Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

Ash Ali, my friend, and investment partner was talking about a huge 3-day international startup summit in Dubai, where he was going to be flown in as a speaker and mentor to thousands of tech startup founders in attendance from all over the world. I didn’t think I could compare to Ash who headed up the growth of Just Eat?

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What motivated you to launch your startup? The anticipation of the mathematical community’s response when we disseminate our findings in peer-reviewed forums is exhilarating. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. Very few founder CEOs go into the job ever expecting to give up their seat. It’s your baby. So give up the CEO role?

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Yet we found that tech execs appear just as unprepared for C-suite transitions as their peers in other sectors. The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Jason Dressel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. They’re far from it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders. This compares to 48% of the general population.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Register Unlocking growth is a critical milestone for startups, marking their journey from survival to prosperity. It entices potential champions and stimulates demand, setting in motion a growth flywheel that can drive transformative outcomes for startups. Here are the three steps which will guide startup founders to unlock growth.

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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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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

18:15 – When did Vidit and his cofounder know they wanted to start a startup? 20:45 – Their first startup idea and the inspiration for Meesho. 39:40 – What’s a strong opinion he had about running a startup that he’s changed since running Meesho? Vidit is co-founder and CEO of Meesho.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. 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.” Of course you could start your own company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. This post isn’t going to be popular. I’m sure of that. That’s OK. And I care more about the debate than trying to be popular. I never hire job hoppers.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. The Mind of the Founder. Now you’ve got to convince your peer group to quit their respectable jobs and career arcs and join you. Of course not.

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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.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. Our peers’ input and feedback helped us shape our approach and brought new perspectives to our business. ” said LaManque.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. Our peers’ input and feedback helped us shape our approach and brought new perspectives to our business. ” said LaManque.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. Raising money is hard. Of course much of it is conflicting. Why buy me?

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

That’s the reality most startup founders face: They’re routinely bombarded with feedback from investors, customers, peers, mentors, family, friends, and sometimes even random people on the internet. After our first meeting together, a founder asked me if I had any “immediately actionable” feedback for her company.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Commit , a Vancouver, Canada-based startup that has a unique approach to matching up engineers looking for a new job to early-stage startups that want to hire them, today announced that it has raised a $6 million seed round. In addition, as Gunn noted, “hiring at early-stage startups sucks.”

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Startup Blogpost

JUNE 16, 2023

How to Deal With Imposter Syndrome as a Startup Founder To help you conquer imposter syndrome as a budding entrepreneur, we’ve gathered advice from 11 successful startup founders and CEOs. I’m not the first one to notice this, but it’s surprisingly good advice.) And maybe I was.

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