TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

One bright light amidst the gloom: Startups that generate enough revenue to drive steady growth will find many investors willing to take their calls. One bright light amidst the gloom: Startups that generate enough revenue to drive steady growth will find many investors willing to take their calls. That’s real money.

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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. Two strategies I talked about in the post for getting your “anchor tenants&# are 1) taking them on as advisors first and 2) giving early people cheaper pricing.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 19, 2024

15 Tips for Creating a Realistic Budget for Your Startup Crafting a realistic startup budget is both an art and a science, as revealed by the diverse experiences of founders and CEOs who have navigated these waters. Then, start digging into other expenses: startup expenses, consultants, HVAC, utilities, etc. The result?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which focuses on earned wage access and finance education, with plans to add neo banking products, too, announced today it has raised $2.8 Other members of the founding team include Tep Neeranatpuree former head of corporate sales at Lalamove, and Thanakij Pechprasarn, former CTO at edtech startup Gantik.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Healthtech startups across Africa, such as Ivory Coast- and French-based Susu are stepping up to fill this need. And in a bid to continue providing affordable and accessible healthcare for its customers in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Cameroon, the Ivorian startup is being backed with $1 million in pre-seed funding.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The following are core small business resources that almost every startup and small business value: S mall Business Administration (SBA): A federal U.S. Business related topics typically include: marketing, finance, leadership, technology, sales and more. Check out Quora and R eddit’s small business subreddit.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 2, 2023

This blog covers a wide range of topics, including business news, marketing, finance, leadership, and more. provides practical advice, success stories, and interviews with successful entrepreneurs, making it an invaluable resource for anyone looking to start or grow a business.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 2, 2023

This blog covers a wide range of topics, including business news, marketing, finance, leadership, and more. provides practical advice, success stories, and interviews with successful entrepreneurs, making it an invaluable resource for anyone looking to start or grow a business.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies. This is a good thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. If you’re an early-stage enterprise startup services revenue is exactly what you need. We like software.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. It’s demo day season. The moonshots.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Today, her London-based firm works with startups around the world — and her startup clients have raved about the results, based on what we’ve heard in our TechCrunch Experts growth marketing survey. Nikki O’Farrell of KatKin told us that “[She has an] expert ear and eye from the world of startups/scaleups and growth.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. “My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 27, 2021

Additionally, banks are not inclined to lend to startup companies, so raising equity capital may be a founder’s only option. Generally, startups are prohibited from raising capital through “general advertising” or “general solicitation.” Whether you find the challenge of raising capital exhilarating or anxiety-inducing (maybe both!),

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Six leading investors assess the remote-work startup landscape. Instead, wrkfrce makes money through affiliate links on its job board, advertising remote-work tools and consultancy fees it charges companies that ask for advice on how to scale a remote team. “I had about 35 seconds of frustration,” he said.

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Onevest

APRIL 21, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse If you are considering investing in a startup company offline or online with platforms like 1000 Angels , a private investor network that connects startups with investors, the sheer number of what’s available can be both daunting and comforting. Does the startup offer something people genuinely want?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They believe everyone’s advice. Entrepreneurs often struggle because they listen to others’ advice instead of their instincts. Learn your numbers, understanding the benefits and pitfalls of tax strategy, so you don’t waste the net profits your business will desperately need at some point. They ignore their finances.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2021

Most startups work months, even years, to secure funding that will be the lifeblood of their business. So, what happens AFTER your startup gets funded? Working directly with management teams to develop and execute business strategy. Advising on the development of and executing on a detailed sales strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? How’s that advice holding up?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. If you want a great primer on how the VC and startup funding scene changed here’s a great primer. Whom you take advice from really matters. If you''re newer to VC math here''s a great primer].

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

YC is hiring across many of our teams, including Admissions, Continuity, Software, People Ops and Finance. Admissions Officer : Twice a year, Y Combinator receives tens of thousands of applications from promising startups all around the world. Find out more about the open roles here. ADMISSIONS. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

You’ve built a startup with a solid track record that includes an MVP, an established user base and maybe even consistent revenue. And it will require a lot more work, strategy and persistence on your part to tap into that kind of cash. It helps to have advice and insight from an experienced VC, and that’s why we’ve invited Peter A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. Both events brought down a lot of smaller startups and big players who intermingled with those now defunct market players.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

“As the venture landscape becomes more a meritocratic environment where resumes and institutional affiliations matter less, these strategies can make the difference between a successful fundraise and a fruitless meeting,” says Agya Ventures co-founder Kunal Lunawat. ” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market. Seek advice from experts. Apply for veteran business financing. Military veterans have access to various financing options to help kickstart a business.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

There are more startups than ever before post-pandemic. As the e-commerce industry continues to boom and work from home remains a trend amongst the corporate sector, more entrepreneurs are using their funds to create new digital startups in a number of niches. What are startups spending their first round of VC on?

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Failure is a part of business, but when your own startup stalls, it’s hard not to take it personally. There are plenty of sobering statistics available to budding entrepreneurs that show the likelihood of a startup failing, but they are not much use to a new business owner once the probability of failure becomes reality. “The

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

Even so, several VCs who are active in the space told Anna Heim that other insurtech startups can still make inroads if “they can build a sustainable business model.” “You can’t blame the YC companies for leaning into AI,” she writes.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Are you ready to launch a bajillion-dollar startup? Startup pitching has become an existential drama, in part because so many founders exaggerate the size of the total addressable market (TAM) in which they hope to compete. 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Does your startup have enough runway? The startup had two employees who were both in business school full time. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Assembling a startup team is harder than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are much, much higher. Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take an average of six years to IPO, founders must make careful decisions about whom they invite to join the core team. His initial advice?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Egyptian proptech startup Nawy , which began life in 2016 as an AI-driven property, listing has grown to offer brokerage services, supporting the closing of property deals. This leaves a financing gap for pre-owned mortgages that Nawy now aims to bridge.

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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. Tracy was an artist throughout her 20′s but she watched her then husband found a tech startup. She found non-traditional financing. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Chennai and San Francisco–headquartered startup, which offers billing, subscription, revenue and compliance management solutions, confirmed to TechCrunch that the update impacted 142 employees.”. Danish startup Pleo may lay off 15% of its workers. Jeeves , the fintech startup that recently raised $180 million at a $2.1

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. We don’t lay claim to being the only VC to change or think about the future or to having the only or best strategy. who is talking about putting in up to $30 million in our startup. A brand is a marathon, not a sprint.

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