How Storytelling Can Make or Break Your Pitch
📖 Encore’s Pitch Deck Is Proof of How Storytelling Can Make or Break Your Pitch They say that everything you need to know in life you...
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- Sep 23
- 1 min
Pitching Investors vs. Pitching Customers
If you’re in the startup world, you know that pitching isn’t just for baseball. It’s key to raising the funds your company needs to grow...
- Sep 16
- 1 min
Best of Paul Graham's Tweets for Startup Founders
Y-Combinator co-founder Paul Graham knows a thing or two about startups. After all, Y Combinator, a technology startup accelerator, has...
- Sep 9
- 1 min
Is Your Startup Ready to Scale? Here Are Some Questions You Should Ask Yourself
🚀 Is Your Startup Ready to Scale? Here Are Some Questions You Should Ask Yourself Only about 1 in 200 startups become true scaleups....
- Sep 2
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First Meeting With an Investor?
🗒️ First Meeting With an Investor? Here Are 126 Questions You Should Prepare A school teacher once shared a piece of advice that still...
- Aug 26
- 1 min
50+ Essential Startup Communities and Newsletters for Founders
Over 90% of startup founders say that mentorship was a key factor in their success. (Sage) Networking is also crucial: A survey of 1,000...
- Aug 18
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90+ FinTech, SaaS, and Tech Pitch Deck Examples That Raised Millions
🌐 90+ FinTech, SaaS, and Tech Pitch Deck Examples That Raised Millions It can take 2-3 months to create, practice, and gather feedback...
- Aug 12
- 1 min
August AMA
🚨 There’s still time to register for our August AMA! 🚨 Chat with Wen Zhang, Founder & CEO of INNW Institute, as well as Mobeen Khan &...
- Aug 5
- 1 min
Co-Founder Equity Split Template for Startups
65% of high-potential startups fail as a result of conflicts between co-founders. (Noam Wessman, Harvard Business School Professor and...
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Top Startup Events for What’s Left of 2022
After two years of pandemic lockdowns, in-person events are making a comeback. The beauty of in-person events is that they set the stage...
- Jul 22
- 1 min
30,000+ Startup Resources From Founder Institute
🧰 30,000+ Startup Resources From Founder Institute: Best Local Tools, People, Investors, and Companies That Help Startups in Nearly 100...
- Jul 15
- 1 min
How are you and your business?
How are you and your business? Are you having a nice start to your Q3 so far? I hope so. If it's not going as well as you'd hoped, I have...
- Jul 7
- 1 min
Are you ready?
Anytime you make a request, you are making your pitch. Pitching isn’t limited to startups, late night TV commercials, or Fortune 500...
- Jun 30
- 1 min
David Skok's Startup Roadmap: 9 Steps to Repeatable, Scalable, and Profitable Growth
🗺️ David Skok's Startup Roadmap: 9 Steps to Repeatable, Scalable, and Profitable Growth Many founders make the mistake of thinking that...
- Jun 23
- 1 min
The 500 Most Active Tech Investors in the U.S.
🧑💻 The 500 Most Active Tech Investors in the U.S. Most entrepreneurs know that fundraising is hard. But many don’t quite appreciate...
- Jun 17
- 1 min
What Should Be On Your Pitch Deck?
The importance of your pitch deck can’t be overstated. Only about 0.05% of small businesses are able to raise venture capital, and the...
- Jun 9
- 1 min
How do you overcome your doubts?
How do you overcome or deal with your mistakes, failures, and doubts? For me personally, the fire in my heart is so strong; it constantly...
- Jun 2
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The Emotional Cost of Being a Startup Founder
Almost 50% of founders struggle with mental health issues. (Erin Frey) According to Kavedon Kapital, founders are: 🔸 Twice as likely to...
- May 26
- 1 min
220+ Non-VC Funding Sources for Startups
VCs get most of the attention when it comes to startup funding. But they’re not the only game in town. In fact, they’re not even the...
- May 19
- 1 min
The 10 Rockefeller Habits Checklist to Scale Your Business Now
Almost half of new companies in the U.S. fail within the first five years. (Lending Tree) And according to the Growth Institute, only 1...