Comments on: Doing a Demo (VC pitch or otherwise) – Part 5 in VC Series

By: Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar | CloudAve

Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar | CloudAve — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:50:43 +0000

[...] slot by a long time – the demo was worth seeing and he obviously knew this. I wrote about how to give demos in a previous [...]

By: Raising Money Using Customer Development « Steve Blank

Raising Money Using Customer Development « Steve Blank — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:02:22 +0000

[...] customer and product feedback. No amount of learning how to get a VC meeting or improving your VC demo skills will fix the lack of concrete customer data. You might as well bring your lucky rabbits foot to the [...]

By: links for 2009-09-12 « Blarney Fellow

links for 2009-09-12 « Blarney Fellow — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:05:34 +0000

[...] Doing a Demo (VC pitch or otherwise) – Part 5 in VC Series (tags: presentations vc startup) [...]

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:28:59 +0000

This is a terrific series! I hope that you will get the next posts up soon because we have pitches coming up. LOL, you have left me wanting more…

Shane

By: marksuster

marksuster — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:53:51 +0000

Doh! Sorry, Kevin, and thanks for pointing it out. I’ve updated the blog posting. Appreciate you leaving the note.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:26:23 +0000

You say “Finally, a big pet peeve of mine.” and then don’t say your pet peeve?

By: VC Viagra – How to turn on an entrepreneur « A Product Guy

VC Viagra – How to turn on an entrepreneur « A Product Guy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:45:02 +0000

[...] a whole lot about how to pitch a VC. There’s a ton of advice out there about term sheets, pitch meetings and demos, slide decks etc, which are incredibly useful to the entrepreneur. BUT, I rarely see any posts by [...]

By: Tim Platt

Tim Platt — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:48:07 +0000

Although warm referrals from a ‘trusted’ corporate lawyer catering to the tech and start-up sectors are helpful, they pre-suppose a connection with that lawyer and a favorable recommendation as well.

The best way to find growth capital is to apply to a venture summit where you can speed pitch your ideas to several investors face-to-face in a single day. One such example is The Speed Venture Summit, the premier speed-dating-style event for fast-growth businesses and investors in New England. http://www.speedventuresummit.org; and follow the virtual discussion at Twitter #SVSNE

By: santosh

santosh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:57:56 +0000

a very neat series of articles. You have my appetite whetted!

Thanks a ton!

By: mark saavedra

mark saavedra — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:30:52 +0000

I’m building my pitch around your outline Mark. You are doing a great job of explaining the art of the pitch.