Walking around TechCrunch50 today I saw quite a few pitches. I think I can simplify what makes the pitches bad down to this (incorrect) theory:
Investors are drunk party girls at closing time at the bar.
Bad pitches usually come from thinking this.
So:
If you want to get busy with an investor between the term sheets:
Don’t pretend you [...]
What a great and weird world SXSW has been. From the fake panel from Zuckerberg to the great private shows, this has been a year to remember.
Here is Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable licking the iPhone before reading an article at the SocialThing party.
All the girls were jealous of the iPhone.
Tasty, eh?
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