advice pitching SaaS 
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 30, 2020
The problem is that your pitch is a combination of a bunch of individual components, each of whom an investor is going to have particular reactions to and sometimes a great reaction to one is enough to push you over the top—or sink your pitch. What gives?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 6, 2018
Sure, you need to learn what the common theme of the no’s are and be willing to make adjustments to your pitch. Let’s say you have built a SaaS company where a large part of the early revenue comes from a few big customers or a large part of the revenue is services based vs. software based. Just remind yourself of lemons.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
If I had to put a number on it I’d say 1 in 20 pitches – maybe 1 in 30 – are by an entrepreneur who comes across as truly passionate about her project. I follow Jason Lemkin closely (he’s a long-time friend) and he speaks frequently and passionately about SaaS businesses having built a successful one himself.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
However, it’s a terrible way to get your whole pitch in. We’re an enterprise SaaS company solving X problem using Y solution. If the person says no, you could ask them for suggestions on who you should talk to, or ask them their best piece of fundraising advice, or frankly, just give them their time back. So what do you do?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 22, 2010
File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. On many occasions I’ve offered to give 30 minute industry overviews on a tech topic to journalists when they’re not working on a deadline and want to better understand a topic like SaaS, Cloud, LBS, etc. It was Robert’s show.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 3, 2011
My guess is that probably only 2-3 out of every hundred pitches I receive are from women. million to launch a SaaS software company and we took $2.5 The latest entrepreneur who has been pitching me, Shahed Khan , is only 16! But then the truth sets in. This certainly isn’t anything conscious on my side. Even at 18.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue. Grafana’s early pitch deck — 12:00. The pitch deck teardown — 32:00.
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