Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Are DEMOs days numbered? Has DEMO lost its luster and relevance in 2010? DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. You can always check out the current and prior product demos at the DEMO site. It was the 15th anniversary and they made a big deal branding the event as Demo@15. Steve Bennet.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Adams, authors of “ Venture Capital For Dummies ® “ You’ve managed to get the attention of well-established venture capitalists. Or maybe your projected earnings were reasonable, but your product demo went horribly wrong. If you’re not ready for venture capital, you have other options.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. ” The other Paul Graham quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. What stage?

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Understanding the left-side of the mission model canvas ( activities, resources , partners , and costs) forces all teams to ask, “Are we building a product for a DOD/IC customer only or do we have a “dual-use” product that could be sold commercially and get funded by venture capital?”. Demo of final MVP. Pivot stories.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

And trust me, a demo never makes a difference. Venture Capital & Technology' If you can''t tell me what you''re doing and get me excited about a first meeting, I''m just not going to get there on it.

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David Teten

JUNE 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. We met Ionic Security, one of our portfolio companies, at their first Demo Day a few years ago. Atlanta ff Venture Capital HBS Alumni Angels New York'

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David Teten

APRIL 17, 2012

After work on April 18, thirty-five curious developers will visit the ff Venture Capital offices to learn about our fund and listen to technical talks by the founders and technical experts of Parsely and Movable Ink. Anthony Calenda, CEO of SquareSpace, gave the second-ever private demo of the new 6.0

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

HBS Alumni Angels of New York and ff Venture Capital are happy to be co-sponsors of Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day , September 13, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, held at Union Square Ventures. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator program at Georgia Tech. Some of their portfolio companies look very promising.

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David Teten

APRIL 28, 2016

I hope you’ll join me next week at Flashpoint NYC’s Demo Day 2016. The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital , the HBS Alumni Angels of New York , and Alpha Venture Partners , are co-sponsoring their 6th New York City Demo Day, next Tuesday, May 3, 2016, from 10 to 12 AM.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

When you do get a follow up meeting tell them about your new revenue model, ask to show your new demo, talk about the progress you’ve made and what has turned out differently then expected. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Update them on your fund raising progress.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

Last weekend saw the end of the program, and the startups were then expected to prove their worth to a crowd during the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp Demo Day. JFDI Asia sure knows how to throw a Demo Day: it turned local nightspot TAB Singapore into part startup launchpad and part investor pitch conference for the Demo Day. TribeHired.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Investors Really Want Evidence of Traction So you built your MVP; you bring it to the investor; you demo it; and I will guarantee they will ask you: "So how many users do you have? A Beginner's Guide to Investors How to Speak the Language of Venture Capital I would guess that this represents less than 5% of startups.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

The companies were all part of Capital Innovators, an accelerator venture fund that has been operating since last fall. Capital Innovators put on the event, called Demo Day, at the cherished Pageant Theater, which normally is a concert venue. The second event was the annual Invest Midwest conference on Thursday.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Venture capital. At the end of the incubation period, Microsoft hopes to help the companies find their first round of venture funding through its venture capital partners — or perhaps acquire them itself. From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary. Editor’s picks.

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David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I met Adam Ghetti , Founder/CTO, at the first Flashpoint Demo Day in New York in early 2012 at Union Square Ventures. Atlanta ff Venture Capital Ionic Security' Ted Schlein, general partner at KPCB , and Tom Noonan, partner at TechOperators , will join the board of directors. We look forward to their continued success.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, at this stage, starting from a Powerpoint, prototype, or even a demo product, you probably have just as much chance of going under as any other company. All the reasons why you think you should get a much higher price for this round are the very reasons you made it past the 1,992 other companies.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Fortieth in a series of weekly posts by myself and Nicholas Lovell of Gamesbrief which answer the fifty questions you should ask before raising venture capital. Keeping the Faith While Raising Venture Capital (markevanstech.com). We expect the series to run for a year after which we will collate the posts into a book.

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David Teten

JANUARY 12, 2012

ff Venture Capital and HBS Angels of New York are happy to be co-sponsors of Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day , Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, held at Union Square Ventures. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator program at Georgia Tech. Some of their portfolio companies look very promising.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

For example, the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP) , the initiative I co-founded focused on helping women and minorities increase access to venture capital, will likely be highly profitable, but I also know it’s good PR in the target market I care about, which is entrepreneurs. Enter into personal competitions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

So if you don''t see me at a pitch event or a demo day, it''s probably because I''m meeting up with someone from the future. Venture Capital & Technology' These are the people that, a few years down the line, are going to run in the circles later that I would like to be connected to.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day. How Star Wars will help you raise capital for your company. Congratulations!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2019

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Get ready to experience hands-on, cutting edge technology demos (and some wild future science stuff you never thought was possible). Yet female founders received only 2% of venture capital dollars in 2017. You can see a much larger list at the end. Whether you’re a veteran, active duty, family member, or not involved at all?—?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2014

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. angel entrepreneur funding investor startup venture capital'

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 22, 2010

I was offered a demo and some reviews. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. I guess if you’re a corporate Blackberry user, you’re used to filling out TPS reports, so this isn’t a bother. So finally, I get to the store, search for Twitter, and download it. After telling me the download was done, I clicked it.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. How active are they?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. Jim raised another venture fund as did I at Upfront Ventures.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

meet with tons of companies every week, work hard for their portfolio companies, and are on planes flying around to the important confereneces and demo days". he's only been in venture for two years and only through one market, an up one!" I'm the first one to say to myself "Why does that guy have a fund.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 23, 2016

At demo days and on Hacker News, I found that many of the young companies I was excited about shared a seed investor, Chris Dixon. The next day, there was an email in my inbox asking if I’d consider a move to venture capital. Fortunately, my new job doubles down on my favorite parts of working as a reporter.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

For example, the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP) , the initiative I co-founded focused on helping women and minorities increase access to venture capital, will likely be highly profitable, but I also know it’s good PR in the target market I care about, which is entrepreneurs. Enter into personal competitions.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2021

We lead the world in demos of new technology but not in deployed systems. Venture capital and startups have institutionalized disruptive innovation. they spend $150 billion a year to fund new ventures that can move with the speed and urgency that the DoD now requires. The DoD has over 75 incubators and accelerators.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

And inviting to the booth/dinner/private demo. General Comments for both Awareness and Lead Generation Demo’s I don’t care how small the booth or trade show is, do a canned demo every 20 to 30 minutes regardless of whether anyone is at your booth or not. Demo’s are the heart of the booth. One of them is a loser.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2017

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors.

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