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FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We started hanging out a bit and discussing technology and entrepreneurship. 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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Revolution

JANUARY 27, 2025

Reflections on Georgetowns 2025 pitch competition from TedLeonsis Last week, Georgetown Universitys McDonough School of Business once again became a launchpad for the next generation of bold thinkers and doers. Take Hilda, this years grand prize winner.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Not every VC used to get pitched by VC funds for a living and has seen hundreds and hundreds of VC pitch decks. Venture Capital & Technology' How are we supposed to get better? Not every potentially good VC previously worked for Fred Wilson and Josh Kopelman. Yet, even I wished I had more guidance when I was first starting out.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Central, PA December 6, 2024 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (BFTP/CNP) proudly concluded its Fall 2024 TechCelerator Bootcamp by providing up to $10,000 in prize awards to promising entrepreneurs from the region.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Perhaps you have an interesting building management technology. Make a whitepaper available on the topic of innovative technology in buildings, just to get the leads, without telling everyone what your business is upfront. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Go pitch a VC with an idea, and they''ll tell you to build it. Technology is moving faster, markets are changing more quickly and uncertainty seems to be increasing. Venture Capital & Technology' Go to them with a prototype and they''ll tell you to launch it. Launch it, and they''ll tell you to get more users.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Takes an hour or an hour and a half at most and everyone gets the benefit of a public conversation--versus three or four hours of pitches. Those kinds of requests feel desperate and not only undermine their pitch, but it''s still real time that adds up. Venture Capital & Technology' Panel prep calls. That makes no sense to me.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Even if you haven''t gotten offers yet, your time is valuable and you can''t pitch everyone. You feel like you have a decent shot of successfully raising, so you want to prioritize who to pitch to first. When you pitch, tell a firm how they can be helpful. How did you pick who to pitch? Venture Capital & Technology'

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JUNE 16, 2014

If all my deals came as intros from trusted connections that I know for years versus at founder pitch events that''s interesting data. If you meet someone at a pitch event, they''ve already got a company and they''re looking to close as quickly as possible. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. I don’t want any formal pitches. Their dealflow is angels or seed investors pitching “their best deals” to you in emails. It’s exhausting.

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MARCH 17, 2014

The first pitch I got was from someone who didn''t intend on staying with the business as an employee. Everyone I''ve ever gotten pitched from can''t wait to quit their other jobs to work on what''s being pitched. I''m a big fan of transparency, but if you''re going to go far and wide on a pitch, organizing your story is key.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Video pitching. I see an uptick in pitching via pre-recorded video. We used Loom to pre-record our pitch and share it with potential investors. It’s a great way to personalize a pitch deck and share it with interested parties. Here’s what they shared. I see this as a new trend that will only grow over time.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new initiative includes a strategic partnership with the highly anticipated X-PITCH 2023, a global deeptech startup competition aimed at catalyzing the widespread adoption of cutting-edge technology across diverse industries. “We see immense potential in partnering with X-PITCH.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2022

AIMMO announced today it has raised $12 million in a Series A round to advance its data labeling technology and spur global expansions. AIMMO posted $10 million of revenue in 2021, according to its IR pitch deck. AIMMO declined to comment on its valuation. ScreenShot | AIMMO website. billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $8.2

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Miliary veterans possess attributes, experience, and skills that can be well-applied to entrepreneurship through leadership and knowledge of technology. Recognizing this, The Veteran Fund announced the winner of its $100,000 Veteran Pitch Competition and the recent closing of its inaugural oversubscribed investment Fund I.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

