Category Archives: Markets

The Seven Non-Negotiables of a Startup Pitch

In the past week, I attended two events where I had to evaluate startup pitches delivered to investors:  a boot camp for the upcoming 3RVF conference in Pittsburgh, and the interim demo day at AlphaLab.  Both events were dry-run practice sessions so that presenting companies could be more polished when they were actually on the [...]

Morbidly Obese Markets

Last week, I wrote about my experiences with two demo days at business accelerators:  LaunchBox Digital in Washington, DC and TechStars in Boulder, CO.  I tried to get an invitation to YCombinator in Boston as well, but somehow it slipped through the cracks.
One of the most impressive things I saw at both sites was “The [...]