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Presenting the Perfect Pitch Deck that Secures Startup Investment

American Entrepreneurship

” Andreese n provides insight into how an entrepreneur pitching for funding should approach investors. The entrepreneur who is seeking funding from investors like Andreessen needs to present a pitch deck that includes those critical elements revealed by Andreesen. The keyword is compelling.

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The Future of Publishing and an Opportunity to Work with CNN/Money

This is going to be BIG.

A professional social networking site has hired a content focused executive away from a traditional media company's digital arm. They've invited the startup community to come pitch them on what they can do to help CNN/Money innovate. Don't know if you noticed, but LinkedIn has an editor now. Just think about that for a second.

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The Parent Trap: A Response to Bill Keller (@nytkeller) on Twitter and Social Media

This is going to be BIG.

The New York Times' Executive Editor, Bill Keller, wrote a piece for New York Magazine entitled " The Twitter Trap " in which he laments the pandora’s box of continuously connected social media he has just opened for his 13 year old daughter by allowing her to have a Facebook account. It's just a video game.).

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Social Media and Thought Leadership for Founders

This is going to be BIG.

Just the immediate priorities seem to take up more than one person’s potential working hours—so it’s no surprise that when it comes to something like social media, many founders have trouble making it a priority. The consequences of failing to position a founder’s profile aren’t always obvious—and it’s usually all about missed opportunities.

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Here Are the Details About Upfront Ventures’ Newest EIR – @Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. When you see pitch after pitch – what works and what doesn’t – you start to get a sense of patterns of business model approaches, go-to-market strategies and the like. I reached out after the event to learn more.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. Founders hit the street with their pitch deck, some make it, and some don’t, but nearly all of them ascribe a lot more human influence over the process than there probably is. I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. I don’t have enough traction.

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GSEA Studentpreneur Camilo Salinas: Entrepreneur first, business after

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I have no opportunity to win even the local competition.” But the wild ads keep appearing all over my social media until I decided to apply. However, I met and pitched my business to people that I follow on social media as business role models. I thought, “Meh. So, I skipped it. What an incredible experience!