A disclaimer about this newsletter’s title: I didn’t quite watch 243 one-minute startup pitches myself during Y Combinator’s Demo Day last week. I think I probably set a personal record for pitch ...

Startup founders are ditching college, hustling through Y Combinator, and pitching VCs. Here are their pitch decks.

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Frank Catalano on Nov 4, 2024 at ...

Contrary to popular belief, a pitch is not a presentation. A presentation is a clearly defined event allotted a fixed amount of time. The audience sits back, expecting the presentation to start at a ...

Apply for the first-ever Silicon Prairie Startup Week Pitch Competition by Oct. 6 for your chance to win the $10k grand prize! Showcase your startup in front of investors, mentors and community ...

Pitching pumps the lifeblood of most startups as a fundamental strategy for receiving funding, securing shelf space and earning consumer engagement, but it doesn’t come naturally to most entrepreneurs ...

The struggle to get a meeting with a VC firm often leads to "out of the box" thinking, but a startup recently raised the bar for creative outreach by delivering a massive, custom-printed cake to ...

As an experienced entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Startup World Cup chairman, I recently wrote about how legacy corporations can become more innovative by attending startup competitions and ...