TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I get a lot of pitch deck submissions for this TechCrunch Pitch Deck Teardown series from people who are raising friend and family rounds, and I mostly pass on them. It was against that backdrop that I received the pitch deck for the Palau Project. Its founder, Jerome Cloetens, is a professional kite surfer (!) Problem slide.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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. . That’s what the industry refers to as a BHAG — a big hairy audacious goal. Pitch Deck Teardown: Supliful’s $1M seed deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Perfect pitch, a singer’s ability to produce any given musical note without a reference tone, is a rare phenomenon — only 1-5 people out of every 10,000 have it. While your odds of creating a perfect pitch deck that captures coveted VC interest aren’t quite that dire, they’re not exactly in your favor, either.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. Because the videos show exactly what life would be like if a young Elon Musk came to pitch VCs today and said I want to transform P2P finance, get people driving electric cars and send a man to mars in our lifetime. He has now created Part II. It is also very funny but please watch Part I first.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Then you’ll want to refer the top early-stage startups in your portfolio/pipeline Rolodex to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023! You could be responsible for helping one of the selected founders get the opportunity to flash-pitch in front of an audience of investors and TechCrunch editors. Refer a founder today.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A pitch deck template is great for telling a convincing story to investors, but not a practical guide for execution. When it comes time to craft a pitch for funders, the KISS Canvas covers 80% of a typical Pitch Deck by telling the very information investors want to know, in the order they generally want to hear it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The visual reference tool is probably handy for set directors that want to visualize props for certain scenes. Another feature in the works is a script pitch deck where users can create a pitch in order to potentially get investments for their film. For instance, what the feather will look like at the beginning of “Forrest Gump.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

Most innovation models refer to the final stage of the process as “execution” or “implementation”–making it sound very straightforward. In preparation, he spent months researching who might be amenable to his pitch. Tell us about the importance of navigation. What must entrepreneurs keep in mind as they take this critical step?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Some people refer to it as a company-written investment memo, but I prefer the “strategy memo” title, because it’s not really an investment memo, which comes with scenario analyses, exit plans and other sections that would be awkward and a bit presumptuous for a company to externalize.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The entire episode is available below, along with a portion of DeepScribe’s Series A pitch deck. References. We do a lot of customer calls and check references on the entrepreneurs. “Then we come up with a list of key questions we want to go deep on,” Achadjian said. “What’s the business model?

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

However, these executives usually have multiple lines of defense to shield them from sales pitches. This is why provocation-based selling requires the vendor to utilize what Moore refers to as “soft power”, specifically “relationship capital.” Then, when you are in the room establish a relationship around the problem, not the solution.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

Once you fill this out… Step 4: Meet to discuss answers and conduct reference checks Set up an hour or two to sit down and review each other’s answers in person or via a conference call. At the end of the meeting, ask for one or two work-related references (i.e., For instance, I would ask references questions like: 1.

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Onevest

MAY 19, 2015

Refer Deals to Others Just because you aren’t interested in a particular deal doesn’t mean it won’t be a hit with someone else. Respond Respond when others refer you deals. You might not love every one of them, but they won’t keep referring if all they get is crickets. So how can investors improve their deal flow?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. For example, remember to finish your point if you are interrupted during a pitch. Using those jazz hands goes a long way in perfecting an engaging pitch !

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When you create excellent content and pitch it to writers, you not only get great media coverage, but you get the link back to your project and the authority that comes with being mentioned in a trusted publication. If you’ve run into roadblocks, make sure you’re not making any of these mistakes with your content or your pitching.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

You don’t need everyone, you just need a few core believers and having a hard “why buy me” pitch makes it easier to find and convert those leads. Why buy me” is also a good time to leverage references and external people who can vouch for you, who can champion who you are and why you’re a good bet.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. Reference Calls I do the exact same for reference calls.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The meetings included co-working spaces, accelerators, investor groups, tech giants, University startup hubs, maker groups, and pitch events. They collaborate and refer to those that play their specific role. People here are incredibly willing to help, to introduce and refer. Aussie startups can and should plug in.

