StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Your startup idea is your golden child – and it should be. But keep blind enthusiasm in check and move forward strategically and realistically to avoid the mistakes that can derail your project. You fumble around in the dark for your phone to jot memorable notes. If you’re motivated by money, don’t be an entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2018

Not only are you responsible for day-to-day operations and deliverables, but you also play the role of marketer, sales person, and human resource manager—among many others. That’s why even the most seasoned entrepreneurs hire experts to help run their business. Don’t let a wrong hire push you further into burnout.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. By analyzing the feedback and sign-ups, you can gauge the demand for your product.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 28, 2022

What is one benefit of utilizing blockchain technology in your small business? To help you understand the benefits of blockchain technology , we asked fintech experts and small business owners this question for their best insights. Here are 11 benefits of blockchain for small businesses: Border-free transactionality.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Johnny and me, October 2019 in London at the Tech Expo Event This is my third long-form update on the story of the software company Hopin and the lessons I’ve learned as its first full-time team member. This week I celebrated three years at the company. We acquired five companies in our first two years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Shift’s George Arison shares 6 tips for taking your company public via a SPAC. The tech industry is home to some of the world’s greatest innovators, most profitable and valuable companies, and incredible startup success stories. It is fairly widespread across large tech companies throughout Silicon Valley.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 24, 2020

How I spent €200.000 on a failed startup by raising money, hiring people, and building a product no one wanted. years ago my startup ( Panda Training , which back then was a matchmaking platform for trainers offering training and companies that needed training) raised €200.000 from various funding sources. Employees are not founders.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 21, 2023

10 Strategies to Scale Hourly Hiring With Quality and Diversity Scaling your hourly hiring process while ensuring quality and diversity is a challenge that many leaders face. By accommodating candidates who require flexibility, such as working parents or individuals with disabilities, companies expand their talent pool.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

But with the hardships, pitfalls, upswings and victories that come with starting your business, it’s usually never either-or. All entrepreneurs have lessons to share on starting a business. That being said, there are still many contradictions on the do’s and don’ts of starting your own business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2019

Businesses that are driven by people and legacy, as opposed to profit and growth, tend to keep people for longer,” he explains. His approach to hiring has helped grow his business significantly. The chances of a business being successful are going to be a lot higher if you can keep good people for longer,” says Anthony.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

A well-rounded marketing team can make or break a startup and that’s why it is essential to hire the very best. Choose the first 10 employees very carefully, as they determine the next 100.” - Yevgeniy Brikman, Gruntwork Hiring the right team for any startup is an art. Identify Your Marketing Channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2012

It’s tempting to take on new projects, new features, new geographies, new speaking opportunities, whatever. As a VC I regularly meet with companies and listen to their plans. ” I already know your response. They just need you to update your marketing materials. Let me explain. My advice?

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 3, 2023

From updated knowledge of trends to presenting a checklist upfront, here are the 15 answers to the question, “What are the most helpful things a business owner should look for in a website builder?” Fits Your Criteria Within Your Budget. Project Management. Antreas Koutis , Administrative Manager, Financer.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

During my career — spanning entrepreneurship, academia, arts management and venture capital — I’ve learned the importance of female leadership in contributing to successful outcomes. So, the question is this: Are you hiring and organizing to access the widest range of ideas and perspectives? Hiring to improve results.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A combination of university talent pipelines, top-rated quality of life, growing startup ecosystem, and growing VC funding has Tree Town topping lists as one of the best places to start a tech company or find a top tech job. AdAdapted creates technology that helps you add advertised products to your grocery list with one click.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2024

Battle-tested strategies and tactics I used to reach $2M ARR. Scaling a software company from $1M to $2M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is fun, but has its challenges. It’s a pivotal phase where your initial success is tested, and your strategies for growth are pushed to their limits.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. I recommend hiring or appointing a growth hacker.” We were here first.”

