The 3 Essential Elements for Successful Startup Pitches

The early stages of the venture-backed startup life cycle can be daunting…

At TechCrunch Disrupt in September, I had the opportunity to be pitched onstage by five fantastic early-stage companies as part of Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield…

The importance of “why now”

Venture capital is just one of many ways to finance a business, and it is best suited when the speed of growth is a primary consideration…

Venture capital is just one of many ways to finance a business, and it is best suited when the speed of growth is a primary consideration.

A compelling pitch expresses how market tailwinds are decidedly on the company’s side…

Dylan Fox started building AssemblyAI, a platform that allows any company with voice data to stand up AI applications, back in 2017…

Later, when ChatGPT brought LLM capabilities to the foreground, and the floodgates opened, he stood ready to capture even more demand…