Deliver a pitch that hits their ‘sweet spot’ first time. By Adam Quinton (Founder & CEO, Lucas Point Ventures) This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. I have been working with several founders recently on their fundraising decks. Having had to do...
How 500 Startups is investing in female founders and challenging women to write checks. By Jess Erickson (Director of Marketing, 500 Startups) What kind of person comes to mind when you hear “startup founder?” How about “partner at VC”? Or...
The winner of our 2013 Las Vegas PITCH Competition thought she “got” the whole 500 startups thing… then realized the “bro-tastic cliquey crap” stereotype was not at all the truth. By Cynthia Schames (CEO & Co-Founder, AbbeyPost) If we’re friends, Facebook friends,...
Women 2.0 PITCH competition judge Christine Tsai recently announced that 500 Women will invest $1M in 10 companies with women founders this year. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) We already know female entrepreneurs generally receive a pitiful amount...
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) “We were told by the smartest people in the Valley that this was a good...
