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What do investors need from your problem slide?

TechCrunch

However, not all problems are worth solving. There are two common problems with the problem slide. Some founders are tempted to go way into the weeds on this slide, explaining the competitive landscape, market size, customer segments, value propositions and more. What is the problem? That is a mistake.

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How NIL is changing the NFL draft

Fast Company Tech

1 overall pick, University of Miami quarterback Cam Ward, is an anomaly. In 2024, University of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders led all college football with $6.2 Ward finished high school as an unknown zero-star prospect who went to the only school that wanted him: the University of the Incarnate Word, an FCS program in Texas.

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

TechCrunch

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. million in October to bring digital learning to college universities. We have not run into a budgeting problem in a single school,” he said.

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The myth of the brainstorming session: The best ideas don’t always come from meetings

The Next Web

Brain imaging studies have shown that in the presence of external stimulation, introverts show more activity in the regions of the brain that process information, make meaning, and problem solve compared to extroverts. Incubation (the problem enters your unconscious mind and nothing appears to be happening externally).

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Robotics founders: Build your pitch deck around problem-solving, not technology

TechCrunch

The Cassie robot captured the internet’s imagination ( ours included ) when it debuted in 2017 through a series of Oregon State University YouTube videos. Hurst points to a tone shift between the presentation’s first slide, reading “Dynamic robots for human environments,” and its penultimate, “Made for work.”.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M pre-seed deck

TechCrunch

Slides in this deck. Five Flute raised its pre-seed round with a really interesting deck; it includes a number of slides that I rarely see in pitch decks, but the narrative flows well, and I can see why the company chose to include them. Here’s an overview: Cover slide. ” — team slide. ” slide.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Rokoko’s $3M strategic extension deck

TechCrunch

Slides in this deck. Cover slide. Problem slide. Solution slide. Product road map slide. Market size slide. Market trajectory slide. “Commercial Flywheel” — business model slide. “The Rokoko Platform in 2 years” — product road map slide (redacted).

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