Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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JUNE 13, 2012

He oozed a quiet confidence--like a baseball pitcher who had all his stuff working and knew exactly in his head the pitch he was going to finish you off with. No need to get worked up about it--it was just about executing what you had in your head, like he had done on each pitch before during this game. (A The answer: it wasn't.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I think it sucks that we are in a media culture where we''re supposed to give everyone pats on the head for entrepreneurship when there are legitimate criticisms to be had about the high profile investments we read about all the time. Turn on CNBC and you''ll see tons of dissenting opinions on publicly traded companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

If you enjoy travel, language & culture as much as I do then buy all of Bill Bryson’s books and gobble them up. Funnily enough – yesterday I had a pitch from a Brit (with a fairly “fick” accent despite his years in the States) and a Finn (where I got to test drive my all time favorite swear world – Perkele.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2011

In the past I’ve given some tips for handling meetings effectively, covering topics like: - How not to let your meeting go down a rat hole ; - Dealing with the elephant in the room ; - Dealing with skeletons in your closet ; - How to make meetings discussions, not “pitches&#. -

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Today, TechCrunch is excited to announce the 20 startups pitching onstage in this year’s Startup Battlefield. Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. To watch the pitches, join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 here.

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MARCH 1, 2013

Secondly, it was easier for the entrepreneurs to pitch in front of a roomful of a lot of money than one at a time. That not only needs to be made to be part of the culture of the group, but there needs to be structures in place to allow that to happen--and it needs to be marketed to the outside as a benefit. What does that mean?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

He goes on to say, “We live in a highly individualistic culture. Do they have a strong sense of culture? Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where. ” So true. ” Do they all get along?

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JANUARY 12, 2011

First of all, their CrunchConnect product will make your pitches a lot easier, by not forcing your clients to download plugins to do over the web presentations. The process is extremely insightful—not only to hear how your team is pitching, but to hear, first hand, customer objections as well. So what does Salescrunch do?

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 1, 2022

Some entrepreneurs are born salespeople, others find it more awkward but ultimately realize getting comfortable pitching — to investors, to the team, to potential employees, and so on — is part of the job. Hopefully every startup finds the right investors! Don’t Put an Exit Slide in a Seed Deck (or any deck before growth round IMO).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They originally pitched us with a hacked but super productive prototype they built in their fraternity room and a rendering of a beautiful bookshelf sized in-home growing system that they committed to building. One of the first bets we made in Agtech was Grove started by two young, passionate engineers out of MIT – Gabe and Jamie.

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MAY 7, 2012

I've spent the last few days touring the city and researching the startup culture here and I'm impressed on both fronts. If they are out there, others need to hear about them more--not in a pitch but in a better way to share cutting edge ideas. There are clones of Fab, Birchbox, Pinterest, etc.,

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

From left to right above is Tristan Walker (founder of Walker & Co), Magic Johnson (successful NBA basketball player and successful business man – his two life goals), Beatriz Acevedo (founder of Mitu, the largest Latino digital media company) and Troy Carter (founder of Atom Factory and Cross Culture Ventures). ” Too right.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Like most entrepreneurs, I started as an underdog, and it remained a key part of company culture as we grew. As a firm, we pitched campaign ideas and strategies to huge, internationally recognized brands, going up against big network agencies. I traveled, collected experiences and explored new cultures, places and people.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. I have held back because I place more value on the relationship.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When I’m invited to participate in a round of pitching to potential investors, it’s more often than not part of a company’s marketing strategy around proving to the world that they care about equity for women. You have to look out for your own mental health. You have to look out for your own mental health.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

The Greek and party culture is changing. I think you’ll find that, going forward, more and more students are going to want their college extracurricular life to be all about the culture you can find in a city, or another country, community service or about work-study programs versus some kind of amusement park in a bubble.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 18, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, The Tech Celerator @StateCollege, a partnership with Invent Penn State that has helped create more than 130 new startups, hosted a zoom pitch event. Thanks to everyone’s cooperation we were able to not only host the weekly sessions via Zoom, but to also present the final pitches virtually.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

