TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. Full disclosure: In 2016, I was 500 Startups’ Journalist-in-residence.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

On one hand, it benefited tremendously from the Trump backlash after the 2016 election and society’s focus on women. These are mostly rich people who don’t think about the various staff that services them. Even if these investors were skilled in such things, I’m not sure how much Audrey would have paid attention to their advice anyway.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

This can feel suffocating for sellers, especially if your business model utilizes creative or outside-the-box thinking. The big online marketplaces often offer services for sellers, like storage and shipping. This allows for more creative and even experimental business models. Seller communities. Make your own rules.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 5, 2017

With global IT spending flat to down in 2015 and 2016 , software businesses are fighting for share of wallet. It’s not that they think most suppliers are particularly bad on brand, product, or service. His advice: choose new words to describe your business and your value proposition. This master marketer pointed to our language.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

5000 shared: Knowing what you know now, what advice would you share with your younger self? We pivoted a lot of media plans and creative work—often multiple times—and didn’t charge for it (we called it “The Covid Pledge,” and we encouraged all agencies to do the same). At one point I tried to be a full-service agency.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

At Early Stage, experts will share advice on protecting intellectual property, structuring cap tables, developing target customer personas and more. Aside from 2016, the last time all-women-led startups raised such a low percentage of funds was in 2012, another period of funding decline caused by economic uncertainty and an election.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Some compared this to the 2016 left-pad incident that briefly broke a large part of the internet after the project’s developer deleted his widely-used code in protest. Developer Azer Koçulu ran into a trademark dispute with messaging app Kik because his npm package was called “kik.”

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