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A Conference, a Dad, an Idea, a Team, Funding, and a Launch: Brooklyn's Own Tinybop is Live on the App Store!

This is going to be BIG.

When he pitched, he was the proverbial "guy with an idea." He investigated successful models, like Toca Boca, downloaded every top educational app on the App Store, and played alongside his two sons, carefully observing and absorbing their feedback. Most VC funds wouldn''t touch a pre-product app company.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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Gogii is the creator of the 36th most downloaded application in the history of the iPhone app store – a product called textPlus. If you download the app on your iPhone or Android phone you can save more than $200 / year on text messaging. The “team beneath the team&# was as talented as any top team that pitches me startups.

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FabuLingua wins the TechCrunch City Spotlight: Austin pitch-off!

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It’s my pleasure to announce FabuLingua won today’s City Spotlight: Austin pitch-off! Mark Begert pitched his company to three Austin-based investors who found his messaging and pitch to be clear, concise and easy to follow. Two other companies presented in the Austin pitch-off.

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Chief community officer is the new CMO

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Community isn’t a single Slack group or event or newsletter. Despite this nebulous, disconnected reality, companies are paying more attention to various channels as remote work and digital communication powers our days. who is building the best community in edtech right now? — natasha (@nmasc_) February 16, 2021.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete?

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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Unless you’re a former CIO who has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that will usually result in a generic pitch. Regardless, it’s out in the market racking up downloads, which is pretty bad. TechCrunch Experts.

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Yana’s mental health tool for Spanish speakers nears 5 million users

TechCrunch

The company had pitched ALLVP, which was intrigued but wanted to wait until it could write a bigger check. . That time is now, and Yana is now among the top three downloaded apps in Mexico and 12 countries, including Spain, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela. We also want to include a community inside our application.”.

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