Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Do your networking with investors well before the funding pitch. Business credentials and functional coverage. Fill in gaps with expert advisors to make it whole.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He had a partially built product. Consider what Ryan Waggoner tells us How to Find a Technical Cofounder : When I was doing freelance development, I had about one pitch per week for an equity-only opportunity. Refine your elevator pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Can concisely explain the unique, compelling value of the proposed venture in written terms and in oral presentations (elevator pitch), recognizing that some investors rely more on one than the other. Networked and connected. Allows sufficient time to find capital, including due diligence time for investors.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 241

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2011

You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. Practice your “elevator pitch,” and end it by asking for the order. You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs.

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Early Stage Technical Review Elevator Pitch Due Diligence 247

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

are eliminated during due diligence. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 249

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products. Practice your “elevator pitch,” and end it by asking for the order. You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs.

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Technical Review Elevator Pitch Due Diligence Angel Investor 233

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

are eliminated during due diligence. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Build a prototype product. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. Practice every step, including the elevator pitch to get the first meeting. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. Now comes the really tricky part: getting me to review all that stuff you just neatly uploaded.

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Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Take full advantage of your most productive times. Reflect on what your most productive hours in the day are, and set yourself up for success within those hours. Pin down your elevator pitch. For Craig, the owner of Dent Tech of Lexington , being available for quality family time is the priority.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Launch48 is a new kind of micro-incubator taking place over the course of a weekend, which enables entrepreneurs to pitch their concept in one minute, in order to find team mates who are interested in pursuing the idea. For example, you may point out that there is a company with similar technology, but different application/market.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

I talk to at least a dozen new entrepreneurs each week and probably review two dozen email pitches. Is it an Texas-based tech startup company or is it doing something in the email space? For me, that’s any tech startup company in Texas or any email related company in the world. Do you have a minimum viable product?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. You are building awareness around your product and, presumably, persuading others of its value.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

” We recently featured an excerpt from her book, which offers even more great tips on networking for entrepreneurs. For this presentation, we’re going to go over several, including self-branding, media relations, social media, networking, and speaking engagements. A positioning statement is also known as an elevator pitch.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2023

To create effective messaging, businesses should understand the essence of their product, service, or their brand and what makes them different from others in their industry. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Like this show? There's a pattern that occurs.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Market research is important because it will help you figure out whether or not there is demand for the service you’re offering or the product you’re selling. See what people are paying, how they’re rating products/services. Day 8: Write a one page pitch. Go shopping – do both online and offline shopping or ‘research’.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

You’ve paid your dues. Computer/technology consulting. So, before you hit up your first networking event, ask yourself these important questions: What identity/personality do I want my consulting brand to project? Perceived value is the amount that a customer thinks a service (or product) is worth.

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Small Business Administration Small Business Social Media Elevator Pitch 86

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John Jantsch (00:00): This episode or the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the nudge podcast, hosted by Phil Agnew and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. There's so much production value. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. Tech earnings come out between this day and this day. There's so much production value you can turn around to Hulu or YouTube, connected tv, Disney plus, like you name it.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Let’s say you have zero traction, an unknown product, and no budget to speak of. Get your elevator pitch right, and spread the message consistently across all media vehicles. Your product should address and be the solution to a problem, so your communications should reflect that with clarity. Deliver the right message.

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Marketing Social Media Churn Rate Elevator Pitch 60

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Right now, my business is just myself and a part-time employee who does support, testing, and product usability design. You simply need to network. Go to tech (or other relevant industry) events. Refine your elevator pitch. Networking is probably the best single word answer. Go to user groups.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Lack of Any Market Validation It’s no exaggeration that most applicants have not found a single person willing to pay money for this product. Have an account? Sounds bleak when it’s put that way, right?

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Social networking. Girls in Tech. Elevator Pitches. Ad Serving Technology. Analytics review â?? Seed Startups. Mailing lists/groups.

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