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How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole

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I’ve experienced this in many sales meetings I’ve made and unfortunately in many VC pitches I made. Allowing one partner or one executive in a sales pitch take you down a rat hole might ruin the overall flow of the presentation for the group it it’s entirety. Sometimes that works. Get them involved!

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Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment

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Sequoia is one of the most sought-after VC firms in the world, and predictably, it sees plenty of startups competing for its attention. We even took a look at Rec Room’s earliest pitch deck, the seed that ultimately grew into a business that has raised nearly $150 million. Love is the answer.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: VCs rate pitch decks, IPO analysis, Techstars’ expansion plans

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No one’s going to tell you when your startup has reached product-market fit — there are no flashing lights, no siren, no balloons falling from the ceiling. Global startups raise $158B in Q3, an all-time record. Global startups raise $158B in Q3, an all-time record. Udemy files to go public on back of growing B2B incomes.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town. We’re only in the second inning on mobile.

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The Last Gameboard raises $4M to ship its digital tabletop gaming platform

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As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. ” 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities.

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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

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Canada, CIS Region, Malaysia, Indonesia and Argentina — with the startup offering proprietary localized content for each target region (although its users are spread across some 40 countries). and Ireland, enter Spanish-speaking countries and several countries in South-East Asia,” the startup tells TechCrunch.

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Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO

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Meanwhile, MVM said it is building a soon-to-launch social gaming app, Hyper. MVM’s seed sale token ensures opportunities for millions of gamers in these emerging markets.”. Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets.