Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. 2- You'll meet your lead investor in Demo Day That's not how Demo Days work, and it's one of the reasons Dreamit eventually replaced it for the Investor Roadshow.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As entrepreneurs, we know these presentations can be deal-makers or deal-breakers. Vladimir has shared his expertise to help entrepreneurs get the most for your printing budget and save big on custom-printed materials and take advantage of downtime in a recession to build your brand.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story said that demo day was today. So without any further ado, here are the 12 companies launching out of ERA tomorrow.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I spent time on college campuses.

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MAY 4, 2013

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I spent time on college campuses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. We’ll see. Yet I love TechStars.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Paul''s point is all about being upfront and honest, which is ironic, because Demo Days seem to be one giant dog and pony show where the flashiest, biggest talking companies seem to get the most attention. That''s why it''s so important for investors and entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know each other.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

As the next Y Combinator demo day approaches, more startups from the current Winter 2021 batch are showing up in our inboxes. Notably, even though it has already raised capital, BrioHR intends to take part in Y Combinator’s demo day. Then again, what company at any demo day would? Personio raises $125M on a $1.7B

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JUNE 26, 2012

We only fund top entrepreneurs." "We What's weird to me is that a few times I've spoke, people were surprised that I hung around after to hear what the entrepreneurs in the crowd had to say. It makes you relate to the plight of the entrepreneur hitting the pavement a little more. You see it a lot in the language people use. "We

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MAY 14, 2012

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. I'm sure their Summer Camp demo day will be the first time a lot of VCs have set foot in the thriving outer borough. Unfortunately, there wasn't much actual tech being built in 55 Broad.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

What I wish for every single entrepreneur out there is to be so majorly disappointed in their lives. I'm proud to say that I was dollars number 476 and 477 to be swiped on the platform after Jack demoed the very first prototype to me on a bench in Washington Square Park in late summer 2009. A "major disappointment".

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Entrepreneurs. ” **. . ” **.

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APRIL 15, 2011

So if you're going to come to NYC and you want to make an impact, you better bring your A-game, and that's exactly what Techstars did yesterday at Demo Day. That's not easy to do here, because there are a ton of other great entrepreneurs and opportunities here. I've never seen a better production in the Big Apple, ever.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur based in Utah, experienced what he calls the “ demo bottleneck ” at a previous software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup while pitching to potential customers. Consensus lets engineering teams build a library of reusable, interactive video demos that sales teams can send out on demand.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Pangea , a marketplace startup that wants to connect college freelancers and companies in need of digital help, is seeing its growth rate accelerate as it races toward the impending Y Combinator demo day. Early Stage is the premier “how-to” event for startup entrepreneurs and investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Great networking skills, which are critical when you want to be about to reference entrepreneurs & concepts and bounce your ideas off of other people in the industry. He was also an undergraduate of the one place that I think is cranking out some of the best young entrepreneurs and investors these days – Wharton.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Most entrepreneurs aren't qualified for their jobs--including about 100% of the first timers. Sure, they had a demo or a prototype or something, but investors know the product will change. I was talking to an entrepreneur the other day, and I asked, "Do you feel like you have a good idea of how you should be spending your time?".

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Contributed to EO by Steve Ferman, an EO New Jersey member, serial entrepreneur, and founder of 4 Pillar Coach. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. These groups are easy to find and fairly inexpensive to join. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

For extroverted people I recommend that entrepreneurs have an “executive summary&# slide up front that cuts to the chase. Can we do a really quick run through your deck so that we save tons of time for a product demo & questions at the end?&#. Most entrepreneurs are. It’s in their personality type.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This annual gathering brings together a dynamic mix of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists from the surrounding states, creating a fertile ground for innovation, networking, and investment opportunities. Following the afternoon Techstars Demo Day is the Female Founders in Innovation Dinner.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Demos – One of the things that most people are bad at and that are hard to standardize is the demo. I have written about how to do a demo before (even though this was in the context of a VC pitch much of it applies). A good demo tells a story. 80% of demos I see are features, functions & benefits.

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JULY 30, 2012

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Pick what you want off the menu and someone will provide that service for you.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Crypto entrepreneurs still have room to grow, but they would be well served to get on the good side of regulators, says Stephen Aschettino, U.S. Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day. ” Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. Our 10 favorite startups from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

And I saw a bunch of demos of beta services spliced in between the talks.” I saw Marco Arment talk about building Instapaper on the side while he was CTO of our portfolio company Tumblr. You didn’t hear about it, that is, unless you followed some of the most innovative designers and developers in Brooklyn. That’s kind of the point.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It can be risky to ask creators to rely on a possibly precarious, pre-seed company to power an important aspect of their business — if you fail, as most startups do, you might inadvertently end up hurting other independent entrepreneurs, which is (hopefully) the last thing a founder wants.

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MARCH 10, 2011

On to of that, connected communities of entrepreneurs are better at incubating and supporting startups now than ever before. Experienced entrepreneurs and VCs share what they know on their blogs, and anyone can get thoughtful answers to tough questions on Quora. They each come with money and mentoring to help you get off the ground.

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500

JULY 22, 2019

At 500, it’s our mission to back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, whether they’re on the other side of the globe or in our own backyard. Over the past three months, companies from 12 countries participated in our flagship program, building their companies and preparing for Demo Day on August 22nd.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2022

More so, you can create a follow-up email featuring a demo video that shows how to use the product. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. Videos are great for promoting new launches. Instead of including a static product image, your customers can see it in action. Newsletter videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

In my post I noted the bias in his accent comments and also called b t on his statements that Demo Days are great because “the bad companies look good” and that VCs should compete to “pay the highest price & offer the best terms.” I did so before when he originally uttered the accents comment for the NY Times.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Alchemist Accelerator is back with another Demo Day — its 29th Demo Day overall, and the latest in the series to be entirely virtual. Alchemist’s Ravi Belani also shared plans to announce some news during today’s Demo Day, including that: They’ve raised $2 million from German chemistry company BASF.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. I was interested in learning more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

With Y Combinator Demo Day kicking off tomorrow morning, startups in the current batch are hurrying to make a little news before they show off their recent growth to investors. Our 11 favorite companies from Y Combinator’s S20 Demo Day: Part 1. The list includes Runway , Mono , Pangea and Flux. Add Chums to the mix.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 18, 2024

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the second cohort of Bridge2 founders took the stage at Tulsa’s Agora Event Center for Demo Day. With a $50,000 convertible note and personalized founder mentorship, Bridge2 lays the foundation for entrepreneurs to thrive in a competitive landscape.

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