TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Are pitch decks still necessary?

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Telling your story isn't just about conveying information about your company--it's about giving someone a framework that makes them feel like they know how to be successful as well. AND NOW I'LL PRETEND THAT I WASN'T REALLY PITCHING AND I'LL BE ALL MODEST ABOUT IT. Otherwise, who cares? The audience will relate to you better.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

Steve Blank explains the rationale behind why a founder would agree to a cram down — and advice on what they could do instead. How to pitch me: 6 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2022 (April 2022). This piece includes an applicable valuation framework and other factors that may be impacting your price.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. And while I achieved many of them, I’ve endured plenty of failures, too,” Eric says. Goal-setting tends to improve with time and practice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. But one advice I have for you is that you not leave your entire outcome simply to your sponsoring partner and/or associate. that’s a lot riding on your pitch and the willingness of the sponsoring partner to advocate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. It’s why I wrote that the best meetings are debates and not pitches. Find great presenters and have them hear your pitch. Act I – The Discussion: I think the negative reaction to Powerpoint from some VCs is that it usually becomes a crutch. Get feedback.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This is advice for people who have done scientific research at a university and are considering starting a company to commercialize it. So they take their idea and pitch it to some local VC firms. As important as this decision is, founders often don’t have a good framework for making it. Here is the framework I recommend.

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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. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures. Michael Anderson, co-founder, Framework Ventures. Of all the pitches you get, what percentage are DeFi protocols or projects?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? .

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder? Although we spend lots of time talking about numbers, metrics and frameworks, there’s an artistic component to entrepreneurship that’s really important. Q&A: What is your / your fund's mission? And it’s fun!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Lightspeed’s Gaurav Gupta and Grafana’s Raj Dutt discuss pitch decks, pricing and how to nail the narrative.

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David Teten VC

MAY 26, 2021

The obvious solution is to get in touch with your friends who have earlier raised or pitched to the family offices. A Framework for Venture Capital Fund Law. I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. Family offices more than any other allocator rely on trust. Thanks to Prabhat Gusain for research help.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

The round was led by Cherry Ventures, and includes participation by a number of angel investors including Algolia co-founder Nicolas Dessaigne, Twitter Director of Product Management Marie Outtier, and Wunderlist and Pitch co-founder Christian Reber. ” An example of MagicBell’s Notification inbox. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Please note that these are for entertainment purposes only, as “we’re not offering investing advice or recommending anyone join or back a startup.” ” Thanks very much for reading. Have a great weekend! Now, the company has 50 employees, plans to open a cat café and is eyeing an expansion into retail. .”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

I do not pretend to have a silver bullet,” he says, “but I do have a tried-and-true framework you can use to help you achieve your first million.” In his latest TC+ column, growth marketer Jonathan Martinez describes the process he used to lead his last startup from zero to $1 million ARR in Year One. “I

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. Venrock Vice President Todd Graham has some frank advice for founders at venture-backed startups: “It would be wise to generate a return at some point.” Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week! I hope you have an excellent weekend. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. My best advice: Strengthen your network. And if you have ever discussed an idea for starting a company with a friend, think about working on a pitch deck.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

1 thing that has consistently helped me get better at setting—and achieving—goals is using the right framework.” My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. And while I achieved many of them, I’ve endured plenty of failures, too,” Eric says. Goal-setting tends to improve with time and practice.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

To get things started, the startup seeded it with some common ones like motors, but an embedded developer can download the open source framework and create one anytime, and then share it with the community.

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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. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Mission slide. Team slide.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

What often makes the framework challenging for companies seeking to fundraise is that each of the exemptions has its unique combination of conditions. Although the exemptions remain complex, the changes provide incremental improvement to the existing framework. Almost all of the new rules should become effective early next year.

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Sameer Jain, ActiveAllocator.com: Due Diligence Framework for Direct Investing. Sapphire Ventures’ Top 10 tips for pitching an LP . Some Advice On “First Calls” With Fund Managers You Might Be Evaluating. Tips to write a great venture fund pitch deck. SURGE Ventures Series Seed & “A” Fund Pitch Deck.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Also, because the feedback loop is very long, the advice we give founders – to move fast and iterate – is hard to put into practice as a venture investor. As to the “it takes a long time” advice. The world doesn’t need more of the same VCs.] Your portfolio is your brand.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck. With that ethos in mind, Lucas Matney interviewed Pilot CEO Waseem Daher to deconstruct the pitch deck that helped his company land a $60M Series C round. ” Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck.

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Dream It

JUNE 2, 2022

Our advice on cyber sales and crafting CISO security sales pitches will help improve your close rates and enterprise sales outcomes. Securetech Managing Director, Mel Shakir , covers the 5 common red flags from security startup pitches that CISOs hate hearing. Get expert advice on key issues to avoid.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

We have guidelines within our investment framework. The investment memo allows us to test our understanding just like the pitch deck helps founders crystalise their ideas. My advice to founders is to focus on getting your MVP up and running before raising. Fundraising takes up more time and energy than you think.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In certain cases, founders had to build out a full deck and pitch to the full partnership; for others the partnership meeting was a formality; and for the final group, one or more investors approached them with a term sheet already in hand. Importantly, pre-emption looked different in each scenario.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The poorest households describe a stark choice — between ‘heating or eating’ Into this grim maelstrom a new London-based startup, called Nous , is hoping to throw households a life-raft by offering a free personalized report that explains how price rises will affect their costs and gives advice on how to adapt to inflation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. If you have a great idea within the open-core framework, expect your risks to be much lower than with a traditional business structure. So you want to raise a Series A.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As Rebecca Szkutak reported this week, SaaS startups that ignored this advice outperformed the ones that followed it. If someone offers you free business advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. In business, if someone’s offering you advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. Newbie in Newark. Conclusion.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. The mission is the elevator pitch. ” And so that framework helps think that through before you start talking to folks, which I think is very smart. I think part of the advice depends on the stage of the company.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. My advice is: there are now more products than ever which focus on quick implementation and offer a lot of functionality at a fraction of the cost of some of the larger legacy providers.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Where can new founders and budding entrepreneurs turn for expert advice to navigate the formative phases of building a startup? We’re talking dozens of workshops addressing operations, fundraising, pitch deck pointers, term sheet tips, product-market fit, brand building, growth marketing, recruiting, taming your tech stack and a lot more.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. The thing that was mystifying actually was when I was getting recruited by a fair number of companies to be a COO, some of them just had this version of, and this is advice to all of you, where they would basically say, “I just want to give you everything I hate.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Here’s some candid advice for late-stage startup workers: Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. If you’ve been nurturing an idea for a company, put together a pitch deck and start reaching out now to investors: they will be more receptive than you think. That’s no hot take.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. And my pitch used to be that, “Hey, I’m going to take you online.” Adora Cheung [44:57] – What is your best piece of advice for aspiring Indian founders? 41:10 – How has the Indian startup ecosystem evolved? These small shops are everywhere.

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