Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2017

When you’re in a competition and on the spot, answering questions to industry experts can be a nerve-wrecking process. This competition required the team to answer “…questions on a Food and Nutrition data set that contained 28 features and 30,000+ rows. This article is courtesy of the Galvanize blog.

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Competition Slides Artificial Inteligence Tips 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2019

Most entrepreneurs are quick to assert to potential investors that their product or solution will kill the competition, but unfortunately your opinion alone is not enough to convince most experienced investors. A competitive advantage to a non-problem or tiny niche is not interesting to investors.

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Competition Patents Startup Customer 86

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2017

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 -- ACG101's First Annual Emerging Growth Pitch Competition and Showcase. These selected startups will pitch to attendees, guest judges (investors and seasoned entrepreneurs) in a showcase/demo table style presentation. See [link] (more)

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Competition Los Angeles Entrepreneur Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Don’t expect your storytelling to be a substitute for basic business plan content, including competitive analyses and financials. Providing the fundamentals in a more memorable context, and enhancing their impact, can give you that competitive edge you need for success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/20/2020.

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Startup Competition Customer Custom 145

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

They had some pretty high quality companies presenting. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. I also have a discount code below for the event. To join us, register at https://siliconbeachusc-2013.eventbrite.com/

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Conference 159

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 17, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Competitive Intelligence: 007 Market Intel. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to estimate market size, competitive market share, how many potential customers are there, and price points. Several case studies will be presented, although the names will be changed to protect the innocent.

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Competition Innocal Case Study SoCal 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 -- Social Enterprise Venture Competition. Through the Social Venture Competition, 9 semi-finalist nonprofits competed in a business plan competition, presenting their plans to a panel of business and social investors who provided valuable feedback and coaching to each presenting organization.

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Competition Coach Mentor Training 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition. Every business area has competition and every customer has alternatives, so a smart entrepreneur needs to acknowledge these as a positive in defining a big market, and position the features of a new solution in this context.

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Competition Entrepreneur Patents Customer 107

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I believe in this so much that, despite my post advising you to be prepared for the *norm* in VC, I wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. Be ready to map your presentation to their preferred method.

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Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

Information Asymmetry - The biggest problem that presenters face in large (5+ people) is information asymmetry. You come into a meeting where your sponsor (the person who invited you to present to the partners) knows a lot about you and the rest of the room may have varying degrees of knowledge. Does that sound ok?&#.

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Venture Capital Startup Sales Writing 318

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

Competitiveness - One attribute that I believe most VCs look for in entrepreneurs is competitiveness. If you stumble on to a really good idea believe me it will get competitive really quickly. I know that people who aren’t competitive always find competitive people slightly distasteful. I had to say it.

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Competition Entrepreneur Startup GRP Partners 296

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010 -- 2010 USC Student Innovator Showcase and Competition. The annual USC Student Innovator Showcase and Competition is a first glimpse at some of the most compelling innovators of the future. Judges select ten finalists from the showcase to give a two-minute presentation about their ideas. See [link].

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USC Competition Ideas Technology 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 1, 2010

Friday, May 7, 2010 -- California Clean Innovations Fast Pitch Competition. Part business plan, part live presentation, Clean Tech startups will compete in this exciting event by presenting their case to a panel of Venture Capitalist judges who rank the business attractiveness using a variety of performance metrics.

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Competition Metrics Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Thursday, October 8, 2009 -- San Diego 3rd Annual Quick Pitch Competition. Announcing the third annual Quick Pitch competition, showcasing talented entrepreneurs seeking funding. Each pitch will be judged based upon investment potential and presentation quality. See [link] (more).

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San Diego Competition Entrepreneur Invest 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2010

This time, Frank gives the Top 10 Ways to Win a Business Plan Competition. I'm a judge in a local university's business plan competition. Over the past few years I've been involved in different ways in the UC Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business, Business Plan Competition. They came in 2nd place. 1 Be kind to the judges.

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Competition Mentor Software Review Invest 153

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Among the participants that applied for the online competitions, only a progressed into the semi-finals. Tech.Co: What was the road like leading up to your initial pitch for the competition? Celebrate Conference in October. Climbing the ranks for our Western Region, Picking Duck was one of two semi-final winners.

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Competition Startup Ideas Conference 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Chick Launcher , the local effort to help bolster women led startups, has named the five finalists for its Fast Pitch Competition, the group said this week. The group said it also has awarded $5,000 for the Best Fast Pitch presentation to I Heart Savvy. chicklauncher women startups competition fast pitch' READ MORE>>.

