TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Co-founders Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker never wanted to charge consumers for access to Duolingo content, a purpose imbued throughout the company’s culture. It also has a number of other revenue streams it’s developing, such as language proficiency tests. Duocon, Duolingo’s new conference to celebrate education and language.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders. Added to this mix is how social media continues to promote an unhealthy fetishization of hustle culture and founding myths. This compares to 48% of the general population.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

As your company develops multiple offices, hires a larger number of sales people or increases product complexity over time this kind of tacit knowledge doesn’t scale. Ultimately he & I had a bad cultural fit. Ultimately he & I had a bad cultural fit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2018

This group has it all – not only do they offer forums and personal advice on a national scale, the organization also sponsors local chapters with their own meetings and amenities. Nothing is more valuable than the exchange of experiences among peers. I remember it as if it happened yesterday.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. I installed Windows 3.1

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

” Your peer group is envious of your finally doing what they’ve always wanted to do but found it too hard to give up the golden paycheck and predictable future. ” Your peer group is envious of your finally doing what they’ve always wanted to do but found it too hard to give up the golden paycheck and predictable future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2016

If you can associate with people who challenge you to think positively, dream bigger and offer advice, your path to success becomes easier. If anyone has given you tips about starting your own business, they’re sure to have missed something, too. Here’s what I’ve learned from 19 years of experience: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 30, 2023

After we closed the round, our lead investor revealed how capital efficient we had been compared to our peers. Welcome to the fourth edition of Learnings of a CEO. You can read previous editions here. Snapdocs is the leading digital closing platform for the mortgage industry. Even after YC, we didn’t raise much immediately.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

I need your advice.” ” “Weakness need not be feared and despised, even in a culture that prizes and elevates youth and beauty.”. “Weakness need not be feared and despised, even in a culture that prizes and elevates youth and beauty.” Graham’s influence in the world was beyond measure. We spoke for hours.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

New and aspiring entrepreneurs often fall victim to impatience and imperfection. When something’s not working perfectly to their standards (or worse, fails), they take it personally and don’t know how to move on to better iterations after the setback. But that’s what startup life is all about. 8 Surprising Strategies for Unstoppable Focus.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2017

For EO Chicago’s Zak Dabbas and Ryan Unger , co-founders of Punchkick Interactive, a mobile app and web development agency, the secret to their sustainability comes from “going flat.” WALK US THROUGH THE ORIGINS OF PUNCHKICK INTERACTIVE. WALK US THROUGH THE ORIGINS OF PUNCHKICK INTERACTIVE. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START A BUSINESS TOGETHER?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s no secret networking is a vital force for small businesses, and it’s often handled with more gusto in the early years of business development. By keeping your network connections strong, you’ll continually meet likeminded professionals and uncover new advice and ideas.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) That is why inflation, at least from a goods perspective, will remain sticky.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 20, 2020

A healthy sales pipeline delivers a constant flow of potential business opportunities, and is a direct result of consistent, disciplined sales actions from everyone on your team. It is much easier to sell in a buoyant economy with high levels of customer enquiry and an abundance of buyer confidence. One – Your CRM Health. Number of deals tracked.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator help center. The announcement comes amid growing discontent among the site’s moderators , many of whom relied on third-party apps that have since been shut down because of Reddit’s API pricing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My primary role was “chief psychologist&# and as I’ve learned over the past few years the same has been true as a VC. Both are basically people businesses. I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Selling the company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this special interview, the co-founders of Pronexia—a new generation recruitment firm—open up about their bootstrapping days, their unique hiring methodology, and the role authenticity plays when building relationships and company culture. Against everyone’s advice, I decided to seek out a business partner. It was all I knew.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

00:00 – Jarvis’ intro. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 1:10 – Being part of the software industry while critiquing it. 3:45 – How he got into programming. 6:10 – Moving to California. 7:30 – Interning at Google then Yelp. 9:00 – Interviewing multiple times at the same company. Google Play.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 27, 2020

We aggregated the advice shared by alum, including Sid Sijbrandij & Darren Murph of GitLab (remote team of 1,200+), Wade Foster of Zapier (remote team of 300+), Ian Tien of Mattermost (remote team of 100+), Nick Raushenbush & Finbarr Taylor of Shogun (remote team of 60), Rajiv Ayyangar of Tandem (remote team of 6) and more.

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

On the other side of the coin, managers too focused on individual development at the expense of delivering against company goals will be seen as ineffectual and soon be replaced. To avoid over-indexing on either skill, managers need to develop a new one: coaching. Table of Contents What is Coaching & Where Does it Fit in?

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And as Travis mentioned, we’ve had lots of great recent guests, Hollie Wegman, CMO at Segment, Adam, the head of developer relations at HashiCorp, G.C. Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. I’m Travis Bryant. Excited to be back emceeing.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But I strive to impact the lives of many more through hours of coaching entrepreneurs, challenging people to be better, making human connections for people or providing timely advice. Your advice made a difference.&#. Many of us have the ability to change the trajectory of other people’s lives. If I need to be blunt I am.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. They were in the Summer 2016 batch of YC and you can check them out at Meesho.com. Adora Cheung is a Partner at YC. 00:00 – Intro.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. He held out his bag, and I peered inside. “I Betwixt a placid pond and the high road rests an inn. I responded.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

Before making this change I called our LPs to ask for advice and input. We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. So I decided to change up our format a bit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. But I loved reading them and so did my team. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. You can try it out at HubSpot.com. Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC and cofounder of Wufoo. Brian is on Twitter @bhalligan and Kevin is @ilikevests. He also runs a public company. How does he do both? Google Play.

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Reforge

JUNE 15, 2023

Step 1: Map Out the End-to-End User Journey Step 2: Collect Hypothesis-Driven Data Step 3: Master the 3 Components of a Healthy Data Infrastructure Expert Advice for Product Analytics Success When it comes to building high-impact products, most product managers get in the driver's seat and “feel the need for speed.”

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