Startup Viagra: How to Give a VCs a Hard-On
This is possibly the most sensational presentation you would have seen on startup funding and investor pitching. Delivered by Dave McClure (bio here) at the first PresentationCamp organised at the SlideShare office in San Francisco yesterday, this presentation is a freaky (though somewhat racy) take on the courtship between startups and VCs. DO NOT MISS THIS... ...
Resource for VC funding seekers: Entrepreneur Pitchbook from Canaan Partners
Just thought of sharing this excellent resource for the benefit of all startups that are raising venture funding. This is from Canaan Partners and they have created a kind of a workbook (called a pitchbook) that startups could use for getting their pitch decks in shape. Its almost like a fill-in-the-blanks exercise that everyone understands so ...
Just thought of sharing this excellent resource for the benefit of all startups that are raising venture funding. This is from Canaan Partners and they have created a kind of a workbook (called a pitchbook) that startups could use for getting their pitch decks in shape. Its almost like a fill-in-the-blanks exercise that everyone understands so ...
Move over Sequoia… here’s the silver lining to the credit crisis
For all the dull gloom that the Sequoia presentation seems to have unleashed on the technology startup community, there are others who beg to differ from its ominous forebodings. While certainly nowhere in the same league as Sequoia, Altos Ventures, a mid-tier VC firm based out of the Bay Area challenges the postulates of the now ...
For all the dull gloom that the Sequoia presentation seems to have unleashed on the technology startup community, there are others who beg to differ from its ominous forebodings. While certainly nowhere in the same league as Sequoia, Altos Ventures, a mid-tier VC firm based out of the Bay Area challenges the postulates of the now ...
Inviting Indian startups to SeedCamp, Europe’s YCombinator…
If you are an Indian startup that is wanting to gain exposure outside India (specially in Europe), this could interest you. SeedCamp (the YCombinator for Europe) is happening in mid Sep (15-19) in London. Interested first time entrepreneurs can apply here (last date is 10th Aug). Twenty startups will be selected from the initial lot and ...
If you are an Indian startup that is wanting to gain exposure outside India (specially in Europe), this could interest you. SeedCamp (the YCombinator for Europe) is happening in mid Sep (15-19) in London. Interested first time entrepreneurs can apply here (last date is 10th Aug). Twenty startups will be selected from the initial lot and ...
Venture Capital Funding Pitch Deck 2.0….
I chanced across this really creative funding pitch deck from a Kolkata based event management company that is looking for potential investments. They uploaded this to SlideShare and have entered this in the World's Best Presentation Contest that we are currently running. Its a very well crafted and gets the message across straight and clear. Off ...
I chanced across this really creative funding pitch deck from a Kolkata based event management company that is looking for potential investments. They uploaded this to SlideShare and have entered this in the World's Best Presentation Contest that we are currently running. Its a very well crafted and gets the message across straight and clear. Off ...
Confession: It’s official now! SlideShare loses its (financial) virginity
Just wanted to confess on this blog that my startup, SlideShare has now officially lost its bootstrapping (aka financial virginity) status. And we have entered into a serious relationship with one of those big venture firms in Silicon Valley. This was not an impulsive decision; the marriage was preceded by a courtship that lasted a ...
Just wanted to confess on this blog that my startup, SlideShare has now officially lost its bootstrapping (aka financial virginity) status. And we have entered into a serious relationship with one of those big venture firms in Silicon Valley. This was not an impulsive decision; the marriage was preceded by a courtship that lasted a ...
