Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. So what can you do to get to the head of the venture capital investment queue? Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors. You only get once chance to make a great first impression.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Their only recourse is that first tier of investors, fondly called Friends, Family and Fools. Offer a formal agreement as well as a handshake.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

With the recent influx of startups, there is a lot of competition for venture capital funding. However, the majority of venture capital goes to men, with only 16.8% Develop your elevator pitch, practice your handshake, and interact. Here are some tips on how to play the game, get ahead, and get funded.

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Up and Running

MARCH 31, 2021

In fact, right now there are three crucial areas of business that are capable of withstanding that first elevator pitch: healthcare, technology, and education. Right now, Angels are looking for savvy investments, mostly as dire solutions to the world’s current needs. These are sectors of small business that are in high demand. .

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Many startups and businesses dream of landing funding from angel investors and venture capital. However, very few businesses ever acquire venture capital funds. . Unfortunately, these atypical visionaries are unable to connect with people who control capital and investing. Find alternative funding streams.

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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). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors. You only get once chance to make a great first impression.

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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). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. angel entrepreneur funding investor startup venture capital' Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Also, make sure you practice your elevator pitch. To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more. It should be crisp and clear from the start! Sell your team, not your advisors.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

For other investment options, like small business loans, venture capital, and angel investing, you’ll need a solid business plan and proof of concept before anyone will be interested in investing. These options will give you valuable information about your concept, even if you don’t end up getting funding. What changed?

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck. I am continually surprised at founders who spend ten minutes throwing up a barebones profile and are dismayed that money doesn’t start flowing in.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 24, 2010

Next week, I'll be opening up registration for my new online training program, Venture Capital Bootcamp. Venture Capital Bootcamp is a four-week interactive e-class where I'll guide you step-by-step through the process of raising venture capital, from start to finish. Here's What's Included.

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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). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors. You only get once chance to make a great first impression.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

And you get to see the teams struggle with their shitty elevator pitches at the very beginning of the program. In addition to seeing Stan, you get to learn what a 10:10 meeting is.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Brendan McManus said: “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [link] #startup #advice [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors. You only get once chance to make a great first impression.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2015

Image via Flickr by Jupiter Labs Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Their only recourse is that first tier of investors, fondly called Friends, Family and Fools.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Your Executive Summary is your verbal elevator pitch. Ralph (Buddy) Arnheim , a partner in international law firm Perkins Coie ‘s Business practice, focuses his practice on the representation of emerging growth companies, venture capital funds and other early stage investors, and investment banks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors. You only get once chance to make a great first impression.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

By Adam Hoeksema According to a report distributed by the Angel Capital Education Foundation , total startup funding from venture capital funds, state funds, and angel investors totals approximately $20.8 Surprisingly, friends and family contributed nearly three times the amount of capital to thousands of startups each year.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

Think an elevator pitch is hard ? The destination was Dealmaker Media's GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver. We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2010

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. The first rule is to separate your advisors from your investors. You only get once chance to make a great first impression.

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Board Effect

MAY 10, 2019

At some point, the venture capitalists may move to acquire the company entirely. If your plan is to keep the company and run it yourself for the long term, using venture funding may not be your best business investment path. How Venture Capitalism Works. Attracting the Best Candidates for Venture Capital Investment Firms.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 24, 2013

It''s more than an elevator pitch, but not enough time for a full pitch. First of all, get it out of your head that Office Hours is time to pitch. Venture Capital & Technology' At accelerators like Techstars, the "Office Hours" is a standard part of the program.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

It might be a great idea with a solid business model but it still might not be a good fit for venture funding. If it’s a big opportunity that requires millions of dollars to develop the product before you can make money, it could be a fit for venture capital.

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David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

– 1-2 sentence elevator pitch. Note the pitch should explain what they actually do preferably using the Mad Libs format : “My company, [NAME], is developing [A DEFINED OFFERING], to help [DEFINED AUDIENCE], [SOLVE A PROBLEM], with [SECRET SAUCE].”. – 1 sentence with most exciting metric from their growth.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

I know what it’s like to pitch to investors—both angels and venture capitalists. Sometimes you only get 10 minutes to pitch your business opportunity to the investors (or less in some cases). Image via WOCinTechChat. I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology startups.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

Think an elevator pitch is hard ? The destination was Dealmaker Media's GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver. We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 17, 2010

The idea of office hours for venture capital organizations is catching on, and DFJ Mercury in Houston is holding theirs next week. We will start with your 30-second elevator pitch (have one prepared!), Tags: Announcements dfj mercury Funding office hours venture capital. CrunchBase Information. DFJ Mercury.

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Up and Running

APRIL 7, 2015

See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. Venture Capital and Angel Investors angel investment business pitch funding pitching' And please don’t think this list is exhaustive or comprehensive. You have to know your business; you should know what else is appropriate.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

Think an elevator pitch is hard ? Stay tuned as we’ll be judging GROW’s sure-to-be-epic Startup Smackdown competition, in which a handful of fledgling startups speed-pitch on stage to a split group of investors and tech media, who in turn duke it out over which contenders are buzzworthy.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia ( source ) Michael Eisenberg, co-founder of Aleph, an Israeli venture firm, said in a recent post: “What is the elevator pitch for investing in Israel for the next decade? credit rating forecast dropped in November, and since then the S&P 500 index has jumped by 15%.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Even if your idea gets in the wrong hands, they will probably just get the high level “elevator pitch” which isn’t worth much anyways. and an investor, has a great blog on entrepreneurship and venture capital. He has a really nice blog post on “why you shouldn’t keep your starup idea [.].

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

It will also help you when it comes time to write your business plan, especially if you’re pitching an angel investor or a venture capital firm – they will want to see there’s a market for your idea, otherwise, it won’t scale as rapidly as they need it to in order to make a return on their investment. Personal investment.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 8, 2011

So the next time you're out there shoving buzzwords into a deck or trying to get fancy with your elevator pitch, just stick to the basics, or you'll wind up with liberal peanut butter. Oh, and you're not peer to peer if everyone has to show up at a centralized hub.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This is true whether you’re a bootstrapped startup that’s funded with credit cards and loans from friends and family, or the next darling of Silicon Valley that’s sitting on a war chest of millions in venture capital funding. Of course, you could just rely on your gut. Start by documenting your key assumptions about your business.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

ability to deliver a persuasive elevator pitch and follow it up with a substantive presentation is the difference between a funded entrepreneur and those having coffee complaining that they’re [.] Thanks and keep up the good work! is quite good.

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