TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2021

A substantial portion of the world’s trade is done in United States dollars , creating problems for businesses in countries with a dollar shortage. The Taipei-headquartered company announced today it has raised $17 million in pre-Series A funding led by CDIB Capital Group. XREX co-founders Winston Hsiao and Wayne Huang.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode. David Haber: Marty, thank you so much for being here. David: Marty, you’ve had a fascinating career. So, in New Mexico, you don’t have a ton of choices, especially at that time. We really appreciate it. Been looking forward to this.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

“Can you take me Higher? Can you take me Higher? . The more you understand the journey that the company has taken up until now, the move clear it will be why UberPool is the obvious next step. In retailer language, you can lower your markup but earn more because of the increased volume.”. – A Quick Look Back.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. I had this incredible career as a data scientist in the Air Force.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

After 26 years of selling business services, there’s not much I haven’t seen. The average new business pitch costs $450,000. You can’t afford to lose a pitch or (even worse) win a pitch that’s not the right fit for your business. Experience: The work requested is a core capability of what you do best.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” Twelve to eighteen months later, you hit the road and do it again — super simple.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

If you’re one of these keyboard warriors, your consumption basket in and around the office is completely different from the basket of goods you enjoy inside your place of abode. Against that backdrop, short of direct military confrontation, the West did not have a surfeit of easy policy responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

energy

TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Besides the fact that over 20% of all venture dollars last year went into fintech startups , I am particularly excited about the myriad ways that this technology is helping boost inclusion all over the world. Do you want The Interchange in your inbox every Sunday? It’s an incredible time to be a financial technology journalist.

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OkDork

JUNE 3, 2022

In this post, I go over the proven process I use to test the business ideas that save me (and now, you) tens of thousands of dollars, as well as years of working on the wrong business idea. How To GUARANTEE You Have A Million Dollar Business Idea.

creativity

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 25, 2019

” So I said to him “you know that deli that you stop in every morning and get a bacon egg and cheese on the way to school? ” So I said to him “you know that deli that you stop in every morning and get a bacon egg and cheese on the way to school?” You can see your way to realizing it.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I have figured out the ultimate VC fund strategy. I swear, its totally foolproof--guaranteed to bring superior returns. You can forget everything you've read everywhere else. In the late 90's, it wasn't surprising that companies with no revenue that were funded at 100 million dollar valuations didn't survive.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These successful business founders and Advisors in The Oracles share the most common mistakes they see from aspiring entrepreneurs and explain how to overcome those mistakes. Here’s why some will never make it — and how you can. Today, we have almost 200 specialty stores, as well as a thriving digital business.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

Happiness is the root of what people are after in whatever form they picture it, so it’s the strongest angle with which you can hook them. Happiness is the root of what people are after in whatever form they picture it, so it’s the strongest angle with which you can hook them. To deliver, you mustn’t sell ideas and dreams.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

Let me tell you a short story at my own expense. In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. Fast forward just a few years to 1996.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. I have stated previously that I love absolutes – statements with no wiggle room for gray-area responses. These systems were not cheap as you might guess. The guest could even make room-to-room or concierge calls as if dialing from the room itself.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Nonetheless, Bounce claims it was able to continue growing its business during the pandemic — saying i t paid out more than one million dollars to local businesses during the pandemic in spite of COVID-19’s impact. It was a gamble and not easy but now we can say it paid off!

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

Besides the fact that over 20% of all venture dollars last year went into fintech startups , I am particularly excited about the myriad ways that this technology is helping boost inclusion all over the world. Do you want The Interchange in your inbox every Sunday? It’s an incredible time to be a financial technology journalist.

real estate

Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

Let me tell you a short story at my own expense. In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars (two million six hundred thousand in today’s dollars) into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need.

pitching

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2021

There’s been an emergence of “pre-accelorator” or “people accelorator” programs—experiences that you can buy your way into with cash, as opposed to potentially valuable future equity, that replicate the education and network provided by the likes of YCombinator. That doesn’t mean, however, that you need to spend $50,000 per year on it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

If you don’t bottle it as it passes by you it’s gone. DataSift has a product that builds a permanent database for you of just the information you want to capture. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. What does that mean?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 24, 2022

In December of 2020 I hashed out $280,000 and purchased my first company off a random website called MicroAcquire … Right now you might be asking yourself… What did you buy? Why did you buy it? How did you get $280k? Have you ever bought a company before? Are you insane? How I got s**t on ??

SaaS

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

That is where you shall find me, a humble inn keeper. The Yankee, and the Don of the Dollar. How could a humble inn keeper such as myself share the same rarified air as these lords? Words and manners escaped me, and I asked point blank: “What hardships could have forged such an unlikely alliance?” Haruhiko Kuroda?—?The

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

You need the whole package. Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute. Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 21, 2020

There are a lot of reasons why a business loan application might be denied, but what most small business owners should be asking themselves is, “What can I do to improve the odds of a successful loan application?”. Does this business have the financial means to make each and every periodic payment? Why are you borrowing?

finance

TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

To help scale its digital mortgage lending platform, the company announced today that it has secured $90 million in debt and equity – with $78 million in debt and $12 million in equity. They can purchase a more expensive home, but any amount above what they are approved for would have to come out of pocket.

real estate

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The days of the $20 million seed round appear to be over — at least for now. Before that, the commerce service platform raised $85 million in the country’s largest Series B funding, at a valuation of $275 million. It’s been a year. This roundup is never a particularly fun one to write. Now it’s the economy, stupid.

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