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How to Get a VC's Attention at an IRL Event

This is going to be BIG.

My company is Bread and we make ad creative super easy. They’re looking to spend only a precious few seconds with each person, forcing you to rush your pitch. So much of a VC’s work behind the scenes of their inbox is trying to figure out if this person is for real and you’re only giving them the pitch to vet. My name is Alan.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. But get everybody to commit to sitting in the room until the terms are pounded out and creative solutions are reached for areas where you are at odds on terms. It was December 1999.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on.

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How one entrepreneur built a billion-dollar clothing brand business

Founder Bounty

She had to be creative and frugal with her marketing. Eventually, her persistence paid off when she secured a meeting with a Neiman Marcus buyer, and after a memorable pitch in which she personally demonstrated Spanx’s slimming effect in the dressing room, she landed her first major retail order.

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Hannah’s Journey. Why She’s Franchising Her Art and Party Studio

Smart Hustle Magazine

Hannah Perry: Well, I think that my main mission with the Giggling Pig is that I really want to give children and families a place where they can go and be creative, but also teach them about the underlying message through everything is to teach children about kindness and compassion and inclusivity and diversity through art.

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Welcome to spooky season in startups

TechCrunch

In today’s newsletter, we’ll talk about the beauty of pivots, a creative way to prove that your startup hires entrepreneurial people and the latest from 500 global. TC’s Rebecca Szkutak wrote about how a pivot helped HopSkipDrive win a difficult pitch to parents: Trust your kids with our ride-sharing services. Seen on TechCrunch+.

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What Builders Talk About When They Talk About AI

Andreessen Horowitz

For some early use cases, creativity > correctness Hallucinations are a known aspect of today’s LLMs, but for some use cases, the ability to make things up is a feature rather than a bug. Cisco in 2000 was worth half a trillion dollars at its peak. Martin Casado, a16z 3. Entertainment is this $2T a year industry.