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As an entrepreneur, you need to have a variety of pitches ready: the short and sweet elevator pitch that you can deliver on a moment's notice, the email pitch that

Applications are being accepted now for the 4th Annual PITCH: Women 2.0 Startup Competition. The competition is open to any early-stage venture that's still in beta stage and has yet

The two largest startup ecosystems within the United States are arguably Silicon Valley and New York City, but there's a whole lot of land between the east and west coast.

On Sunday, VC Fred Wilson answered a commenter's question, "When should a startup seek angel versus early-stage VC investment?" Wilson writes, "I believe entrepreneurs should seek angel money when their

Despite all the various communication tools we have at our disposal - email, Skype, phone, video conferencing, instant messaging - nothing beats a face-to-face meeting. And when it comes to

After reviewing several hundred applications for the Austin-based incubator Capital Factory, Jason Cohen observed that many of the startup pitches he heard shared the same mistakes. The mistakes were so

Never underestimate the importance of having a good story when pitching your startup to potential investors, clients, partners, and journalists. As Seth Godin writes in his 2005 bestseller All Marketers

Over the past few weeks, we've highlighted some tips and tricks for polishing your elevator and email pitch. If a pitch is designed to deliver a succinct presentation of your

Since we published our Never Mind the Valley article on the growing startup scene in Chicago, I have received several emails about various events and startups that call the city

While so much of the startup scene is funded by investment capital, it's tough to know exactly where all of that money comes from. In chasing the power behind the

In the late 90's, a spokesperson for the Coca Cola corporation said, "Our primary competition isn't Pepsi. Our real competition is water, tea, nimbupani and Pepsi... in that order." While

A popular trend among startups these days is to create a video pitch. Cameras are cheaper, and do-it-yourself applications like iMovie on the Mac make video editing fun and easy.

One of the best ways to become an industry influencer is to get involved in industry events. They're a great way to surround yourself with respected tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/02/event-speaker.php';tweetmeme_source =

The media feeding frenzy around the newly released Apple iPad has finally reached critical mass as the device was unveiled to the masses today in San Francisco. Some people love

As the new year gets underway, venture capital firms have returned to reviewing possible candidates for new investments. If your startup has a meeting with VCs coming up, be sure

As a leader in the Pittsburgh investment scene, long-time entrepreneur Mel Pirchesky is now using his experience to coach startups on fundraising and business strategies. According to his company Eagle

It's only late afternoon and we've already got a Thanksgiving mystery. API strategist Ben Metcalfe and former SVP of Marketing for Tesla Motors Daryl Siry recently launched Plato's Forms. The

Over the weekend, the blogosphere has seen a small but profound eruption of wrath over angel investor groups that charge startups to pitch them. Jason Calacanis' blog post on the

As we reported earlier, 22 teams of European entrepreneurs gathered at Seedcamp in London last week to compete for a chance to win serious investment in their startups. ReadWriteWeb has

I joked that one of the best reasons to go to events such as TechCrunch50, which starts today, and DEMO, which runs September 21st to 23rd, is to get good

The following is one in a series of guest posts by venture capitalists that we're running on ReadWriteStart. This one is by Paul Jozefak, a VC based in Hamburg, Germany,