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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

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As a venture capitalist, I am asked to provide feedback on a fair number of PowerPoint and Keynote slide decks. 9 Steps To Better Slides. Presentation slides serve two primary purposes. Presentation slides serve two primary purposes. One is to support a live presentation in which each slide is annotated verbally.

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How to Nail a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

Many of them have their iPhones and laptops ready to command their attention the moment that you start sucking. Stories have starts, middles and ends. You are there to speak to the audience so make sure you know what they care about and how to entertain them. I They all start to blend together.

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Intro to the LA Startup Scene

Tech Zulu Event

Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub.

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Silicon Beach Hackathon Looks To Gather Techies

socalTECH

The event--one of a number of events focused on LA tech, entertainment & startups tied into the Silicon Beach Fest--will award $20,000 in cash from StartEngine, $12,000 in cloud hosting services from Peak Hosting, and many other prizes to the top technical products cooked up at the event. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Steve Seigel, Hatched

socalTECH

What's the difference between pitching your startup on television, versus pitching your startup in real life? And how do you best take advantage of a TV audience to promote your startup? Hatched recently started into its second season. I think the best entry level position is starting in investment banking.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup.

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The Samsung Galaxy MEGA is a MONUMENTALLY MASSIVE Mecha [Review]

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The screen gets really hot as its pressed up to your cheek and so I find myself just putting my ear up to the speaker. As the speaker is up to your ear then; your mouth is a but further away and the person can’t quite hear what you’re saying. sure, still slightly awkward to slide into your back-pocket comfortably.