This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. So, want to know where to find me over the next thirty plus years?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC.&# Getting a meeting with a prominent angel or VC is difficult enough. I am really surprised how many entrepreneurs pitch me and then I never hear from them again. Start with a very short thank you email the day after your pitch. This post covers the day after.

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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

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

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Incidentally, VC’s hate when they hear companies pitching who say, “ I don’t have real competitors &# as I outlined point three in the linked post). I know I didn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). But we worked the account tirelessly for months.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). But we worked the account tirelessly for months.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

I had an interesting conversation with an entrepreneur last week about how he decided which VCs he was going to pitch. So, if your connection can't really speak that much to what you're doing, or you want to save them time, feel free to just point me to LinkedIn and tell me who we know in common that you think would provide a good reference.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. I obviously don’t speak for all investors. Some have “rules&# – everybody breaks them for the right deal.

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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. Whatever your product, technology and target market may be, it’s vital to know the ins and outs. 11 tips to raise smart money for your new business.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

I even started referring to him as a podhead. I remember one day last summer when Dennis Crowley and I both went to pitch the same biz dev partner—me with Path 101 and him with Foursquare. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. The trick is figuring out the timing. We looked at every podcasting deal on the market.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 24, 2025

The business utilized technology that allowed the entire fitting process to happen online without visiting a store. I think it is important to remember that you dont have to swing at every pitch. What major trends do you expect to see in technology innovation over the next 5 years that excitesyou?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

That is, how much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month as you make investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management. Usually when an investor is asking you your burn rate he or she is referring to net burn — what cash are you consuming.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals. I hope I’ve persuaded you that 20 minutes watching Troy speak is well worth your time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! the link is here. This all got me thinking about a post on how to best work with lawyers. Many people start companies arse backwards. Get to know them.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Understanding the fund vintage – “Vintage&# of a fund refers to when the fund was raised. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

I even started referring to him as a podhead. I remember one day last summer when Dennis Crowley and I both went to pitch the same biz dev partner—me with Path 101 and him with Foursquare. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. The trick is figuring out the timing. We looked at every podcasting deal on the market.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. If the pitch sounds familiar… it’s been attempted once or twice before.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Taking a look at an investor’s portfolio in search of companies that are somehow similar to yours will make it easier to craft a good, eye-catching pitch. This type of crowdfunding uses blockchain technology to allow for donations or investments from a large number of people. Shutterstock.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

will hand-hold you through the process of building a super savvy customer service robot, is the pitch. Market maturity for our technology has accelerated massively in 2020, achieving in one year what could have probably taken five. Tracking the growth of low-code, no-code startups. We will capitalize on that by building more, faster.”

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In the words of the company’s top associate – Our technology joins your existing company data with a flexible team that evolves as your company goes through the various stages of its lifecycle. 150Birds can be referred to as Uber for freelance marketing services. 150Birds – Startup Review By Feedough. The Concept.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

in the Management of Technology”. During the first week of that class, we all had to do a short pitch of a startup idea and convince our classmates to join our “startup”. I pitched a startup called “HubSpot”, which ended up being one of the ideas chosen. Or references. Q: How should I pitch my startup to you?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

During a downturn, the pitch seems more risky. Each action is tied to a specific reward, so if a member refers to someone who gets hired, they could get a money prize or a leaderboard spot that identifies them as someone who is going above and beyond to help the startup. You can’t buy a community, so make it worth it.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Like Twitter, Spill will have a live news feed where users can post “spills,” a reference to the phrase “spill the tea.” Rather, it’s just another technological tool that will exist under the hood. On traditional social media platforms, Black people have carved out their own communities, like Black Twitter. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But even as other technology rapidly evolves, basic web infrastructure has remained largely unchanged since the turn of the millennium. To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest?

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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. If you make a widget that plugs into a browser, your TAM might be the total number of users of that browser, cut down to the fraction that might use your technology, multiplied by the yearly value of that usage.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”. Pitch perfect, you might think. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. “That was our loss for being too arrogant,” says Zennström.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee. I continued to listen to non-e-commerce pitches as well, simply to give myself a point of reference for evaluating online shopping opportunities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When we started pitching to investors in 2017, they thought we were crazy and were like ‘We’re not going to invest in your company because you guys are doing an asset-heavy model. Part of what will drive that is using the investment to expand across eight cities in Egypt, scale its technology and grow the team. . “In

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

There’s no easy fix, but an emerging cohort of startups is pitching software as a way to potentially anticipate — and respond to — market shocks. One, Tive , provides supply chain visibility insights that ostensibly help companies manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition. .”

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

These markets can be very difficult and are very common in the technology industry. When pitching your product, you’ll need to be able to clearly convey how your startup is different from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, what your vision of the product is, and even how you envision the metaverse will evolve. The bottom line.

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This makes Zola’s copy feel more like a personal conversation than if it were to refer more broadly to brides and grooms in the third person. Examples help your prospect understand how your product fits into their world — notice how the examples in the last two bullet points provide a detailed point of reference for how to apply our tips.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Many large clients prefer stable technology and no changes – even sometimes when there are known security flaws.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Branded’s pitch is that it can use that expertise in building online businesses to grow its stable of sellers and brands better than they might be able to do on their own. “We he left almost exactly a year ago, after the fund had started to come under a lot of scrutiny ).

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This is often seen in ad tech or any type of optimization technology. To be effective, a startup’s pricing strategy must align with its marketing case studies, website messaging, PR releases and sales pitches. They change with time as your marketing team builds a brand, develops reference customers, and creates ROI case studies.

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