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Managing Your Startup Board?—?A Short Presentation

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A Short Presentation I was invited to do a keynote presentation at the Khosla Ventures CEO Summit this week in Sausalito. If you take the mentality that your board members are usually pretty well connected and often willing to be helpful if asked, one of the best ways to keep board members involved is to ask them for help.

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How to Nail a Group Presentation

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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. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation.

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PopBoardz Aims At Business Presentations

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Hollywood-based PopBoardz , a mobile developer, said today that it has released an app aimed at helping users with their business presentations. popboardz ipad business presentation document' PopBoardz says its CEO and founder is Peter Stougaard. PopBoardz says its CEO and founder is Peter Stougaard. The company charges $4.99

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How to Present and Answer Questions in a Team Presentation or VC Pitch

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I sit through a lot of presentations. These range from companies pitching me to portfolio companies presenting at board meetings. Each of these scenarios has a team presenting. Some CEO’s are masters at communicating when team members are present. Help them prepare and practice. Some fare less well.

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Quick Practical, Tactical Tips for Presentations

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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. From witnessing all of these presentations I can tell you that there is a right place and a wrong place to sit.

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Serious Presentation Tips From Standup Comics

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The worlds of standup comedy and business presentations are not as disparate as they may appear at first glance. The following characteristics of a successful comedy routine are also applicable to effective business presentations: 1. The presenter must respond respectfully. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc.

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How to Run Better Presentations & Improve Results

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I sit through a lot of presentations. Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a big company (Accenture) was that we had lots of speakers come in and train us in topics like leadership, creativity, presentations, strategy, etc. I’m also reasonably intelligent as most VCs you present to will be.

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