Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

You're company might be trying to get to $500,000 or $3 million in sales, the principles Ryan uses can still work. In hindsight, a perfect mix of focus and a strong partnership. Marc Benioff uses this method with Salesforce. (If If you're looking for help with leadership in your company definitely check out Entre Leadership.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Rapchat , an app that lets people create music tracks — raps, as its name suggests, or something else — using a platform that crowdsources beats and lets people put vocals on top of them, has raised $2.3 “We were coming of age when everyone in college was using apps like Snapchat and Instagram,” he said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The startup up to now has been largely self-funded, and while Segal isn’t disclosing the valuation, he said it was definitely in the nine-figures (that is, somewhere in the large region of hundreds of millions of dollars). He said he’d just come from a business pitch with the airline in question.).

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Q: What are the tools you’re using for your front office: sourcing , LP relations, investing analysis, etc.? Calendly speeds up scheduling for pitch call Q: What are the tools you’re using for your middle office: tracking, risk management, etc.? Q: Do you see any room to use AI to exploit your dataset? Yes, absolutely.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Its software is used across some 130 countries, although the majority of the consumers engaging in the events themselves are based out of North America and Europe, Simpson said. “We see that as a major opportunity, giving creators the chance to get inventory from elsewhere and push theirs out to other places.” ”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Vinted raises $303M for its 2nd-hand clothes marketplace, used by 45M and now valued at $4.5B. In earlier decades, long before the Internet- and open banking-fuelled fintech boom, legacy banks would pitch to get a new crop of school leavers signed up by offering freebies — like bags, stationery, music or other offers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

I asked 10 investors who actively and frequently back fintech startups a few questions such as what criteria they use when evaluating potential investments and what is the best way to pitch them. They even shared how you could pitch them, which if you’re a scrappy startup seeking funding, could be very valuable information.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. Claire Hughes Johnson : Yeah, definitely. So I definitely used it with the self-driving cars team, and got feedback like, was this accurate?

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Y Combinator

JULY 6, 2023

That was the first one where I was like… whoa, okay, cool, there are companies using [Deel] that I love. "You Grant: We’re going to continue to make the core experience much better, and easier to use, and we’re going to continue to expand categories. We both had this perfect mix of logistics plus technology.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

That is definitely not the way any CEO wants to start their tenure, but the pandemic forced Klein to make some decisions to move his customers to the cloud faster. And as we’re wont to do, we asked the pair to take a look at a handful of user-submitted pitch decks. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2011

A lot of baseball fans have the knuckleball fantasy--particularly guys like me who are over 30 that realize that this quirky pitch is their last ticket to play in the major leagues. We never developed the 98mph fastball--and it's unlikely that any amount of pounding a vat full of rice is going to get us there. founders every week.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2021

GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030. And if you enjoy mobility news, definitely subscribe to The Station , a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Uber’s mixed Q1 earnings portray an evolving business. Why did Bill.com pay $2.5B

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. Subbing in for Walter today as he’s enjoying a well-deserved break and definitely not still checking the site.). Now, it’s imperative to ensure your virtual pitch is as effective as your IRL one.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Only 10p goes to mixed-gender teams, and less than 1p goes to all-female teams?—?despite This is a great place to find support and connection, and a useful resource for information and feedback. Instead, use it to make wellbeing and self-care a priority, and avoid becoming another statistic. Don’t worry, you get used to it.)

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