Business Funding
Valuable Lessons from ‘Shark Tank’ for Entrepreneurs
The television reality show is a crash course in business and entrepreneurship.
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Business Funding
Telling Your Startup Story: 4 Expert Tips to Create the Perfect Investor Pitch for Your New Business
Your pitch has to persuade people that your startup is going to be successful, but also that you're the one who will take it there.
Building a Business
New Pro Rules of Emailing a High Value Person
Make it as easy as possible for them to simply say, "Yes."
By Thalia Toha
Business News
How to Email an Investor You’ve Never Met — and Get a Response!
Learn how to write impactful emails that save time and get results.
Thought Leaders
Make Your Next Pitch Instantly More Compelling By Using This One Philosopher’s Framework
Grice's maxims are the difference between boring small talk and electrifying conversation.
By Nick Wolny
Business Operations & Logistics
A VC’s Advice for Raising Capital Post-Covid
Fundraising is forever changed. But you can still succeed.
By Liz Brody
Business Funding
How to Craft An Elevator Pitch That Gives People Chills in Under 20 Seconds
Find your silver bullet.
By Neil Gordon
Entrepreneurs
Painful Lessons for Getting an Investment Deal on ‘Shark Tank’
You can learn the easy way or hard way.
Business Funding
Free Webinar: Start Up Fundamentals, Raising Capital 101
Learn core strategies for successfully raising capital along with timely tactics to help you succeed when you need it most.
Thought Leaders
7 Tips for Early Stage Fundraising From a Venture Capitalist
Pitching investors is a nuanced process.
Business News
10 Successful ‘Shark Tank’ Women Alumni Share the Business Lessons They Learned From the Show
Hear what each business leader learned from the high-pressure pitching experience.
By Yitzi Weiner
Building a Business
How a VC Wants to Be Pitched
Accel partner Andrew Braccia breaks down the basics of selling your idea to venture capitalists.
Building a Business
The Importance of Getting Advisors to Invest in Your Business
Outside consultants can show true conviction with their capital.
By Alex Gold
Thought Leaders
8 Women VCs Share the Most Memorable Pitch They’ve Ever Received
From a dinosaur in a tutu to getting (really) personal, these pitches left an impression.
Building a Business
Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn’t Working
Here's how to keep it short, sweet and successful.
Marketing
Hold That Door! 7 Rules for an Elevator Pitch.
Make the most of precious moments with a captive audience.
By Ivan Misner
Business Funding
Create the Perfect Pitch Deck Without Hiring a Designer
Create pitch decks that wow for less than $30.
Building a Business
Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 4 Episode 4: ‘It Hit All the Ingredients Except a Good Product’
This episode of our weekly pitch show features all sorts of strategies, with different rates of success.
Business Funding
3 Warning Signs That Your Startup Isn’t Positioned to Secure Funding
Funding is available. The problem is startups not positioning themselves to attract investors.
By Amber Colley
Business Funding
How to Perfect Your Elevator Pitch for Investors (60-Second Video)
Here are three things investors want to hear from you.
By Dan Bova
Business Funding
Forerunner Ventures Founder Kirsten Green On What She Looks for In a Pitch
The investor breaks down what makes her want to invest in a brand, today's biggest opportunities, and how the tech world is about so much more than technology.
Business Funding
Swiping Right on a New Investor? Do This First.
When it comes to investors, all that really matters is that you share the same values.
Building a Business
She Won $1 Million for Her Big Idea at WeWork’s Global Pitch Competition. Here’s How — and Her Top Pitching Strategy. (Podcast)
Chloe Alpert, CEO of Medinas Health, shares her pitch tips on this episode of 'How Success Happens.'
By Hayden Field
Business Funding
How to Introduce Investors to Your Team the Right Way
Eager to introduce investors to the rest of your "rockstar team"? That meeting could be to your detriment. Here's how to turn your dilemma into a win and close the deal.
By Alex Gold
Building a Business
How to (Politely) Get Someone to Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement
It's a tricky request that can sink a pitch before anyone ever hears it.
Business Funding
How Did Spike Lee Convince Michael Jordan to Help Fund His Malcolm X Film?
He knew a very simple thing about competition.
By Gene Marks
Business Accounting
The 10 Most Reliable Ways to Fund a Startup
Every funding decision is a complex tradeoff between near-term and longer-term costs and paybacks, as well as overall ownership and control.