Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. This past month, i2E concluded the latest virtual e3 cohort featuring six new startups from across the state.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Farmers don’t get embarrassed when the price of corn drops; similarly, there’s no reason for startup founders to lose their joy because publicly traded tech stocks are undercutting their valuations. Baseball has come a long way since 1897, when a Princeton math professor designed a pitching machine that ran on gunpowder.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

It’s amazing how frequently investors say “no” to startup founders: If 100 early-stage entrepreneurs pitch a VC, maybe three of them will be lucky to get a second meeting. The majority of early-stage VC deals fall apart in due diligence. Image Credits: z_wei (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?” What US startup founders need to know about the R&D tax credit. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

Additionally, the iterative nature of open-source projects leads to fostering a sense of teamwork between the founders, their team and investors and stakeholders. How we dodged risks and raised millions for our open-source machine learning startup. Founder and investor Melissa Bradley outlines how to nail your virtual pitch meeting.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

As you well know, a TechCrunch event wouldn’t be complete without highlighting early-stage founders inventing groundbreaking technologies. Pitch on the virtual stage alongside industry heavy hitters, at TC Sessions: Robotics. Pitch your robotics startup. It’s simple: Be an early-stage startup.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As BNPL startups raise, a look at Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay earnings. As BNPL startups raise, a look at Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay earnings. Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck. ” Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Amid the pandemic, investors became laser-focused on sections of the pitch deck that address monetization and business viability — signs that founders need to come to the table with better-defined businesses in order to succeed. Dear Sophie: I’m a startup founder looking to expand in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

We gotta figure out our ‘exit scratgety’ : You’ll have to go way back into the SNL archives to find that reference, but this is the first of two Haje public announcements for our founder friends. Startups and VC. Without a clear ask, your pitch deck is useless. Without a clear ask, your pitch deck is useless.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

If you’re coming to Early Stage in Boston, Pitch to VCs there. A “not-quite open source startup” : That’s how Paul described Dozer, a startup that came out of stealth today with $3 million in the bank and technology to help any developer build real-time data apps in no time flat. PDT, subscribe here. It’s gonna be rad.

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