Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

Regardless of the risk Camber Creek is mitigating for the operations of their real estate LPs, they have to make a venture return commensurate with the risk they are taking on by making an investment in a startup. There’s a lot of competition in the real estate market, and that presents an opportunity for startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Even an investor presentation about progress on the product could be considered backup documentation for R&D. Your records are the first and biggest step to successfully getting an accurate calculation. Additionally, it’s important to keep technical records in good order.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 21, 2019

To celebrate their success, we collaborated with Slidebean to host a Fireside Chat in New York City on October 10th featuring Caya, founder of Slidebean, and Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit. About Slidebean: Slidebean is a pitch deck and presentation tool with hundreds of templates available to use as a starting point.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

If you can’t find clean or presentable space, use a virtual background. To be fair, investor opinions on this vary and we’ve all seen the proverbial hoodie or casual attire of startup founders. Mistake #5 - Unprofessional Appearance. But pandemic or not, you need to dress the part.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

As he began helping founders negotiate debt, Latka concluded that many of the terms presented in debt financings were not founder-friendly and included things like massive prepayment penalties, 1 to 2% warrants, equity kickers and “repayment caps that made it really hard to figure out what the true interest rate was.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

And when they walk in my office and present you can tell that they know what they’re talking about. You can practically hear the “voice of the customer&# when they’re presenting their concept. On Street Smarts / Working with customers: I had coffee with another startup founder yesterday.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

I wrote a blog post about being hands on where I argued that startup founders need to be hands-on or in my words, “you can’t run a burger chain if you’ve never flipped burgers.&#. I once had a startup team pitch me for an investment where the President of the company led the first call with me on his own.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Seed CX operates in areas where there have been recent regulatory shifts, which present the potential to innovate in new or obscure markets. If you're a startup investor, you have to take risk somewhere. This isn't exactly the kind of thing that most startup founders get really excited about doing.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

What you say speaks volumes about how you think about your startup, how smart you are, and your personal integrity. I’ve spent hours talking to startup founders, and heard a thousand startup pitches, and I always listen carefully to what is said (or not said) about competitors. Watch the timeframes implied in comparisons.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Every startup founder I know talks about the chaos of their business, which they usually attribute to that burst of growth that is required to get to positive cash flow. There are always people around with deeper pockets that can find synergy between your space and theirs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Full event access: You can tune in to all presentations on every stage. You’ll have VOD access to all presentations after the show ends.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

From the stresses of being a startup founder I began to have pain in my chest that I became worried was heart trouble. When I work on tasks or presentations or analyses I often get into the weeds but I often rely on a partner to make sure we cross every T and dot every I. So I just said that out loud.” Pen and paper.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2013

In a startup, these don’t exist, and you have forgotten about how to self-learn, and there are no in-house experts to lean on. The average startup founder takes no salary for the first couple of years, with a high risk of never getting any return. So when is the best time to make the leap from a big corporation to a startup?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. Here are just a few examples of the topics we have on tap.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

As a Web Summit speaker, he presented on the rise of the “2nd City Office.” The other market segment which has understood the advantage of being able to access a rich talent pool of elite talent is startups. He is also a member of EO Bangalore. ” Read on for his perspective on the problem of finding talent. .

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

He has embodied the typical founder journey you would expect from any dropout kid from Stanford or Harvard. I would put him high on the list of startup founders who have a deep knowledge of the users they serve, what is unique about their app and how to build a product for scale.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You. . Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With a minimum investment of $7,000 and additional units in increments of $5,500, SDAC is ideal for new angel investors who want to gain hands-on experience and learn via workshops, meetings, and presentations. Passive investors can invest without attending meetings or participating in due diligence, or the voting process.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Tune in to presentations, panel discussions, breakout sessions and interactive Q&As with key tech leaders. Topics range from accessible product design and fighting algorithmic bias to the justice system, workplace organizing and support for underrepresented founders — and that’s just for starters.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Just two days — with only a handful of tickets remaining — until TechCrunch Early Stage drops invaluable knowledge on the newest generation of startup founders in San Francisco on April 14. Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin gave a genuine, realistic assessment of very early-stage startup development.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. And I hope the output is that you get a glimpse into the people shaping our tech present and a sense of the kinds of conversations we have when the cameras aren’t around. So I’ve never had any problems because I was always straight forward.

