Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Others schedule exhaustive training sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone paints a consistent picture.

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The Next Web

JUNE 7, 2013

Today is the day that eight hopeful startups got to pitch their ideas to investors at startup accelerator Springboard’s Internet of Things (IoT) demo day in Cambridge, England. The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Ten years from now, if DivInc, an accelerator program aimed at helping women and founders of color, didn’t exist, then it would have achieved its goal, said Preston James, founder, and CEO. “We The post DivInc Cohort #5 Founders Pitch at Demo Day in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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David Cohen

MAY 16, 2021

I don’t normally share a demo day pitch for one specific startup here on my blog. But this wasn’t just any demo day pitch. To read more about Gig Wage , check out “ Why I Used My Startup’s Techstars Demo Day To Advocate For Other Black Founders ” and Gig Wage Raises $2.5M Series A Round.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

This obviously doesn’t scale once the founder can’t be in every sales meeting. You want to be able to demonstrate your product and the best way I call, “A day in the life of …” where you show the demo as though you’re a user with a problem that needs to be solved. If you need demo tips I’ve covered that before.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. But your co-founder had been senior at one of the big enterprise software companies and if I remember correctly American Express had run a big pilot with you. I remember.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2021

A product demo is a critical tool in the sales process. In this article, you’ll learn what makes a compelling demo. In this article, you’ll learn what makes a compelling demo. We’ll look at the important principles and break down how successful companies use demos to engage prospects. Done right, it’s a deal maker.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? ” As far as “terms” go I’m 100% aligned to have the most vanilla, founder-friendly terms I can. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. What stage?

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 9, 2017

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News Austin’s rare snow and ice storm didn’t stop the tech community from turning out at DivInc’s Demo Day at Google’s Austin downtown office Friday night. The night shined a spotlight on women and minority tech founders who are launching startups in Austin. It’s about startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? ” As far as “terms” go I’m 100% aligned to have the most vanilla, founder-friendly terms I can. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. What stage?

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SiliconHills

APRIL 22, 2018

By Laura Lorek Publisher of Silicon Hills News From dog walking services to robot teaching assistants, 10 startup founders pitched their ventures at the sixth annual Techstars Austin Demo Day. This year’s class included six teams from the Carolinas and Virginia and four from Austin and half of them had female founders.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 29, 2017

” For many accelerators and incubators, demo days kick off a fundraising process for a full round or additional capital based on inbound demand. Sometimes we already know the team but what happens when you’re meeting them for the first time on demo day and want to accelerate towards familiarity?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

will be presenting 16 new startups at its Demo Day on 21 August at Orpheum Theater. managing director Mara Lewis and founder & CEO Eric Mathews. ” Find out more about Start Co’s Demo Day here. . ” Find out more about Start Co’s Demo Day here. teams were guided by Start Co.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fundraising isn’t easy for most founders. No longer are founders being asked to drive up and down Sand Hill Road, meet in small coffee shops throughout SF or NYC, or spend a meaningful amount of money getting around to all of these meetings. Don’t interrupt your co-founder or the investor. Know when to stop talking.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2023

” – Andrew Carnegie As a founder, one of the key tasks in raising capital is to effectively communicate the value of your company to investors. In my experience as a seed venture investor, founders that had a full and tidy data room not only came across as more professional, but actually accelerated the process of DD and legal.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Knowing this problem firsthand (even if not in my day-to-day work), I immediately fell in love with Replay’s time-travel debugger demo when I first met the team in July 2020. The more “stuck” developers are in fixing bugs, the more printf statements they add in hopes to “see” the problem… and as you can imagine, it can get quite messy. .

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 3, 2021

Founder’s announcement. Arguably, the most powerful piece of content that can be written is by you, the founder. Assets: high resolution logos, headshots, demo videos, etc. If you’re somewhat familiar with the PR process, none of these tips will be new – but put together, we hope they serve as a handy checklist! .

