InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

If you are forced to display financial data, ensure that the slides are unintelligible. An effective method to incite Death By PowerPoint is to deploy an extraordinary number of slides. A minimum of 20 to 30 slides per minute is a reasonable rule of thumb. Limit the use of pictures or graphs on your slides.

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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. I think the norm in the industry is still to see Powerpoint slides and I wouldn’t hold this against anybody.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2015

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Slides Technical Review Startup Research 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2013

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in another article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

They had slides with moving images and music. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. If you really get nervous and are afraid you’ll forget your lines have one 3X5 cue card in your hands for each slide. Have a PowerPoint deck with screen shots that you can walk through. Far more expedient.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. But I find that the more informed your board is and the more you’re staying on their radar screen the more effective they’ll be for you.

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

While it might be tempting to put everything you can into a slide presentation and tell the whole story, too much information could distract the investor and potentially lose your momentum. Try to keep the presentation tight, 10 slides is ideal,” Gruber said. Also keep the slides clean and easy to read.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2012

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Have at least one backup plan, such as copies of your slides to hand out and discuss, in case all else fails. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The screen gets really hot as its pressed up to your cheek and so I find myself just putting my ear up to the speaker. So grin and bear it by keeping your cheek on the hot screen? Well, that might trigger unwanted clicking on your home screen too. sure, still slightly awkward to slide into your back-pocket comfortably.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

But if they suck on your computer Imagine just how bad they really suck on mobile devices where the screen size is much smaller. You need to be able to screen out the 52% of calls that are information requests with technology. For me that’s why Twitter works. years ago ) and relevant and therefore get much greater conversion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an earlier article “ Ten Slides Make a Killer Investor Presentation.” Then match your pace to cover all the material.

Slides 95

Slides Technical Review Startup Research 95

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2010

Next up in from Digital Experience are movie books from Viewsonic We weren't big fans of the movie books resistive touch screen but the screens, featuring 1080p video, are nice. The Blackberry presenter is a Powerpoint module which hooks up to the Blackberry to make your slides that much more mobile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Get your Internet domain name and website.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

The role of these investment staff varies firm-to-firm but they often entail: Sourcing deals for partners Helping with initial deal screening with a partner Helping with due diligence (competitive assessments, customer calls, reference checking, market sizing, technology reviews, etc.)

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Venture Capital Technical Review Invest Slides 314

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2010

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an earlier article “ Investor Presentation – 10 Slides is Just Right.” Then match your pace to cover all the material.

Tips 56

Tips Slides Startup Research 56

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

YouTube also boasts of a new channel guide available at just a swipe from the left edge of the screen into one’s subscribed channels giving users instant access to videos they like. The presentations have speaker notes, full-screen mode and can be swiped between slides.

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Google Outsource Development Screening Mobile 69

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The money slide is the graphic below. Initially the computer did basic functions like “screen validation” (making sure that you didn’t enter non-sensical data into fields, for example) and could take over functions like compiling your software code so you could check for errors before submitting it to the mainframe. .”

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Screen: 5 inch LCD touchscreen, stylus provided. At the LeWeb conference, my fellow Traveling Geek - Ewan Spence - tempted me with a sneak peek of the PsiXPda pocket computer. It has a touchscreen AND a backlit keyboard for conference environments. Check these specs: Form Factor: clam shell in white, black, pink. Dimensions: 6.85

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2014

There is a third-party app that has a drawer, just like Android, that you can slide out from the left side of the main watch screen. Just like my phone, I want to get a screen protector because I am always worried about smashing the watch face into something. You can check out the app here ( Wear Mini Launcher ).

Google 87

Google Screening Slides Netflix 87

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If you stop measuring when you’re having a bad day, week, month you’ll slide back to your yo-yo weight. I do this by sending them screen shots of my MyFitnessPal weigh in. There’s a term for this?—?an an “accountability coach” (or accountability friend). You manage what you measure. What About Exercise? Yes, I exercise a lot.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. I cranked out 20+ slides based on this pre-existing metaphor of media in my head. The process of visualization is literally imagining or seeing things in your mind. No matter.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Because they’re street smart, most great entrepreneurs tend to prefer getting out and talking with real customers rather than sitting in a cubicle all day doing beautiful PowerPoint slides. And when they walk in my office and present you can tell that they know what they’re talking about.

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Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Authority + Social Proof + Traction in getting rounds done quickly = perception that this is a company that should be on my radar screen / I should pay attention to. It’s part of my radar/early warning system.&#. So what are you waiting for? Go get your anchors.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Plus, it opens up to where you left off last time, so your most used screen appears instantly. Sliding left or right changes the brightness. Designed exclusively to use from the slide down notification center on the iPhone, Hue Widget lets you access a broad range of Hue controls without having to unlock your phone.

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Screening Slides Startup Press 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

It eventually closed at 11,204 in April ’10 before sliding back around 10,000 as I sit here and type. trillion out of our homes and spent 2/3rds of it on flat screen TVs, trips to Hawaii, time shares, Apple products and everything else we couldn’t afford. We took $2.3

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