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Gust

JANUARY 26, 2014

In a traditional meeting, another person presents you with multiple options, and you make the decision. The primary responsibility of a startup founder is to provide vision and leadership. The mentor assumes a role of a facilitator. Use five-minute mentoring as one tool and stick to it with unwavering zeal.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

“There are a lot of [programs] that target younger women to get them into coding in high school, and there’s a lot of syndicates and founder groups for women late into their careers,” Titus said. Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy. So, they started their own program.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

Startup community leaders and organisations are honest about their strengths and role in the ecosystem and stick to it. Whereas many in Australia try to present themselves as across everything and are quite protective of their patch. A lot of attention is being paid to mental health issues in startup founders.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the best investments aspiring or freshly minted early-stage startup founders can make is attending TechCrunch Early Stage. Early Stage provided a rich, bootcamp experience with premier founders, VCs and startup community experts. They’ll outline the steps to help you set up and grow your startup.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

This mindset is not just for business owners; it’s valuable for startup founders, intrapreneurs (employees who innovate within companies), freelancers, and even students. It’s about thinking and acting as an entrepreneur when presented with challenges in most any environment.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Do you have what it takes to present at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts? We’re looking for trendsetting, game-changing, later-stage startup founders and ecosystem experts — of every stripe — to apply for the opportunity to share their hard-won expertise at our annual founder summit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Don’t delay: We’re running low on $249 founder passes. The event agenda is packed with more than 40 presentations focused on funding, marketing/PR and operations, but we want to take a moment to offer this piece of advice. Evolving from Scientist to Founder. How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 21, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask startup founders and innovators from around New Zealand, What is one piece of advice you would give to people working on their first startup and why? TheTestMart.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Join us on Wednesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 19 to watch these incredible founders take the stage. Startups pitching on the main stage. Koop Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) — Presenter: Sergey Litvinenko, co-Founder and CEO. ” Boston Materials (Billerica, MA, USA) — Presenter: Anvesh Gurijala, founder and CEO.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Unless you are presenting to an audience who are experts in your domain, I implore founders to pitch in layman’s terms and leave the technical jargon in the backup slides for the Q&A. Hand gestures are a signal to your audience that you are enthusiastic about your topic and that your presentation is lively and interesting.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You want to make the most of your time at this one-day virtual intensive featuring interactive presentations with the mobility industry’s top movers, shakers and startup dream makers, amirite? Take your team to increase your ROI. If you want to go far, go together. You’ll hear from CEOs like Starship Technologies’ Ahti Heinla.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

You’ll find descriptions of all the presentations in the program-packed agenda. These eight interactive presentations, scheduled throughout the day, cover a range of hot topics. An M&A Playbook for Startup Founders: Lessons from Google and Microsoft (Merus Capital). How to Scale a Remote-First Startup (Remote).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

At TC Early Stage, founders will get to pitch in front of an expert panel of judges and secure essential insight before you step up to bat. The investors will offer live feedback on your pitch structure, content, solution and presentation. Tambe, TechCrunch Akin to an in-house VC, Neesha A.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Rajeev has been investing in startups at Mayfield since 2007. Christina is a serial CFO-turned-startup founder, and knows what it takes to get early funding. Then guests will provide feedback on the pitch: Is the information presented in a logical format, does the founder speak with authority, what’s missing from the pitch?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Fast Money for your startup. An early-stage space startup burns through money like a rocket burns through, well, rocket fuel. Presenters from leading space accelerators and funding programs will talk about government accelerators, partnering with the Air Force and how to access grant money. Are you feeling lucky?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. Here are just a few examples of the topics we have on tap.

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