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StartupNation

JANUARY 10, 2022

What is one business basic every entrepreneur should perfect when looking to start a business? To help you master the business basics, we asked business leaders and entrepreneurs for their best insights. Entrepreneurs pitch their companies every hour of the day. It doesn’t matter how great your product is.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Check out the first post on bringing your best self to work in an age of uncertainty and the second post on optimizing strengths for better work/life fulfillment. ” Hiring today poses even more challenges as the future of work gets written and rewritten every week. Why hire for strengths-awareness? A good start!

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. We received many testimonials about you through our TechCrunch Experts project that mentioned your direct approach and hands-on experience.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

Jamie Viggiano is the chief marketing officer at Fuel Capital , an early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer, SaaS and infrastructure businesses. “Who should my first marketing hire be?” As you can imagine, that’s a lot for one person to manage, let alone be an expert in. So who do you hire first?

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

For instance, perhaps you position your product as a best-of-breed solution that can be deployed against a specific use case with a faster implementation and time-to-ROI than others. Especially early on, it’s important to take the time to understand the buyer’s priorities and carefully align your ROI case and KPIs accordingly.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Should your product person be opinionated or a team player? ” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Image Credits: Ivan Bajic (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

About My First 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. So I was a product manager managing the investing side of this marketplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Fewer than 50 percent of businesses make it to their fifth year. That means that half of all companies have a short lifespan, despite their efforts to build something successful long-term. Founded in 2013, my online interior design company, Decorilla, is now celebrating its seventh year.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A MOC document can help you prioritize what jobs you need an executive to do so you can hire against those needs. 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. What do you see as your interpersonal impact in a room? Working sessions.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2011

You've built up some kind of a relationship over time--because recruiting (as opposed to hiring ) is a long term game. There are technical people on the management team of your company. Your startup has real business traction. Your startup is generating a lot of awareness and buzz. See the Joel Test.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

For most of the Information Age, companies that wanted to scale invested in server farms and hired teams to keep them running. Soon after, when I worked at a publicly traded company, our on-prem data center was resilient enough to operate through a moderate earthquake.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Don’t worry, it’s for fun reasons: We want to be the first to tell you about the awesomeness that is our TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield companies. PDT, subscribe here. Find ’em in our special Battlefield section belooooow!

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

These metrics serve as the lifeblood of a company’s financial structure, offering a clear picture of immediate fiscal stability and long-term sustainability. Understanding this information is crucial because it collectively provides a snapshot of a company’s financial health and its operational efficiency.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And investing in content companies won’t return money! You need to segment your audience and find a way to get your highest quality customers over to O&O (owned & operated) inventory where you can get higher CPMs, sell merchandise and capture more customer information. Ah, but the CPMs on YouTube are so low!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

When given the name of a VC-backed company, VC Exit Predictor generates a score on the probability that it’ll be acquired, go public or not exit due to becoming self-sustaining or experiencing any event (e.g., ” VC Exit Predictor might perform well on PitchBook’s test set. . bankruptcy) that prevents an exit.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

5 myths to avoid on the 1st leg of your entrepreneurship journey What you don’t have to eat to pursue your passion (Image from WikiMedia Commons) There is a path to entrepreneurship promoted in Hollywood and there is a path for the rest of us. Rather than coming from the travel industry, I was a business litigator.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2023

Together with my co-founders, we somehow managed to sell the company to an international corporate, and with the money we earned, we founded a digital agency. In the past 25 years, I founded different companies and led teams of up to 80 people. That was in 2000, right before the internet bubble busted.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With the pandemic, climate crisis, global economic shifts and rapidly changing consumer markets, it is clear that many businesses of today will no longer be relevant tomorrow. Suse Reynolds, Angel Association New Zealand. experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

How will organizations tailor their return to the office for the new hybrid work world? Shifting priorities for a new remote environment. A hybrid work environment has been taking shape for the past few months, and it is expected to become the norm as many businesses reopen their offices. Don’t forget about physical security.

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