Comments on: Two startup pitch opportunities http://kaljundi.com/2009/05/12/two-startup-pitch-opportunities/ Life and technology, as seen from Tallinn, Estonia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: jk http://kaljundi.com/2009/05/12/two-startup-pitch-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-116 jk Tue, 12 May 2009 09:43:56 +0000 http://kaljundi.com/?p=95#comment-116 Sure depends on what you do, who are your customers, what kind of investors you are looking for, at what stage you are. Sure depends on what you do, who are your customers, what kind of investors you are looking for, at what stage you are.

]]> By: Elver http://kaljundi.com/2009/05/12/two-startup-pitch-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Elver Tue, 12 May 2009 08:30:13 +0000 http://kaljundi.com/?p=95#comment-115 Isn't finding investors better done directly so you can target your pitch to the investor you're talking to based on his/her previous experience and companies? I'll concede on the public speaking part. Promote it to... other hardcore tech people? With press coverage in niche hardcore tech blogs? Getting your cooking related Web 2.0 service in a cooking blog would probably be way more useful than getting it in a Web 2.0 blog. As for finding partners, employees and customers... I dunno. Does this actually happen often enough to make the trip and time/money spent worthwhile? Isn’t finding investors better done directly so you can target your pitch to the investor you’re talking to based on his/her previous experience and companies?

I’ll concede on the public speaking part.

Promote it to… other hardcore tech people? With press coverage in niche hardcore tech blogs? Getting your cooking related Web 2.0 service in a cooking blog would probably be way more useful than getting it in a Web 2.0 blog.

As for finding partners, employees and customers… I dunno. Does this actually happen often enough to make the trip and time/money spent worthwhile?

]]> By: jk http://kaljundi.com/2009/05/12/two-startup-pitch-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-114 jk Tue, 12 May 2009 08:09:36 +0000 http://kaljundi.com/?p=95#comment-114 Find investors. Get better at presenting and public speaking. Promote your startup. Find partners. Find employees. Find customers. Have fun. Find investors.
Get better at presenting and public speaking.
Promote your startup.
Find partners.
Find employees.
Find customers.
Have fun.

]]> By: Elver http://kaljundi.com/2009/05/12/two-startup-pitch-opportunities/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Elver Tue, 12 May 2009 08:03:15 +0000 http://kaljundi.com/?p=95#comment-113 Excuse my ignorance, but what is actually the point of these pitch events? Has pitching become something that's being done for its own sake rather than with some clear goal in mind? Excuse my ignorance, but what is actually the point of these pitch events? Has pitching become something that’s being done for its own sake rather than with some clear goal in mind?

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