TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Startups and VC People are addicted to credit cards — and it’s no wonder, given the lucrative rewards that many of them offer. Far cooler was working for or banking with one of the many fintech startups that seemed to thumb their nose at stodgy bank brands, Connie reports. Paul has more. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. Given a large number of startups will not generate a profit near and are cash-flow negative in the near term, they will have to raise more capital in a difficult environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . Make sure you learn your lessons from losses. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . Make sure you learn your lessons from losses. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

And the reverse lesson is also true. I’ve added it to my list of 2010 lessons learned as a VC and I’m a bit pissed off with myself for not fighting harder – especially because I was convinced I would make a better investor than the “brand name&# they had selected who was thousands of miles away.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Lesson: Being profitable-ish and growing is the real startup sweet spot when it comes to fundraising.). Silicon Valley and the larger startup scene, he added, has done much work building tooling for the “D” in R&D, but far less on the “R” part of the equation. And that’s it, until today.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2010

Startups, on the other hand, have lots of little failures and successes over time. A lot of startups, however, don't seem to realize this. Instead, believing that they've only got one shot to win over an investor, startups often pitch far too late and fail to build a relationship over time with an investor.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The startup I worked for, Efficient Frontier, was founded by a coworker of Jeff Bezos’ at hedge fund D.E. Tag each example with relevant “memes.” Use inductive coding , a data analysis process where you interpret what common themes are shared across a set of assets, to tag memes from the text and images contained in your swipe file.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons.&# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Tags: Start-up Advice startup.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Changing your meeting culture is difficult, but given that 26% of workers plan to look for a new job when the pandemic ends, startups need to do all they can to retain talent. Reform your startup’s meeting culture. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Walter Thompson.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Every town has firms that focus on startups – find them.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons Building companies is hard work. Tags: Start-up Advice. I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. We also had facilities in Dublin, Ireland where our company was initially founded.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

When these general policies (or models) fail, those who are already marginalized are disproportionately impacted (a classic algorithmic example is of Somali immigrants being tagged for fraud because of their atypical community shopping habits).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “Startup Lessons.&#. Tags: Start-up Advice. Yesterday I wrote a blog post (here) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. Best case scenario in my mind is just 1, but at most I recommend 2. I knew this topic would be controversial because when I tell people this [.].

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 8, 2022

My story of ceding control of the business that I had no intention of ever leaving In 2017, I sold my startup to the largest company in the college sports recruiting industry. This is my story of starting and selling my startup, and what I learned from ceding control of the business that I had no intention of ever leaving. Unsatisfied.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To help you determine what discounts are best to offer as a startup or small business for Black Friday, we asked marketing professionals, startup founders and business leaders this question for their best insights. Keystone pricing is the best practice for small startups trying to turn a profit during the festive season.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Startup Lessons.&#. Tags: Start-up Advice. Yesterday I wrote a blog post ( here ) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. Best case scenario in my mind is just 1, but at most I recommend 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The best entrepreneurs seek advice from everybody they need, learn lessons and make minor adjustments on a monthly basis. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. The best entrepreneurs get market feedback regularly and change their approach based on the latest information. Next up: resiliency.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Here’s how I learned my lesson: I started my life as a consultant. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Anyone with a great deal of experience in dealing with numbers knows to be careful about the seduction of them. I’m writing this post to make sure you’re all on that same playing field.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons. Tags: Start-up Advice. Building companies is hard work. I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. We also had facilities in Dublin, Ireland where our company was initially founded. We do hand out stock options.

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Berkonomics

MAY 26, 2010

One of his lessons remains clearly on my mind and is a variant of the old “You name the price and I’ll name the terms” challenge that works so well in negotiation. . Cohen sets up an example where a senior position job candidate is stuck on a salary twice as high as the CEO is willing to pay, leading to a standoff between the two.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

A gajillion startup funding rounds, of course! The value of the former startup has fallen so far that activist investors are calling for a CEO swap, a sale of the company, or both. But while readily traded assets are taking damage, less liquid startup shares appear to be in high demand. Startups/VC. billion price tag.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As founders, we should be focusing on winning a few loyal customers who could teach us valuable lessons and help us grow our business further. In this article, we’ll be looking at what we can learn from our first customers in terms of validating our startup idea. Don’t forget to tag them in your post.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I even put that in the the preamble to my Start-up Lessons outline. But for the rest of this post I want to talk about the specific lesson I learned about losing: you’re most vulnerable right after you’ve won the deal.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. Biggest lessons …. He vowed to make sure that his colleagues never behaved like that in a startup meeting again. My blog was wiped out. He handled this perfectly.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Startup Matchmaking (Wed 5th Oct – Santa Monica) - The first event is tonight (Tues, Oct 5, 2010) at Wokcano in Santa Monica. The event is Startup Matchmaking Night organized by William Belk. In aggregate we have a ton of great developers but we need a better feeding system into our startups. Tags: VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is part of my Startup Advice series. So I’ve always had this in mind with me at startups. My lesson: don’t take your superstars for granted. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice. Before I started my first company in 1999 I worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I learned the domain lesson myself. When I began to hire product managers, sales reps and implementation staff from existing document management companies like Documentum and OpenText is when I got first-hand input into what lessons they had learned in their companies over the previous decade. I know this stuff cold now.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I feel the lesson isn’t absorbed as much this way. Tags: Startup Advice. To be an effective disappointed dad they need to feel a little distance and a sense that “all is not OK.&# This is really hard as a parent because you want to just go up and hug your kids. And I know how hard the team involved works.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons”. Don’t Believe the Hype – take your lesson from Public Enemy (video worth a 4 minute diversion ). Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology. Worth a read on how to maximize the traffic that comes to you site since much of it will be fleeting.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. From the value of experience and connections to the significance of mentors’ industry intuition, these professionals share their perspectives on why a mentor is a must for startup success.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

This post is part of my series “ Startup Lessons &#. I know that this advice won’t apply to every possible startup – but I think it applies to many. I know that this advice won’t apply to every possible startup – but I think it applies to many. This leads to suboptimal results for all.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

When a user tags their card at the reader, the saved information transfers to the card reader, which then compares the user’s face with the saved image, verifying identity. Give it a shot, and even if you fail, you’ll gain invaluable lessons. We worked tirelessly to improve our system.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. When I founded my first company along with Brian Moran (whose idea it was) I had no real experience running startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

There is a telltale sign of an inexperienced startup entrepreneur. As a startup you shouldn’t focus on buying other companies until you’ve figured out your own business. As a startup you shouldn’t focus on buying other companies until you’ve figured out your own business. I understand this.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. Many startups today don’t do these kinds of sessions.

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