INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
…And see other pitchdecks get the teardown treatment from top early-stage investors Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Anu Duggal
(Female Founders Fund) and Russ Heddleston (CEO of DocSend)
All you have to do is send your deck over to ec_editors@techcrunch.com if you’re attending Disrupt, and you can get feedback directly from
them in a workshop setting.If we use your deck, we’ll also provide you a free ticket to any TechCrunch event of your choosing next
year. This is part of a new project to make Disrupt even more focused on founders
We’re already offering the Extra Crunch stage, where you’ll get lots of time to ask questions yourselves in addition to hearing their
For this additional project, we’re setting up workshops with experts on our Q-A stage where they’ll be going over the actual founder
problems.These folks have seen everything, so they will have a gut sense for how generalized advice can be applied to your specific team and
market — the nuance that can compellingly explain your strengths and weaknesses
Hudson and Duggal have written some of the first checks for some of the most interesting startups today
The Athletic, Clearbanc, Incredible Health, Sudo and Pico are names you may recognize from the Precursor portfolio; Tala, BentoBox, Thrive
Global and WayUp are a few of the many on Female Founder Fund’s list.Heddleston, meanwhile, is a repeat founder who now has some of the
best insight into trends in funding through his current company, DocSend
As you may have read on TechCrunch already, the company provides document management for a large portion of startup founders out there,
allowing them to share anonymized data with DocSend about how investors are reading their pitch decks
He’ll provide a data-driven founder perspective.Attendees will be notified via email on how to submit their pitch deck
If you want to participate in this workshop and submit your deck for review, get your pass to the event here.Please note: The workshop is
open to all conference attendees and is officially on the record
Other investors and members of the media may be in the workshop and see what you have in your deck, so plan accordingly.
