Chris Hutchins

Dave McClure: How to Pitch a VC

Last weekend I attended PresentationCamp in San Francisco. It was my first non-LaidOffCamp “camp”, and I was surprised (and flattered) that some people turned to me for guidance about how to run a camp. I personally tried my best to deflect questions to Dale Larson who I knew had much more “camp” experience than me.

Anyways, I only managed to catch one of the presentations on video, Dave McClure’s “How to Pitch a VC (aka Startup Viagra: How to Give a VC a Hard-On)”. For those of you who don’t know him, Dave is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, angel investor, startup advisor, and blogger. Enjoy!

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LaidOffCamp SF was a Major Success

I’m in the midst of a much longer post on LaidOffCamp, but I wanted to share a few highlights of last weeks inaugural LaidOffCamp in San Francisco:

• Over 400 people showed up
• 35 Sessions were held by over 50 different presenters / facilitators
• Over 30 sponsors made the event possible

Here are some of my favorite posts / articles / videos about the event:

• Great article from Michael Calore at Wired
• Great Evening News segment from Thuy Vu at CBS 5
• Awesome video / blog post from Amy Ziari (who is new to SF)
• Great Slideshow (with Audio) from James Martin at CNET
• More media coverage here