Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

From here, Jonathan and his co-founders pondered how to take young people’s excitement for innovation and allow them to gain experience in a real company. Trusting the process Jonathan’s YLAI Fellowship experience was virtual, taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for your insight and advice, Jonathan!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

As an entrepreneur, you will cross paths with many fellow founders. Some will inspire you, others will draw inspiration from you, and occasionally you’ll encounter a founder whose every action leaves you utterly astounded. A study of Jill Nelson offers a Master class on what it takes to build a thriving business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. A few of the most impactful benefits I’ve realized are: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s worth noting that producing video content is a big deal due to the substantial effort invested into the process. Marketing automation is a process to help optimize your marketing tasks and save precious time. A one-minute video can take four to ten days to shoot and between 45 and 60 minutes to edit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2022

Contributed by Libby Rothschild , EO New Jersey, the founder of Dietitian Boss , an online education and coaching platform that shows registered dietitians how to start, grow and scale a virtual private practice. Hitting the million-dollar mark isn’t easy—as every founder who has done so will tell you.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

For founders, this has meant raising rounds from their offices instead of getting on planes. As the pandemic has eased and offices have gradually reopened over the last year, we are meeting more founders face to face. We can meet more founders than we used to. And founders can meet more investors. That is good.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 26, 2024

In the last few decades, we’ve made meaningful progress toward this goal, and the first generation of robotic process automation created some massive companies, such as UiPath. They weren’t living up to their potential and, as a result, there remains a huge category of repetitive processes that humans still perform manually.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort. Each founder showcased the innovative business ideas they developed and refined throughout the Bridge2 program. The Bridge2 Program has been fundamental to the next phase of my business.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 21, 2023

When a startup founder is trying to raise money, they know they should use referrals to get introduced to investors. Here is a simple process to make it happen: Make a list of 10 startups similar enough to yours that you can talk shop to the CEO but they are not a competitor, and they are no more than a few years more advanced than you.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2023

— Dawn Piebenga, EO Sydney, founder of Interface Medico-Legal 2. — Darshan Chavan, EO Queensland, co-founder of Getmycourse 3. founder of Black Diamond Agency 4. — David Kelly, EO Melbourne, founder of KHQ Lawyers 5. — Dylan Smith, EO Melbourne, founder of RUBIX 6. That’s The Power of Now.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The end of the year is a time of reflection and when many founders decide it's time to make a change and get serious about their startup. Even though the official YC W24 application deadline was in October, we know there are founders that haven't already applied but are interested in being a part of the batch.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the process of finding, funding, and supporting startups that will transform their markets, investors can get caught up in KPIs, ROI, and other three-letter success indicators. Founders are not machines. Thankfully, as mental health continues to lose its stigma, more founders are opening up about their experiences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2023

During their podcast discussion, Adi and Camela covered why processes are critical and how they can minimize loss and increase profit—even if the business owner is a creative. Why are processes important? Camela shared a story that perfectly illustrates why processes—particularly follow-up processes—are vital.

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HPA

MAY 5, 2023

Bloomfilter is a process intelligence platform for software development , designed to measure and improve the software development lifecycle. MVP is investing in fast-growing companies building AI solutions for business process automation. Bloomfilter fits that thesis perfectly by applying process mining to software development.”

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One of the most common questions we get from early stage founders is “what should I put in my data room?” Here, we’re sharing an actionable guide for biotech leadership teams as they start the process of building or renovating their own data room. What must be included: the MVP of VDRs So what are the essential must-haves in your VDR?

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By the end of the process, investors collectively choose a winner and runner up(s) to receive an investment starting at $200,000.* Passive investors can invest without attending meetings or participating in due diligence, or the voting process. To learn more, visit www.thesdangels.com. It’s inspiring,” says Luckhurst.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

12 Strategies for Boosting Team Productivity in Startups To help startups boost their team productivity, we’ve gathered twelve insightful strategies from top founders, CEOs, and managers. Streamline processes, empower your team, and provide feedback for sustained growth. By growing skills, you boost morale.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Also contributing is Richard Socher, a researcher specializing in natural language processing (NLP), who serves as the CEO of You.com and holds the mantle of Managing Partner at AIX Ventures. Cosmos Innovation, established in 2022, has emerged in solar and semiconductor process development domains.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