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Competition Southern California Startup Activity 261

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 19, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 -- TechAmerica Century City Greater LA Finance Network Group Presents: 5 Financial Strategies that will always beat your Competition. 5 5 Financial Strategies that will always beat your competition: 1. If it costs 7 times more to find new clients than to keep existing ones 2. Invest in CPI 3.Improved

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Competition Century City Customer Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

As a member of the local angel group Selection Committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Every startup needs both a business plan and an investor presentation, completed before you formally approach any investors.

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 94

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the nonprofit which manages and operates competitions intended to spur significant advances in technology, says it has rolled out a new, $1 million award, which it calls the Moonshot Award. SpaceIL originally began development of its lunar lander as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE effort.

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Google Competition Los Angeles Technology 145

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

But previews of the big data presentations are out today, yielding more insight into what promises to be the first major competition in CAR-T cell therapy: Treatments for people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) who have run out of other options and likely have only a few months to live.

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Competition San Diego Blogging 45

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2023

He succinctly outlines the key behaviors that I believe every business leader must focus on, to drive innovation without waiting for the next competitive crisis: Avoid the assumption that current gifts will keep on giving. A business that relies on static skill replacement is falling behind, and ripe for the next competitive crisis.

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Framework Competition Ideas IBM 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Activision said Friday that it has launched a new Call of Duty gaming competition, which will feature a $1 million prize, for the top player of Call of Duty: Black Ops II on the Xbox 360. The competition said that any player can register to compete in the competition. READ MORE>>.

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Activision Competition Hollywood 217

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

At the annual user conference, I would often make sure the entire user community present knew of these extraordinary collaborations by naming the teacher-customers in the presence of their contemporaries. The customer would be the first to receive the new functionality in a new release. Providing feedback to your teacher customer.

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Customer Custom Design Conference 156

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

He succinctly outlines the key behaviors that I believe every business leader must focus on, to drive innovation without waiting for the next competitive crisis: Avoid the assumption that current gifts will keep on giving. A business that relies on static skill replacement is falling behind, and ripe for the next competitive crisis.

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Tips Framework Competition Ideas 160

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Overture (Goto.com).

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2012

Late last year we announced that local Southern California startup Caplinked was launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, and Chris Yeh. Today is the day they make their final decision and you could be present and watch it all happen.

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Competition Idealab Southern California Ideas 63

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

She explains Freestyle VC’s specific “no competition” investment policy with active decisions to bypass investments that compete with companies in their portfolio. The post 500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference appeared first on TechZulu. Dave asks: “What’s bolshevik in Bitcoin?

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Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 -- New Space Era: Global Competition, Transition to Private Projects and Space Tourism. This month's topic is "New Space Era: Global Competition, Transition to Private Projects and Space Tourism." Dr. Tsuyoshi Saotome (Ph.D. Tsuyoshi Saotome (Ph.D. Email stephen_tanaka@jetro.go.jp.

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Competition UCLA Email Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Competition. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. And the reality is that if you have no competition it will likely be perceived as a negative, not positive. Leaving your real competitors off of you presentation to a VC is not recommended.

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Venture Capital Slides Competition Education 313

Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2022

Dropping that name will often immediately draw a response if the decision maker is curious or particularly competitive. Let me reinforce this: never reveal competitive information to gain access or advantage. It takes careful presentation, lack of ego, and a real focus on the implementation tactics to make this work.

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Ideas Sales Competition Venture Capital 156

Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

But sometimes there is a barrier, an impossibly high cost not considered, a social backlash never thought of, or competition already covering the idea that is unknown to the originator. Which leads us to the second class of creative board thinking… Strategic thinking: Board members who ask: “What is the competitive landscape?”

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Company Companies Ideas Competition 156

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The annual Fast Pitch competition pitted 10 companies against each other in 90-second, elevator pitches to a panel of 10 judges. After each 90-second pitch, and a quick Q&A, judges at the event gave both a presentation score and fundability score to each company. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Competition Hollywood Tool 199

TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

Increasing competitive advantage? What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? What does the role demand? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The answer is: it depends. The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. It’s just not a realistic expectation.

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CTO Hire Develop Development Fractional VPE 260

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2020

Army will also be the presenting sponsor of a forthcoming collegiate duos competition tournament series. Army deal includes a special segment called "Tactical Play" where on-air analysts will review highlights from League matches, and there will also be walk-up-and-play opportunities at some events; the two also said the U.S.

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Activision Competition Product 113

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Other investment bankers insist that the company create competition for a deal, even if the buyer has already submitted a letter of interest to the seller. Competition opens the deal to more public access, slows the deal and could give competitors wind of an otherwise confidential process. In my experience, the answer is….

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Invest Competition Pricing Guide 156