socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2014

For veterans of many a technology startup pitch event in Silicon Beach, it might not be all that far fetched, given some of the wild, wacky, and improbable startups making the rounds today looking for investors. Personal rocket ship company ? pitch dating competition startup improbable comedian joke april1st april' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. When you pitched me I really did love you. I worked on a new model and I’d really love to show it to you in person. And you get to demonstrate your skill sets without even pitching.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2021

Two startups won a total of $25,000 in prizes last week at the Sunstone Innovations Challenge at CSULB, a startup pitch competition involving student teams from CSU Long Beach. The runner up was UNWIND, which is developing personalized meditation programs, which received $10,000 in seed funding.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 12, 2017

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 -- Becoming Investor Ready - Art of the Fast Pitch. A short Fast Pitch presentation (60 to 90 second) is a must have tool that every entrepreneur should know how to eloquently deliver. Watch other entrepreneurs master the art of the 60-second investor presentations followed by investors’ questions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2020

Here are eight key points that I believe should be taken from the show by every startup founder looking for investors in real life, across the range of venture capitalists, angel investors, or even friends and family: You will be judged first as a person, then by your idea. Personalize your presentation, if possible, for every investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2022

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. That’s why I recommend every solution pitch must start with a painful problem, not just “nice-to-have.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

These range from companies pitching me to portfolio companies presenting at board meetings. Here are some guidelines for you – particularly for VC pitch meetings. Weave in their pitch to an overall pitch narrative. Sometimes it is the CEO and sometimes it is the number 2 person. This is really annoying.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. If you start by pitching your extended life story, that’s the wrong point. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

The short answer is that you should have multiple versions of your “pitch deck” (a short, visual presentation in Keynote, PPT or similar and shared as a PDF) and each occasion has a specific goal. During the Meeting One last pitch for why you should send the teaser deck in advance. A great meeting is a debate, not a pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

Here is my outline of key deliverables that could convince me that you are a cut above the “average” entrepreneur that approaches me with nothing but a dream and a prayer: Personal video introduction with elevator pitch. Investor and strategic partner pitch. Pitch your company, not your product.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Pilot-authors tell their stories in the first person, and all of us readers slow down to think while reading of these events, wondering “what if” or whether this could happen to me. We ask ourselves “what if?”. In aviation circles, we read in our pilot magazines about “Never again!” or “I learned about flying from that.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know all of this because every VC knows this because we’ve all either funded companies that have marketing technology or we’ve seen a pitch with a company that does this. Your pitch deck should really be your best marketing tool Your pitch deck shouldn’t contain your deepest, darkest secrets and plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2020

I still hear too many excuses for not working early on the elevator pitch, like wanting to fly under the radar, don’t have the team together yet, or can’t afford an agency. Craft and hone your elevator pitch early. Follow up personally on every new connection. Requests for investment come later.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

You should plan out who you want to meet at each firm and who is the best person to introduce you to that person. Take a Test Drive When you create the list of potential VCs to approach make sure you have a few “back up schools” in your mix and test some of those as your earliest pitches. Be in Person. Get Back in Person.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2021

People listen and remember a personal story and impact more than a large chart of facts. Highlight a personal anecdote and keep it in sight to make your message hit home and become real. Pre-pitch discussions and warm introductions are a key practice for drawing people in, and building advocacy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2023

When we say 'team,' that's what we want to hear about: a group of people who are working with the person who had the original idea to give this company its market advantage, including salespeople and finance people. If you don't have a team on staff, then a banker is going to want to hear about outsourcing and advisors. Be comprehensive here.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2019

For brands, the pitch is a new way to find customers and engage with them. The company’s personalized connection with its community allows brands to better understand and interact with consumers – establishing a long-term relationship rather than simply a transaction.” ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2023

