This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Go pitch a VC with an idea, and they''ll tell you to build it. Finance is changing. Go to them with a prototype and they''ll tell you to launch it. Launch it, and they''ll tell you to get more users. Get users and they''ll tell you to get paying customers. Get paying customers and they''ll tell you to get bigger, enterprise clients.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

But financing isn’t always easy — especially if you’re the proud founder of a brand new business. You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. You’ll need to think outside the box, but you’re bound to come across your “aha” financing moment in this article. Bootstrapping.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The showcased solutions included Tomtit for rural finance, Goose for supply chain finance, and Lark for automated credit line management. These solutions were specifically designed to assist SMEs in overcoming financing barriers and enhance the accessibility of financial services for MYbank’s 50 million SME clients.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. With no revenue three years in and an ever-increasing pile of expenses, my personal finances took a hit. I was not licensed, did not have a college degree, could not code.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. Ready to start simplifying? The last two are pretty basic.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But how can biotech teams effectively communicate to investors and partners how they will, with each round of financing, incrementally reduce the risks of discovering and developing successful new drugs? How much of the total financing is allocated towards the lead program? key in vivo data results).

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

However, it’s a terrible way to get your whole pitch in. If they say yes, distill your whole pitch down to a few short things that an investor would need to believe to want to know more. That the market size justifies venture financing.” It’s a great way to get out from behind the e-mail and actually meet people face to face.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. ” I’m trying to get a feel for their commitment to local community versus being in a place where financing is easiest. If these people work for reputable firms and have the right industry knowledge they ought to be on your pitch list.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in. Demo Day pitch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to respond!

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? Where can startups find money to launch their businesses?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2020

On the fundraising side of things, there is no milestone more validating for a young company than securing your Series A financing. from finding the right partner to opening your first office space (be it a garage, WeWork or a less traditional virtual space ) to securing your first paying customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The reality is you must be great at HR, PR, finance AND product. They get pitched by so many blowhards that more genuine people who aren’t in it for just a story stand out from the crowd. They don’t have enough billable hours to be able to really understand what you do or effectively pitch it. Some final thoughts on PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. Presenting at Meetings without Going Down a Rathole (this was written for VC pitches but many lessons apply). In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They originally pitched us with a hacked but super productive prototype they built in their fraternity room and a rendering of a beautiful bookshelf sized in-home growing system that they committed to building. One of the first bets we made in Agtech was Grove started by two young, passionate engineers out of MIT – Gabe and Jamie.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

There’s a lengthy application and vetting process for EO members or Accelerators to qualify to pitch. The 20 or so people selected will participate in a pitch workshop breakout session during DX22. Round One of the Angel-Shark Experience gives each competitor three minutes to pitch before a big gong ends their presentation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. They know how to build pitch decks. I would gladly work with you on a $50 million late-stage, complex financing. International money. They have blackbelts in Powerpoint.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

It’s why raising a round of capital often feels like a hollow victory because it almost feels like a temporary reprieve from the Grim Reaper and in a way every new round just sets the bar higher to clear for the next round of financing or the hope of reaching profitability. By the end the buyer forgets why they loved your presentation.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2018

Today, I can finally announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures' investment in The Financial Gym 's $1.8mm seed round, which I led, alongside Alpine Meridian, Secocha Ventures and several high ranking execs from the finance world. They told her to play down the brick and mortar in her pitch. What's the Financial Gym? What's the Financial Gym?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

One of the biggest fears about the future of data is that everyone will turn into a number--that algorithms will turn everyone's personal experience into a single score that will decide whether or not you get what you want, a job, a house, a car, financing for a new business etc. or whether you get shut out. That's important for a VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. They know how to build pitch decks. I would gladly work with you on a $50 million late-stage, complex financing. International money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. Not a complete deck, but an embellished elevator pitch meant to whet investors’ appetites before you serve them the full meal. How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch. Start here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

We’re lucky enough to be able to share Northspyre’s pitch deck with you today. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Get the crowbar; let’s break this thing open to see what’s inside.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

Usually, the Extra Crunch Live crew sits down with founders and the investors who finance them to learn how they decided to partner with one another and, ultimately, how startups can get to “yes” when fundraising. Truth be told, everyone loves a good pitch-off. Register here for Extra Crunch Live with defy.vc

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Here are five pointers that founders should consider while pitching to venture capitalists: Be honest and accurate. At this stage, it is important for founders to be honest, straightforward and recognize the value meetings with venture capitalists and investors can bring beyond just the monetary aspect.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Use these resources to understand how your company will look when you pitch a VC or angel. One EO member who is currently planning an exit shared that, though he has now hired a high-level VP of Finance, “I brought him in too late in our stage—I wish I had hired him earlier. and see how your company compares.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

I’ve been pitched by hundreds of entrepreneurs who never actually asked me whether I would invest. Hold interviews with tech people, marking people, ops people, finance people – whatever. I’ve sat through so many meetings where sales reps didn’t ask for the order. Very few people do.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Some financing rounds seem to go really fast. In many cases, I got to know the entrepreneur before they were pitching or even had a deck. Others drag on for months and months. The problem with dragging it on is twofold--. a) The entrepreneur is distracted from doing what they need to do--i.e. running the business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

If you’re an early-stage investor who wants to be included in future columns, email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com with “How to pitch me” in the subject line. How do you prefer to be approached by a founder with their initial pitch: a cold email, a warm intro or another method? Tell us about the best pitch you’ve received recently.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

This article is based on an episode of Foundersuite’s How I Raised It podcast, where Tal shared his seven-step method to managing a meeting with investors, including actionable tips for effectively following up on promising pitches. Before you get into your pitch, lay out what they can expect from the meeting. ” Iddo Tal.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Founders and the investors who finance them sit down to talk about how they met, what kept them interested in one another and, ultimately, how they sealed the deal. Plus, this episode of TechCrunch Live includes the TCL Pitch-Off. TechCrunch Live is all about helping startups build better venture-backed businesses.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow and co-founder of L3G’s & Associates, Fatima Chi, is empowering businesses in her community in Belize to take control of their finances. L3G’s & Associates’ role is to keep local businesses running well, to provide guidance on the proper business formation and importance of proper finance management.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 30, 2019

Investors pass on your funding pitches, people pass on your job offers, customers pass on your sales efforts, competitors take your customers and your employees, you get sued, you miss critical ship dates, morale tanks, and on and on and on. One of the traits of successful founders is their ability to turn a loss into a win.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 17, 2019

That is true for the pitch meetings, the negotiation process, and the post financing relationship too. Scott makes the point numerous times in the book that the capital raising process is asymmetric for entrepreneurs in that they do it a few times in their career and VCs do it every day.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I believe that our job can be stripped away to its core: We have to be really good at identifying talent and we have to be competent enough in startup operations and finance that they want to work with us and figure out the answers together. I remind my colleagues this all the time. We are their sparring partners, their sounding boards.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Having read all of this, I was curious to see how a company tells the above story in the form of a pitch deck to investors. And, perhaps most notably, which parts of the story don’t show on the pitch deck. Slides in this deck. ” The company also shows that the figure was negative in 2019. And, in the U.S.,

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