TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Startup Battlefield , the world’s preeminent pitch competition, has launched hundreds of startups over the years — 922 if you want to be a stickler about it. GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield. Want a few more details about how Startup Battlefield works? You’ll find them here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

When you’re head-down and nose to the grindstone — I’m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders — it’s easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity. Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. A Startup Exhibitor Package lets you showcase your tech, build your network and expand your opportunities for growth and success.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

In a recent Twitter thread , he highlighted common stories and narratives that startups can use, such as “challenging the way things have always been done” or “irreverence,” and came up with examples of companies that employ these tactics. This is what my company does, and that’s how I pitch it.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 26, 2014

Earlier this week, I attended the Spring YCombinator Demo Day. Each time, I’m impressed by the intelligence, ambition and the polish of the founders presenting companies only a few weeks or months old. At each Demo Day, the YC team provides investors a list of all the companies pitching and I’ve kept a few.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena. Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent. You’ll hear from CEOs like Starship Technologies’ Ahti Heinla.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

I’ve been among the group of TechCrunchers watching pitch after pitch at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. As a result, “the average Black founder raises less than around $1,000 from family and friends,” reports Dominic-Madori Davis. Pitch Deck Teardown : Haje takes apart Smalls’ $19 million Series B deck.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark your calendar for TechCrunch’s annual celebration of the startup community — TC Disrupt 2021 returns this September 21-23! At Disrupt , you’ll rub virtual elbows with the thousands of startup founders, investors and innovators building cutting-edge products and companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As founder of the famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, or DFJ, Draper in 2018 introduced the Startup House concept. Today, there are more than 15 locations globally that are either hostels and/or co-working spaces aimed at traveling startup founders, digital nomads and other remote workers.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

After demo day, we got a call from a European gym equipment manufacturer. (An And while anecdotal evidence tells us massive companies are built by young founders like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, data tells us otherwise. Founders of billion-dollar startups have previously founded a successful startup.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The firm’s end-to-end services including program structuring, startup sourcing, startup interviews and selection, mentor recruitment, organising masterclasses, business matching, coaching, day-to-day operations, startup fundraising support, and organising demo days. Investing based on the startup’s heuristics.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Drew Houston was born in Acton, and met his co-founder Arash Ferdowsi at MIT. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. The problem they were solving was not one I had experienced, and the product demo didn’t work very well at the time.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Additionally, the top 30 startups selected will be eligible to receive an additional US$11,136 per team to settle down in Korea based on their “Demo Day” and settlement evaluation results. The Demo Day will be part of the largest startup event in South Korea – “COMEUP 2022.”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Geared toward social impact startups working to create a healthier and more sustainable future, the accelerator provides access to training, products and technical support. VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the startup world, when you’re pitching your idea and proposing your solution in the preliminary stage, no one wants to come across as critical or unsupportive, so people will sometimes avoid sharing negative feedback that actually could be quite valuable. Your first 1,000 users are waiting.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Once you’ve reached out, pitch them on why they should support your launch! An interactive demo helps you do just that. Launching on Product Hunt is an exhilarating ride that I’d recommend to any startup founder or builder. Step 3: Create a “Coming Soon” page ? Your product’s goal is to help users go from A to B.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Geared toward social impact startups working to create a healthier and more sustainable future, the accelerator provides access to training, products and technical support. VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

On one hand, we’re heading into Y Combinator Demo Day week, which means that we’re about to sit back and watch a few hundred companies make their pitch to investors and the larger startup world. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. The best company pitches are those that have this narrative. Partners make investment decisions. Meet in person.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

And my pitch used to be that, “Hey, I’m going to take you online.” We were one of the few companies after YC who did not raise a lot of money on demo day. But when you go and meet these founders, you understand what’s happening. These small shops are everywhere. ” What do you mean by that?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — Session 1. with Dylan Field (Figma).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders 5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem The startup economy has grown and shifted since the turn of the century, and universities — stocked with a never-ending supply smart, ambitious young people — have increasingly taken part. .”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Expo Hall & Demo Booths. Head to the expo hall each day to check out early-stage Startup Battlefield 200 exhibitors and sponsor booths. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield presented by Capital Connect by J.P. How can you as a startup founder build an A-team without a budget of a large corporation?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

If you’re coming to Early Stage in Boston, Pitch to VCs there. Ten startups will receive $300,000 in AWS credits and will debut their tech at a demo day. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. It’s gonna be rad.

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