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If you haven’t yet heard about Female Founder Office Hours it is an initiative you should be aware of whether you’re male, female or any other gender identify. Female Founder Office Hours gives founders the mentorship and the role models to see that it is in not only possible but also to have a plan to make it a reality.

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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

MARCH 4, 2012

by Elisha Tan, founder of Learnemy. Seeing all the pitches at the recent DEMO Asia , it’s not difficult to see there were only a handful of female founders around. We this question to three female founders from Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore – it is difficult to start up being a woman? Being Female Helps.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

Talking to customers seems like a simple idea, but most founders find it’s one of the hardest things they have to do. Founders innately believe they understand a customers problem and just need to spend their time building a solution. Break your MVP demo into <1 minute segments. finding product/market fit). Lessons Learned.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Sputnik ATX, an Austin-based accelerator, held its second Demo Day last week featuring presentations from the five startups in its latest cohort. They are all awesome,” said Oksana Malysheva, co-founder […]. The post Five Austin Startups Pitch at Sputnik ATX’s Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

With two successful accelerators under our belts, we’ve proven that going back to basics with smaller cohort sizes and zero demo days works. We’ve also proven that giving new, underrepresented, and geographically diverse founders a dedicated, hands-on chance leads to follow-on funding and additional accelerator success across the board.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

Tuesday, May 9: VentureCrush ATX (FREE) VentureCrush is a series of unique events and networks created by the Tech Group at Lowenstein Sandler to bring together carefully selected groups of tech industry founders and senior executives, along with VC, growth equity, private equity and angel investors. At Galvanize at 6:00 pm.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The latest Techstars Austin class showed off their hustle, determination and maturity at Demo Day Wednesday. He […] The post 11 Startups Pitch at Techstars Demo Day in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin Demo Day TechStars TechStars Austin'

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

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. Most VCs won’t volunteer to the Founder what they think, because that limits their options later. Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2011

It gathered 120 hackers from Finland, Estonia and Latvia under the same roof and challenged them to go from zero to demo in 48 hours. Together with Osma Ahvelampi (CTO, Sulake ) and Teemu Kurppa (co-founder, Jaiku ), I was a mentor to those teams. At the end of the event, we had a demo day where the teams showcased what they built.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 1, 2015

I’m here for the Telluride Venture Accelerator Demo Day. Today, I’m doing a fireside chat with Jesse Johnson (TVA co-founder and CEO) to kick things off. Then, after demo day, I’m spending 15 minutes with each company. The post A Demo Day in Telluride appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2012

DEMO Asia , the biggest startup event in the region, had no lack of outstanding and memorable pitches. We got hold of five startup founders to share with us some tips on how they prepare and deliver their presentations: 1. Michael Kleist, founder of TradeSparq , solves this problem by pitching only most important features.

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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. New York Demo Day Details: Wednesday, June 11th 9:00AM -12:00PM.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 21, 2018

million and generated more than $1 million in revenue, said Preston James, DivInc co-founder. “In The post Nine Early Stage Startups Pitch at DivInc’s Fourth Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills. Those early-stage companies have raised $2.5 In the next three to five years, you are going […].

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

We are taking the screen sharing experience to the next level, so that collaboration doesn’t get in the way of doing great work,” writes CEO and founder Tom Medema. Their examples include Designers giving feedback and comment on digital assets or product specialists demoing products and creating audio or text highlights.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 16, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Six startups showed off their ventures during six-minute presentations at the InnoTech Austin Beta Summit Wednesday morning at the Austin Convention Center.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 1, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Michael Jaime sold his car and bought a bike so he could pay his tuition and participate in CodeUp, a 12-week bootcamp that teaches non-programmers how to code. San Antonio Codeup coding Geekdom Michael Girdley startups'

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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.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives. Just like Peep, other marketers from hypergrown products, such as David Cancel (founder at Drift) argue that product-based differentiation is vanishing. It’s like they thought about the attendees and what they need and then designed a format focused on them.

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