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1.0 Founder Insight 1/4/12
TheFunded.com Open Letter
Posted by Gopal Kamath on 2012-01-04
Founder Insight is a weekly newsletter that provides global insights from the people building great startups. Each week we’ll send you an exclusive training video from inside the Founder Institute, as well as other helpful resources from startup communities around the globe. Click here to subscribe
Editor's Note: I hope you all had a great New Year’s.
In preparation for the Founder Showcase last Friday we released a collection of our favorite resources for pitching to investors. This led to an article on TechCrunchby our friend Robin Wauters, where we asked startups to submit their best 1-sentence pitches for the chance to win a future article on the site. Amazingly, this led to over 670 submissions, but more importantly, a really interesting pitch-critiquing discussion in the comments section. If you have a few minutes, check out the submissions and discussion at the bottom of the original article, and review the pitches that won the contest here as well. I bet it will get you thinking about your ideas in new ways.
- Jonathan Greechan (@jonnystartup)
Inside the Founder Institute
Our Favorite #Startup VC Pitching Resources. Through both the Founder Showcase and the Founder Institute we come across a lot of great stuff, but here are what we consider to be the best of the best on the subject of pitching to VCs.
Great Discussions on TheFunded:
Can a Founder Pay a Finder’s Fee from His Own Shares?
Recommended Resources:
Areas that are Ready for Big Innovation in 2012
[TheNextWeb]
How to Survive Your First Year as an Entrepreneur
[James Altucher via TechCrunch]
Upcoming Events:
New York City Startup Ideation Bootcamp
Date/Location: January 11, 2012: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM: New York, NY
Description: In just three hours the Founder Institute will help you improve your startup ideas,startup idea, improve your pitching skills, and recruit potential cofounders.
9th Founder Showcase
Date/Location: January 19, 2011: 3:30 PM-9:00 PM: Mountain View, CA
Description: The Founder Showcase brings together leading investors, founders, and press for one action-packed night to network and help launch a startup company to greatness. The 9th Founder Showcase will take place in Mountain View, and only hold 275 people. Guests will be treated to a keynote speech from a top technology investor or CEO, and drinks and appetizers in a networking hall full of emerging companies competing in a Demo Table Competition. This event has sold out the last six times, so register today. Founder Insight readers get 25% off using the code 'insightful'.
Women 2.0 PITCH Competition 2012
Date/Location: February 14, 2011: Mountain View, CA
Description: The full-day conference will be the only platform that unites the entire ecosystem to nurture and support the fastest-growing demographic in the startup space - women - as creators and consumers. Over 800 investors, entrepreneurs, engineers and designers will be exploring up-and-coming trends in innovation and discussing "nuts & bolts" solutions through case studies. Founder Insight readers get 10% off using the code 'FOUNDER'.
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