Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Navigating Tax Obligations for Startups: What You Need to Know Navigating the complex landscape of startup taxation can be daunting, but with insights from CEOs and financial experts, startups can stay compliant and even save on taxes. But betting the farm on shady loopholes?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter 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.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

At the helm of Awesome Ventures is Lok Yek Soon, a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience within the startup ecosystem. We believe that for every shift in technology, new markets and opportunities are created. Awesome Ventures’ first fund focused only on B2B startups in the US and UK.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It seems like a lot of startups are born from an idea someone had while in college. 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.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

At some point, almost every early-stage startup will use paid search ads to connect with customers and throw down the gauntlet with their competitors. Can your startup support a research-based workflow? But can your humble startup attract and retain users while it conducts research and product development? In the U.S.

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Onevest

APRIL 23, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse Investment rounds are an essential part of the startup investment journey. You will encounter them progressively as you negotiate a deal either with a startup founder, or as an investor looking to attract further capital to an existing organization. Photo credit: [link].

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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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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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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

Jill Soley, an executive at Issuu unpacks how we can get more startups to not fail. The scary startup failure rate. Take a deep breath, and some useful advice. In co-authoring Beyond Product , I set out to help founders with exactly this challenge. The keys to startup marketing. You are not alone.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 17, 2020

We’re excited to announce that Startup School (SUS) is relaunching today as a continuous program. This change will allow us to serve many more founders than the traditional annual course we’ve been running since 2017 and better support startup founders year-round. Curriculum. Sign up now to get access to these features!

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We believe that technology startups should include a technical founder because it is critical that a CTO have a seat at the table where key decisions regarding the future of the startup are made. Additionally, throughout the year, YC group partners will give talks on the most essential startup advice.

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. The best advice I can give is to dive in with the mindset that done is better than perfect.”

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Register Unlocking growth is a critical milestone for startups, marking their journey from survival to prosperity. This approach and a repeatable GTM process pave the way for sustainable growth and transform startups into unicorns. Mastering this approach proves to be an exhilarating experience for startup leaders.

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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. How many startups do you invest in per year in general? What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder. Yet, the benefits of having a technical co-founder make it all worthwhile. A good co-founder will serve as a powerful force multiplier.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 13, 2023

14 Ways to Avoid Startup Marketing Mistakes To help startups avoid common marketing mistakes, we asked fourteen industry leaders and founders to share their insights. I’ve had the opportunity to work with multiple marketing teams that just produced content because it was fun, “informative”, and seemed right.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Having a startup was more like an imagination. Very few of us could establish a legal entity and start working on a startup in a real environment. A year before starting my first company, my cofounders and I were pitching our startup to every startup competitions we knew about. That was our first mistake.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both early and future founders accelerate the learning curve.

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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. What kind of opportunities are you looking for in Q1 2022? What’s one piece of advice that can help a first-time founder stand out from the crowd?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss What startups can learn from trillion-dollar companies. The startup Lucy Rothwell co-built grew from 1 to 15 employees. Successful startups know when to do which. The key pillars to starting a business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The early stages of building a startup is no cakewalk even during a strong economy — much less during the uncertain one we’re currently living in. Buy an early-bird founder ticket for $249 and tap into a day packed with: Workshops led by leading founders and VCs. Actionable advice and strategies you can implement now.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Putting on your mask first: knowing when to spend as a first-time founder. “Be Be scrappy” is great advice for most founders, but for first-generation and minority founders, it’s often the wrong advice — and one of the most challenging things I had to unlearn when I built my first company.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

If you’re interested in recruiting sales people, I wrote on the topic of startup sales people: who to hire & when – understanding the roles of Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars. Evangelical sales – Understanding startup sales people and process. Take the opportunity to watch the sales process as an observer.

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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. Jessie Wu brings a thoughtful lens to early-stage investing.

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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.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Dear Sophie: Can I transfer my H-1B to a startup I founded?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

If there’s one thing you’ll get out of attending TC Early Stage in San Francisco on April 14, it’s an accelerated education in the essentials of building a successful startup. . Evolving from Scientist to Founder. How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond? How to Talk Business When You’re a Technical Founder.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. market for expanding the startup I co-founded in Bolivia a few years ago. and expand your startup.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 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.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Savvy Startup Founder. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Y Combinator’s latest batch — W21 — features 350 startups from 41 nations. The world’s second largest internet market has delivered 43 startups in the new batch, another record figure in the history of the storied venture firm. Founders must be able to communicate their local context to investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Building a startup is never easy, especially when you’re in the early innings and navigating a huge learning curve. Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2022

She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. I would be moving, and my co-founder will continue to run our engineering team from Colombia.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You want to make the most of your time at this one-day virtual intensive featuring interactive presentations with the mobility industry’s top movers, shakers and startup dream makers, amirite? You’ll cover more ground and discover more opportunities with your whole team at your side. Take your team to increase your ROI.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. You didn’t join startups then. You joined a startup if you couldn’t get a real job.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

My riff aside, I turned to two edtech founders to understand how they see the MasterClass effect panning out, and to cross-check my gut reaction. 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. The peacock dance.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 19, 2020

i2E’s e3 , formerly known as the Venture Assessment Program (VAP), has been a great tool for helping Oklahoma startup founders rigorously perform structured market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that the market does not want to buy. The deadline for applications is May 26th.

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