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Dream It

JULY 24, 2020

However, this means that a CISO sees a LOT of pitches in their role. As a startup, you may not have enough customer references, but referrals from peer CISOs who have signed up as design partners or completed successful PoCs are just as valuable. When pitching to a CISO, preparation is key. Do your homework.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know all of this because every VC knows this because we’ve all either funded companies that have marketing technology or we’ve seen a pitch with a company that does this. Your pitch deck should really be your best marketing tool Your pitch deck shouldn’t contain your deepest, darkest secrets and plans.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Investors, myself included, see hundreds, if not thousands, of decks The #1 repeating mistake I see in a deck is that the customer story is missing; moreover, in nearly every pitch deck, the “story” is incomplete or entirely missing. What’s running through my mind: Is this actually feasible, and how will you win?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

A pitch deck for Anthropic’s Series C fundraising round discloses these and other long-term goals for the company, which was founded in 2020 by former OpenAI researchers. “These models could begin to automate large portions of the economy,” the pitch deck reads.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The program, titled “ Funded Not Fired, ” will write $100,000 checks into 20 startup teams by the end of the year.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’m surprised at how many funding pitches I get which lack some of the basic information which investors require before funding. 50% of these meetings led to pitches to individual partners. About 30% of partner pitches led to full partnership pitches. I suggest use the Founder Institute Mad Libs elevator pitch.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

I’ve unapologetically hyper-focused this shopping solution for women, as informed and directed by my personal experience and the experiences of my users as women, moms, and what I refer to as “household procurement specialists.” Practice in pitching and answering tough questions has prepared us to begin raising funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Total addressable market, or TAM, refers to the dollar value of what a startup wants to sell to a certain population. All this is to say that TAM matters for startups, how they pitch investors and how investors make investment decisions. It’s super critical. We’ve written about it on TechCrunch a lot over the years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We learn more from mistakes than from perfection, so I figured it’d be a great one to dive into for this week’s pitch deck teardown! 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. . Slides in this deck. million valuation. Cover slide.

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Red Rocket

MAY 20, 2022

Or have happy client references? So, don’t get blinded during their sales pitch to you as a good partner, unless you are 100% confident they are a trusted business in their space. The bigger the idea, the higher up in the company you pitch it. They will need example product pitch decks, email/phone scripts, etc.

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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. Pitch Deck Teardown: Orange’s $2.5M To my delight, they said yes!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In 2011 he co-founded what is often referred to as the “first coding bootcamp,” with The Starter League, acquired by New York’s Fullstack Academy in 2016. Join us at the TechCrunch Early Stage event in April, where Neal Sáles-Griffin, managing director of Techstars Chicago, will help us figure it all out.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A digital business card, also referred to as an electronic or virtual business card, allows users to share and save contact information quickly, without exchanging a tangible product. Also referred to as a media kit, press kits provide access to information about your business, products and overall brand. Digital business card.

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The Seraf Compass

MARCH 24, 2021

Whether you are working with the company’s very first investors, or trying to build out the syndicate for a round, once a founder makes a successful pitch to an investor or group of investors, the next step is always more involved. As most angels know, a lot of investors refer to this kind of meeting as a “deep dive meeting.”.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. In this case, it’s not a lack of interest, just a lack of time and efficiency.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

” On this week’s Extra Crunch Live , the duo discussed how the Ironclad pitch excited Loughlin about leading the round. (So As with every episode of Extra Crunch Live, they also gave feedback on pitch decks submitted by the audience. (If Episode breakdown: The pitch — 2:30. Pitch deck teardown — 35:00.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

To increase the chances of subscribers referring you to others, make sure the process takes no longer than 25 seconds. Remind readers at the end of each issue that they can refer others. Include a short sentence in the intro to your newsletter telling people being referred where they can subscribe.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 27, 2017

Make references to founders you've backed available upon request. Take a moment to think about who might expect you to pitch them--former bosses that have been successful, people who funded the last place you worked at. Make it clear where your money comes from and what control you have over it. Are you a fund? Is it personal money?

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