Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. That’s the deal you get when you’re raising in a good market for startup financing. To any prospective investor you look like you’ve failed even before your first pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. If you normally pitch 30 investors to get 3-4 interested in good circumstances all you’ve done by putting off your mess is decrease your odds of getting funded. It is 2010. But pass they will. Brain damage.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Alomar, who led startups through the dotcom bust of 2000 and the Great Recession of 2008, will talk about whether investors are still prioritizing growth over profits, and identify which proof points founding teams must define before their next raise. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As a startup entrepreneur who is actively growing his business, Peter recently attended the inaugural MyEO Deal Exchange Conference in Denver, Colorado, where he pitched Table and Desk in EO’s first DX Angel-Shark Experience and received a US$250,000 investment in his company. . Our clients ranged from not-for-profits to luxury boatbuilders.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. As the entrepreneurs are hardly making any money to pay their personal bills, they devote a great deal of time and energy in making elaborate pitches for raising investment capital. Blade years usually last for 3 to 4 years, and the revenue generated is meagre.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Lane also suggested that VCs’s enduring focus on presentations and pitch decks rather than “normal, human conversation” continues to negatively impact underrepresented founders, who typically have less experience in the former categories. in 2008 — that’s quite fast!!”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. I’ve always said that the low-interest rate environment that we’ve had really since 2008 has generated an interest-free loan on risky startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Private market valuations, at any point in time, are not only a reflection of a team’s hard work and progress, but are also impacted by the financing environment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Fifteen years ago, the company set out to raise a $200,000 round of financing with a different name (UberCab) and a different business model (limos you hail from your smartphone using SMS). 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

days of 2008. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to have CEO Netzer and Blumberg Capital partner Yodfat Harel Buchris speak to DoubleVerify’s early pitch deck on March 16 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. The firm later led a round of debt financing and a private equity round. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

It’s Thursday, which means that Haje also wrote another installment of his popular Pitch Deck Teardown series on our subscription site TechCrunch Plus. million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to the U.S. This time, he takes a look at Lunchbox’s $50 million Series B, and what startups can learn from its deck.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 10, 2021

i2E first got to know Blaine back in 2008 when, as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, his team placed first in the graduate division of the Donald W. After completing his MBA, Blaine went to work in finance for Charlesson, an early stage drug development company. i2E has managed the statewide competition for 17 years.).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

days of 2008. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to have CEO Netzer and Blumberg Capital partner Yodfat Harel Buchris speak to DoubleVerify’s early pitch deck on March 16 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. The firm later led a round of debt financing and a private equity round. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Like always, each episode features an entrepreneur presenting their early pitch deck along with the investor who funded the company. We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching. days of 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. The best company pitches are those that have this narrative. Many people equate a great pitch meeting with success.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Lumigo’s $29M Series A deck. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Lumigo’s $29M Series A deck. Can recurring revenue financing drive growth in a turbulent market? ” Can recurring revenue financing drive growth in a turbulent market? Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. She learned a lot about finances from her mother, who was an immigrant to the U.S., and taught herself about finances, passing that knowledge down to her daughter. Image Credits: Uprise.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 10, 2016

I was way more "self made" than the Ivy Leaguers who went into finance. In 2008, we had a choice in this country to follow someone who understood that problems are complex and require nuanced solutions--that strong isn't always the answer, especially when paired with wrong. in 2008, I was in a failing business that I had started.

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