Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

You can still take advantage of all the small business advice that was shared throughout the event. You can still listen to the whole thing, but we wanted to share some of our favorite moments and pieces of small business advice. Awesome small business advice! Great small business advice from Jason! Thanks, Steve!

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

This project is designed to better educate the early stage investor community on the benefits of Deep Tech investments with the intention of increasing the amount of private capital available for deployment in the Deep Tech sector. The National Science Foundation Awarded a major grant to connect early stage capital to DeepTech innovations.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. The Origins of Young Help Suriname (YHS). Growing the Foundation for YHS.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

To highlight Andrea’s hard work and perseverance, we asked her to answer the following questions and provide key advice to fellow YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community. I used all of the training YLAI provided to make connections and grow my network, study the U.S. government.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Corruption is, by definition, fraudulent or dishonest conduct of power. Who is in your community to uplift you? If you have worked your way up, sometimes you have found that it can be lonely and you may not have the community to help provide solutions to fight against corruption. Who is in your sphere of influence?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Over the past few years, community has been a buzzword for tech startups looking to sell a product or service based on their definition of a useful network. Let’s check in on community-focused startups by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch. Clubhouse’s product-market fit.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 24, 2021

Ecosystem building is still a very young professional field with no standard definition for what it is. Dustin Shay in New York City wrote, “Our primary role, as ecosystem builders, is to facilitate connection and network access for entrepreneurs. The community should always be open to all.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Twitter’s new CEO and owner Elon Musk is rattling the cage at his social network and ruffling a lot of feathers both inside and outside of the company. For his own cold start, Gabor is focusing first on coalescing a critical mass of people — a community to hit the ground running when “T2” launches.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We prioritize open communication and genuinely value the feedback we receive. This not only helps us improve our services but also fosters a sense of community around our brand. It was definitely eye-opening and an expensive lesson. Emily Dills , Founder, National Nanny Network and Seattle Nanny Network, Inc.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. Expert Networks. The expert network industry has grown an average 4.5%

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

I'm sure each of those guys got questioned by entrepreneurs as to why they should accept advice from them as opposed to the entrepreneurial veterans of the days who worked in VC. As my colleague Phin mentioned the other day, there are two types of bad advice you can give--one is to give bad advice in an area you should know something about.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As Our Colleague Kate Stern Departs Homebrew To Go Back to Company Building, Here’s Her Advice. Of course I knew that wasn’t the whole picture, but there were definitely some things I needed to adjust to. For me, my time at Uber was crucial to building the network and skills I needed for venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. Come join us.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Mcluckie describes the look they’re going for with their garment picks as “eclectic, city, cool, definitely unique” — arguing: “It’s got an edge to it over our competitors.” And I think that is definitely our strength,” adds Mcluckie in a video call with TechCrunch to dig into their approach.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. ” Walton plans to pivot the startup in three phases: content, marketplace and community. Currently, a lot of information or advice around pregnancy lives in books or in-person classes. Finally, Walton wants to invest in the community.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2022

There is no “one universal” definition of a startup. Although this definition is correct, it does not define the whole meaning behind this concept. When we were writing this advice, one of our past projects immediately came to mind, the slogan of which is the phrase “Follow your dream.” creating a social network for pet owners.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I run PEVCTech , a community focused on this area. Like Salesforce, HubSpot also has a significant (albeit smaller) network of integration partners. social network profiles (e.g., Price was definitely a consideration. This is critical for us, because our CRM will be the backbone of our entire tech stack. . Hootsuite).

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

We are definitely not right for every company. This is not blanket advice for everybody, but for companies trying to reach developers who are writing code every day, I think it’s super helpful to have some technical authority from people actually doing this. How does Draft.dev address that?

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

Age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc are all topics that are deeply emotional for people--and, by definition, personal. I think Fred was trying to offer some friendly advice to young investors that you're going to "take lumps" and that it's worth learning from those who are more experienced.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

Building a system that selects for these types of humans and invites them to join a community of similarly high-performing peers is the only way we know to set in motion a process that can eventually produce a world class startup accelerator. Step 3: Give good advice Most startup advice is bad.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Some also look at what communities your project can help, what long-term changes it can bring, and if it can ultimately become a game-changer in its field. One thing you definitely shouldn’t overlook is the fact that you MUST learn about your competition. Know the ins and outs of your presentation.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. “Marketing will definitely have to be adjusted and, depending on the industry you’re in, you may have to reevaluate spend.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. Berhens Wu is the CEO and co-founder of Shippo , which offers an API to connect eCommerce businesses and marketplaces to a network of different shipping providers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

was definitely in the bucket of amazingly talented founders with a great product that hadn’t yet proved product/market fit. But I was part of a networking group called YPO , which has a subsection called “forum” in which a small group of your peers meets monthly to discuss life. Startup Advice'

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree.” As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

This includes companies that would meet most institutional definitions for impact investing (women, minority, and veteran owned/run businesses, including LMI (“Low to Moderate Income”) and CRA (“Community Reinvestment Act”) qualified companies. Diversity In Venture Capital: In the U.S., It May Be Getting Worse. I am not a lawyer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. I guess if you do more than one, I guess by definition, that’s serial. Because, almost by definition, I’m going to tell you no. It was all technical.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Alisa Gumbs: In my conversation today I discuss with him the essential advice he shares with thousands of entrepreneurs a year. But as many entrepreneurs as you talk to all the time, I feel like you must have something that’s burning in your heart, some piece of advice that you feel like every entrepreneur needs to hear.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The Czech Republic may be better known for beer, hockey and the sights of Prague, but its entrepreneurial community is as ambitious as any. The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Travel and gastro.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. He has been a supporter of the startup community since before the word startup was in general conversation. Meet William McCullough.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others have incorporated significantly stronger online components in order to help communities maintain more social distancing. Borkowski confirmed it is “definitely” an up round for the company.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When you type in a single word, you get a huge amount of data in various forms, such as dictionary definitions, videos, and blogs. Do you have any advice for budding entrepreneurs? While I was working at a company, I was building a network and securing the funding I needed for my business. Register The search market is changing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. I think NY has always – by definition – been urban. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

And when asked about the topic, I definitely don’t shy away from the topic as you can see in this 8-minute YouTube interview that Pemo Theodore asked me to do on the subject of Women in Entrepreneurship. She was the dominant figure in my family and was both an entrepreneur and a community leader.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. 44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Adora Cheung is a Partner at YC.

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Unvalidated Learnings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

He wanted to help all the oppressed runners of the world, to bring them into the light, enfold them in a community.” Nike was born out of the tight runners’ community and started by addressing the needs of these early adopters. I redefined winning, expanded it beyond my original definition of not losing, of merely staying alive.

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