Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

From Dorm Room to Dominating the Finance and Tech World: A Deep Dive with Michael Mills, CEO of Infinitary Fund I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael E. What motivated you to launch your startup? Our mission is to meld finance with mathematics by exploiting foundational inefficiencies. We’re happy to talk with anyone!

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Team Asia Daily spoke to one such venture capitalist Jessie Wu , an early-stage investor at Upshot Ventures, in an exclusive interview, shedding light upon her investment journey while paving the way for upcoming startup founders and venture capital investors. government’s development finance institution.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

From startups to Starbucks: The embedded API opportunity. Embedded finance connects services like payment processing with everyday activities like grabbing a coffee before unlocking an e-scooter. ” From startups to Starbucks: The embedded API opportunity. Just how bad is that hack that hit US government agencies?

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

” Further, upon asking about the specific qualities of startup founders, “the motivation, unique insight and resourcefulness of startup are things that I look out for,” Jeshua expressed. . “In crowded spaces, things are either going to be fully valued or overvalued.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

What advice would you give your past self? It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming. Matt Lieber , Gimlet  — My advice to my younger self is to seek help.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

According to Tsai, 2022 will see web3 going mainstream, more capital flowing to underestimated founders, and broader investments in regions that have traditionally been overlooked. 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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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Assess Your Professional Skills: Take an inventory of existing skills that can be used when starting up a business apply to a startup that includes sales, marketing, operations, financing, human resources, hiring, communication networking, problem-solving, and more. Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nimrod Vromen , Startup Consultant and Host, Startup Confidential Podcast – CTech Seek Expert Advice on Business Plan To determine if your new business idea is viable, seek diverse expert advice on your business plan. However, the startup landscape demands a more holistic approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. You have these archetypal startup founders.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

In the rest of this newsletter, we will focus a lot on tactical advice for founders, from the money they raise to the peacock dance they might want to do one day. Clearbanc, a Toronto-based fintech startup that gives non-dilutive financing to businesses, has rebranded alongside a $100 million financing that valued it at $2 billion.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder. Finmark co-founder and CEO Rami Essaid wrote a post for Extra Crunch that candidly describes the traps he laid for himself that made him a less-effective entrepreneur. ” The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder. citizenship!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Dear Sophie, As a first-time, early-stage startup founder, I find it difficult to compete against other startups on compensation. Any advice for reducing the cost of recruiting from abroad? Fledgling Founder. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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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, Next year, I will be graduating with a master’s degree in finance. Focused Founder.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. The old saying, “build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” does not apply to startups in the sexual wellness category. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Walter Thompson.

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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 are the top 3 questions that you always ask the founders?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What are the biggest worries of the founders in your portfolio? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? So for our founders, it’s mostly about keeping churn-and-burn rates low to survive. What are the biggest worries of the founders in your portfolio?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian. She never gave up.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Can your startup support a research-based workflow? Kodiak Robotics’ founder says tight focus on autonomous trucks is working. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

So, where does this put you — the startup founder, entrepreneur or company executive? It’s a great time to be a founder. If you’re committed to building an enduring company and you want to, as Steve Jobs put it, “make a dent in the universe,” then this is the best time ever to be a founder.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. A board can be a crucial asset in an early-stage startup. The needs and composition of the board will change depending on the startup’s stage, management and financing history (e.g.,

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of food tech startup Live Green Co., ” 5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought. US startups seeking funds shouldn’t overlook financing from the government. ” US startups seeking funds shouldn’t overlook financing from the government.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 18, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we share: How VCs choose which startups to fund. How you can sell your startup to VCs with a one-pager. You won’t believe how VCs decide which startups to fund Aaron Dinin, PhD teaches entrepreneurship at Duke.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Founders from outside a tech-ecosystem are surrounded by bad advice, since building a startup is different from other kinds of businesses. Those myths are: (1) Don’t share your idea; (2) Good ideas must be bulletproof; (3) Startups require your total commitment; (4) Live on a shoestring; and, (5) Stick to what you know.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Michael Dion , Chief Finance Nerd, F9 Finance Leverage Tax Credits and Robust Payroll Systems One critical tax obligation that startups should be aware of is payroll taxes, which include federal and state income taxes, Social Security, and Medicare taxes that need to be withheld from employees’ wages.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Early-stage startup founders have just a few ways to recruit and retain employees: Offer a competitive salary. A startup founder’s guide to allocating equity grants. Here’s why CNET co-founder Halsey Minor is bullish on NFTs. Create a role that harnesses their interests/talent. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. But during a Series A fundraise, napkin-stage ideas don’t make the cut — a founder needs product progress, numbers and revenue (or at least a plan to eventually generate some).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Going for larger rounds with higher multiples means reduced ownership, and it’s shifting more power to founders as investors are “paying more and at shorter intervals for less of less profitable startups.” When venture capitalists say this is a good time to be a founder, you know they absolutely mean it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. 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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. ” The punch line from this post was “angel yourself.”

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2012

I recently read Brad Feld’s thought provoking piece encouraging founders to sit on the board of another startup company. I found it thought provoking because I’ve always believed startup founders need extreme focus on only their company to succeed. So I’m going to follow Brad’s advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. if you need advice on how to find / work with startup lawyers cheaply click that link). Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. rings true to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

I wrote a blog post about being hands on where I argued that startup founders need to be hands-on or in my words, “you can’t run a burger chain if you’ve never flipped burgers.&#. I once had a startup team pitch me for an investment where the President of the company led the first call with me on his own.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. I think there’s some truth in this. Plan accordingly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Evaluate investors thoroughly, not just based on the size of their check, but whether they can provide strategic advice and introductions that support your vision. Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later.

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