As my wife will tell you – arguing is cultural – you grow up with it or you don’t. I’ve been pitched by hundreds of entrepreneurs who never actually asked me whether I would invest. She was never afraid of the word “no” even to the point of embarrassing me. It’s very Jewish. Very few people do.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Networking is not just handing someone a business card or giving them a pitch. I've written about this before , but if you can build a relationship with someone through sports, books, and various cultural interests without the pressure of each person trying to get something explicitly professional out of it. 4) Share your hobbies.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

TechCrunch just hosted its first pitch-off in Detroit and we’re pleased to announce Diet ID won the event. The entire pitch-off is embedded above. This event is part of TechCrunch’s City Spotlight series, where we dive into the culture of growing startup ecosystems found throughout the United States.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’ll expand your network, engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! The weekly ZOOM sessions will be on Tuesdays, March 23, 2021 – June 2, 2021 / 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. This is a no-cost opportunity! Visit [link]. appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2024

As the world’s premier, purpose-built organization with a mission to empower entrepreneurs from every industry, culture, and sector, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a member-led community created for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above. And now, with Silver Lake’s investment and support, we can accelerate our growth investing even more into our strategic roadmap, and placing some new bets on ideas we’ve had but haven’t been able to find the space to explore.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

What you really want to know is, at the moment a founder pitches, can she get a fair shake? Of course, that''s a stereotype and a gross generalization--but the point is, we''re living in a soundbyte culture around a very complex issue and it''s really degrading the conversation. I repeat: I AM NOT ARGUING THAT VENTURE CAPITAL IS FAIR.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

The MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner hadn’t actually seen Wonderschool’s original pitch deck before investing in the remote education startup. At my first fund, Cross Culture [Ventures], we were interested in investing in early childhood care. We started to build a casual relationship then. Fast forward to 2016.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 1, 2022

This program lets you engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts, and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! You’ll also have the chance to pitch your business concept to a panel of local judges at the completion of the course with the winner taking home up to $10,000. Visit [link].

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

Unlike other business owner communities, people aren’t joining to pitch you on their company’s products or services, so you can build real relationships and help one another. I also struggled with creating a cohesive culture between different tiers of the organization. I now spend more time working on my business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this special interview, the co-founders of Pronexia—a new generation recruitment firm—open up about their bootstrapping days, their unique hiring methodology, and the role authenticity plays when building relationships and company culture. These things may work for a lot of companies, but we’re committed to hiring for culture.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The meetings included co-working spaces, accelerators, investor groups, tech giants, University startup hubs, maker groups, and pitch events. Entrepreneurs are a cultural norm in the US. Startups need to refer to US customers and competitors in their pitch wherever possible. You need to be ready to follow up immediately.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

New competitors come, technology is moving fast, and company culture changes and evolves over time. Do you have a unique elevator pitch? It also gives you purpose and direction to then say yes or no to opportunities that arise, saving you time and money by avoiding marketing initiatives that do not align to your target audience.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I often go on and on ( and on and on ) about startups not getting their financials and operating plans right in their startup pitch decks, so … not gonna lie, I picked Austrian startup Helu.io , which completed a €9.8 Pitch Deck Teardown: Helu.io’s $9.8M You know what’s a huge pain where the =sum() don’t shine?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A common culminating event in most accelerators, demo day is an event where founders pitch to a room to investors, angels, and journalists with the hope of raising a round and landing some coverage. The truth is, you don’t raise a round based on a 5-minute, highly scripted, polished and practiced on-stage pitch,” Feinzaig continued.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

and how cultural disparities and gender can be factors to consider when you enter into a transaction. PITCH ANYTHING: AN INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR PRESENTING, PERSUADING, AND WINNING THE DEAL. He incorporates research results from neuroeconomics, which reveals how the brain functions when making a decision and reacting to a pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

They weren’t with you when you did the VC pitch where you looked them in the eyes 9 months ago and said, “I see only one outcome, we want to build something really big. It is because when you share too much of this information with staff you develop an “options culture” the I find unhealthy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Founders need to ask themselves what really matters to their business, and which benefits best align with their cultural values,” says Anitra St. Pitch Deck Teardown: Glambook’s $2.5 Pitch Deck Teardown: Glambook’s $2.5 To restore parity, employees who declined a gym membership were offered ride-hailing credits.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way. The pitch: The NFT market has exploded and the communities surrounding them have flourished, co-founder Chris Tam said. Here’s the breakdown behind the 16 startups: Company name: Lulo.

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