Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A typical VC might see 500 opportunities cross his or her desk every year; for larger, more prominent ones it could be 2,000. At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2011

My job basically revolves around strangers and technology--letting people I've never met that wind up in my inbox come into my office to pitch. I think about that when I do my job as a venture capitalist. These could be other kids whose interests might align more with theirs than the kid who just happened randomly to grow up next door.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

.&# This is the person who wants to ask you the most detailed questions about every aspect of your business – sometimes details that aren’t relevant to the group getting a good picture of your market opportunity, your team, your competitive positioning, etc. I have tons of information I’d be happy to share 1-on-1 with you.&#

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Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I don’t think it matters what the obligation is — but rather — it’s an opportunity for the founders to supply their most passionate early supporters with information and ammunition to infuse into our conversations with downstream investors, potential candidates, and potential angels and BD prospects.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most investors reject the opportunity to invest and being told “no” hurts. There are a number of great examples of publicly available pitch materials, so draw from ones that you like the most. You should anticipate and plan for business, legal and other questions, and ensure your documents are in proper order. We understand.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Startup pitches with promises to provide various services to Africans — across different sectors — are commonplace now. We know the rules, so you don’t have to spend time talking to lawyers and getting documents — we simplify all that.” The continent is also home to more than 1.2

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

It’s why I wrote that the best meetings are debates and not pitches. “Here’s how you upload a document. Talk about the existing solutions, the market opportunity and the competition. Find great presenters and have them hear your pitch. DO NOT make it a features & functions presentation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. There’s the all-important pitch, creative sets, unexpected reactions by five seasoned investors and the possibility of scaling growth fast with a cash infusion and industry connections. Perfecting My Pitch. I started my pitch, and everything went smoothly.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Together, these documents will help distill not only your vision for the current fundraise, but more broadly the long-term differentiation and trajectory of your company. While you have undoubtedly already shared these responses by email or live discussion, it’s helpful to see all the correspondence documents in one place.

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Gust

DECEMBER 9, 2012

This is a key element of every elevator pitch, with enough specificity and fuel to keep you and everyone around you moving toward the beacon in the fog. After the initial zigs and zags to get profitable, it is time to formalize and document the processes that worked. Goals need to be written down, measurable, and realistic.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The pitch: Video has emerged as one of the prominent ways for enterprises to communicate internally and externally with their customers and partners. What it does: Unlock financial opportunities for farmers to create sustainable farms and improve their livelihoods. What it does: Video conferencing platform for enterprise workflows.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. is incredible.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

As a serial technical founder, I often get approached for co-founder opportunities. Yet they are a dime a dozen when compared with the number of talented technologists who have the skills to build and ship a product and who can essentially choose their opportunities as they wish. Outline what is the problem, solution and the market.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Mentors are immensely helpful, but they’re not a requirement: We run articles regularly that explain how to create pitch decks and reach out to investors. Most of them are so open to pitches, they’ve provided their contact information below. Tell us how you’d like to be approached by a founder with their initial pitch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Floww — a data-driven marketplace designed to allow founders to pitch investors, with the whole investment relationship managed online — says it has raised $6.7 Founders can then “drag and drop” their investor documents in any format. million (£5 million) to date in seed funding from angels and family offices.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It’s a story common to all sectors today: investors only want to see ‘uppy-righty’ charts in a pitch. They have good reason to believe that, too: The complexities of selling to schools and universities, for example, are widely documented, so it might seem logical to take your chances and build market share internationally.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

While it might sound strange getting your brother-in-law to sign a contract, a legal document is a great way to establish expectations for both parties. Pitch your business idea at a competition to earn startup funding. You’ll be up against other brilliant ideas, but it’s an excellent opportunity to win financing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Money is emotional and complex, and the opportunity within the multiplayer fintech reflects just that. But as ventures as an asset class grows and the documentation around raises gets thornier, the data can sometimes be missing a big chunk of what’s actually happening on the scenes. Announcing the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Five Flute’s founders shared their slightly redacted pitch deck with us. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M It’s imperative to slice users into their respective buckets, because it opens the opportunity for unique targeting and messaging.”. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

