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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 2, 2014
We feel pressure to hit milestones for a variety of reasons: Investor presentations, conference demos, customer sales meetings, competitive pressures, a need to drive revenue, business development commitments – whatever. There is nothing that will focus the mind more than not wanting to be on stage with a demo that bombs.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 20, 2013
Having a good sales methodology can help you ensure your company runs more disciplined campaigns and focuses scarce resources on your best opportunities. You want to be able to demonstrate your product and the best way I call, “A day in the life of …” where you show the demo as though you’re a user with a problem that needs to be solved.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 22, 2010
File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. But that you’d like the opportunity to clarify a few points so that they can better understand you for next time. Robert’s article is worth reading. I think Robert’s right. Deal with it gracefully.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2014
You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. Demo’d to death. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death. Yeah, he was LA, baby! It’s where their passions are, too. See point one!
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 29, 2013
In my post I noted the bias in his accent comments and also called b t on his statements that Demo Days are great because “the bad companies look good” and that VCs should compete to “pay the highest price & offer the best terms.” They know how much opportunity we afford them. Startup Advice'
500
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. As part of the founding team at Alluva, my thoughts ranged from excitement at the incredible learning opportunity to worry about how challenging 500’s batches were rumored to be.
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