Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

He didn’t win the global competition that year, but Carlos went on to participate in GSEA in a variety of roles—first as a special guest in the 2013 finals, then as a jury member in the 2015 semi-finals in Thailand and, most recently, as a jury member in the 2017 semifinals in Germany. In this way, we started a new industry in El Salvador.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. “Smaller businesses need to focus on growth — not keeping up on HR trends, industry statistics, or job board best practices. Image Credits: WizeHire.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

A lot of the things that we ultimately did when I was running Global Payments from 2013 to 2023, a lot of things that we ultimately did were not even like a glint in my eye back in 2009, 2010 when I was just thinking about coming over. Any advice on how you either kept your confidence through that time or recalibrated?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Founded in 2013, my online interior design company, Decorilla, is now celebrating its seventh year. Looking back, in 2013, most people couldn’t even comprehend what online interior design was. We shared our gratitude and life hacks, as well as personal advice and memories from good times we have had together in person.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Customer advisory boards are a gold mine for startup brand champions.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Board Meetings. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? I had one of the biggest mental breakthroughs about what I want to do differently at GRP Partners in 2013. Conferences. Startups Are for Doers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2016

In 2013, Kim sold the company to her co-workers, making it 100% employee owned at a moment of growth and expansion. Later, I went to a Quaker high school that was a boarding school, although I was a day student. I would also do things like organize kids to clean up the creek that we played in. How did the notion of ownership evolve?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

So when Goldman Sachs announced this week it was buying NextCapital – a fintech company that provides automated advice to corporate retirement plan participants – my ears perked up. Tourism Board where she led branding, growth marketing, communications, and capital raising. NextCapital was a fintech company before fintech became cool.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In 2013, I set up shop in my garage and started experimenting with different frame materials and designs. But we overestimated how quickly people would come on board and underestimated our industry’s tendency to move slowly and resist change. I ended up with lots of big bills, very few orders, and a fair amount of anxiety.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

In October 2013, we incorporated and established Onboard Dynamics. As a transportation fuel, it’s the cleanest alternative fuel available today, according to the California Air Resources Board. KP and CA: What advice do you have for early-stage founders? the three of us worked together on our commercialization plan.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

banks consumer checking offerings have become less favorable across the board. In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. Whenever someone asks for personal advice on what to do with their savings, I have always recommend they read Burton Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall Street. Checking Account Competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

One measure of CincyTech’s overall impact is that in 2013, its portfolio companies represent 80% of total seed and early stage capital invested in Southwest Ohio. We started investing the fund in April 2012 and by early 2013 had closed our fund to new investors. They often fly back at least once if not twice a year to see family.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

So Investor A might have bought 20% of your company in 2012 and in 2013 with no addition money invested suddenly owns 40% of your company. They often don’t have board seats attached to them. You rarely find full ratchets in early-stage deals any more. Again, this should be negotiable with a Series Seed.

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