Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I hold true to form and follow my own advice. I booked several high-profile meetings in advance. And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit. If you didn’t read it, it’s here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

If you haven’t already, book your pass soon as we’re quickly approaching capacity. For the last 20 years, Ajay’s worked with early-stage founders to build companies from seed to unicorn such as SendGrid, Clari, Gainsight, FourKites, 6sense, and Bloomreach. Book your pass today — college students pay just $99!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Evaluate investors thoroughly, not just based on the size of their check, but whether they can provide strategic advice and introductions that support your vision. Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

So, where does this put you — the startup founder, entrepreneur or company executive? It’s a great time to be a founder. If you’re committed to building an enduring company and you want to, as Steve Jobs put it, “make a dent in the universe,” then this is the best time ever to be a founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Well obviously that’s meaningless if your startup idea sucks. I don’t think it takes book smart people to build great companies – sometimes it’s a hindrance. On Street Smarts / Working with customers: I had coffee with another startup founder yesterday. Tags: Start-up Advice.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

The universal challenge of every startup founder is to get everything done that needs to get done, and still have a life. Stever Robbins, known on the Internet as the Get-It-Done Guy, outlines his strategies in his classic book “ 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More.” To Do List Chalkboard by Mufidah Kassalias, on Flickr.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. It seems like good advice to me.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

Take a deep breath, and some useful advice. In co-authoring Beyond Product , I set out to help founders with exactly this challenge. In the book, I brought in 50 business leaders to advise you on how to grow your business from your basic idea through to your eventual exit and summarized it into a step-by-step framework.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. Additionally, Do you have any other advice for anyone looking to start a fund? Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

For Airbnb, that may be the number of nights booked; for Spotify, minutes listened to. Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups : Founder of growth consultancy Marketing Cube Maya Moufarek joins Miranda Halpern for an interview as part of the TechCrunch Experts series.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, founders must focus on creating a business that continually generates sales and profits. Kim offers invaluable advice to newcomers in the startup investing scene. Kim finds solace in reading specialized books to expand his knowledge. “I tend to read a lot of specialized books to gain information.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

Ash Ali, my friend, and investment partner was talking about a huge 3-day international startup summit in Dubai, where he was going to be flown in as a speaker and mentor to thousands of tech startup founders in attendance from all over the world. Start with who, not what I thought book deals were for academics and celebrities.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Like many startup founders, Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of autonomous sidewalk robot maker Cartken, was raised by entrepreneurs. When she graduated from university, Naik’s father gave her some advice: Start your own business; don’t work for somebody else.

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Gust

JANUARY 19, 2014

A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. These include the following: Networking with people who know. I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking. Just start a business.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

After working in political campaigns, I realized that many of the skillsets overlapped with what startups need: moving fast, being lean, communicating well, being adaptable and staying flexible. How do you collaborate with startups? Our services cater to every stage of the founder journey. From there we design a logo.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

What advice would you give your past self? It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming. Matt Lieber , Gimlet  — My advice to my younger self is to seek help.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Founders from outside a tech-ecosystem are surrounded by bad advice, since building a startup is different from other kinds of businesses. Those myths are: (1) Don’t share your idea; (2) Good ideas must be bulletproof; (3) Startups require your total commitment; (4) Live on a shoestring; and, (5) Stick to what you know.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

I recently wrote a post about how to manage relationships when you’re at a startup or are busy executive. It was based on an excellent book I had just read by Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor (his wife). I had images in my brain of all of the stresses I had placed on my wife in the heyday of my startups. You need couple time.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? What are the top 3 questions that you always ask the founders? For early-stage startup founders, I think the team and especially the CEO is very important. 3 questions I usually ask are 1) What is the background of the CEO and team?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

Register Startup founders wanting to pitch to investors to raise money should not get into the “sell now” part of the conversation immediately but must instead lay the groundwork first, according to James Walker, Associate Counsel and Investor at Draper Associates. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There’s an old adage that says, “ask for money and you’ll get advice; ask for advice and you might get money.” Develop a More Iterative Mindset There’s a great book called The Mom Test , which is a short, practical guide to how to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone?—?even even your mom?—?is

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Users can book appointments, chat with the doctor, pay and refer friends on WhatsApp. Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston shares actionable advice for startup founders. The startup, leveraging New Delhi’s new regulations, is using a government issued ID card to fetch insurance policies.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Go to websites like Amazon for physical products and books, which are great for almost any niche. Nimrod Vromen , Startup Consultant and Host, Startup Confidential Podcast – CTech Seek Expert Advice on Business Plan To determine if your new business idea is viable, seek diverse expert advice on your business plan.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Our innovative membership approach addresses the need for accessible and reliable legal advice without the traditional high costs. Key services and resources Raising Capital : Unless you’re bootstrapping, you’ll need to raise capital to give your startup the runway to take off and succeed. GET IN TOUCH Web: legalvision.co.nz

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

43:30 – Can foreigners come to India and start a startup? 44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. 45:45 – After Meesho, what’s the most exciting startup in India? 47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? A lot of those books are written outside India.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

And the first thing we did is we called up startup founders in our network. ” And so what happened is, Jeff and I are literally in QuickBooks doing the books for these companies. And so if you can actually master the motion for the technology startup, what you know is that you can cover a wide range of scenarios.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. You have these archetypal startup founders. 00:52:12] MARK: So, if you don’t know Robert Cialdini you need to, and if you don’t know his book on influence you should buy it. Startup Advice' We know Steve and Chad.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 2, 2013

Building a core audience that visits tomtunguz.com every day is important to me, but I post every day because each writing book I’ve read recommends it. I never can predict with much accuracy which content will resonate with readers who tend to be startup founders and employees. Flights are also good times for blogging.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2020

I think the advice I would give is first to convince yourself that what you’re doing makes sense and is important and worth doing. From India’s richest man to Amazon and 100s of startups: The great rush to win neighborhood stores. Startup valuations have recovered from summer lows. What did you personally do to keep that focus?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. Koh urges startup founders to “put on their big person pants and git gud at it”, emphasising the need for them to showcase their abilities and dedication to their business.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Beyond the big names and vital topics on the Disrupt stage, don’t miss these smaller, interactive gatherings that pack a lot of advice, insight and value — with plenty of time to get answers to your pressing questions. Why Nine out of Ten Startups Fail , with Mayfield. Rewiring Founders to Hire for Tomorrow , with Egon Zehnder.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers.

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