Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. With First Round Capital, Sequoia and Founders Fund obviously a lot of respected investors think highly of its potential.

VC 255

VC venture capital networking innovation 255

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted?

innovation 301

innovation technology peer-to-peer communities 301

TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

You can still shoot your shot to pitch to an amazing panel of judges and thousands of TC viewers. TechCrunch editors will select 10 founders from around the world to pitch on stage July 9th. TechCrunch Early Stage Part Two is set to be a game-changer for founders looking to take their startups to the next level.

pitching 57

pitching incubation disruption communities 57

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’ve decided to take all of my private conversations and subjective points-of-view on the topic and make them public in a keynote speech at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco on June 15th. 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.

startup 336

startup advice pitching investing 336

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Peter Gabauer, an EO Accelerator participant in Brisbane, Australia, is founder and CEO of Table and Desk , which provides custom furniture in 14 days. Peter Gabauer (pictured at left), an EO Accelerator participant from Brisbane, Australia, and CEO of Table and Desk, was awarded US$250,000 for his pitch to the Angel-Sharks.

pitching 130

pitching accelerator investing investment 130

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Mitch Allen, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Fort Worth, is founder and Head Elf of Hire Santa , a service that brings the season to life with thousands of professionally trained Santas worldwide. On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. Perfecting My Pitch. How Hire Santa Started.

pitching 130

pitching support entrepreneurs strategy 130

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Houston and DocSend co-founder and CEO Russ Heddleston have known each for other years, and have an established relationship. Those workflows include creative, sales, client services or startups using DocSend to deliver proposals or pitch decks and track engagement. In fact, Heddleston worked for Dropbox as a summer in intern in 2010.

startup 139

startup disruption pitching VC 139

Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, founders haven’t quit their jobs at this stage. 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. Some of the common mistakes made at this stage are –.

disruption 111

disruption sustainability entrepreneurs energy 111

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. As fundraising gets harder, founders should ask investors for a flat round. You may need more than one pitch deck.

pitching 94

pitching venture capital VC finance 94

TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

That’s painful, but for perspective: TechCrunch tracked more than 100,000 tech layoffs between August and December 2008. In my experience, founders and investors usually come out unscathed on the other side of events like these. Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

VC 81

VC real estate advice pitching 81

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. The company founders also consider their competitors to be like LearnVest and family office startup Harness Wealth. Uprise’s financial recommendations for Gen Z. Image Credits: Uprise.

finance 98

finance financing education pitching 98

500

MAY 12, 2020

These highly successful technology startups were all founded during the Great Recession in 2008-2010. The post 5 Tips for Pitching VCs in Virtual Times appeared first on 500 Startups. Entrepreneurs and small businesses are once again fighting through difficult times to both survive and transform the world.

pitching 263

pitching entrepreneurs technology startup 263

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

After listening to others pitch me a few different job opportunities while still at Google in 2008, it became clear to me that I would make a better decision if I could fully explore the larger landscape of new companies emerging in Silicon Valley. More posts by this contributor. Building A Diverse Board Makes Sense For Startups.

board 98

board pitching funders opportunity 98

Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. This batch brings the YC community to over 10,000 founders across more than 4,500 startups.

communities 139

communities SaaS investing investment 139

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Also, Ehab Bandar, founder at design consultancy Bigtable.co, told TechCrunch back in September that “designers, and especially cross-functional teams, hate to switch software. Think 150 of the brightest VC and founder minds in the space coming together within walking distance of Dumpling Home. Book your pass ASAP!

VC 125

VC construction consulting creativity 125

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“When you can’t quite make it to product-market fit, there’s a third choice that too many entrepreneurs, and their investors, overlook: selling out,” says Kittu Kolluri, founder and managing director of Neotribe Ventures. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “How can you choose? .

pitching 75

pitching frameworks transportation ventures 75

Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 13, 2018

At that August Demo Day, each pitch lasted eight minutes. And the demo provided founders a chance to explain these innovations. For example, this is Sachin Agarwal, the founder and CEO of Posterous. The same is true for fundraising pitches. Most of the founders I meet never show their product in the meeting.