In celebration of Women’s History Month, i2E is proud to shine a spotlight on two remarkable women founders who have not only engaged with i2E’s programs and resources but have also left an indelible mark in their respective industries. A big part of building Big Ass Bag is to continually take in user feedback and implement it.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

For years, the self-care industry has been underserved by lenders who understand little to nothing about how these unique businesses work,” said Matt Danna, co-founder and CEO of Boulevard. The balance is paid automatically through a fixed percentage of daily sales so that customers can reliably predict their cash flow throughout the process.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 22, 2023

Kevin Eghbali Left Aira Eghbali Right I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin and Aria Egbali, the founders of Kade Pay. Kevin is a 2x founder and a senior software developer with over two decades of experience in the retail industry, primarily working on POS, payment, and staff management solutions. This was very insightful.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 24, 2024

Jessica Kinsey Represented the University of Tulsa in 2012 Governor’s Cup 2012 High Growth Graduate Winner Currently CEO/Founder of Prodigy & Co Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. Our business was SpectrumFX. Prodigy & Co exists to make work better for everyone.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What Is Your Process for Developing New Business Ideas?: 16 Experts Weigh In Sixteen entrepreneurs, from Founders to CEOs, unveil their personal blueprints for birthing a business concept. That’s my unique process. Adaptability and openness to feedback are crucial throughout this process.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Given companies can often use both manual processing and sometimes even more than one external tool to manage B2B payments, this is an obvious area in which to improve efficiency. With turbulent economies, companies are looking for more revenue streams to survive, and one obvious way to increase revenues is to streamline costs.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Our first fund, GoAhead Ventures Fund 1, was established through a process of rolling small closes over a period of more than two years. Generally speaking, startup founders are some of the most passionate people in the world, and they’re often tackling humanity’s biggest problems.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“For too long, battery recycling hasn’t been efficient enough for companies to take advantage of,” said co-founder and COO at Cylib, Gideon Schwich. For this round, 10x Founders also joined. The company has created a process that means it can take end-of-life batteries, recover the resources and output new raw materials.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

However, a fear of long sales cycles, heavy compliance requirements, and opaque organizational structures preclude many early stage founders from pursuing this go-to-market channel. This is because FIs have long relied on painstaking manual operational processes to accomplish their goals, eschewing technology for human labor.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Releaf focuses on value chains where smaller factories are set up near smallholder farmers, allowing them to get better processing yields and less expensive logistics costs. to scale its food processing technology. On the other hand, SITE is a geospatial mapping application that discloses food processing assets.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Black women face unique issues when it comes to building these wigs, and the process traditionally has involved sitting with a stylist for eight hours or more. The company has built a digital workflow that reduces the processing time from hours with a stylist at a salon to perhaps 20 minutes on the company website.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Build trust with founders and then offer your own data-backed take on why a founder’s decision might not be the best decision they could make. Getting executives out of the 1:1 interview process and into a whiteboard session can help you assess their core competencies and how they’ll work with your team. Working sessions.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2023

What I’ve Learned After Holding 1000 Interviews How to hire in startups and big companies the interview process Hiring is one of the most important things you do as a manager or entrepreneur. A good interview process has to fit the company’s needs. It was a lunch with the Founder where he asked me what I could do. I got the job.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Successfully getting a facility in place takes time and effort, but the more prepared you are and the more you can stick to a timeline, the easier (and more efficient) your process will be. To start the outreach process, many companies may choose to contact lenders they’ve previously met through fielding inbounds or at conferences.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Houston-based ThirdAI , a company building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for specialized hardware like graphics processing units, brought in $6 million in seed funding. Swaroop “Kittu” Kolluri, founder and managing partner at Neotribe, said this type of technology is still early.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Prioritizing product-led growth (PLG), Relate addresses the distinctive challenges faced by B2B startups in streamlining their sales processes. Recognizing the surging demand for CRM tools among Korean B2B companies, the founders focused on creating a solution for process-driven sales rather than relying solely on relationships.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Automation Anywhere , which is best known for its robotic process automation (RPA) software, plans to expand the platform. This morning, the company announced that it intends to acquire process discovery startup FortressIQ. The companies did not reveal the purchase price.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Investors dove into financials, called customers and vetted founders. But power has now shifted toward the founders after a long run of investors holding more than half the power thanks to the commoditization of capital. The process also helps stop predatory investors from winning deals, because, well, founders talk.

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