Sentences with phrase «xoogler demo day»

Alert Labs recently won $ 100,000 at a technology demo day for its line of hardware that monitors pipes, furnaces and electrical equipment

Why you should care: Lynxsy, which presented at TechStars Demo Day NYC, allows startups to recruit junior talent on demand.

The Kitchener, Ont. - based company, which makes furnace and water meter monitors, beat out five other startups at Communitech's Rev Demo Day to take the top prize.

The program provides ongoing mentoring through a five - month curriculum, culminating in an investor demo day.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

That last point is something I'm very familiar with, as the St. Louis area (where I call home) has become home to three fast - growing startup competitions: placeholderArch Grants, the Ameren Accelerator Demo Day, and the St. Charles County Demo Day.

To do that, fellow panelist Edith Yeung, a partner at Mountain View, Calif. - based early - stage venture fund and seed accelerator 500 Startups, advised venture - seekers to attend so - called «demo days» to watch fellow entrepreneurs pitch, because «it's a good way to get a sense of the language.»

The co-working space has grown to occupy 7 buildings, hosts an annual demo day that awards $ 50,000 to local area startups, and was recognized by President Donald Trump in a November speech as an example of Main Street innovation.

«We've organized and hosted four Demo Days,» said Randy Schilling, OPO Startups Founder, startup investor, serial entrepreneur, placeholder and host of the St. Charles County Demo Day.

Of course, St. Louis isn't the only city to host startup competitions or demo days, as the events have become an important building block of entrepreneurial ecosystems across the country.

Today is the first ever White House Demo Day, a gathering of more than 90 startup founders who will showcase their innovations in front of President Obama.

For example, Google announced that it will hold its own Women's Demo Day, which will feature women - led startups from around the country pitching to a group of judges at the Googleplex, with the goal of driving investment and providing Google mentorship and introductions to each entrepreneur.

Xoogler Demo Day organizer Kevin Yen hands out stickers to participants: Green for startups, blue for investors, and red for press.

So we visited the Demo Day presentations for the fall graduating class of startups in business accelerator TechStars's Seattle program and asked the successful entrepreneurs who serve as TechStars mentors for their insights on how to build a startup that attracts investor funding.

I think that's where classic «Innovation» teams go wrong and spend too much time with accelerators and demo days.

Startups came from around the country (and some flew in from Europe and Asia) to participate in the demo day.

As part of the Demo Day, President Obama issued a call to action to both the public and private sector, according to Tom Kalil, deputy director for technology and innovation at the OSTP.

The network doesn't track how many startups get funding due to its demo days, but half a dozen founders and investors told CNBC that they'd set up one or more meetings following the event.

It may take a while to reach that milestone, as most venture - backed startups fail (of the 33 startups that presented at the 2016 Xoogler demo day, fewer than two - thirds still have an active web presence).

The potential to connect with investors — often hundreds of them — at an accelerator Demo Day is a huge draw, albeit one that can lead to pitfalls for participants.

The same is true at the end of the program, on Demo Day.

This made me think of a brilliant phrase from Alex White, the CEO of Next Big Sound, in his TechStars Demo Day pitch.

This week YC held a «demo day» for recent graduates.

At the end, rather than pitching their business plans to venture capitalists in a «demo day» — the standard model of startup incubators — the teams made «lessons learned» presentations, during which they explain how the customer feedback helped them shape their plans.

Xoogler.co just hosted its second Silicon Valley demo day, where current and former Googlers come together to talk about startups.

New entrepreneurs can gain access to partners, customers, employees and other players to help them build their business well beyond demo day.

At the first - ever Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day, AOL co-founder Steve Case surprised each of the presenting entrepreneurs with a spur - of - the - moment $ 100,000 commitment.

She rocked at Y Combinator's Demo Day, grew The Muse to sky heights this year, and even appeared on Bloomberg to talk about her firm.

Participants soon will have another reason to love Circular Board: In March, Rodz will launch a Virtual Demo Day, in which participants who are ready to take their companies to market can upload their presentation to a section of the company's website that is open for investors and venture capitalists to peruse at their leisure.

The White House Demo Day begins now, where innovators, entrepreneurs and startups across the country gather to «demo» their story to President Obama.

«This is an increasing risk for businesses, and there's no solution available,» Popper said in a pitch to investors at Y Combinator's Demo Day.

DreamIt, a start - up incubator founded in Philadelphia hosted a demo day in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday for about 250 attendees, many of them venture capitalists and angel investors looking for the next Dropbox or Scvngr.

Last month was Demo Day for Techstars Boston.

Like most accelerators, this one offered a common workspace, a program of classes and seminars, access to top business mentors, and an opportunity to pitch to investors at a Demo Day.

I love Techstars Demo Days for many reasons, not the least of which is the amazing community that gathers to hear the brief, well - rehearsed pitches from the various start - ups who have spent months planning for this big event.

With Demo Day less than a week away, LaHive was hoping I'd share some insights for the founders on how to prepare for that big presentation.

The program culminates in Demo Day, where founders give a 5 - 10 minute pitch in front of investors and community members, with the hopes of getting funded.

On the last day, we host a demo day and employees present their results.

By Demo Day at the end of the pair's residence at the start - up incubator, Mah and Su had already secured a comfortable half - a-million in funding.

Exposure to angel, VC and corporate investors is ongoing, with financiers periodically visiting from as far as Silicon Valley and an annual demo day attracting roughly 250 attendees, Reichert says.

At the end of the three months, there will be a demo day for venture capitalists looking to make early - stage investments.

Last year Techstars announced our diversity commitment as part of White House Demo Day.

Last month was busy for Techstars Accelerator Programs with FIVE Demo Days across the globe in October.

PS — I'm hosting a Bastille Day / Demo Day Party, complete with a Petanque tournament on July 14th.

This event will be a demo day - style competition where program participants will use their new knowledge and skills to...

Accelerators offer fixed - term, cohort - based programs, often including professional advice and guidance, that culminate in a public pitch event or demo day.

Previously, Meighan was an Associate at Techstars Music program in Los Angeles, helping manage day - to - day operations and Demo Day planning.

As David Rose eloquently stated, «unless a funding round is being done with completely, legitimately no solicitation at all (ie, no angel - focused web sites, no angel groups, demo days, etc. etc.)... every counsel will be advising clients to go the Title II route.»

I think the upshot here is that, if you are trying to stay within 506 (b), then you will need to be careful that you are actually following the previously guidance on 506 (b), meaning that you should confirm that your demo day / pitch event is ACTUALLY private and that your angel group ACTUALLY has substantial and substantive pre-existing relationships, etc..

Austin, Texas May 5, 2016 «Longhorn Startup at the University of Texas at Austin invites you to Demo Day where we will -LSB-...]