Posts by tag: startup pitch

by Alex aka Chief WOWness in / marketing / startups / storytelling
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The three stages of a startup pitch

The three stages of a startup pitch

Many entrepreneurs claim to have the best next story, truth is, most pitches are full of shit. Not intentionally, mind you, but most start-ups don’t realize how ineffective their communication is. It’s not until you remove the blind fold with an active audience that they understand how broken it really

by Alex aka Chief WOWness in / marketing / startups
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Are startup pitches really THAT important?

Are startup pitches really THAT important?

The plague of start-up accelerators has brought one clear thing, pitching fatigue. People are sick to their heart of pitch practice sessions, how to do the ultimate investor deck and similar topics. Every time someone mentions the word demo-day you can see the eye rolling conga. It’s not that most

by Alex aka Chief WOWness in / startups
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14 things to avoid in your startup pitch deck

14 things to avoid in your startup pitch deck

I recently gave a talk on Mastering the startup pitch deck (see below). It’s not the first time I’ve been critical about startup pitching. I try to put my money where my mouth is, so apart from the usual tips, I came up with the typical things I see on start-up

by Alex aka Chief WOWness in / events
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Hy! Berlin startup competition

Hy! Berlin startup competition

I tend to be quite bullish about startup competitions, mostly because so many of them are done really wrong. But I have to say, I’m excited to see what the hy! Berlin team is pulling off. To start with, they’re offering the winners a prize of €15,000 plus several services,

by Alex aka Chief WOWness in / events / press42
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Nail your startup pitch at 42 Beers

Nail your startup pitch at 42 Beers

One more time, and before we head into the new year, we, that is, the Press42 team, are getting ready for the next edition of the 42 Beers event, our own training camp for your start-up pitch. Plenty of events focus on start-up pitching, but in essence, most of them deal