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. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

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). It’s when the people who are part of the decision making process who don’t support the decision seek ways to undermine you.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

But if you ever forget that supporting extraordinary founders is the whole game, and that your only job as an early stage investor is to identify them and help them progress, you have irretrievably lost the plot. Step 3: Give good advice Most startup advice is bad.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

I’ve unapologetically hyper-focused this shopping solution for women, as informed and directed by my personal experience and the experiences of my users as women, moms, and what I refer to as “household procurement specialists.” I still regularly meet with i2E for advice as I’m building my company. Don’t ever put limits on yourself.

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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 winners receive support, including an investment, to accelerate and scale their ventures. Roosevelt’s advice resonates here: “Be sincere, be brief, be seated.”. Franklin D. Warm introductions.

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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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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.) If I were looking at which VCs to choose I would reference strongly for which ones are supportive in good times and bad.

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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. He has been a supporter of the startup community since before the word startup was in general conversation. Support does have returns.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was also involved in litigation support engagements, concerning auditors being alleged of professional negligence for not detecting fraud happening in private companies and public listed entities. Additionally, Do you have any other advice for anyone looking to start a fund? I was mainly educated in accounting and finance.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

Note: this is not investment advice). Or references. Look up Brad Feld and Jason Calacanis, they have really great advice and support resources for angel investing. Oh, and I’m an investor in Coinbase which has been in the news lately and is rumored to have a valuation north of $50 billion. Enough bragging.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal support / analysis / quant / legal for deals a partner is seriously considering. Portfolio company support & analysis. I’m a proponent of this ( provided the associates stay silent during board meetings ) because it gives the VC firm leverage and provides and extra set of eyes & hands to help support the company.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

But I found that early advice to be accurate: The first 10 employees are the most important aspect in the company’s life cycle – other than finding product-market fit – and recruiting has to be the founder’s priority. I also post updates – sharing with the team when I spoke with a reference, for example.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Right now, the site has a number of references to “motherhood” and women. Currently, a lot of information or advice around pregnancy lives in books or in-person classes. Expectful recently launched Mother Circles , which connects postpartum mothers into support cohorts led by a doula facilitator. million people.

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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. Lumonic supports any kind of loan with one or multiple lenders and helps with tracking key metrics, loan terms, and covenants. With the combination of diligence solutions (e.g.,

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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. It will be multilayered and multifaceted, supported by completely new infrastructure.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 26, 2019

To level the playing field, it is imperative that leaders take steps to support inclusive innovation. Entrepreneurs, leaders of entrepreneur support organizations, and entrepreneurial ecosystem builders came together to discuss solutions to inequities. Puzzle Piece 2: Successful Entrepreneurial Support Organizations .

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

What’s the upside, what’s your advice Shriya, for those looking for a partner, wish they had someone to work with in business. Good, bad, tips, advice. Danielle Salinas: My advice, I have two things. That’s what we support with the new initiative of ours, which is called Project Gaia. Compromise.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

We want to arm these people with capital, to help grow their businesses but we also want to support them. I have a blog post on that, fundraising advice for founders raising for the first time. My first piece of advice is to consider not raising money from VCs. I think you are one of the world's best founders.

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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. In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Here’s the advice I wish someone told me when I started. Terra references the Bitcoin and Ethereum white papers in its preponderance of what other value blockchain technology can bring to the world. Start with an XDEFI wallet because it supports multiple crypto networks (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Terra, Avalanche, et al.).

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I used these meetings to get advice, but more importantly I was always giving them updates on our progress, vision, fundraising, and product releases. What events/data do we need to collect to support that? When giving feedback, refer to the relevant sections in the style guide. What reports are we going to build?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When I would meet potential clients, I knew I was having an impact because they would mention lessons they’d learned from my sessions and reference how they helped them. I continually reference these tools, techniques and logistics of a project starting from the beginning to the end. What advice would you give to future leaders? .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

If you want your senior leadership team to work as a team you have to pay a lot more attention to many different areas e.g. communication, listening, supporting, collaborating etc. My advice is that even the senior team should set its own distinctive purpose so that it can set its own performance goals to measure itself against.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Investing in the Convergence of AI and Web3 Artificial intelligence in Web3 is not merely a supporting player; it’s a critical component propelling the ecosystem forward. Leveraging Expert Advice in Web3 Investing Tapping into expert insights can guide investors through the complexities of Web3 investing.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

The results spoke for themselves—that single piece of content now has over 100 unique referring domains linking to it, significantly increasing its credibility and search ranking. ’ Then, we crafted detailed blog posts answering those exact questions, sprinkling in a bit of our personality and some solid, easy-to-implement advice.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. And I joined as a customer support rep. My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. I do my own reference calls.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Indeed, many Canadians refer to Toronto as “east”’ despite there being 1,900 miles between Drake and The Weeknd’s hometown and St. VC firms have taken notice: notable investors in Atlantic Canadian startups include Breakthrough Energy Ventures , a fund supported by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

In an arena in which it is common knowledge that 9 out of 10 people will fail within five years, we must do better to support those who will experience those failures (ie the vast majority), so that with time, experience and hindsight they can come back for another bite at the cherry, and are not lost to our ecosystem forever.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Alisa Gumbs: In my conversation today I discuss with him the essential advice he shares with thousands of entrepreneurs a year. I have a family to support. And my point is, I think, that’s the biggest piece of advice. What’s your advice with how I can deliver a 10 minute speech?” This just forced me.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. Travel and gastro.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

Before making this change I called our LPs to ask for advice and input. ” As it turns out LPs supporting our changing to adapt to changes in the entrepreneurial world was a way that we decided to evaluate which LPs we wanted to have as our partners and we decided not to work together in our next fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

You may feel as I did in 1999 that the more smart people around the table the more intros you’ll have, the more sage advice you’ll receive and the more impressive you’ll seem to outsiders. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. I understand the appeal of having many VC firms on your cap table.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” You face choices like, “Do I put in money to the benefit of other un-supportive investors?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

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. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 2, 2021

Unconscious, or implicit, bias refers to the underlying attitudes or beliefs about other individuals or groups, based on identity traits, outside our own conscious awareness. But creating a supportive setting for open discussions on bias is an important start. Factors such as unconscious bias can be a prominent barrier to this growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

They’ll make reference calls, call other players in the sector (always being explicit why they’re calling), talk to more team members from the company we’re looking at and do a deep dive on the business model and/or product. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice. If it does then you KNOW they were only fishing&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

Only Work on Projects That Support Your Core Product Effort. rollout support. If your CEO is having to get involved too much in reviewing project success or your core product team is getting sucked into implementing too many features to support the rollout efforts chances are you’ve gone too far. configuration.

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