Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup? To help you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup, we asked startup founders, investors, and business leaders this question for their best pieces of advice. Matthew Ramirez , Founder, Paraphrase Tool.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

They pitched on a Wednesday. Didn’t I make myself clear about celebrities & startups ? She talks about creative design of websites and physical products – in our case – stickers. Turns out she’s done this startup thing before. Soleil at Chief Creative Officer. Startup Advice'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Don’t be afraid to get creative and explore new possibilities!” Million in Startup Funding Tal Moore (EO Los Angeles) is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Popsmith. Read the post for details on leveraging AI wisely.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. That startup was DoorDash, by the way. Full disclosure: In 2016, I was 500 Startups’ Journalist-in-residence. I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Walter Thompson.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

11 Startup Content Marketing Strategies That Actually Work To help startups navigate the complex world of content marketing, we’ve gathered eleven successful strategies from industry professionals, including CEOs and Content Marketing Managers. We pitched a broad theme and partnered with industry experts.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 kicks off in just four days, startup fans. Startup Battlefield 200. The TechCrunch team combed through thousands of applicants to select a final class of 200 , exemplary startups to feature on this year’s show floor at TechCrunch Disrupt. We can’t wait to greet you. 21 online). 12:10 p.m. –

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

They get pitched by so many blowhards that more genuine people who aren’t in it for just a story stand out from the crowd. Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

which leaves little room for startups hoping to join the fray. In addition to sharing direct advice for fintech founders, the investors talked about managing fraud and default risk, BNPL’s growing popularity as a point-of-sale option, and what kinds of investment opportunities they’re looking for.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

If you’re interested in recruiting sales people, I wrote on the topic of startup sales people: who to hire & when – understanding the roles of Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars. Evangelical sales – Understanding startup sales people and process. And you need to watch them pitch. You learn by asking.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

If the past few years, and even the past week , has reminded us soundly of anything — it’s that the startup world will never be predictable. To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. My best advice: Strengthen your network. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Don’t be afraid to get creative and explore new possibilities!” Million in Startup Funding Tal Moore (EO Los Angeles) is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Popsmith. Read the post for details on leveraging AI wisely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

He pinged me that he was thinking about joining a startup based in LA with the CEO in NYC and would I be willing to meet him and give him advice on this process. I looked up his bio, “UVA, banking analyst, doing some early startup work” and thought – sure – come meet me for a coffee. A year or so passed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You want to make the most of your time at this one-day virtual intensive featuring interactive presentations with the mobility industry’s top movers, shakers and startup dream makers, amirite? Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent. Take your team to increase your ROI.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

So my simple advice is to start PR as early as possible (and certainly earlier than most of your investors will advise) when you have your head around your product plans and are well into execution (or ready to launch) precisely because your recruiting, seed funding and initial user base may depend on it. In a startup this is a mistake.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Startups Are for Doers. But trust me when I say that my observations across many startups (and other companies, frankly) is that not enough time goes into thinking. I have my best creative break-throughs this way. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. Board Meetings. Conferences.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Working hard on launching your startup, but need next-steps advice you can trust? The workshops and smaller roundtables will cover a range of topics that every founder needs to know at any given point in their startup journey. Ready to kick your j-o-b to the curb and finally unleash your entrepreneurial ambition?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. I’m considering either having my startup sponsor me for an O-1A visa or self-petitioning an EB-1A green card. Any advice or insights on how to present a strong case for an O-1A or EB-1A?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Similarly, “everyone needs 18-24 months of runway” is a nice motto, but when it takes three times longer to raise a round than it used to, it may no longer be useful advice. Consumer-facing startups are spending more on platforms like TikTok and Instagram to reach customers, but which ad products offer the best return?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said. Both events brought down a lot of smaller startups and big players who intermingled with those now defunct market players. Of all the pitches you get, what percentage are DeFi protocols or projects?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Rick narrated his journey to this collaboration in a recent TEDx talk , sharing stories of participants, how they’re embracing their unique creative processes and the difference they’re making in the world around them. What advice would you give other aspiring, young entrepreneurs? Rebecca Carroll.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Per Crunchbase , the 2019 founded audio startup’s earlier seed and pre-seed investors were Mangrove Capital Partners and Redalpine. While the group we saw that had the largest number of members (~1k) was an open pitch around podcast ideas and soliciting help for podcast projects. “We raised $3M in late 2020.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The European startup’s flagship claim for the data-ingesting bot-builder platform is it’s capable of automating up to 80% of customer support interactions. When we last spoke to the Helsinki- and Berlin-based startup, back in 2018 for a $1.3M Tracking the growth of low-code, no-code startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2023

We are a good 47 pitch decks into our Pitch Deck Teardown series , and one piece of feedback we’ve gotten frequently is that it’s easy to be a critic: What would we have done? So for this week’s pitch deck teardown, we’re going to try something different. At its heart, though, the deck was good.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

There’s a quick litmus-test conversation any early-stage VC will have with the founder and it’s one that you should be as prepared for as your elevator pitch. Conversely many VCs believe that constraining cash can often lead to increases in creative solutions at a startup. Founder: “$250k / month.” This is a red flag for VCs.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 5, 2017

Inevitably, the pitches sound the same. His advice: choose new words to describe your business and your value proposition. It requires creativity and the willingness to make a bet. This master marketer pointed to our language. Within in a market, competitors often use the same language to describe their products.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Lighter Capital reports that they’ve funded companies in 30 states, including well established startup hubs and less mature ecosystems. .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Once you’ve reached out, pitch them on why they should support your launch! Image: Author Prepare Launch Assets Put on your creative hat and start designing all of the graphics, videos, and text you’ll be adding to your launch page. Launching on Product Hunt is an exhilarating ride that I’d recommend to any startup founder or builder.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

Each year, the Luis Villalobos Award recognizes outstanding ingenuity, creativity and innovation among startups backed by Angel Capital Association members. KP and CA: What advice do you have for early-stage founders? Congratulations to Rita and her team! Award winners have a strong track record of innovation and growth.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

From coffee chats to job pitches to meeting action items, productivity expert Jocelyn K. For example, let's say you're reaching out to the CEO of a startup you admire to invite her to speak at a conference. Let's say you're reaching out to a film director you admire for advice. What do you say?

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The mission is the elevator pitch. And then what happens so often is, a person gets hired off of that list of responsibilities, their onboarding is pretty limited because in a startup it’s hard just to get time to talk through these things. Why hire veterans for startups Nolan Church: I want to talk a bit about veteran hiring.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Preparatory steps are needed in order for a startup to be successful. Build Relationships : Because an entrepreneur typically spends a lot of their time working alone, particularly during the startup period, they must seek out and build relationships that are important for long-term success. Starting a business is very difficult.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. By definition, you read blogs.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

I did not plan to do another startup. I had done it for 10+ years and lived the notorious startup life. My conviction to not do startups lasted only a few.weeks. During classes (which I loved), I missed the startup life. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? in the Management of Technology”.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 17, 2023

Jason invests in startups at the intersection of the technology, biology, and the consumerization of health. Thankfully I could write and was taking an economics class on the advice of my father, so I was able to get a job doing PR for life sciences companies. This applies as much to startups as it does to regions.

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