abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

Many entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley believe that the financial services industry in the United States is “ripe for disruption. ” First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. Consumers want faster, simpler, and cheaper transactions, and entrepreneurs want to give it to them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

I found that I was always more curious about issues like “why do you charge for your web hosting services this way when newer non-incumbent players do not?&# I have often found entrepreneurs want to present the positive progress of the company to impress the board rather than engage in debate about how to make things better.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Extras: Hana Mohan’s Twitter thread on the YC advice to founders. Welcome back, this week Lucas and Anita argue about Coinbase’s latest management strategies, whether Do Kwon being called the new Bernie Madoff is a fair comparison, and why the OnlyFans founder is the latest web2 entrepreneur pivoting to crypto.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Market Structure.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

One entrepreneur refrain I sometimes hear is “We want to raise some extra money for M&A activities.” So it’s incumbent on you to know what a smart business plan and use of cash looks like. Sometimes I hear entrepreneurs make claims like, “I’m raising extra cash as a cushion” but this usually falls on deaf ears with a VC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

In other news: Extra Crunch Live, a series of interviews with leading investors and entrepreneurs, returns next month with a full slate of guests. In the United Kingdom and Europe, government innovation programs have helped entrepreneurs close higher numbers of Series A and B rounds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Same as VC funds are deeply acquainted with Silicon Valley, tech investors cannot ignore this hub of innovation that has produced global market leading companies and serial entrepreneurs. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It’s hard to find actionable, proven advice for scaling startups. Successful startups will inevitably draw the attention of powerful incumbents in their industry,” he writes for TechCrunch+. Dear Sophie: Any advice for getting media coverage for my startup? Any advice? Scaling across Series A to C.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. When should I hire a sales team? Image Credits: Fenwick.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

For the real enemy was never “Anne” nor “Tom,” but an incumbent banking industry that had grown not just too big to fail but too big to listen and respond to a generation of digital-savvy customers who wanted a more modern banking experience. Therefore, I came to the conclusion that I also had something to give.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. I think the relationship between creators and entrepreneurs is very similar. It really only takes one. Most people think, “Oh, man. Jarvis Johnson [00:13:06] – Yeah, no.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The common advice for free tiers of a product is to “think about it like a marketing expense,” which is technically true; however, it still has a cost. Why You Really Shouldn’t Do Both Beyond the obvious advice that “doing two hard things is harder than doing one hard thing,” there are several other reasons.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

The most tempting thing for inexperienced entrepreneurs to do is to attack the press. I was recently talking with an entrepreneur who had just gotten a ton of press around his company for an interview he gave to a journalist. Another entrepreneur contacted me recently because a competitor had attacked his company in the press.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Dharmesh: I think that was good advice. Because people don't love the incumbent right now. It's kind of related to Constant Contact's space and we want to get her advice. Dharmesh: I've talked to hundreds of entrepreneurs by this point. I have never, ever in my entire life met an entrepreneur that had just one idea.

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