AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

At the helm of Awesome Ventures is Lok Yek Soon, a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience within the startup ecosystem. The fund looks to invest in startups addressing climate changes our planet faces. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money? The clarity will go a long way.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We present an insightful conversation with the Managing Director of Vickers Venture Partners , a firm renowned for its work in deep-tech startups and innovative solutions. He reflects on his transformation from an entrepreneur to an investor, with a pivotal transition to Vickers Venture Partners seven years ago.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With an impressive 60% of startups hailing from outside South Korea, COMEUP 2023 , embraces its 2023 theme, “We Move the World,” underlining its commitment to continuous innovation and nurturing the global startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Meet the five winning founders from Rise of the Rest 8.0 At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. What advice would you offer entrepreneurs in Orlando? What does your company do? What does your company do?

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

Louis, the Heartland is brimming with innovative ideas and entrepreneurs. That’s led to significant demographic and geographic disparities in funding and missed opportunities to back great founders and companies?—?opportunities The soundbite: “ Underfunded founders don’t need advice; they need capital.”?—?Samara

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

A recent speech by the chancellor saw him imploring entrepreneurs to move to the UK: “If anyone is thinking of starting or investing in an innovation or technology-centred business, I want them to do it here. Indeed, state bank Bpifrance is pumping another €500m into deeptech startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In the scuffle, VCs are turning to scouts to do the legwork, but that has meant being yet another step removed from their founders. Investors have already been signing the dotted line without meeting entrepreneurs in person. It helped me understand how founders grow and what they’re looking for in their partnerships.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

When they return, young people like Morrison are finding that Atlantic Canadians have quietly built a robust startup ecosystem that has resulted in a dozen acquisitions to companies like IBM and Salesforce, the sum of which likely surpasses $5 million in cash and stock. Second, a welcoming attitude toward immigration helps.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. based tech founders are welcomed with open arms. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. According to a report by Dealroom.co

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We’re doing so for a few reasons but mainly because you know and trust TechCrunch to bring you the best alpha possible in the startup ecosystem. TechCrunch+ provides advice and analysis to help startups. By joining, you can: Discover how successful startups operate through deep-dive interviews with founders and investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So many questions, so little time to search out reliable, actionable advice. Enter TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 — two distinct, virtual bootcamps designed specifically for early-stage founders and open to entrepreneurs and startup enthusiasts. VCs reviewed my deck and gave specific, actionable advice.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Put off by high taxes and paperwork in their home country, many Italian entrepreneurs moved to places like London in years past to startup. Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Houseparty founder Ben Rubin emphasized decentralization as Web3’s central feature. Early Q3 indications show India’s startup ecosystem is going gangbusters. Early Q3 indications show India’s startup ecosystem is going gangbusters. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Join us for two program-packed days dedicated to founders in the earliest stages of startup life (pre-seed through Series A). Early Stage 2021 is an intensive, one-stop entrepreneurial shop where you learn from seasoned experts, founders and investors. Build community and expand your network. Special Breakout Sessions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

With more venture funding flowing into the startup ecosystem than ever before, there’s never been a better time to be a growth expert. His advice spanned hiring, structure and analysis, with plenty of recommendations for where growth teams should be focusing their attention and resources. How to define growth.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As a General Partner, my energy is spent sourcing, investing in, and supporting amazing entrepreneurs and startups bringing breakthrough technologies to market,” he adds as he speaks of his present venture. Guidance for Aspiring Investors Alex offers some key principles to newcomers in the world of startup investing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s a decent metaphor for our startup ecosystem: Just as there aren’t enough sandbags in San Francisco to keep everyone’s house dry, rising interest rates, skittish investors and looming economic uncertainty are poised to bring valuations down even further in 2023. Happy new year! Walter Thompson.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

I was out trying to save my startup by talking to as many investors as I could. Many of you entrepreneurs know that feeling. Most firms still have founders involved and they live fund to fund the way startups live customer to customer. That product isn't money--it's their time, attention, sound advice and network.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Founder, and former President and CEO. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Oklahoma is very friendly to entrepreneurs. Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region? Get started!

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Feedough

APRIL 14, 2021

He spelled it Acq-hire and characterised it as: When a large company “purchases” a small company with no employees other than its founders, typically to obtain some special talent or a cool concept. Provides safe exit strategy: Entrepreneurs see acqui-hiring as a secure escape. A failed startup is not required to accept the blame.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . A Deal Executive (sometimes called an Executive in Residence or Acquisition Entrepreneur) looks for a company to invest in or build, and typically serve in as CEO.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Jooble Venture Lab has also invested in JayJay, a startup in the field of online education.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. Spellbound has gone from bootstrapped XR startup to award-winning company with a growing team. A genomics startup in Ann Arbor is a growing thing, just like cybersecurity. Spellbound AR. Genomenon.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Pipedrive is an EU-based CRM company with offices in eight countries, but it has a Czech co-founder in VP of Product Martin Henk, one of several founders to emerge from the ecosystem. billion crowns ($114 million), making its seven Czech founders into multimillionaires. billion crowns or $59 million. Huge potential.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

We spend a lot of time praising tech investors and entrepreneurs for their risk appetite. But why don’t we put startup workers on the same pedestal? Who’s taking on more risk: a Stanford grad who leveraged their network to raise a seed round, or an immigrant worker who relocates to an expensive city for a startup job?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that TechCrunch Early Stage , TechCrunch’s annual founder summit, is around the corner — on April 20, to be exact. Trust me, it’ll be worth the trek.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

At TechCrunch, we love being a conduit for everything that happens in the startup ecosystem. Many entrepreneurs have been encouraged to believe that smooth storytelling and good social skills are enough to convince investors that things are moving according to plan. PDT, subscribe here. opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

He had previously exited edtech company Piper and was traveling around to other countries examining their education technology when he learned about New Zealand and the Hillary entrepreneur visa. “In He says when looking at the New Zealand startup ecosystem, it is similar to Israel and Singapore, and has “fountains of talent.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. I’m in Seattle this week.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, there are principles that every founder should know before raising, and we will talk about them from the very beginning of the startup to later stages. Let’s get one thing very clear, not every startup has to raise investment nor it’s the job of a startup to raise money. Do you value their mentorship and advice?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. This meant: Less capital to start a company thus the rise of “micro VCs” Younger, more technical founders (not as big of a leap to take a risk on a 24-year-old when it’s $250k and not $5 million. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

ABOUT MY FIRST 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. So, myself and my co founder, we were kind of software developers, like kind of engineers by background.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders.

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