Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). I HATE LOSING.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. And so are most startup CEOs for that matter. When my pal Dave started his venture fund, 500 Startups, he was ridiculed. How can anybody do 500 startups?”. But they didn’t go as well as Dave might have liked. I think I am, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Community-building is advice I give to nearly every startup team with whom I work. I became an advocate for Derek and for Startup Grind, speaking several more times.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

As a startup this is often the one true source of strong leverage in a negotiation to: Get a better price, get a longer-term commitment, get PR commitments and so forth. The beauty of these types of buying motives is that exclusivity comes at a cost to the buyer and they often don’t mind paying up to get it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. By definition, you read blogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Executive function refers to a number of mental processes that are required to regulate, control, and manage daily life tasks. I’m sure all the doctors are cringing much like I would if I read your fund-raising advice. I will start from a passage from the Wikipedia definition because I think it does a great job of summarizing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Sometimes, due to the nature of the startup game, we over index on “the new.” It just made me think about that larger comprehension coupled with the nimbleness of a startup.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. Reece Walker is a partner at McCullough Robertson and a director of Startup Catalyst. In Conversation with Reece and Will.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

There is not a single case I’ve been involved with in any of the startups I’ve backed that has even a small bit of merit. This also happens out of “startup weekends” where it’s unclear who contributed to the IP and where many people don’t continue with the idea beyond the first 30 days.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

For many entrepreneurs, the startup they are trying to get off the ground might be only the second entry on their resume. Last week, Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed experts who had some strategic advice for finding the right time to bring a product manager on board. .” 4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021.

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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? Remember Me. No account yet? In other words, we structure the exits.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

” (Full disclosure: the second time I worked at a startup founded by Mark Pincus, Zinga slept behind my desk and I was one of her favorite dog-sitters.). 5 ways to raise your startup’s PR game. Every early-stage startup must identify and evaluate a strategic advantage. Walter Thompson. So how do you make a splash?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

Jenae Goodin, founder of BAB, was a participant in Cohort 42 of i2E’s E3 program , a customer discovery bootcamp for startups. How has your experience with i2E impacted your startup journey? I still regularly meet with i2E for advice as I’m building my company. How has your experience with i2E impacted your startup journey?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. The investment platform I founded and run, VenturePole, is the investment partner of HealthInc, the health tech accelerator of Startupbootcamp, the biggest startup accelerator organization in Europe. Keep it short.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To provide insights into the role of partnerships in new business development, we asked 13 CEOs and Founders for their expert advice. Ironically, that experience with our partners has given them the trust to become our clients and refer other clients as well. I refer them web-design clients, and in return, they refer me SEO clients.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

I did not plan to do another startup. I had done it for 10+ years and lived the notorious startup life. My conviction to not do startups lasted only a few.weeks. During classes (which I loved), I missed the startup life. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? in the Management of Technology”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The European startup’s flagship claim for the data-ingesting bot-builder platform is it’s capable of automating up to 80% of customer support interactions. When we last spoke to the Helsinki- and Berlin-based startup, back in 2018 for a $1.3M Tracking the growth of low-code, no-code startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Politics are a part of human nature and thus a part of all startups. Startups are hard. Startup Advice VC Industry'

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Their process is a great example for anyone looking for a co-founder, including best practices for laying the groundwork of a successful startup and important questions to ask early on. They all had reasons to not do a startup. I was so determined to do a startup again though that I decided I would just do it alone.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

I asked five early-stage investors to share frank advice for first-timers, and I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are probably not ready to pitch an investor. We invest in startups leveraging the immense breadth of AI to solve critical business problems. AI is far broader than the buzz would even imply!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Fashion startups have special challenges. However, it’s icons like Rebecca Minkoff who have paved the way for startups like Maison de Papillon and so many others to succeed! Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Power Of Having A Partner In Your Startup – Maison De Papillon founders. Good, bad, tips, advice.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I strongly recommend the contract-to-hire setup in the early days of a startup, as it led me to have a 100% close rate with the candidates we wanted to convert to full-time. I also post updates – sharing with the team when I spoke with a reference, for example. Would you recommend this strategy to founders?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Even in the world of startups, going from user to chief executive in less than a year is a remarkable feat. Employees in this role are tasked with building a startup within a startup, whether that is rooting an innovative idea or leading an experiential team. Krassner eventually turned his course into a 12-person startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

I have no reference point from which to judge whether you were higher on the y-axis 3 months ago or lower. Like it or not – finance is a major job function in any company – startup or public company. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. And we all know how Vegas weddings turn out.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Previous to that, he had started and sold a music startup. Obviously we also consider it necessary for a startup to be in a market that is big enough to justify a VC investment. I have a blog post on that, fundraising advice for founders raising for the first time. More often than not, startups will not end successfully.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In addition to discussing potential applications in advertising, fintech and enterprise apps, respondents shared their advice for web3 founders who are hunting for funding, along with their concerns about factors that could stall its development. What advice would you give web3 founders who are trying to get their first check? .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The company announced it invested $450 million into Wisk, a startup trying to develop and commercialize electric, self-flying air taxis. Cowboy , the Brussels-based ebike and services startup, raised $80 million in a Series C round of funding co-led by Exor, HCVC and Siam Capital. Deal of the week. Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. ,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

We also sought the advice of several software providers who work with fintech borrowers to get their best approaches to managing one or more debt facilities. Finley Finley is another startup that is building debt capital tools to help streamline the lender-borrower relationship. startups only) of the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

My favorite two quotes of the weekend were: “Never trade your cat for somebody else’s dog” (referring to selling your company for stock to another privately held company – quote was from Alan. Greycroft – Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 4, 2022

One of the major pitfalls I see when advising early- and mid-stage startups on employment issues is a complete lack of attention to federal and state wage and hour laws. Below is a summary of common wage and hour issues faced by New York-based startups.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

By: Dror Futter, Legal and Business Adviser to Startups, Venture Capital Firms and Technology Companies The SEC announced a series of amendments (likely to be effective early next year) to the rules governing private offering exemptions – by far the most frequent path for venture fundraising.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

How to Leverage SEO to Drive Traffic to Your Startup’s Website In the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing, leveraging SEO is crucial for driving traffic to a startup’s website. Dive into the collective wisdom of these professionals to boost your startup’s online presence.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Engineering is typically the function that grows fastest at a scaling startup. I used these meetings to get advice, but more importantly I was always giving them updates on our progress, vision, fundraising, and product releases. When giving feedback, refer to the relevant sections in the style guide.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. While I understand competition, the goal is to be working together to provide an ecosystem with all the resources necessary for a startup to start and grow. Buddy Palmer. Clark Rinehart. Lauren Pehler Pradhan.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

[if you're not old enough to get the reference between this image and the title you can click on the image for a prompter]. I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. If anyone has experience, advice or dollars and wants to help please be in touch.

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