The Pitch Deck

Allison Dorst joins me today to share her journey, insight and advice for founders in the funding game. Allison’s advice is both inspiring and absolutely vital to all founders at any stage of the funding game. Listen in to learn how you too can learn how to ensure you aren't leaving money and investors at the table. And remember, you will have multiple failures before you get the win. It's learning from the failures and growing that will help you win!

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After taking the leap from entrepreneurship to a Venture Capital, Cam has been a part of some of the most popular and biggest new companies out there, including the internationally-popular Uber. Join us as Cam takes us on his journey of evolution from entrepreneur to angel investor and VC. You don’t want to miss this incredibly inspiring episode that will help you create the perfect pitch to the right investors. 

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We invited Steve to share his experience and expertise in the field of lean startups and why they are so appealing to investors. Join us to also learn about why some startups are very likely to get funded and others are not. Don’t miss this eye-opening episode jam-packed full of truths and myths about fund raising!

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Kelly joins us today to share her insights and perspectives on how startups can be successful in the funding game. On this unorthodox episode, we discuss networking and how creating strong alliances and being parts of certain groups can truly accelerate the growth and success of your company.  Find out what you can start doing right now to bolster your online and offline networks and networking skills!

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Lauren joins us today to discuss how she and AccelFoods are helping food and beverage companies break into regional, national and even worldwide distribution. Don’t miss Lauren’s break down of the pitch red flags, how to properly determine your projection and what to expect if you sign on with AccelFoods.

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Our special guest on this episode of The Pitch Deck is Michael Pryor. Michael is the CEO and co-founder of Trello, the free, flexible and visual way to organize anything with anyone. 

Mike joins us today to tell us about his startups (profitable boot-strapped software businesses as well as VC-funded ones) and shares his insight on when they felt it was appropriate to seek funding and why. 

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Our guest on this episode of The Pitch Deck is an expert in growth for consumer startups. Maud Pasturaud is currently leading growth at the anonymous mobile app, Secret. Prior to joining Secret she ran mobile and international growth marketing for the flash sales site Gilt Groupe and customer acquisition at Jetsetter.

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Deborah Jackson is the Founder and CEO of Plum Alley, an online site where women raise capital. Plum Alley, founded in 2011, offers women entrepreneurs a place to raise capital as well as an e-commerce platform for select female-founded companies.

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Joins us as David Horowitz shares his perspective on funding, his advice to founders and what he is currently doing out in the marketplace. This inside scoop into corporate venture capital will help you figure out what you should be thinking about while crafting a presentation for corporate venture capital office. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind conversation about a different way you can start thinking about financing your company.

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I am extremely excited to welcome the Gotham Gal herself, Joanne Wilson, to The Pitch Deck! Joanne has had several careers starting out as a buyer at Macy's to running a company in the rag trade eventually leading to spearheading sales for a start-up magazine,e-zine and events. She is a prolific angel investor, with over 70 startup investments and 70% of which are in women-lead companies. Joanne if also the founder of the Women Entrepreneur Festival. Her blog, Gotham Gal, is an incredibly popular blog which covers an array of topics from startups to culture.

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