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Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. You’re presenting. MORE
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I’ve never seen more professional, on-point, killer presentations in my life. After reflecting on the pitches, I realized there were three elements that each of their presentations had: 1. Splitty was one of my favorite startups of the program. MORE
Here is the video: And here is a full screen version of the presentation I used. A while back I wrote blog post about Graphs , talking about social graphs, communication graphs, interest graphs, taste graphs, etc. MORE
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The StARTup Studio put on by the Innovation Center at the University of Texas at Austin had a decidedly pharmaceutical focus during its January presentations. Three professor-led startups presented a variety of ideas including a traumatic brain injury treatment drug, a peptide sequencing platform to combat bacteria […] The post UT at Austin Professors Present Early-Stage Pharmaceutical Startups appeared first on SiliconHills. MORE
During yourtenure as the CEO, you will give presentations extensively. Presentations are given to potentialpartners, funding sources, investors, conferences, and most anyone that willlisten. You may even havedifferent presentations depending on the listener group and the lengths willvary depending on time requirements. Sometimesthe presentation can be fantastic, but the listeners see through to thecontent. MORE
You might find yourself asking these questions: How do I create an engaging presentation? But it’s probable that you’ll have at least several weeks (and probably more) of preparation before said presentation, so naturally it all starts with preparation leading up to the big day. MORE
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Anyone who's sat through a freshman college lecture knows that PowerPoint presentations can be a real bore MORE
I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Research your audience before presenting. Others can be present for effect, but deferrals to team members for answers are a sign of weakness. MORE
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Today’s post is a subtle one about positioning yourself in a presentation. It’s any meeting where you are in a small room and are being called on to present on some form of overhead slides. The worst behaved will literally never be on the slide you’re presenting. MORE
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