If I had to put a number on it I’d say 1 in 20 pitches – maybe 1 in 30 – are by an entrepreneur who comes across as truly passionate about her project. Since I work with video a lot I have the chance to be both a product pontificator and an avid user of the technology. I have fallen in love twice recently.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We sourced and received applications from hundreds of Black, high-growth startup founders from all over the country and held workshops and discussions about the challenges they face, all of which culminated in a virtual pitch competition. One event held by a few investors focused on Black founders is clearly not enough.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The NVCA and Pitch Book are out with their Q3 report on the VC industry and what they report is that the VC industry continues to be very active throughout the pandemic. The NVCA and Pitch Book are out with their Q3 report on the VC industry and what they report is that the VC industry continues to be very active throughout the pandemic.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I can''t tell you how many times I''ve been pitched and examples have been made of companies that I don''t think are doing that well--but that you''d never know that from the press. Venture Capital & Technology' I think we''d all benefit from the public discourse, especially new founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I have sat through countless pitches with Ivy League grads spewing off intellectual descriptions of the details of their product or service and why it will win in the market. In a VC pitch this type of messaging will do just fine. These messages need to pass the cocktail party pitch. And I think this is a mistake.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

The most overused word in the technology industry today. Many entrepreneurs pitching err on the side of too much information. Now that you have a sense for how powerful a narrative done well can be … what will be the narrative that YOU tell when pitching your company? *. Unicorns. And they aren’t even f **g real.

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MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. They are an investment bank that targets the technology & media sectors. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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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. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Are pitch decks still necessary?

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JANUARY 16, 2013

And it’s the latest in a series of investments we’ve made in building out our practice as the LA technology market continues to grow robustly and attract entrepreneurs and investors. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Come to entrepreneur pitches. Jordan Hudson. His business concept wasn’t for me.

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MAY 2, 2023

I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds. What was notable was how similar they all sounded—that is, until I got the pitch from Brad and Fred at Union Square Ventures. USV came in pitching digitally native businesses models that could not exist until the internet connected everyone.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know all of this because every VC knows this because we’ve all either funded companies that have marketing technology or we’ve seen a pitch with a company that does this. Your pitch deck should really be your best marketing tool Your pitch deck shouldn’t contain your deepest, darkest secrets and plans.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve spoken our goal of funding more ambitious project before and we’ve enlisted the research help of a Principal in our firm – Kevin Zhang , who has an interest in Agtech (agriculture technology). Their vision is to create technology and products for a world where food is grown in and around where people live.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 20, 2025

In a significant move to cement Washington, DCs reputation as a national hub for technology and innovation, STATION DC has officially opened applications for General Membership and its exclusive Delta Force cohort. As the official D.C.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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JANUARY 6, 2013

The chances of getting money from someone who is hearing about you for the first time during the pitch process is extremely low. Do you think it's easier to raise money from people who have been following along for months or even years, or from people that have no idea what you're about? What about hires?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

If you’re an investor who wants to be included in future columns, email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com with “How to pitch me” in the subject line. Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to respond to these questions in such detail. There’s plenty of tactical advice here, and much more to come.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

That changes today, since ANYbotics was kind enough to share its pitch deck so we could take a closer look at the highs and lows of four-legged ‘bots. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Here are three things I loved about the pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

I had a few VC friends who immediately saw the parallel but others were scratching their heads saying, “How is a physical storage company – even if you pitch it as “cloud” – really a tech company?” ” Let’s start with some basics. We have an amazing team of W2 drivers in NYC, Washington D.C,

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It''s the story of your customers--the ice cream shop owner and dog groomer who now use your technology to gain new customers, because tech savvy small business people could be interesting when they have quirky businesses. Work with other companies to share contact lists, introduce each other to other reporters, and to pitch things together.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 29, 2024

Hosted by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), EPiC is one of the global startups’ most innovative and captivating annual events. The flagship event, Elevator Pitch Competition […]

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. Through expert-led weekly group sessions and personalized mentorship, participants refine their business models, financial strategies, and presentation skills, culminating in a compelling pitch presentation.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

You sent them the same pitch you sent everywhere else. Venture Capital & Technology' Sometimes, you send some info over to a reporter and they do what needs to be done, but the result is the same kind of story you see everywhere else. Yes, I''m accusing tech journalists of barely rewriting press releases.

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