incubation pitching VC 
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 30, 2012
A number of VC firms have hired specialists in the area of recruiting. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Are you waiting for them to pitch you?
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 24, 2014
Every single topic about running a company has been written about ad nauseum, there are incubators, accelorators, mentoring programs, events, talks, etc. Not every potentially good VC previously worked for Fred Wilson and Josh Kopelman. Not every potentially good VC previously worked for Fred Wilson and Josh Kopelman.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. For years I saw myself as the new guy in VC but then you wake up one day and realize that 50% of your peers have been doing it for less time than you and time has moved on. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. It’s exhausting.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 21, 2014
An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2014
Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators. Yeah, he was LA, baby! Quality endures.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 28, 2011
There's nothing that used to make me feel more like a pompous VC than when I would respond to an entrepreneur by saying their idea isn't big enough--that a success for them would likely be too small for what our firm was looking for. This summer, in NYC alone, over 50 companies will be participating in various incubator programs.
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. Similarly, one VC may encourage newly minted CEOs to eat ramen and ride the bus, while another might suggest a salary in the low six-figures, depending on geography.
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