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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. 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.

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

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Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. People are not simply watching the TV anymore.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. It’s a Demo Day thing.

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WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC

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Keep on the radar screen – I know the VC’s seemed to love you when they met you. If they’re not at a minimum you’ve shown that you’re thinking of them and you’ve stayed on their radar screen. And I know many stories of Benchmark or similar investors writing term sheets after the first meeting.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. Or, as always, summary notes available below.