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Founders’ character, right valuation are attractive to investors – Bernard Moon, Co-Founder & Partner, SparkLabs Group

AsiaTechDaily

Register Startup founders looking to attract investors need to show proof of an outstanding team and must be realistic with their valuation numbers, said Bernard Moon , Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group , a South Korean accelerator and fund network. On the accelerator side, it’s a standard $100,000.

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Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait on how AI is changing human resources and weaning his company off venture funding via private equity

Hunter Walk

Hunter Walk: Before we dive into your company Greenhouse , give me one story from your childhood that foretold you were going to end up a startup founder. HW: Greenhouse, which powers the hiring process from sourcing to onboarding for thousands of companies, will soon be a teenager, having been founded in 2012.

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Introhive raises $100M for AI-powered sales tools to help companies build ‘relationship graphs’

TechCrunch

The idea for Introhive came as many do to enterprise startup founders: they identify something that doesn’t quite work as they want it to, and then start a new company to try to fix it. And Introhive was the company that they formed in 2012 to address that.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

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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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. We have invested $17.3

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time. Investors that are able to identify the right founders can make great investments in Norway. At the same time, Norwegian founders would benefit from more investors with an international focus.