Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability. But if you don’t think through your long-term strategy you can open yourself up to a host of problems that kill companies: Spending money too quickly and running into cashflow traps. Startup Advice'

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014. I have come to realize that since the great tech boom started in 2009 and given the massive increase in first-time angels, first-time seed funds, first-time accelerators … the market is just filled with well-intentioned, but inexperience advice. Whom you take advice from really matters.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Advice is not a new concept, but Intro is putting its spin on access to in-demand experts through personalized one-on-one video calls. The San Francisco company was founded in 2020 by entrepreneur Raad Mobrem, who previously founded Lettuce, an operating system for small businesses that was acquired by Intuit in 2014.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It would be fair to say Anthony Baxter has learnt a thing or two about entrepreneurship, since starting his digital marketing agency “ Firefly ” from an Auckland bedroom in 2014. Firefly Digital provides advice to brands such as iconic Kiwi entrepreneur story, AJ Hackett Bungy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

While Duolingo never wanted to look like other edtech companies, as we saw with its product strategy in part two, it turns out that evolving from college pizza vibes meant that it would have to take a page from its peers. She invested because of Duolingo’s growth and engagement numbers, but confronted von Ahn with some direct advice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

How they built trust, maintain honesty, and talk strategy are also on the table as part of the discussion. The company was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million and later became Salesforce IQ. Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. Make a friend!

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Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

If 2024 Kieran could whisper something into the ear of 2014 Kieran, what would you have told her about the difference between leading a team vs leading a company? But when your team is the larger organization, you can’t use this strategy. But that’s not really how we saw ourselves when we started. This work is my zone of excellence.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

It was launched by President Barack Obama and the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2014.) Additionally, do you have any other advice for anyone looking to start a fund? What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

In this article, Manny shares his strategy for a smooth business exit plan. While there’s lots of advice out there on how investors can exit successfully, there’s less for entrepreneurs in the trenches. Manny Padda is an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When we interviewed him last July , Hughes explained that he would refer leads to EveryDeveloper when they needed to sort out their content strategy. The idea for this book dates back to my time at ProgrammableWeb (2009-2014). There are about a dozen of us, split between content strategy and production. The main takeaway?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As evidence of that, the firm led Credit Karma’s Series A in 2009; led Remitly’s Series A in 2014 and participated in Nubank’s Series A in 2014. In terms of strategy, Rotman notes that QED has continued to lead deals that it feels “passionate about being involved in.”. Many VCs can offer capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

How they built trust, maintain honesty and talk strategy are also on the table as part of the discussion. The company was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million and later became Salesforce IQ. Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. Make a friend!

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Revenue has tripled year over year since the company’s 2014 founding. Software can be licensed to corporations to benefit employees and uses behavioral science to understand the reasoning behind financial decisions people make and to help democratize financial advice for the masses. Apply now to Guardhat. . Apply now to Pocketnest.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2014 Niesh co-founder, Jae Yoo, now 26, had $10 in his bank account, and had to choose between printing past papers for exam study, or feeding himself. The free Niesh app has saved 30,000 NZ tertiary students over $1.2M Motivated to find a way to help students reduce costs, Yoo worked with advertisers to subsidise student printing.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Project Background In October 2014, a sinkhole was discovered in the parking lot of the dam’s control building. It was a photo of the public beach area at the dam with children laughing and people frolicking on the lake on a sunny July day in 2014. This is outstanding advice when it comes to ethics.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They wanted advice. I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. It is advice I give entrepreneurs often as I have written here on why most businesses should never raise VC. This team is talented. And probably some money.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 28, 2018

Historically the business has achieved: 2014 = $50,000. Kirrily Dear is the strategy and development director at Eyes Wide Open. One of the biggest mistakes business owners make is setting unrealistic growth rates for their business. For instance, consider the following data. 2015 = $70,000. 2016 = $100,000. 2018 = $550,000.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. Do we have the wrong strategy?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 4, 2019

You probably heard the advice for entrepreneurs that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” In turn, a 2014 study of IT projects found that only 16.2 Written for EO by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, disaster avoidance expert, speaker and author. . That phrase is a misleading myth at best and actively dangerous at worst.

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Y Combinator

JULY 7, 2022

seed round in 2012 and has been profitable since 2014. Wade talks about finding product-market fit, their repeatable go-to market strategy to grow their base without a ton of capital, and their philosophy around hiring and building a remote company. 46:45 - Wade, what is your advice for founders whether to fundraise or not?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . We also promoted Jordan Hudson to principal in 2014 and have encouraged him to begin looking at deals. Our investment strategy has always been to do predominantly Series Seed & A round deals, which makes up > 85% of our first investments. But that’s it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

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. But this strategy great depends on point 3. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 Availability of Capital.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 9, 2022

The company has been profitable since 2014 and is valued at $5B – with 700 employees working remotely. What's your advice to other founders on how to hire executives? The founders went through YC’s Summer 2012 batch and S18 Growth Program , and today, Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2023

In 2014, Frissia started the First Leadership Center at a university in Mexico. In 2014, I was a professor at a university, and I started the First Leadership Center because I saw the vast need to channel energy into students’ needs. One asked why we weren’t thinking about including men in our strategy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Dame was founded in 2014 by CEO Alexandra Fine, who initially wanted to be a sex therapist. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Dip is priced at $49, which is about $50 less than similar Dame products. It’s most important to be authentic, ourselves and do what feels good to us,” she said. “We

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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. With this new strategy, Klarna is essentially saying that it’s open for business. NextCapital was a fintech company before fintech became cool.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

February 2014 seems so long ago. But the Biden administration has taken a stronger interest in antitrust legislation, and that could directly impact Redmond’s long-term expansion strategy. Any advice for reducing the cost of recruiting from abroad? Fledgling Founder.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Prospective contributors regularly ask us about which topics Extra Crunch subscribers would like to hear more about, and the answer is always the same: Actionable advice that is backed up by data and/or experience. Growth marketing strategies. 4 proven approaches to CX strategy that make customers feel loved.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? They launched the product on Kickstarter in 2014, and since then, the company has seen a ton of success, bringing in tens of millions in annual revenue with little outside investment. Don’t let venture capitalists deter you from opportunity.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The author, bullish or at least supportive of many uses for BTC, basically is wary of the industry using its power to force governments to acquire Bitcoin as part of a national reserve strategy. But it’s probably too late for that; the coin is already out of the bag. Title is self-explanatory here.

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