What It's Really Like To Pitch Lerer Ventures
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What It's Really Like To Pitch Lerer Ventures
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#2Funny footage of PG speaking at YC NYC in this video.
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#3love the inside scoop!
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#4Curious to see the pitches! And not just because my start up is one of them.
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#5I was so comfortable and felt connected with both of them and their suggestions were very very useful.
What a great effort from betabeat to support NYC startups.
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#6Awesome opportunity--Thx BetaBeat and LV. And trust me, the butterflies are real. ha
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#7It was an awesome experience. They were cool and made us feel very comfortable. Thanks betabeat and LV. Our confidence has taken a boost...It is very inspiring to see all the other pitches. I hope this is just the start!!
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#8Their Web site has no e-mail address for contacting them.
The e-mail address they used to publicize died.
When calling for an e-mail address, their phone recorder is full of static.
If leave a message asking for an e-mail address, they don't respond.
Their backgrounds are not very technical.
They seem to believe that they can make good money with 'spray and pray' with simple projects with routine software for simple purposes for Web sites close to old media. Maybe.
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#9Their Web site has no e-mail address for contacting them. The e-mail address they used to publicize died. When calling for an e-mail address, their phone recorder is full of static. If leave a message asking for an e-mail address, they don't respond. Their backgrounds are not very technical. They seem to believe that they can make good money with 'spray and pray' with simple projects with routine software for simple…
I tried to get their email addresses as well, but never found it... Hmm. I'll mention this to them. I know a couple of them have personal blogs with personal email addresses -- not necessarily connected to the firm.
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#10Their Web site has no e-mail address for contacting them. The e-mail address they used to publicize died. When calling for an e-mail address, their phone recorder is full of static. If leave a message asking for an e-mail address, they don't respond. Their backgrounds are not very technical. They seem to believe that they can make good money with 'spray and pray' with simple projects with routine software for simple…
Even if they did have a public email address [pitch@venturefund.com] or something like that, chances are slim that you would get a reply from a cold email/deck. This isn't specific to LV but true of most, if not all, venture funds. Ask a random VC what percentage of their investments in 2010 came from a cold email/deck and I bet it would be less than 10%. That is why incubators/accelerators - YC, etc. - have gained such incredible traction over the past few years. The model encourages applicants with no connection to the fund.