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Cision acquires TrendKite (Dreamit 2013) for $225 million

Dream It

Founded in 2013 by AJ Bruno, Matt Allison, and Patrick Brannen, TrendKite participated in the 2013 Dreamit program. Between that time and now, TrendKite raised approximately $46 million in venture funding. Startups participate in one of Dreamit's three industry verticals: UrbanTech , HealthTech , or SecureTech.

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How to build the perfect pitch deck for your business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

He has raised venture capital for his startups, helped hundreds of founders craft their pitch decks and fundraising strategy, and invested as a business angel. We asked him how founders can create the perfect pitch deck for their company. Some of these pitches were very informal, sitting at the bar or walking around.

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Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Blog

This is going to be BIG.

Time to get cracking on some new initiatives in 2013. The chances of getting money from someone who is hearing about you for the first time during the pitch process is extremely low. Ok, it's still resolution time, right? and I can't argue strenously enough for investing the time into a blog this year if you've started a company.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. Many programs still put a lot of focus on demo day rehearsals, prep, and on getting the pitch deck just right. It did for me, at least.

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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

Both Sides of the Table

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Come to entrepreneur pitches. It made me realize that we’ve never properly introduced our associates: Graham Gelwicks.

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The Most Important Advice I Could Give You About Unicorns

Both Sides of the Table

In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. Many entrepreneurs pitching err on the side of too much information. How will you stand out from the masses of other people pitching. Why is it ready for disruption?

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Towercutting with goTenna

This is going to be BIG.

— Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) March 9, 2013. Whether she got better at pitching or the tides turned in the hardware space in general, I''m excited that some investors eventually did step up--and when they did, the seed round became oversubscribed, totalling $1.8 @danielaperdomo That is serious! million.