Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA.

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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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1. Brad Feld, a partner at Foundry Group and investor in many successful startups, gave me this piece of advice. I interviewed a number of prominent VC’s and entrepreneurs for my recent book. Remember that you are not alone.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

My entrepreneurial story didn’t start with an invention or a groundbreaking technological breakthrough. This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. Loans replaced savings, and credit lines were stretched to their limits.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

You have no choice since in the first few years everything you do is about showing results to justify financing to continue your operations. I think PR is an incredibly important activity for technology companies and most companies aren’t very good at it. Tags: Sales & Marketing Advice Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. raise money now to weather any storms).

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. in-kind support”) instead of financing. The Origins of Young Help Suriname (YHS).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Second, he thinks that technology is the most scalable way to spread that impact. A big area where this exists prominently is in finance, he argues, leaving consumers in a spot where they need a financial platform that helps them when they have a fever (overspend) instead of when they’re feeling ambitious (after their New Year’s resolution).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# To anybody who asks my advice I repeat the same line, “I don’t know whether this party will last 6 weeks, 6 months or 18 months. Or worse yet they may never get financed.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. He pinged me for advice. Cut where needed.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

Every time I talk to someone about the work we do at Founders’ Co-op , I have to first explain that we don’t really care about technology or business ideas per se. We have lots of opinions about how those groups can best use the tools available – technology, capital, ideas – to achieve their goals.

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A Smart Bear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Online marketing teams are accustomed to throwing creative things at the wall, with new technology and platforms, because that’s the day-to-day reality of their job. Not accustomed to making these kinds of decisions. Don’t know how to evaluate the options. At WP Engine we’re extremely collaborative across teams.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. It also is how they financed their entry into the United Nations. He invented the category of sponsored search. domain from the tiny island of Tuvalu.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Healthcare spending accounts for almost 18% of U.S. GDP, so it’s no surprise that digital health is attracting record levels of investment. This year, VCs have flowed $14.7 billion to health tech startups, compared to $14.6 billion in all of 2020.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Yes, you have to figure out how to finance inventory and sure, it’s harder to iterate products when it involved physical production?—?but Traditional investors are so focused on “quantitative marketing” that he got a lot of advice that this money was better spent on online customer acquisition.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These companies are global magnets for technical talent eager to work on the most advanced and highest-impact technology products in the world. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

Even if peers’ specific niches or industries differ, issues in financing, markets, technology, human resources and management often overlap. In EO, our methodology is one of offering shared experiences rather than giving advice. Have manners, be on time, and end on time. Furthermore, honor the space.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

With a background in cross-border deal advisory, knitting together experiences covering Fortune 500 companies from a structured finance perspective to impact-driven direct investing and consultancy for early to growth-stage companies in emerging markets, she brings a unique financial perspective to the world of tech startups. .'”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

He characterizes his process as “simple,” but that is a bit reductive: after reviewing a deck and scheduling a meeting with the founders, he’ll spend many hours acquainting himself with both the underlying technology and the individuals on the team. It could take a little bit longer than that, but not that much.” Arvind Gupta.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Initially introduced in 2018, the policies have now been extended until the end of 2027, as stated in a joint announcement by the Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration. Register China has announced the extension of favorable taxation policies for venture capital firms and individual angel investors investing in tech startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture , which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Business related topics typically include: marketing, finance, leadership, technology, sales and more. Online Learning Platforms : A range of online courses are now available for small business owners and entrepreneurs for skill development such as Ud emy , C oursera , and L inkedIn Learning. Check out M eetups and LI Groups.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 16, 2023

One of the chosen startups is Dowsure, originating from Mainland China, which specializes in providing digital financing experiences to cross-border merchants operating on global e-commerce platforms. community platform that merges blockchain technology, NFTs, and virtual communities for immersive commerce experiences.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 3, 2024

Identify the challenges or underperforming areas where outside professional advice is under consideration. If challenges are occurring in particular areas such as sales, marketing, human resources, or finance, look for consultants with expertise in those areas to benefit from their depth of knowledge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Yair Snir is vice president and managing director of Dell Technologies Capital, leading venture investment activity in Europe and Israel. For these kinds of founders, my advice is to always consider acquisition as an option. Contributor. Good companies get bought not sold.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

It’s a vital question, and it’s why we’ve invited three investors — who we think know their stuff — to share their insight and advice on the TechCrunch+ stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. As a consultant at Bain and Company, Case worked with clients in technology, private equity and education.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. Working closely with these investors early-on is good preparation for future rounds of financing and usually a good point of entry into the VC financing world. Some schools run their own (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

I published a scoop earlier this week that Coursera is filing to go public soon, which would be one of the first debuts that will let us see how an education company’s finances changed, and accelerated, amid the pandemic’s impact on remote learning. The technology selloff is getting to be somewhat material. Making sense of the $6.5B

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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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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. How can the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and DeFi be bridged?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Industrial delivery and drone applications in settings where human crews need to be safe such as scenes of accidents or fire are just a couple of the possible near-term uses for this cutting-edge technology. AdAdapted creates technology that helps you add advertised products to your grocery list with one click. FreightRoll. Bedestrian.

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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 We saw an opportunity to use technology to help level the playing field in Thailand and Southeast Asia.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But even as other technology rapidly evolves, basic web infrastructure has remained largely unchanged since the turn of the millennium. To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest?

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