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How To Demo Your Startup (163)
on TechCrunch (25864) permalinkJason Calacanis’ most recent post to his email mailing list is particularly relevant to our audience. He’s spoken with 200 companies in ten minute increments as they give their pitch to be a part of the upcoming TechCrunch50 conference. I agree with all of his thoughts below based on my own experience getting pitched from thousands of startups over the last three years. If you are pitching a company to the press, a conference, a ...Shared by Aanarav Sareen (36) Aaron (24) adang001 (73) Aeh310 (39) Al (19) Alan Veeck (59) Alex (126) Alex Carpenter (22) Andrew Boardman (212) Andrey (23) Anol (32) anonydon (52) Aron (19) Bastien (79) Bill (13) Bill (33) Bill HR (32) Brad Garland (57) Brit (87) C.K. (307) Caleb Elston (107) Can Özmen (35) CannonGod (768) Carl Fyffe (37) CB (181) Chandu Thota (29) Chris J Guerra (63) cmurph (65) colladude (47) Consiliera (44) Cory (42) Cris (15) cuqui (39) cvander (49) Danbrown (50) Daniel (44) DOCBook Howto (472) Ed (53) eLd0raDo (40) Emily (42) Emma (33) Eric (25) Eric (28) eschnou (45) Evgeni L. / Reepicheep (74) expertseries (25) G$ (55) Gaurav (48) Gautam (135) Giuliastro (35) glaforge (143) Gordon Murray (29) Haltse (40) Harun (58) Hashim (102) IdoNotes (39) igormoreno (47) iuri (24) J.R. (28) Jason L (61) JasonV (43) Jay (35) Jbud1 (35) JeeBs (14) Jeff (11) Jeff (27) Jerome (28) jetienne (53) Joel (16) John (68) John (25) John (51) John (17) Jon. L (27) Jonathan (41) Jordi De Groof (50) Josh (140) Julián Romero Nieto (3) Justin Ribeiro (71) k1v1n (76) Kaşif Ha (62) Katie (32) Kenneth (30) kevan (48) Kevin Hamer (43) Llwllyn (39) louisgray (653) maccman (88) Mahesh CR (13) Major Tal (41) Marina Martin (34) Martin (30) Martin Ström (53) Matt (19) Michel (18) mickek (15) Mike (78) Mike Aizatsky (48) mr.petruccio (82) mr94 (31) Mudiam (23) Neil (14) Nick (13) Nick (25) noahp (24) OGG (30) Olli Sulopuisto (61) orc (19) Otto R. Radke (26) Oudi Antebi (106) Pablo (80) Patrick Thornton (28) Paul Helmick (224) Paul S (23) Paulino (38) Pejman (45) PoPPaP (39) Rajiv Doshi (31) Richard Olsen (32) Richmarcia (35) Rizwan (33) Robert Scoble (292) Ron (44) Roy (22) Sam I Am (13) Satej Sirur (34) Scott (41) SD (164) Sebastian (18) selfexile (22) Seth (37) Sherman (46) shivanand (20) Shyam (36) simplynutty (71) Sonciary (28) Stanislav Shalunov (10) Stewart Rogers (19) StreetForce1 (117) Sue (130) syllabub (21) TedCHoward (32) The one (36) Tim Elliott (20) Todd (25) Tom Wentworth (18) Tomek (28) Tony (9) truman (35) Uday Kiran (19) Vincent van Wylick (77) vinoth (26) Vivek (29) weinberg81 (27) wrburgess (23) Xdroot (200) xrx (131) yaegor (25) Yan (52) Yihong (24) Zach Scott (31) Zsombor (32) zuzur (38)Explore read 12 notes
- Haltse said: i really hope that the same rules applied to HR slideshows and new info. Very tired of the approach that Hey we have over a million bucks of talent in this room BUT! we're going to read to you from the screen.
- colladude said: demo startup
- Jonathan said: Seems like a lot of good advice about pitching.
- Nick said: Great article for web startups
- Paul S said: All good points
- SD said: Jason , please start blogging. Your emails are toooooooooooooo looooooooooooong to read.
- Chris J Guerra said: very useful info
- Neil said: Excellent advice for ALL kinds of tech presentations...not just startup stuff
- John said: This is great advice for anyone who has to make presentations, whether in tech or not.
- Stewart Rogers said: must read in more detail!
- Martin said: Great info here for anyone demoing their hard work.
- JeeBs said: Great advice on the finer points of doing a demo of your product. As clear and definitive as you can get.
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AdMob Makes Mobile Ads Suck Less. Will Give Away One Million Dollars Worth of Ads To iPhone App Developers. (21)
on TechCrunch (25864) permalinkOn the iPhone, even the ads are cool. Mobile advertising network AdMob is launching a whole new set of customized ads for iPhone apps. As CEO Omar Hamoui explains in the video above, the ads are specifically designed for iPhone apps. Rather than the static text or image ads that make up most of its mobile ad inventory today, these take advantage of specific features of the iPhone. For instance, an ad for a song ...Shared by aaron (216) Al (19) Alan Edgett (27) Boris (67) brad (49) Brad (46) e-strategyblog.com (105) Ephraim (29) Gauravonomics (264) Hyunhak (25) JeeBs (14) Jonathan (111) Josi (86) kskobac (48) Markos (22) phil (45) Régis Kuckaertz (51) Robert Scoble (292) Roland Tanglao (316) StudentMfri (35) Teresa (41)
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- JeeBs said: This sounds spectacularly awesome. I'll be curious to see how this pans out over the coming weeks.
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