Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. One of them is profitability. You may have leverage when you DO need to fund raise.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

One of the biggest challenges that the startup founders face during the initial stage is the lack of a well-proficient, professional marketing team. A well-rounded marketing team can make or break a startup and that’s why it is essential to hire the very best. Identify Your Marketing Channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

As a practitioner of creativity rather than as an instructor of it I’m certain that there are many ways to get the creative juices flowing and how to release more creativity. This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. Other ways I drive creativity are time pressure, showers & occasionally wine.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

This article describes the entrepreneurial mindset behind successful startups, how you can develop that mindset, and the strategies to build your startup based on that mindset. Steve Jobs An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Being an effective founder of a high-growth company requires a bundle of technical, analytical, leadership and communication skills that don’t often come packaged in a single individual.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Enter SeekOut — a startup that is out to give companies no excuses with its AI-powered platform. The startup wouldn’t name names but said it is working with 6 out of the 10 “most highly valued companies” by market cap in the U.S. SeekOut co-founders (left to right) Anoop Gupta, Aravind Bala, Vikas Manocha and John Tippett.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. something I’ve expected since I first bought a Rocket ebook reader about 10 years. something I’ve expected since I first bought a Rocket ebook reader about 10 years. Subscribe by email. Invested Interests. There are other factors. .

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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. The main reason for this is because we were still figuring out what we do and knew that it would be way too easy to completely waste the money. Employees are not founders. What led us to such an unusual conclusion?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a small business owner, taking your startup to the next level involves many growth strategies. This article will discuss 10 strategies for small businesses that will help you grow your business. Be More Intelligent About Employees. Since employees and consumers are the ultimate sources of a company’s success. .

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I recently got connected to Alyssa Hitaka at TopTierStartups.com , a new content site rich with startup related news, tips and interviews with startup founders. I was curious what her startup founders were seeing, in terms of the best marketing strategies they are successfully using today. Here is the list: 1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Africa’s fintech space has gained proper attention over the past few years in investments but it is not news that startups still battle with offering high-quality products. Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment. Appzone is a fintech software provider.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As proof that web3 is not some passing trend, blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy announced today that it has closed on a $200 million Series C1 equity round that values the company at $10.2 In October, the startup was valued at $3.5 For the unacquainted, web3 refers to a decentralized web based on the blockchain.

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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. Make sure your team members know what is expected of them and how their work contributes to the overall goals of the startup.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

A day of reckoning has come for Thrasio , one of the bigger startups buying up and consolidating third-party Amazon sellers. TechCrunch has learned from sources that the company, valued last year at between $5 billion and $10 billion, is going to be laying off a proportion of its employees this week. billion valuation.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 11, 2022

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer May 10, 2022 – Seeking to strengthen connection, advocacy and understanding as well as advise those in the SEC and FinHub community, CEO Pat Gouhin was thrilled to represent angel investors and the angel ecosystem at FinHub’s Peer-to-Peer meet-up on capital formation. “It

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. This way, we made more informed decisions and reduced the risk of failure.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion over the next two years to take on rival OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries, according to company documents obtained by TechCrunch. ” The Information reported in early March that Anthropic was seeking to raise $300 million at $4.1

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Ann Miura-Ko has been called “ the most powerful woman in startups ” by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo Alto native and has been steeped in technology startups from when she was a teenager. Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

“Selling a tenth of your company for north of a quarter-billion may be somewhat common among late-stage software startups with tremendous growth,” he says, but “don’t laugh — the round actually makes pretty OK sense.” ” The stories that follow are an overview of Extra Crunch from the last five days.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 21, 2024

Can these startups actually make any money? We believe that AI startups who 1) build for enterprises’ AI-centric strategic initiatives while anticipating their pain points, and 2) move from a services-heavy approach to building scalable products will capture this new wave of investment and carve out significant market share.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2019

I’ve sought out CEOs, presidents, board directors and more for companies big and small, ranging from small startups to corporations with valuations in excess of US$10 billion, on every continent except Antarctica. But they will show up in their mannerisms, their way of speaking and—most importantly—how they interact with others.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

However, there are many other ways you can work with and earn money from the industry. However, there are many other ways you can work with and earn money from the industry. We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds?

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. Furthermore, the notion of “wealth” has transformed my approach to employee satisfaction.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Being a solopreneur means handling all aspects, from setting shop to product development to marketing to after-sales service, of your small business on your own. Being a solopreneur means handling all aspects, from setting shop to product development to marketing to after-sales service, of your small business on your own. Shutterstock.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 7, 2023

10 Ways to Develop High-Potential Startup Employees In the quest to identify and develop high-potential employees for future leadership roles, we sought insights from a range of professionals, including Talent Directors, CEOs, and HR Managers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. The country’s startup-friendly regulatory environment, a beautiful medieval town center, over 20 business hubs and accelerators and strong rankings in intellectual property production are most obvious at a high level.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. Even though many large construction firms manage internal R&D units, more than a third of employees say they’re reluctant to adopt new technology. With the industry representing about 6.3% of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

“His view has always been that even for basic functionality you need high electrode density, and the tech has to be deployable in a minimally invasive way, with no damage to the brain. Two cool Precision Neuroscience employees. You can see the implant on the microscope slide.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Engineering is typically the function that grows fastest at a scaling startup. It requires a lot of attention to make sure the pace of execution does not slow and cultural issues do not emerge as you scale. We’ve learned a lot about pace of execution in the past five years at Faire.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Infrastructure startups continue to attract venture dollars across the globe, especially in the case of payments infrastructure providers. A startup that is a blend of the two can be found in Bogota, Colombia-based Simetrik , which just raised $20 million in a Series A funding round at a valuation “north of $100 million.”.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Hosted by Ben Franklin Technology Partners, in collaboration with Invent Penn State, the TechCelerator Startup Boot Camp showcased the entrepreneurial spirit of these teams as they unveiled their groundbreaking business ideas in hopes of securing $15,000 in funding for their startup.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Sales representatives and other customer-facing employees get real-time data about their performance. They can also use Everstage to forecast the potential commissions form their deals pipeline, giving them incentive to close more sales. Everstage was created to provide more transparency about sales commissions.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

In the same way that globalization can be a substitute for automation, social networking is, you know, like letting people access everyone else in the world for entertainment, for fun, for communication, for whatever you want to do. I remember trying to build some AI products in college, and it was just very difficult. And it was all manual.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s a myth that only the top startups and the best startup jobs are in Silicon Valley or New York City. As a Midwest company built for Midwest startups, we know that’s just not true. Detroit ranked number 10. Check out the top Detroit startups and tech companies to watch in 2021. Cities for jobs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

The move could affect as much as 30% of UK tech startups, with potentially 10%, industry sources estimate. It plays a pivotal role in supporting and financing Britain’s startups. SVB UK secured a UK banking license in 2012 but became a UK Standalone bank in August 2022 and has 700 full-time employees).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But the pandemic has impacted what sort of in-office or other in-person perks employees can access. But the perceived value for most employees is relatively small, given the cost,” explains Fringe CEO Jordan Peace. Employers sign up for access to Fringe’s platform at a starting cost of $5 per employee per month.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

In a March Retail Insights survey , seven in 10 (71%) shoppers said they felt that out-of-stocks — i.e. times when items aren’t available — are worse now compared to the start of the pandemic. Investors see potential. Hence, we developed Shopic’s unique smart cart solution.” Image Credits: Shopic.

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