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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

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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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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Dear Internet: Let’s Demo The Slow Lane

Feld Thoughts

Yesterday when we were having Comcast issues in downtown Boulder, I thought about how slow the Internet speed at my office was. And yes – as a consumer, I’m spending a ton of money for all of this Internet connectivity. What if we did the same by Demoing the Slow Lane for a day. Government fcc net neutrality'

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

The culmination of this bootcamp is a “demo day” where all startups in the cohort have a few minutes to pitch their companies to venture capitalists and angel investors. (In An industry agnostic studio , such as Rocket Internet , is a standalone venture studio that generates its own ideas and IP and is industry and market agnostic.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Investor Approaches To Avoid When You Need Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.