Screening Slides Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2011
It’s any meeting where you are in a small room and are being called on to present on some form of overhead slides. If you look at Diagram A above you’ll see that the presenters are sitting at the opposite end of the table from where the screen is. Sitting by the screen is the best excuse. We didn’t realize.&#
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I’ll put up the video when they post it on their website. Stories have starts, middles and ends.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 20, 2013
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. I They all start to blend together. In any speech I do that is information rich I often have a summary slide at the end with the key points I want them to remember.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 31, 2020
I’m going to make this post pretty high-level because my goal is to help anybody who wants to get started quickly. I’m going to follow up with a series of detailed posts about what I did so that if you want more information, help, support or insights I can go deeper. How to Get Started? A way of life rather than a restriction.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2009
I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity. Street Smarts - OK, so you’re a tenacious person – you never give up. Well obviously that’s meaningless if your startup idea sucks. He was at a startup that was in a super hot sector.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 17, 2011
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.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 29, 2020
The biggest complaint I hear from fellow investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. If you start by pitching your extended life story, that’s the wrong point. If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. Start with the problem and your solution.
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