TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Ian Chiu , managing director, Owl Ventures (a large edtech-focused fund backing highly valued companies including Byju’s, Newsela and Masterclass).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products. At Early Stage 2021, design expert Scott Tong shared some ways founders should think about design and branding. Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products. Treat it like an app.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

Register Startup founders wanting to pitch to investors to raise money should not get into the “sell now” part of the conversation immediately but must instead lay the groundwork first, according to James Walker, Associate Counsel and Investor at Draper Associates. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”).

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Koh emphasises the importance of founders taking an active role in the fundraising process. Another common mistake founders make when raising capital is mishandling equity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. so he’ll give practical advice on how to stay alive and thrive.

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Billy Libby is the CEO and co-founder of Upper90 , a $1.5 billion hybrid fund that provides founder-friendly credit and equity to top disruptors in e-commerce and fintech. More capital is flooding into growth equity at earlier stages, and it’s happening faster than ever before. Billy Libby. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Let’s explore the red flags investors will look for to determine which bucket your startup falls into. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. So do you have a company or merely a feature? That’s a convenient story, but it often isn’t completely true.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we share: Why your pitch deck has one minute to sell investors on your startup The 7 types of startup founder, and why it matters to you Let’s do this. The Visionary Founder? —?You

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Here’s a great gift idea for yourself and other early-stage and soon-to-be founders. Grab a Founder pass to TC Early Stage 2023 for just $75 by registering with this link before 11:59 p.m. Despite shrinking investment into startups in 2022, venture capital funds of all sizes are still being raised.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Register Venture investment is a high-stakes game that demands vision, persistence, and adaptability. Although venture capital is often viewed as a maze, there are those who have paved the way, making the journey smoother for others. Kim offers invaluable advice to newcomers in the startup investing scene.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. Kathryn is well-placed to shares insights about black founders and how they are faring in the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Black Founders Development Program.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. so he’ll give practical advice on how to stay alive and thrive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Gregg Adkin is vice president and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital , the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies. What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. Keep it short.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Outlier, founded by MasterClass’ co-founder, closed a $30 million Series C this week , for affordable, digital college courses. The similarities between Outlier and its founder’s alma mater aren’t subtle: It’s literally trying to apply MasterClass’ high-quality videography to college classes. Investors certainly think so.

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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. Define and stay postured for growth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 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.” Dear Sophie: Can I transfer my H-1B to a startup I founded? Dear Sophie, I’m the founder of an early-stage, two-year-old fintech startup.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Musk says a lot of things, and then says some more things, so we’ll see if he actually takes his advice and abides by the results of the poll. Startups and VC. Life as a startup founder is never dull. For the new year, she conducted a mini-survey to find out what Black founders are expecting in 2023. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Houseparty founder Ben Rubin emphasized decentralization as Web3’s central feature. It’s hard to find actionable, proven advice for scaling startups. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? Any advice?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

There’s a galaxy of talented and/or well-connected startup founders out there, but few have any prior fundraising experience, which levels the playing field by an inch or two. Telling a story clearly and succinctly is table stakes, but so many founders miss this step. Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. “Middle-stage startups today still look rather expensive,” he writes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

. “ If you’re a bootstrapped company who is not yet on the treadmill , you have that kind of optionality or that ability to choose when to get on,” says Cavan Klinsky, co-founder of payments processor Healthie. Priyanka Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of food tech startup Live Green Co., That’s real money.

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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. Fong’s Capitale Ventures is an investment and advisory group with expertise in complex, cross-border transactions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The concept of having a runway has its own set of maxims for startup founders. Investors we’ve interviewed generally agree that a successful fundraise should leave a startup with 18 to 36 months of capital, and by the time a startup has around 9 to 12 months of cash, it should start raising its next round.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. These five insights from the Summit stood out as critical business building advice that entrepreneurs all across the country can apply: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company? If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

12 Lessons Learned from Managing Investor Relations in a Startup Navigating the complexities of investor relations can be a daunting challenge for startups, especially during fundraising. We’ve gathered insights from Co-Founders and CEOs who have faced these hurdles head-on, sharing their experiences and strategies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

On top of all of the pitching info, with a TechCrunch+ subscription, you get access to a ton of in-depth analysis that’ll help you find investors, build a better company, and be a more successful founder. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Are you VC-investable?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

When Greg Soh and his co-founder decided to build a distributed engineering team for their startup, numerous questions raced through their minds: Will the team be productive? Today, the startup manages a remote team of about a dozen engineers, and they’ve learned quite a bit along the way. How will decisions be made?

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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. Rami Essaid, CEO and founder, Finmark. Melonee Wise, CEO and co-founder, Fetch Robotics. Melonee Wise, CEO and co-founder, Fetch Robotics.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe was a University of Maryland student before dropping out to launch a startup. We’ve all heard success stories about schools like Harvard and Stanford churning out startup founders. The company went on to be a part of Y Combinator and raised $13 million. Michigan State University.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

” shortly followed by, “I wonder if there’s any funding for startups from the Government?” For the majority of new business owners, there are no Government funds that will give you the founder, cash to start your new business. Recently they introduced a programme specifically for startup founders.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The answers and advice we received were as varied as the people we polled, but nearly all of them indicated that learning — e.g., analytics training, getting started with AI tools, etc. — Here’s who we spoke to: Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy. Gus Ferguson and Alyssa Crankshaw, co-founders, Ascendant.

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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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