Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

“We always say unapologetically: we’re here to win, we’re here to win big, and our opportunity is big.” Since 2012, there’s been little increase in venture capital going to women-founded businesses. Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? Don’t let venture capitalists deter you from opportunity.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Participants have the opportunity to receive prizes reaching $40,000. The pitch takes 90 seconds and participants have the opportunity to win prizes totaling $10,000.

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Hunter Walk

JULY 11, 2022

80–90% of startups shouldn’t follow the advice I’m about to give. Looking back I wrote something in 2012 about generally getting beyond the interview. Why Some Smart Startups Are Putting (Paid) Projects Ahead of Employment Offers. Being at least A- in those areas will put you way ahead of most of your competition.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

The difference in Europe is that there is opportunity for non-cannabis players to potentially get strategic and attempt to enter the market through an integration of cannabis as a CPG [consumer packaged good] or pharmaceutical-grade option,” said Todd Harrison, founding partner at CB1 Capital Management.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

I’m thankful to the associates at Upfront Ventures for helping me to evaluate our new opportunities and for helping me be prepared for issues with our portfolio companies. Thank you to the team that had extreme success in 2012 and a more challenging year in 2013. Startup Advice' I feel confident in our 2014 plans.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There’s a ton of writing out there about getting *on* the venture curve, but not a lot about getting *off,* so Daniel’s advice below is especially important. 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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. My first piece of advice is to leverage your own community and support network, especially any mentors and role models you may have, to introduce you to potential investors. Get funded, as a woman.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

And it does it by combining advice from clinicians, a community of others going through the same process and “prescription interventions” when deemed necessary. Also, Dame and Prithivi worked closely together at Uber from 2012 to 2016. “I Plus, she says, she missed building and wanted to go back to something earlier stage. “I

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Garnishing media attention since before 2012, the JOBS Act's Title III is among the most important landmarks in the history of modern crowdsourcing. It significantly broadens investment opportunities and a startup’s potential to raise capital through only a few legislative provisions. So why the hold up? So why the hold up?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

And they will offer you some of the best business advice you will ever receive if you’re open to it. And at moments of crisis or moments of great opportunity it can often be a small group of people surrounding you who help move you carefully across a winding pass and on to greatness. And it’s not just lawyers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices. Happy 2012 to all of you. And on the road out meeting you.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Similarly, “everyone needs 18-24 months of runway” is a nice motto, but when it takes three times longer to raise a round than it used to, it may no longer be useful advice. Opportunity slide. “ It’s time to ask ourselves if these VCisms are still relevant or if it’s time to change. Problem slide. Mission slide.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Hastings in the era of social media : On July 3, 2012, he posted to his Facebook page , which had more than 200,000 subscribers, the fact that Netflix had streamed a billion hours of video in the preceding month. The fact that the SEC decided to pursue this action suggests that these questions are at least debatable under current law.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

They wanted opportunity. Defy Ventures runs business plan competitions and has people like us who attend and give business advice and feedback. Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. And they didn’t want pity. They wanted to learn. You can go. You SHOULD go.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc. It’s where their passions are, too. See point one!

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

And so we have this network effect that we're bringing to venture capital, and that's one way that we're significantly different: traditionally VC has always been a very human capital focused, typical VC firms don't look at that as a product opportunity. It's that kind of thing that we see as a unique opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. Startups are like families.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

This makes it even more important for startups to make careful IP decisions very early on and to get good IP advice from a patent attorney that knows their industry. It is estimated that trade secret theft cost the US economy $300 billion in 2012. Failure to protect IP is like not locking up the lab or office every night.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

So, for example, when I first started here back in 2012, there was a ton of energy being put towards building a network of executive relationships that is now somewhat more about sustaining those relationships. And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I opened a cocktail bar ( Ward Eight ) in 2012, and it was pretty successful. If an opportunity comes up to buy one of my starred lots at a good price, I’ll jump on it. But the best advice I could give to anyone just starting out in auctions is to buy what you like and have fun.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City. And in 2012, if you’ll remember, that was when they kicked all the Zuccotti Park protestors outta Zuccotti Park. The 2012 New York startup community was very small, and it was very tight. So we had this little tiny office about a block off of Union Square.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. We also learn how, under his watch and as the company began to scale, Klarna missed the next big opportunity in fintech, instead being usurped by Adyen and Stripe. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. Once you reach a decent level of professional success, lack of opportunity won’t kill you.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. We also learn how, under his watch and as the company began to scale, Klarna missed the next big opportunity in fintech, instead being usurped by Adyen and Stripe. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: Hacks for the March 2021 H-1B lottery? as children.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

So we’d love your thoughts on maybe just advice for companies rebuilding their partnership orgs or they’re developing their sophistication on the ELG front. Then by 2011 or 2012, some of the tech components of the Great Recession had started wearing off and the market started waking up. We decided to go for it.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2021

She became the youngest self-made female billionaire in 2012, according to Forbes. Also in 2012, TIME named her one of the World’s Most Influential People. Nonetheless, Sara has advice about being authentic in her journey. At first, she heard a lot of “fake it until you make it” advice from people around her.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities: Sprout Social, CoTweet, awe.sm, LocalResponse. The explosion of data is creating opportunities just in the management of the data in and of itself.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. These people who never had the opportunity to start a store came onto our platform and became entrepreneurs for the first time, because we do not need them to invest any money in working capital or setting up an offline shop. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: How can I get my startup off the ground and visit the US?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

A fintech and music collaboration might not seem that obvious, but the music economy remains one of the most under-tapped (and under-innovated) opportunities that remains out there. Singer Jay-Z performs before US President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, on November 5, 2012. 100 million for mealworms.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

He pinged me for advice. Either way, the gridlock that is now the US congress will prevent any real economic responses and it seems likely that this political malaise will last beyond the 2012 election as the Republicans look to make big gains in the 2010 mid-term elections.&#. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot.

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

We had a good 4 year run with this company and built up some valuable intellectual property, which we sold to another company in 2012. Coming from a very technical background, there is a natural tendency to gravitate towards technology screening when first viewing an investment opportunity. which I have begun to adopt.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). 37:30 I think there’s an opportunity to train people in several month to be entrepreneurial leaders. 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What are some overlooked opportunities right now? How should investors in other cities think about the overall investment climate and opportunities in your city? What are the opportunities startups may be able to tap into during these unprecedented times? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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Onevest

MARCH 27, 2015

It is not intended to provide legal advice. This is an important feature of Regulation A+, as it provides an opportunity to reduce the risk of an unsuccessful offering before incurring significant expenditures for attorneys and accountants. So it is not intended as legal advice. About Samuel S.

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