TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. The Family was originally founded in 2012 with three co-founders — Alice Zagury, Oussama Ammar and Nicolas Colin.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. HW: Your blog , which I love, tries to bridge a knowledge gap between founders and investors, often explaining ‘why investors do/care about X’ and so on.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2016

In 2012, the U.S. What other advice would you provide startups who are looking to turn fans into investors? The post Fans Becoming Investors: Marketing Tips for Startups appeared first on THE BLOG. passed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act with bi-partisan support. Reply in the comments section below!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. We provide strategic advice to digital media companies in a manner that reflects how corporate development is actually done. And I’m sure it’s not lost on you that my tips and my blogging are, in fact, POV marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Lallenia: My husband, Brad, and I started Big Birge Plumbing in 2012. I love that we don’t give each other advice in Forum. We use the gestalt method of communication, and only discuss experiences rather than framing experiences in the form of advice. How did you hear about EO Accelerator? Discover EO today!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. My general advice is to do less. The best of the best in our industry are feeling it, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Thank you to the team that had extreme success in 2012 and a more challenging year in 2013. Finally, thank you to the readers of this blog. Startup Advice' I know your 2013 success will lead to more sustained travel in 2014. Since I can’t thank every company let me acknowledge a few in confidence. Best, Mark.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There’s a ton of writing out there about getting *on* the venture curve, but not a lot about getting *off,* so Daniel’s advice below is especially important. HW: Greenhouse, which powers the hiring process from sourcing to onboarding for thousands of companies, will soon be a teenager, having been founded in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. I didn’t sleep much back then. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

And they will offer you some of the best business advice you will ever receive if you’re open to it. When I wrote about Lines, Not Dots (probably my most often quote blog post) I made it clear that “lines” go both ways. And it’s not just lawyers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) Instead of doing guest posts on TechCrunch or speaking at startup conferences, Tracy became a regular contributor on wedding and women’s lifestyle blogs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

At Early Stage, experts will share advice on protecting intellectual property, structuring cap tables, developing target customer personas and more. Aside from 2016, the last time all-women-led startups raised such a low percentage of funds was in 2012, another period of funding decline caused by economic uncertainty and an election.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As female entrepreneurs, we are independent-minded and innovative, and this advice is critical for securing our future and the future of our families. She provided me with so much advice on business strategy, business channels and HR. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. My views are pretty well known.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. billion by 2014.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Hastings in the era of social media : On July 3, 2012, he posted to his Facebook page , which had more than 200,000 subscribers, the fact that Netflix had streamed a billion hours of video in the preceding month. Or its blog? What’s to stop Hastings from disclosing material information via his Twitter account.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

By: Kathie Priebe and Cristina Almeida, Managing Directors of Golden Seeds Reposted with permission from Golden Seeds blog. Editor’s note: This is an update to the original blog post, “How did she do it? KP and CA: What advice do you have for early-stage founders? KP and CA: Tell us about the origins of your company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Profitability.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

I have a blog post on that, fundraising advice for founders raising for the first time. My first piece of advice is to consider not raising money from VCs. So FC tries to provide a peer group that helps to calibrate founders, give them encouragement, help them with motivation and advice that comes from experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. They wanted advice. I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. It is advice I give entrepreneurs often as I have written here on why most businesses should never raise VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Startup Advice' This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here. This post is about the “P” or pain.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million. We started investing the fund in April 2012 and by early 2013 had closed our fund to new investors. The Components of any Great startup community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. Here’s the gist from his blog: “Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new philosophy I’m trying: If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!”

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

He's helped scale companies like The Hustle and Gumroad, and now he has over 170,000 Twitter followers and tens of thousands of subscribers to his newsletter, which provides tactical growth advice for entrepreneurs and startups. You can expect copywriting lessons, swipe files, and notifications about popular blog posts each week.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. I predict this will come before the end of 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute. Put offer proper accounting at your peril.

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