This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Firms have networks of advisors, too--with particular expertise in your area. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat? But the key to success is about more than just clever branding and a good elevator pitch. Morningstar outlines these five factors of a company’s moat: the network effect, intangible assets, cost advantage, switching costs, and efficient scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

And he decided he wanted to be part of the 500Startups accelerator. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Come to entrepreneur pitches. At the time of that investment I had exchanged notes with Dave McClure who also invested.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise. The goal was to provide under-networked female founders the coaching and connections needed to raise money.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

They got us to fill out the details of where we worked in the past and the network effect compels us to keep it updated. So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 20, 2025

expansion partner of Capital Factoryone of the leading startup accelerators and investor networks in TexasSTATION DC brings Capital Factorys resources, mentorship, and investor connections to the D.C. A Robust Network of industry leaders, policymakers, military officials, and investors working across high-impact sectors.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. How to network better ? I am VERY careful in board meetings and in startup pitches to tell entrepreneurs, “I feel very strongly about my opinion on this topic. What is a founder to do?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day. and Asia. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

You don’t need everyone, you just need a few core believers and having a hard “why buy me” pitch makes it easier to find and convert those leads. a firm differentiator means that not everyone will buy into your thesis but that’s okay.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

That’s the premise underpinning Polywork , a new professional social network founded by Lystable/Kalo founder, Peter Johnson. It’s his “moonshot mission” — which, we’re told, has been fed by learnings gleaned from Lystable about creating a professional network. It’s announcing a $3.5

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

When emerging entrepreneur David Davila started to develop his idea of a family business selling coffee, one of his friends recognized that he had a great idea and encouraged him to apply to Union Kitchen, a startup accelerator in the United States. Accelerators such as Union Kitchen, a startup food business accelerator in the Washington D.C.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, I believe that accelerators can be the glue bringing the two together. I’ve participated in a number of accelerators, including Disney and Techstars, and these programs gave me a noticeable advantage when I stepped into VC. Accelerators are hubs for diversity. Boost serendipitous, strategic meetings.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new initiative includes a strategic partnership with the highly anticipated X-PITCH 2023, a global deeptech startup competition aimed at catalyzing the widespread adoption of cutting-edge technology across diverse industries. “We see immense potential in partnering with X-PITCH.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The startup will use the funding to enhance product capabilities and accelerate sales growth with key hires. IP Group’s expertise in university spin outs combined with Dreamit’s successful track record with health tech startups and its vast network of leading payers, providers, and pharma companies are ideal partnerships for TrekIT Health.

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Dream It

JANUARY 23, 2019

Dreamit Ventures is an early stage venture fund that accelerates startups building transformative tech products in the fields of healthcare, real estate/built environment, and security. Every day at Dreamit, we see founders at various stages of that company-building process,” states Dreamit Managing Partner Steve Barsh.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. The winners receive support, including an investment, to accelerate and scale their ventures. Keep it simple, stupid (KISS).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

In a conversation with Editor Greg Kumparak at TechCrunch Early Stage, YC managing director and group partner Dalton Caldwell spoke about the application process founders must navigate before they’re accepted to one of the world’s top accelerators. Pitch deck teardown: Minut. Pitch Deck Teardown: Minut.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

It is a huge mountain to climb and a full-time job to continuously pitch your vision and yourself to reach the first meeting with a VC fund — and that’s still miles away from a funding discussion. Think: How could you make money without an institutional investor, friends, family or internal networks?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Strategies to help you maxmise your impact Photo: ReaktorX As a COO of ReaktorX, a pre-acceleration programme, I’m always very inspired when scouting startups. Rather than do their research on accelerators, many eager entrepreneurs jump straight to the cold email. and it always proves to be insightful and motivating. Don’t worry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In addition, explore other fishing holes where you might catch small business owners, which may include: Start-up incubators that host demo days, pitch events, and workshops Entrepreneur groups for startups or business accelerators Renting space at a co-working facility such as WeWork or Regus Attending or exhibiting at local business events or fairs (..)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

billion networked devices projected to be in use by 2023 and the growth rate currently at around 10%. If these sums sound very large, it’s because outsized funding is the order of the day for large enterprise startups taking on networking infrastructure leviathans like Cisco, Juniper and Huawei. (It

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you haven’t read the post the thesis was that I care way more about watching the trajectory of your performance as a team (or individual) than I do about how good you “pitch” on the first day you come to see me. He waited to pitch me until he had a strong sense of what he wanted to build. Pose is no different.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. For more, see Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors ; Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist ; and How to Format Financial Models that Investors Want to Read. Fundraising.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

However, don’t forget that most likely, angels you’re pitching to want to offer their best advice and be part of your journey to success and changing the landscape of an industry. Jason did not have the network to raise a friends & family round when he launched his first company. Angels want to be affiliated with winning teams.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is now also the new home for Tim Draper’s newest initiative to help support early-stage founders: Draper Startup House Accelerator Program. This latest effort marks Draper Startup House’s only accelerator program, according to Daniel Wiegand, co-founder and president of DSH Accelerator.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

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). Companies such as Undertone Networks or SeeWhy (run by my friend Charles Nicolls who’s a BI expert formerly from Business Objects) offer these products to websites.

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Onevest

MAY 19, 2015

By Tim Houghten For 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connect startups with investors, deal flow is critical. Get in Front of More Pitches Attend panels, industry conferences, events that entrepreneurs flock to , frequent coworking spaces, go to pitch nights at accelerators, or start your own reality TV show.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

As an entrepreneur and angel investor, I’ve built a network that spans dozens of countries. Join an international accelerator or entrepreneur group. Similarly, accelerator programs like YCombinator and 500 Startups have gold-star reputations for a reason. Leave Canada for a little while (and find other Canadians).

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 9, 2022

The chance to pitch the business concept for a $10,000 seed grant from Ben Franklin. A guaranteed seat in an upcoming business accelerator program. Stay for a fun networking event, sponsored by Just Realty, following the presentations. The opportunity to win an additional $2,500 in a People’s Choice Award sponsored by CNB Bank.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Register here , and apply for Pitch Practice using this form. . It’s free, and attendees have the opportunity to ask guests questions, participate in Pitch Practice and network with other attendees. We hope you can join the live event on Wednesday, August 3, at 12:00 pm PDT. Join the event here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

GoCardless says it will use the funding to accelerate its open banking strategy, which will see it combine open banking-enabled bank-to-bank payments with the global bank debit payments network it has already built out. It brings the total raised by the company to-date to $240 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

Similar to the well-known undergraduate college admission application, a startup Common App would allow founders to seamlessly pitch multiple investors using the same basic form and pitch deck — all at once.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Next, entire accelerator programs were created on behalf of corporate partners, promising them access to cohorts of world-class founders eager to listen to their needs and use their APIs.

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