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Dream It
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Managing Partner, Steve Barsh , sat down to give us 5 MORE things investors wish startups knew. Keep reading for some more of the most common mistakes startups make when pitching and for Steve’s tips on how to fix them. Share your unique insight What did you discover that sets you apart from other startups? co-founder).
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 15, 2009
M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. True story.)
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Dream It
MARCH 6, 2020
Dreamit Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman recently sat down with Jeff for a wide-ranging conversation on real estate tech, and a large part of that conversation focused on what founders can do to successfully raise venture capital from real estate tech investors. Does the founder know how to sell into real estate?
Dream It
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Many of these new red flags that occur during virtual pitching are easy to fix. In this Dreamit Dose, Healthtech MD Adam Dakin provides 5 simple rules to avoid giving investors the wrong impression when pitching remotely. We hear startups pitch everyday and far too often founders end up joining the meeting late.
Dream It
OCTOBER 21, 2019
To celebrate their success, we collaborated with Slidebean to host a Fireside Chat in New York City on October 10th featuring Caya, founder of Slidebean, and Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit. About Slidebean: Slidebean is a pitch deck and presentation tool with hundreds of templates available to use as a starting point.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 14, 2023
The venture firm, which just closed a $150 million fund in May 2022 , is launching what it describes as a common application for pre-seed startup founders. Here’s how it works: Afore Capital has an accelerator-like program, Afore Alpha, that offers a standard pre-seed deal to founders.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. When you pitched me I really did love you. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. That wasn’t you.
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