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. Personal privacy protection. Customers are always looking for a better user experience, and they don’t want their privacy compromised.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I recommend the elevator pitch -approach instead, which you probably learned in dealing with busy investors, where the person calling the meeting is asked to summarize the purpose, value and recommended solution in the first minute or two. But it only works if you observe the following principles: Never hide from your team.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The event kicked off with a few words from CEO Evan Spiegel and soon transitioned into a succession of live-streamed pitches from the 10 startups in Yellow’s latest batch. Now Su says he’s fielding plenty of augmented reality pitches. making their way to Los Angeles. ”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

Startups across the nation and around the world are looking for ways to relieve shortages of much-needed personal protective equipment and sanitizers used to halt the spread of COVID-19. In fact, Kentucky was outbid by the federal government for personal protective equipment. “We break it up into three different programs. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2021

I say that because I’ve heard too many abstract pitches about the next paradigm-shifting technology, which I can’t relate to, and only a couple with stories that really grabbed me. This should be obvious, but much of what passes for “a story” these days are things like elevator pitches or product descriptions that have no characters at all.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

from any person?—?must I don’t feel like canceling LinkedIn just because occasionally a well-meaning but slightly not-clued-in person from a faraway place wants me to be their personal mentor, answer 3-questions for their high-school entrepreneurship project or take a sales pitch for their recruiting services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

This shows itself when people try to do an elevator pitch, send concise, actionable emails or have a quick phone call with you to ask for help. . When you jump straight into “sales pitch mode” it feels a bit strange. Don’t be that person. I think trying to humanize the call from the outset is good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Yet I believe that business success is more a function of the person than the idea or the plan, so the best idea is one that is a best fit for you, and only you can assess that. As an investor, I’m not attracted to startups where the founder sends in a marketing person to do the talking. I can assess execution plans, if you have any.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

You bump into the person you’ve always wanted to chat with or your perfect business development partner who can “make” you. I’ve written about the “elevator” pitch before. One person who doesn’t waste this opportunity is Sam Jones of Formation Media. Know your pitch and make your ask count.” Most are squandered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2020

As an angel investor in startups, I’m a believer that smart investors invest more in you as the entrepreneur than the next billion dollar solution you are pitching. Yet I find that most of you find it hard to make the case that you can be the next Elon Musk or Bill Gates. Leadership is tougher than invention.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

You just have to be aware of that bias when you are pitched by women. It's an ingrained bias they're inserting, and they just need to be aware of it, so that during a meeting they can try to refrain from negative questions, and be more aware of the differences between female and male entrepreneurs when they are pitching.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

What's the difference between pitching your startup on television, versus pitching your startup in real life? Can you talk about the difference between pitching on TV versus pitching in real life to investors? And how do you best take advantage of a TV audience to promote your startup? You don't have that luxury in TV.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

most every angel member joins a group to find great investments that will make money for the investor-member, all have other, sometimes more personally important goals. So how an angel responds to your pitch depends upon his or her background. Order all 3 Berkonomics books for $49.95,a a 33% discount. www.berkus.com. Raising money'

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Customers today feel they are too savvy to believe your marketing pitches, so they look around to see what other credible people are saying about your offering. Personalization is the ultimate differentiation. Here are some suggestions for winning strategies that I see in use today: Enlist experts and influencers to make your case.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Social entrepreneurs pitch me their latest idea for reducing world hunger (such as producing edible algae), but forget that hungry people probably don’t have any money. Don’t be hesitant to use focus groups, crowd funding, and personal interviews to quantify interest. Be ready to pivot at any point in the process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2021

In my view, it starts with your communication of real personal values , and ends your focus on results. Especially in these modern times, both your customers and your team are looking for personal relationships to incent their engagement and loyalty. In fact, these same attributes also bound your leadership skills. billion buyout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

You need to work just as hard to convince investors that you are the best person to take your idea from a dream to a successful business, and provide an impressive return on their investment at the same time. Develop a personal story as a visionary and learner. In reality, that’s only half the story. The other half is you.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

They get pitched by so many blowhards that more genuine people who aren’t in it for just a story stand out from the crowd. The other thing that tech execs often want to do is to delegate the PR to their marketing person. They don’t have enough billable hours to be able to really understand what you do or effectively pitch it.

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