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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

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How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. Jonathan Siddharth .

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Asking Questions More Effectively

Both Sides of the Table

I waited politely for a break in the conversation (about 20 minutes in) and the politely inserted, “I know I’m the least experienced in the room so I hope my question doesn’t come across as naive, but I really don’t know how you arrive at investment decisions. I tried to do a real-time intervention.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

Getting the first meeting with a VC isn’t easy because each partner at a VC firm gets so many requests for meetings that he/she couldn’t possibly take them all so they tend to prioritize people that were introduced from high-quality sources. I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals.

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9 Things That Take a Pitch From Good to Great

Up and Running

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones , key hires, and so on. percent average conversion rate. 5 percent monthly churn rate.

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9 Things That Take a Pitch From Good To Great

Up and Running

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones, key hires, etc. 0.22% average conversion rate. 5% monthly churn rate.

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

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My agency wouldn’t have expanded beyond digital PR if it weren’t for early client conversations. Churn rate was high for a service that many organizations saw as a “nice to have.” Because we wanted to document every aspect of the process before partnering with new freelance writers. Image source ).

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#KillerSaaSPitch in 10 Words (Part 2)

Cracking the Code

Mastering your pitch to a VC, prospective customers, new hires or partners is part art and part science. Docusign, Peopledoc): typical outbound sales model targeting mid market+ companies and relying on being able to hire consistently sales people making their quota. These teams are typically run on monthly quotas.