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Startups often dance between selling dreams and building products, and we’ve enlisted the help of noted investor Charles Hudson to help founders sell an idea before they’ve built a product. Hudson is speaking at TechCrunch’s inaugural virtual event, TechCrunch Early Stage<\/a>. The two-day event runs July 21 and 22 and will feature sessions targeting all aspects of building a startup.<\/p>\n Hudson has seen a lot of startups over his career as an investor and knows what it takes to sell an idea when there isn’t yet a product. As he’ll explain, this is often a tough skill to learn, and it takes practice to craft the correct message that shows obtainable goals while putting the investor at ease.<\/p>\n Charles Hudson is a managing partner at Precursor Ventures, <\/a> where he focuses on pre-seed investments in companies building B2B and B2C software applications. Before this role, he was an investor at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) and In-Q-Tel, the VC arm of the U.S.’s Central Intelligence Agency. Along the way, he’s held various executive and board positions at startups and organizations.<\/p>\n Hudson’s session at TC Early Stage<\/a> is a must-watch for early-stage founders. Startups begin as an idea, and often that idea needs funds to turn into a product. Hudson will help show founders how to get an investor to buy into the concept before the product is built.<\/p>\n TC Early Stage takes place over two days in July and features 50+ experts across startup core competencies<\/span><\/a>, such as fundraising, operations and marketing. The virtual event features some of the best operators, investors and founders in the startup world. Hear from Ann Miura-Ko on how to find a product-market fit. Ali Partovi is set to talk about how to hire early engineers, and Caryn Marooney’s session will explore how to make your brand stand out.<\/span><\/p>\n What’s more, most of the speakers, who happen to be investors, are participating in TechCrunch’s CrunchMatch, our program that connects founders to investors based on shared interests.<\/p>\n Here’s the fine print. Each of the 50+ breakout sessions is limited to around 100 attendees. We expect a lot more attendees, of course, so signups for each session are on a first-come, first-serve basis.<\/p>\n Buy your ticket today<\/span><\/a>, and you can sign up for the breakouts we are announcing today, as well as those already published. Pass holders will also receive 24-hour advance notice before we announce the next batch. (And yes, you can “drop” a breakout session in favor of a new one, in the event there is a schedule conflict.) <\/span><\/p>\n Get your TC Early Stage pass today<\/span><\/a> and jump into the inside track on the sessions we announced today, as well as the ones to be published in the coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Matt Burns<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/div>\nSee Campaign: <\/strong>https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-early-stage-sf-2020?utm_medium=editpost&utm_campaign=earlystagesf2020&utm_content=charleshudsonpost&utm_source=tc&promo=charleshudsonpost&display=<\/a>
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Startups often dance between selling dreams and building products, and we’ve enlisted the help of noted investor Charles Hudson to help founders sell an idea before they’ve built a product. Hudson is speaking at TechCrunch’s inaugural virtual event, TechCrunch Early Stage. The two-day event runs July 21 and 22 and will feature sessions targeting all aspects … Continue reading Hear Charles Hudson explain how to sell an idea (without a product) at Early Stage<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading