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Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction

TechCrunch

For founders, especially those starting companies for the first time, the gyrations of the stock market, the resulting correction in public market tech stocks, and the inevitable impact on private company fundraising might seem disheartening. And the past few weeks of geopolitical challenges only added to the bleak scenario.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Jay Samit: How Startup Founders Can Avoid Getting Disrupted

WSJ - The Accelerators

As one of the first startups to leverage what we would come to call cloud computing, Napster ushered in a new era of innovation where the costs of launching a global startup were a fraction of what they had been a decade before. This newest form of fundraising, while limited to just accredited investors, is expected to top $2.5

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For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge

TechCrunch

The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Sooner or later, everyone in the C-suite today — including startup founders — will depart. For the sake of everyone they’ll leave behind, they should begin prepping for that day now.

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What I wish I’d known about venture capital when I was a founder

TechCrunch

So, I’ve decided to share the main lessons about VC that I wish I’d known when I was a startup founder chasing venture capital. Startups are all about reaching two milestones: (a) product/market fit and (b) a profitable, repeatable and scalable growth model. But the opposite is also true.

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How Understanding Multigenerational Workforces Can Make You a Better Leader

StartupNation

Generation Y (1981-2000) = 35%. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Supporting multigenerational workforces. Breakdown of workforce by generation : Traditionalists (1925-1945) = 2%. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Generation X (1965-1980) = 33%. Generation Z (2001-2020) = 5%.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .