AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in? and What’s your mental model for investing? We are sector agnostic but prefer startups that are based in or operating in the APAC region. As we are looking for growth-stage startups, healthy financials and a consistent growth rate are important.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On November 17, we are hosting our second Aspiring Founders Forum for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledge to define your own path.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Kate Kandefer , CEO, SEOwind Understand Your Investment’s Tax Implications You may withdraw your original investment without incurring any taxes. The fact that I have seen several accounts come in that are overpaying on taxes due to this one factor is definitely something that I would want to mention.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

The overlapping in job roles is uncanny: The best investors and founders have to find focus through the noise, understand the weight of due diligence and pitch others with conviction. Wu, who has investments in Plaid, Calm and Ritual, used anecdotes and exercises — such as the eyebrow test — in the tactical, engaging chat.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. I didn’t expect an investment out of this breakfast – I was going to give back.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Levinson: Well, doing something like this is definitely challenging and it requires patience. 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. Everyone wants to invest in the next big tech mafia. Startup valuations have recovered from summer lows.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai. All signs point to a continued abundance of opportunities for startup founders and investors in the year ahead.”. Financial technology concept.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Perhaps I’m just a teensy bit biased over here, but I’d say it’s definitely worth subscribing to get access to all of this content. Are you VC-investable? As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2022

There is no “one universal” definition of a startup. But we define a startup as a newly formed business that wants to develop a product or service for which they believe there is demand. The startup is ambitious to grow fast with a scalable business model for maximum impact. Flexibility?—?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” ” “After 3 and a half years of fusing my self-worth with the success of the company in the crucible of startup survival, it was impossible to tear them apart without pain.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the years I have heard countless stories from founders about high pressure situations that non-business owners simply do not encounter in the course of “normal” life – which of course is already filled with its own share of challenges and traumas. Corporate sponsored business idea competitions and accelerators abound.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Immad: So during that year and a half, I talked to about 100 startup founders. A lot of those people were people that I invested in, so I had a little bit of an unusual thing where I’d invested in, I guess, by that point, about 90 startups. We’d love to hear any advice that you have for early founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I hold true to form and follow my own advice. 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. And a motley crew of other interesting startup founders. Yes, this is what I look like at 2am.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. I guess if you do more than one, I guess by definition, that’s serial. That means I do one or two investments per year, and I see a lot. So I’m definitely not ageist in that regard.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 16, 2024

It was so much fun catching up that soon after as he started Warmly I was fortunately given the opportunity to angel invest. One who is currently building his company in public [ie sharing a bunch of data, progress, and even setbacks, that a startup founder might normally not disclose].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. This can have an enormous benefit to kick-starting a local startup community as it will ensure many more early-stage at-bats happen locally. If that isn’t the original definition of “angel” money I don’t know what is.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

“Enterprise expenditure on custom software is on track to double from $250 billion in 2015 to $500 billion in 2020,” so we’ll definitely be diving deeper into this topic in the coming months. Tracking the growth of low-code, no-code startups. 6 investment trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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. Partners make investment decisions. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. Do they have money to invest?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

In driving down the costs of building businesses it’s driving down the age of startup founders and thus they’re starting companies where young people want to live – in urban environments. I think NY has always – by definition – been urban. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Dear Sophie: Startup visa news, H-1B and STEM OPT queries. ??Here’s Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Dear Sophie, What’s the latest on the startup visa that was introduced in Congress last year? Ask it here.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

41:10 – How has the Indian startup ecosystem evolved? 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? ” Let’s keep investing there.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investing in someone is primarily a business relationship. Our participation in Anchor ( later acquired by Spotify ) generated both a return and a friendship between us and the founders. I’ve basically tried to take my “founder brain” and just flip the goal to investing and helping, not building a company.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Register Startup founders looking to attract investors need to show proof of an outstanding team and must be realistic with their valuation numbers, said Bernard Moon , Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group , a South Korean accelerator and fund network. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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