Demo Day
also referred to as: demo days
16 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Mar 5, 2015 by Nektarios Liolios · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Everything said about Demo Day, oldest first
Mar 5, 2015
Startupbootcamp FinTech replaced main-stage Demo Day pitches with rotation mini-stages
“So we actually didn't have the startups pitch on stage. We had for each startup a mini stage where they had to pitch five times consecutively and investors in the room had to pick five out of the 10 startups that they really wanted to talk to.”
Sep 14, 2015 negative
Accelerator demo days are a terrible way to evaluate startup founders
“I personally, I don't go to demo days. I'm just kind of, I'm, you know, I'm kind of burnt out by them. I think it's a, it's actually it's kind of a shitty way to get to know a founder, you know, is to listen to them pitch on a stage amongst hundreds of other f…”
Sep 25, 2015 neutral
Nov 4, 2015 negative
Suster: Founders should avoid demo days and batch fundraising hype
“Like, you've got one company, and there's no divorce clause from investors, so I really think entrepreneurs need to take the time to get to know their investors, which is why I'm not a big proponent of demo days, or overhyping your company, or Waiting to meet …”
Dec 7, 2015 positive
Maqubela: VC deal flow relies on investor coopetition at Demo Days
“VCs get great deal flow from each other. They learn to trust each other. This is a, an industry that I, you know, to coin a term from a friend of mine is, is, is, driven by coopetition, and so we're cooperating constantly while we compete, and that means that …”
Dec 7, 2015 negative
Maqubela: Accelerator demo days are too late for first institutional rounds
“For our style and stage, so we like to be early, and we tend to be in a first institutional round, or even earlier than that, into a company. When we're meeting them, if we're meeting them for the first time at most of the demo days that one would go to, we're…”
Mar 29, 2017 positive
Mar 29, 2017 positive
Mar 29, 2017
Friedman: Traditional Weeks-Long Due Diligence Fails at YC Demo Day
“There are many investors who are used to taking their time with due diligence, which might be fine in other circumstances, but it simply doesn't work at demo day because there's so much activity happening. So you just can't take a couple of weeks to think over…”
Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 neutral
Mar 29, 2017 positive
Mar 29, 2017
Friedman: Monday Partner Meetings Cause VCs to Lose YC Deals
“That doesn't work great for demo day because demo day is traditionally on Monday and Tuesday, which means investors are making decisions Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. So if you're a VC and you can't make a decision until the following Monday, there's a decent c…”
May 13, 2024
Blomfield: Top YC startups always raise pre-Demo Day, prompting new deadline rules
“The trope was always, oh, everyone raises before demo day, which is true, like the best companies absolutely always raise before demo day, and so now we've just set a deadline, like two weeks before demo day, and said, you may start fundraising on that day, tw…”
May 13, 2024 neutral