pitching 75

pitching innovation founder startup 75

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Startup Battlefield — the matriarch of all pitch competitions — is the stuff of tech legend. A little startup by the name of Dropbox competed in the Battlefield at TC50 (the precursor to Disrupt) way back in 2008. Your demo and presentation will be, well, pitch perfect when you deliver it to panels of top VC judges.

disruption 71

disruption startup pitching communities 71

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The startup, which has raised over $650 million in funding since launching in 2008 , is partially known for its controversial approach to weight loss and dieting. Noom’s scaleback of its coaching services suggests a departure from the platform’s original pitch, which was to combine intelligent nutrition with exercise coaching.

health 100

health strategy pitching enablement 100

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. Pitch perfect, you might think. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

investing 143

investing investment media mix-use 143

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. “In 10 days, I can do the primary research and work with the founders to come to a conclusion there. For a larger Series A check.

startup 87

startup economic environments venture capital advice 87

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. How do you prefer to receive pitches? What’s the most important thing a founder should know before they get on a call with you?

advice 110

advice ventures sustainability investing 110

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Uber deck has been floating around the internet for a while; we shared it as a gallery back in 2017 , and these days it isn’t really seen as a good example of how to do a 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.

pitching 97

pitching technology financing finance 97

Y Combinator

MAY 30, 2024

While adding in-app subscriptions to an iOS application, RevenueCat’s co-founders realized they were spending a ton of time building out the behind-the-scenes plumbing. I recently sat down with RevenueCat co-founder and CEO Jacob Eiting to learn more about company's origin story. I started building apps. They were toys.

energy 94

energy founder development technology 94

David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

This can be particularly helpful for founders who do not come from a wealthy background, who may not be able to afford going without income for an 18 month fundraising period. From CAIA : “Before 2008, a widely accepted rule of thumb was for a [hedge] seeder to expect 1% of revenues for each $1 million of seed capital. Greater risk.

VC 98

VC venture capital capital investing 98

TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0 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.

capital 89

capital pitching finance financing 89

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

We love this story from Ron , about the two Luminai founders who went from serial hackathon participants to making it into the S20 cohort of Y Combinator, and who today announced they’ve raised a $16 million round. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. And came to the same conclusion.

advice 83

advice VC education pitching 83

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. Pitch perfect, you might think. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

investing 82

investing investment media mix-use 82

Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Blaine Stansel, co-founder Roughtail Brewery — one of the many breweries pouring at OKBio BrewFest, exemplifies that cross-ecosystem patterns of connections. 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.

innovation 52

innovation communities pitching finance 52

TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0 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.

capital 77

capital pitching finance financing 77

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.

founder 88

founder pitching capital networking 88

TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Founder and CEO Don Vultaggio says he plans to keep the price where it’s been since he launched the company 30 years ago. Investors still expect “healthy growth” Why founders need to secure 24+ months of runway. CEO and co-founder Puneet Gupta has shared his seven-step plan for developing usage-based pricing models.

pitching 91

pitching strategy frameworks VC 91

David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

This can be particularly helpful for founders who do not come from a wealthy background, who may not be able to afford going without income for an 18 month fundraising period. From CAIA : “Before 2008, a widely accepted rule of thumb was for a [hedge] seeder to expect 1% of revenues for each $1 million of seed capital. Greater risk.

VC 52

VC venture capital capital investing 52

TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

My first month with a sales quota was September 2008 — not the best month for a 21-year-old to start his career by cold calling strangers and convincing them to buy a $10,000 piece of software. After working on the first Obama presidential campaign from 2006-2008, I had a fresh perspective on how to sell. Sahil Mansuri. Contributor.

SaaS 105

SaaS pitching capital opportunity 105

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

founder 329

founder VC advice pitching 329

StartupNation

JULY 27, 2021

As a new founder at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey, you have many tasks at hand and little bandwidth to do them all. There are countless responsibilities, from everyday tasks like investor pitch decks and elevator pitches to longer-term tasks like business plan revisions , product launch strategy and much more.

pitching 136

pitching culture strategy energy 136

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

. “Towns” hall crier : Taylor writes about Houseparty founder Ben Rubin’s new open source group chat app called Towns. Logistics startup Slync raises $24 million, attempts to distance itself from disgraced founder , Kyle reports. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.

support 98

support pitching ventures opportunity 98