It is a huge mountain to climb and a full-time job to continuously pitch your vision and yourself to reach the first meeting with a VC fund — and that’s still miles away from a funding discussion. These discussions then bring further biases to the surface. It is all possible, but patience is key. Think of the worst-case scenario.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The startup provides dashboards from where users can build AI-powered workflows for tasks like claims processing, customer support and appointment scheduling, letting organizations automate both business processes and front-office, customer-facing tasks (if the sales pitch is to be believed). ” There’s some truth to that.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. I’m proud to contribute to the effort and always enjoy reading what the other authors have to say. In practice, this leads many U.S.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For example, Faire (W17), an online supply chain for boutiques and other small retailers, recognized an opportunity as in-person events were cancelled across the country. They also learn how to pitch their startup to investors, customers, employees. We also focused on documentation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

I work with a bunch of founders who have incredible stories, great pitch decks and solid businesses — and they get confused when investors turn them down anyway. An investment thesis is sometimes a detailed document, sometimes a deck and sometimes something as vague as “we know it when we see it.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

If you ask Perttu Ojansuu, the answer is an intranet, or a company-specific, digital portal that centralizes much of a businesses’ software and documentation in one place. Beyond this, the service — which integrates with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace — offers a place to host shared files and documents.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This may include Airtable or Salesforce for workflow management, or Affinity , Zaplow , and Sevanta for dealflow (the number of potential investment opportunities). So Edda already has some competition beyond dusty-old spreadsheets, but what it’s pitching is an all-singing, all-dancing tool covering all bases. Market opportunity.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s a traditional plan or a lean startup document, your business plan should cover everything someone would want to know about your business. What opportunities are on the horizon? Be specific in this elevator pitch of your business. What is your value proposition? Why is now a good time for a business like yours?

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 4, 2021

For investors, capital raises provide an opportunity to invest in a company’s ambitions. That’s why it’s important for founders to understand that the clearer you can articulate the opportunity and its potential risks – and proposed mitigations – the better equipped investors will be to assess your business as a viable investment.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Effective mapping initiatives can reveal opportunities to leverage new connections, partnerships, and collaborations. How do you assess and find what resources are available, then organize it all, document it, and publish it to make it available? All ecosystem builders I talk to agree that mapping their ecosystem is valuable.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Opportunities are simply opportunities and not long-term plans. Treat it like an open document: In an early phase, I recommend reviewing the document monthly and changing it if necessary, then every quarter in line with the team’s short-term objectives and new market insights. Just not too often.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

When the idea of starting a business is pitched, it is human nature to get excited about it, but when the actual work begins, team members may slack off and fade away. They have an opportunity to set realistic expectations for achievable goals. But when you let people make their own decisions, then a few things happen.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Featuring founders from 30 countries and startups across sectors including developer tools, fintech and healthcare, the day saw no shortage of compelling pitches. This morning, Y Combinator (YC) hosted a demo day for its 2022 Summer Cohort — the 35th demo day in the incubator’s history. Monterey AI.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. River and bridges in Danville.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As expected, Patole and Gawande used Chronicle to build their pitch deck for fundraising. Chronicle is currently in closed beta, working with about 200 pilot users on a first version focused on founders’ pitch decks. The second are design tools like Canva and Pitch. The two-year-old startup announced today it has raised $7.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Opportunity slide. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. She’s written a guide for incoming CISOs that contains a framework for setting goals, creating action plans and, most importantly, documenting risk. Problem slide. Mission slide.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. A great way to get connected with potential investors is by participating in pitch competitions. I couldn’t pitch the idea clearly, which meant that even I didn’t understand my solution, so why should others? Refresh again.

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