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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

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.

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The Problem with Startup Advice

This is going to be BIG.

So much of this is gut feel with a thin later of strategy retrofitted to seem more than random. Half the time, founders were pitching a completely different idea than what took off--so the VC who looks brilliant for funding the latest viral app really funded a B2B product that never took off. Same with product ideas.

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Founders – Pitch to VCs at TC Early Stage

TechCrunch

No founder event would be complete without pitches! TechCrunch editorial is looking for 6-7 founders to take part in a Pitch Deck Teardown. Mastering the Pitch Deck Pitches are critical in the quest for funding and first customers. Without further ado, here are your judges for the TC Early Stage Pitch Deck Teardown.

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Advice from an entrepreneurship expert, with Professor Michael Goldberg

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

There is an array of capital sources that entrepreneurs can approach to finance the growth of their companies, including crowdfunding, government grants, and pitch competitions, which typically would not require giving up any ownership (equity) of their business. Where can startups find money to launch their businesses?

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20 Tips for Pitching New Business Ideas to Potential Investors

Startup Blogpost

20 Tips for Pitching New Business Ideas to Potential Investors To provide you with the best advice on pitching new business ideas to investors, we asked twenty CEOs, Founders, and other professionals for their top tips. You should highlight the potential future earnings while pitching your proposal.

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first pitch was not to investors or potential clients; it was to my fiancée, convincing her to delay our wedding plans until Equifund was up and running — a promise that took significantly longer than the anticipated six months to fulfill. It was a brute-force strategy, devoid of any fairy-tale twists, but it was effective.

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Mar Hershenson joins us at TechCrunch Disrupt on how to craft your pitch deck

TechCrunch

Pitching is the single most important skill a founder needs to refine to be successful in building a startup. While books and talks galore have been published on pitching, the reality is that the art of the pitch deck is a constantly changing fashion.