive background with 15 years of experience in wellness, personal training, and mixed martial arts. We were always in the hot seat, going through an emotional rollercoaster while trying to perfect our pitch and land an investment. We also enjoy learning about the latest innovations and watching entrepreneurs pitch.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Jeff: Global Payments really exists at the intersection of two of my favorite things, technology and financial services. And the thing I thought most about was what we could do with the platform to modernize the technology, to grow the distribution footprint. Think about the ascendancy of the cloud in terms of technology environments.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. “If I am buying some items and feel a bit unsafe about the merchant I’m using, if there’s a credit card, I don’t feel like I’m risking my money. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations! We offer 7.5K

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. So I definitely used it with the self-driving cars team, and got feedback like, was this accurate? I hope it works for you. Tomasz Tunguz: Yeah.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

These are the most common topics founders have asked us about. In a typical spin-out situation, there are several people who worked on the research, including a mix of students, post docs and faculty. So they take their idea and pitch it to some local VC firms. Deciding who should spin out. Deciding when to spin out.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Forerunner General Partner Eurie Kim and Oura CEO Harpreet Rai joined us on Extra Crunch Live to discuss the process of taking Oura to the next level — and beyond — as the product found a second (or third) life during the pandemic through partnerships with sports leagues like the NBA. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO. Alkami Technology joins a list that includes Coinbase’s impending direct listing and Robinhood’s expected IPO. Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO. LG continued pushing envelopes — albeit to mixed effect.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

It’s a lens through which we attempt to view technology at large. I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. That’s doubly the case with adoption.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Use discount code MIAMICRUNCH to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. As a firm, we focus broadly on consumer, marketplaces, e-commerce infrastructure, real estate technology and fintech. Offices were created for a time when technology used to be limited and the fastest way to communicate was in person.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. Note that we did not write the descriptions below.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 11, 2024

A successful strategy was the use of micro-influencers. Danielle Roberts , Co-Founder, Boomer Benefits Connect With “Inside Joke” Content Let me tell you about this effective tactic I’ve been using in my and my clients’ social media content. This approach is all about engaging directly with your audience.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. With the Coinbase direct listing behind us and the Robinhood IPO ahead, it’s a heady time for consumer-focused trading apps. Now, it’s imperative to ensure your virtual pitch is as effective as your IRL one.

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

From energy storage to waste management, clean technologies are transforming the way we interact with our environment. The outside interest that generated in the investment community got me thinking about whether I should make the leap and figure out how to commercialize the technology.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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Gust

AUGUST 17, 2014

Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Startups that try to mix a non-profit entity with a for-profit entity to share resources don’t work, and scare off investors. Zappos logo via Flickr by Ben Spark.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. They make touch screen technology. internet technology. Are we really not accessible?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. We’ll discuss relevant issues for technology workers and founders who are considering setting up shop in the U.S., Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. The expectation is that in an era of increasing technology and decreasing costs, you will be bringing them an operating company with at least some traction.

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