Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When people think about startups, the word failure isn’t too far back in their minds. I myself often cite the age-old statistic that peppers headlines, confidently claiming 90% of startups are doomed to die. According to Griffith, the 90% failure myth serves to soothe the bruised egos of those startup founders who failed.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

We have an entire generation of startup founders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005. And will produce healthier cohorts of startups that get back some of the magic of being scrappy and shed some of the extra pounds we gained when the market was ebullient.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

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. Save your cash until you de-risk your early-stage startup.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The move comes as the fintech startup leans into payments, both in terms of facilitating them itself and aiming to help others do so better and faster. According to a study by the National Institute of Mental Health, 72% of startup founders are affected by mental health issues. billion this year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

By its nature, sales is one of the most social faces of a business, so it’s no surprise that there are tools being built for sales teams that are tapping into some of the most interesting dynamics of the world of social networking, and that the startups that are doing this most successfully are making a killing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The report, titled Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories , was produced by VC firm Accel with heavy support from startup and VC data platform Dealroom. Founded back in 2005, French adtech giant Criteo leads the pack with its alumni going on to create 29 so-called “second generation” startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Mayopoulous, meanwhile, is tapping into his experience during the 2008 recession to guide the new bank through the crisis. The executive was part of the leadership suite at mortgage financing company Fannie Mae in 2008, and then went on to serve as chief executive of that same business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. Meet Natasha Mascarenhas, your future Startups Weekly newsletter author. Alex Wilhelm hears from one startup founder who has taken a bit of an alternative approach to building a SaaS company.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The issue of women startup founders not receiving equitable venture funding is a shortfall of the West: It’s here, everywhere in the U.S., Even in 2008, all-women U.S. and over there, all throughout Europe. founding teams raised 1.2% of all venture capital, according to PitchBook data.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We have Agility Robotics’ co-founder and CTO, followed by Snorkel AI presenting an early pitch deck, which laid the groundwork to raise $135 million in two years. DoubleVerify and early investor Blumberg Capital is speaking on how they’ve worked together since 2008. days of 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Yes, if you were a startup CEO I would probably cut you some slack. If they are Google, Facebook and then a startup – you’re fine. I’m sure of that.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

And basic searches on the Micromax brand on Google from 2008 — its first year in mobile — lay bare the general decline in chatter about the company. Founded in 2000 by Vikas Jain, Rahul Sharma, Sumit Kumar Arora and Rajesh Agarwal, Micromax first started life as a small IT firm, making its first move into phones only in 2008.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 25, 2015

Noam Wasserman, the Harvard Business School professor and author of The Founder’s Dilemmas , found an interesting trend in the tenure of startup founder-CEOs: in his analysis of more than 200 startups, fewer than 50% of CEOs remained after three years. This number dropped to 40% after four years and 25% through the IPO.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The CFE is a unit of the College of Engineering and the Center has helped more than 30,000 researchers and students since 2008. Kate Ryder , CEO and Founder of Maven Clinic – A unicorn-valued startup transforming digital healthcare. The U-M’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) is one of the key engines driving that growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Looking back at the burst of the first internet bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, Chaddha notes that we can expect roiling public markets and “geopolitical challenges” to inform the size of seed and Series A rounds. Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

18:15 – When did Vidit and his cofounder know they wanted to start a startup? 20:45 – Their first startup idea and the inspiration for Meesho. 39:40 – What’s a strong opinion he had about running a startup that he’s changed since running Meesho? 11:10 – Most impactful user stories.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. Tech startups are now global, meanwhile, and plenty of countries are working to keep their unicorns closer to home than New York. Subscribe here. ai, Roblox, and Wish. The biggest challenge ahead?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. But the short answer is that the best intro is from a portfolio company of that VC or by other entrepreneurs whom that VC respects. Earn the right to the intro.

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