Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

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. It’s called ROI (return-on-investment) selling. But how would I use it?”.

Sales

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. This is no criticism of the investment banking industry (although I’m sure some will read it this way) for which there are very useful purposes. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. It’s a Demo Day thing.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. This is no criticism of the investment banking industry (although I’m sure some will read it this way) for which there are very useful purposes. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. It’s a Demo Day thing.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

Software Review

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2010

launched earlier this year at DEMO. Alon Goren: What we did, actually, was when we launched at DEMO we got up on stage, and you're not allowed to show a PowerPoint--you have to demo your product. I think that most people that invest in projects have some connection to that person, or have read their story. READ MORE>>.

Sites

socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnBoard , a developer of a mobile technology platform aimed at helping app developers create app demos, has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The company bills those experiences "Full-Fidelity Demos".

Mobile

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , the startup developing mobile app demo and analytics software, has raised $15M more in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning.

Mobile

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

In the video I describe how to best play this meeting and why, without a champion going into the meeting, you’re unlikely to get an investment. Give everybody pages of the deck they’re to cover or parts of the demo for which they are to talk. Can’t you just demo & talk? Demo could go here].

Venture Capital

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

500 Startups is scrapping its cohort model for accelerating companies and moving to a rolling admissions process, the accelerator said during its latest demo day. “Demo is changing the way it runs its accelerator to be rolling recruitment,” said Aaron Blumenthal , a 500 Startups venture partner.

Startup

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers Accelerator is investing $120,000 in funding in each of the startups, which all will be part of a coworking space in LA, and also gain access to the Dodgers organization, mentors, and more. READ MORE>>.

Class

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day , we could only imagine the stratospheric levels of stress our Batch 8 founders must have gone through to get on stage and present their progress from their last four months of startup bootcamp. In true 500 Startups fashion, Demo Day had an almost cathartic feel. ” Demo Day.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. Also, asking is not appropriate at a marquee conferences like TechCrunch50, DEMO, Twiistup and the like. Where you planning to demo? Have someone else drive the demo – Don’t try to be super human.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

RFP Generators – Another obvious investment area. Demos – One of the things that most people are bad at and that are hard to standardize is the demo. I have written about how to do a demo before (even though this was in the context of a VC pitch much of it applies). A good demo tells a story.

Sales

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

Class

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. They all had come from backgrounds as investment professionals, which is how they had built their own businesses. How did the idea to launch your own accelerator come about?

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

Along with detail orientation I have a strong bias for “doers.&# When I ask for a quick demo and the CEO tells me that he’ll schedule a follow-on meeting with his sales rep because, “I’m not a demo guy. I told him that “president&# was a strange title for a startup.

Entrepreneur

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. If I feel a priori that the CEO can’t cut it I’m highly unlikely to invest.

Startup

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Cal-X Stars Business Accelerator , a startup accelerator group which has been ramping up in Santa Monica, said Friday that it is planning to present its class of medtech companies in San Francisco as part of the Founder Club DEMO day. READ MORE>>.

Class

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. warner media camp demo demoday content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

Media

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars.

Competition

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

We just had the demo day for our third batch of companies. I do think the way we work with companies is a little different from other programs, in that we view it much more like the wasyI personally think about investing and venture capital. It''s not a three month program, demo day, and folks move out or move on.

Incubator

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 22, 2018

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 --.

Class

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Most of them are telling you that they just need to see a bit of traction before they’d be prepared to invest. Investors are giving you a version of the “soft no,&# which basically means that they’re not prepared to invest now. After more than a year of updates I pulled the trigger and invested.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. One reason we have those investors, is I think that demo days won't work in LA.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Because you have multiple forces at work.

Venture Capital

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The Numbers - Most Accelerators offer participating startups a modest capital investment in exchange for a 5% to 10% equity interest. End Game - Some Accelerators spend significant time helping startups hone their pitch for a blow-out Demo Day. However, avoid any Accelerator that charges startups a fee to participate.

Incubator

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2019

The Preccelerator invests $25,000 in each company, and provides up to $25,000 in non-billable legal advice and legal services, plus 24/7 access to its own coworking space. In addition, the accelerator says it also helps with investment strategy counseling sessions, Meet the VC Luncheons, a Demo Day and targeted investor introductions.

Class

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

They demoed the electricity transfer with a physical device that looked like something that would never be allowed on an airplane. He was doubling down on his investment and also gave me a great lay of the land on handicapping how all of the other seed investors saw the company. But it seemed to work. I spent one hour with them.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Most investors wait to see who else is investing. &# Social Proof&# weighs heavily on investors in making their decisions. Paul Graham’s assertion that “any startup founder can tell you the most common question they hear from investors is not about the founders or the product, but “who else is investing?&#

Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yes, the investor may literally have said to you: "That is something I'd seriously think about investing in when you have your product built." Investors Really Want Evidence of Traction So you built your MVP; you bring it to the investor; you demo it; and I will guarantee they will ask you: "So how many users do you have?

Metrics

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Earlier this week, the Disney Accelerator held the demo day for its second class. So we've always been on the forefront of the innovation in technology, which drives media and entertainment, and for us, if you look at what is going on, there is a lot of investment being made in the entrepreneurial community and startups.

Class

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” We’ll see.

Startup

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2021

MuckerLab says it invests between $100,000 and $200,000 in companies in its accelerator program, with follow-on capital available over the lifespan of its investment. According to MuckerLab, applications for its Summer program are due by Tuesday, July 6th at 11:59pm.

Invest

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

We are investing heavily in these changes. But I can tell you as my firm invested in Overture who created the category of pay-per-search that Google perfected – our company underwent three years of ridicule in Silicon Valley until people looked at the performance data and realized that efficacy matters.

Advertising

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile app demo technology developer AppOnboard , which is led by serial entrepreneur Jonathan Zweig, said this week that it has launched the ability to demo apps and games directly within Google Play. Zweig is the former founder and CEO of AdColony, which he sold a few years ago for $350M.

Google

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

Entrepreneur

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He was introduced by a senior technology executive that I really respect in the LA area and a close friend of mine told me separately that he would like to invest if they did a friends & family round. Needless to say I was positively predisposed to this individual before the meeting started. This meeting was a 10/10 for me. is important.

Venture Capital