TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Double down on essential exposure and increase your opportunities. Bring your team and increase your networking opportunities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

We’re just about two weeks away from launching TC Sessions: Space 2020 , our first focused foray into early-stage space startups and the essential satellite industries that support them. Buy your pass and join us on December 16-17 for two days packed with all the right stuff, including untapped opportunity. Pitch, pitch, pitch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TechCrunch Events Networking Platform Mobile App is now available. Web-Based Networking Platform: The web version of the networking platform can be accessed via an activation email sent to attendees’ inboxes. This year’s Startup Battlefield 200 is presented by Capital Connect by J.P. .: 12:10 p.m. –

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. It takes time to educate yourself, learn essential skills and acquire a smart, connected network. Other entrepreneurs just like you: Building a startup can be a lonely endeavor.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch. Kinda Ice cream.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. For a Boston-based founder, does fundraising in 2023 still involve a lot of Zoom calls?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Introduced last year — and one of the most popular events in TechCrunch history — TC Early Stage provides new startup founders (pre-seed through Series A) access to top experts to help them develop and strengthen their core entrepreneurial skills. Attend both to double your knowledge, double your networking, double your opportunities.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You’ll cover more ground and discover more opportunities with your whole team at your side. They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena. Taking your team also makes you a highly efficient networking unit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

At Disrupt , you’ll rub virtual elbows with the thousands of startup founders, investors and innovators building cutting-edge products and companies. As always, networking will be front and center. We’re also growing the Startup Battlefield cohort this year. Featuring more startups means more opportunity for founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021. Early-bird pricing: We offer two pass levels — Founder and Innovator. Plus, don’t miss the sweet discount when you buy a ticket for both events.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

If you fit that description, we want you to apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Any early-stage startup founder with an MVP — regardless of your category or geographic location — is eligible to apply. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Most early-stage startup founders, investors, technologists and all-around aficionados recognize and appreciate a great deal. Disrupt is the startup world’s big tent, and it draws more than 10,000 people from around the globe. Hear them pitch live from the Showcase Stage. Price now: $450. Price now: $350.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

The event will be held on June 29, so make sure to register here (for free) to listen to these conversations, enjoy the pitch-off and network with local talent. Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 as one of its first engineers, and firsthand witnessed the growth of the company from a scrappy startup into a 400-person global business.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

As a serial technical founder, I often get approached for co-founder opportunities. Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

.” — Katia Paramonova, founder and CEO of Centrly. Build community and expand your network. At Early Stage 2021, you’ll tap into a global community of folks just like you — startup founders in the early, and often confusing, innings. The TC Early Stage Pitch-Off. Day two features a thrilling pitch off.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising provides early-stage founders with access to top founders, investors and subject-matter experts across the startup realm. Learn and develop the skills essential for startup success, avoid common mistakes, expand your network and discover new opportunities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

They’ll host a series of interactive Q&A sessions focused on essential topics, like pitch development, fundraising, brand building, growth marketing and more. ” — Chloe Leaaetoa, founder, Socicraft. Connect with community and opportunity. Founding a startup can be a frustrating and sometimes lonely affair.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. Koh urges startup founders to “put on their big person pants and git gud at it”, emphasising the need for them to showcase their abilities and dedication to their business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

I asked the founders if they might be interested in sharing their pitch deck. 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. It even includes great examples of slides that many startup founders get wrong.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The campus provides an apt environment where SMEs and startups can exchange information with high-tech research institutes and large global companies. This hub aims to merge different industrial sectors, mostly within information and communications technology, to create new business opportunities and foster the growth of startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

That’s right, tech’s OG conference dedicated to early-stage startup founders — and the ecosystem that supports them — kicks off tomorrow at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. No FOMO zone: It’s not too late to buy a pass and get in on all the action and opportunity. Happy TechCrunch Disrupt eve! We’d love to see you!

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

Ride sharing service SideCar was recently the target of a NYC police sting that resulted in two cars being impounded--cars belonging to drivers in their network offering rides to people. But do we need government playing the same exact role when loosely constructed networks can serve that same purpose. It''s better for drivers, too.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As always, we’ll have ample time for networking so you can connect and discover new people and new opportunities to change the world. You’ll also get to meet some of the diverse early-stage startup founders participating in the TechCrunch Include program and watch them deliver their best pitch in a live feedback session.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. We pitch to investors without requiring them to commit to a blind pool. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark.

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Onevest

MAY 7, 2015

By Tim Houghten Every serious angel investor and startup founder needs to be in the San Fran stadium on July 18 th , 2015. Those that show up will experience an event that could dramatically alter their startup, and startup investing performance. You don’t have to be the first to finish. Or set time records. Permalink

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. This past month, i2E concluded the latest virtual e3 cohort featuring six new startups from across the state.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. This past month, i2E concluded the latest virtual e3 cohort featuring six new startups from across the state.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The TechCrunch+ stage: You’ll find topics all startup founders need to understand. The Discovery stage: TechCrunch partners share their expertise on essential startup issues. If you love watching startups pitch, you’ll find plenty of action going down on the expo floor. Get networking with the event app.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

As a product leader, I meet many entrepreneurs and startup founders and see over and over how the vast majority get slowed down by the same types of problems. Ask existing customers, VCs and design partners for introductions to people in their network.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s the perfect time and place to expand your network, and our event app makes it easy to find and schedule meetings with attendees who align with your business mission. Meet the perfect co-founder, find a dev with mad skills or pitch investors. Plus, what it takes to build a web3-based business during a market downturn.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s the perfect time and place to expand your network, and our event app makes it easy to find and schedule meetings with attendees who align with your business mission. Meet the perfect co-founder, find a dev with mad skills or pitch investors. Plus, what it takes to build a web3-based business during a market downturn.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Request situations where they had an opportunity to observe your actions. When facing the challenges of starting a business, a founder needs to be resourceful—and that includes having a network of contacts who are supportive and available to help. Don’t decide to start a business in isolation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I think COVID-19 created more opportunities for Vilnius than risks in this regard. The coronavirus crisis, in general, hasn’t affected the Vilnius startup ecosystem in the same way as the rest of Europe. Who are the key startup people in your city (e.g., investors, founders, lawyers, designers, etc.)?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Think: How could you make money without an institutional investor, friends, family or internal networks?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. At the end of ’94, most of my friends quit to join startups, and that’s when startups were really starting to become a bigger deal. I thought if I could live and work in Spain I could become bilingual, but I never got the opportunity. It was all technical.

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