December 17, 2008 – 5:42 pm
I love TechCrunch. I really do. Some people hate it. Some people pretend to hate it.
I love it.
I’ve never really emailed to talked with the crew over at TC (I’ve met Jason at TechStars Investor Day and Michael at TC50 in passing), but have read the blog since the early days of MySpace reporting and [...]
December 9, 2008 – 10:52 pm
Image by veeliam via Flickr
Santa Cruz startup UserVoice is a lesson on how to do it.
Bootstrapped, the two founders know how to capitalize on opportunities. Their product is new, but robust. A simple and clear UI highlights their mission, to give users a voice in the products they use.
It differs from Get Satisfaction, which is [...]
September 9, 2008 – 3:47 am
Walking around TechCrunch50 today I saw quite a few pitches. I think I can simplify what makes the pitches bad down to this (incorrect) theory:
Investors are drunk party girls at closing time at the bar.
Bad pitches usually come from thinking this.
So:
If you want to get busy with an investor between the term sheets:
Don’t pretend you [...]
By Andrew Hyde
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Posted in Ideas, Review, Thoughts
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Also tagged "how to pitch an investor", "how to pitch", demo, fail, pitch, Startups, techcrunch50, valuation, wrong
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What a great and weird world SXSW has been. From the fake panel from Zuckerberg to the great private shows, this has been a year to remember.
Here is Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable licking the iPhone before reading an article at the SocialThing party.
All the girls were jealous of the iPhone.
Tasty, eh?
