StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. You’ll need to think outside the box, but you’re bound to come across your “aha” financing moment in this article. Creative financing options for new businesses. Asking friends and family for capital is always an option.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Keith Roberts, founder and creative director at Zenman. Cash and capital is oxygen, but the best kind of capital are my relationships. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog. and more articles from the EO blog. . Transition completely to virtual and focus on profit vs. revenue.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

I never would have paid for music back in 1999 or 2000 when I was sporting my 64mb Creative Nomad, powered completely ilegally by Napster. Despite over 15 plus years of progress, little has changed about the way we consume articles on the web since the internet started. Because it was a tremendous pain in the ass.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

This came to mind a couple of years ago when I had the chance to sit down with the president of South Korea and she asked a small gathering of 19 tech & business leaders for opinions about how to make the Korean economy more “creative.” Could big business accept its own creative destruction? That’s why I have links open new tabs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Instead, it began with 15 years of hands-on learning in capital markets, working closely with entrepreneurs, investors, and bankers. This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

We can foster an ecosystem that supports and uplifts young entrepreneurs by encouraging creativity, providing investment opportunities, and celebrating achievements. Promote creativity To celebrate the work of young entrepreneurs, we must first encourage creativity and innovation. and more articles from the EO blog.

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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. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital. Take one topic and break it up into 10 bite-sized articles.

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Red Rocket

APRIL 30, 2025

Whether you make these cuts, and the size of these cuts, is the conversation for todays article. Other than raising capital, you can get creative in how cuts are implemented. Key Questions You Need to Ask Yourself? In This Reduced Economy, Will I still be Profitable? This is a very important question.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

Keith Roberts—founder, author and speaker at OAKJournal ; founder and creative director at Zenman. Don’t make mistakes or miss the chance to capitalize on trends that are visible by looking at historical or competitor data. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog. Be unrelenting. Nobody had.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us. And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. 99% of the articles about the company were positive. Working on it. And being ambitious.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Of course I have.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Nothing seems to apply--you're not a tech company, you bootstrapped your way to millions in revenues before taking on capital, and you sell mostly through brick and mortar. Adam Struck brought on significant additional capital from his network. Taylor Greene from LHV was the first to bring up Mike at Rosecliff as a potential investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. In the beautiful creative destruction that is produced in Silicon Valley (as a capitalist I admire this as a system), imagine what it does to staff retention.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

At my core, I am a creative, and I love bringing original ideas to life. Entrepreneurship, fast growth, and change fed my creative itch. In addition, our revenue was super-predictable, customer acquisition costs were modest, and capital costs were very low.” and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

This article was originally published on TechCrunch. The full articles are linked below. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. Why is that?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a native of Silicon Valley , I’ve witnessed the creative destruction of wave after wave of innovation as nearby corporate campuses repopulated themselves : From defense contractors to data centers , computer mainframe manufacturers to Internet search engines. Granted most startups will never become another Apple or Google.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

After pursuing a degree in graphic design from Ontario College of Art & Design, Lennert launched and scaled a successful creative design agency, which he ran for over three years. My version of the Canadian dream involved capitalizing on the inclusivity of Canadian life,” said Lennert. and more articles from the EO blog.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

From low-cost business ideas to case studies, keep scrolling and you will find much to explore in this article. Pick a business that doesn’t suck up cash Skip expensive solutions that look like a financial Everest and require investment with a capital “I” (and five or more zeros). Be resourceful, creative, and ready to take risks.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

This article describes the entrepreneurial mindset behind successful startups, how you can develop that mindset, and the strategies to build your startup based on that mindset. Creativity & Innovation Thinking outside the box to develop unique products, services, or business models. Why Is an Entrepreneurial Mindset Important?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2024

“If you do what everyone else does, you will get what everyone else receives, whether it’s a return on capital or profitability,” he explained. The exceptional company always tries to think about what is the best, most efficient, or most creative way to surprise its customer. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

The same article refers to several other people who are coming back to blogging: Liza at Maui Blog and the futurist Chris Saad. Bill Gurley , a well known VC from Benchmark Capital, seemed to have a 2-year hiatus from blogging and has now picked up the pace. My LA VC colleague Peter Lee of Baroda Ventures has started a blog about VC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 9, 2020

A version of this article originally appeared on Johal’s LinkedIn blog. . Construction sites are back at it, and capitalism is raring to go. Make a list of the elements you miss that brought you happiness before this crisis—and figure out creative ways to build on those. Today, countries are opening up at different speeds.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Register Gyeonggi-do Business and Science Accelerator (CEO Kang Sung-cheon) is holding an online event to match global venture capital firms with innovative startup companies in Pangyo. It covers and interviews startup companies, distributes articles about these companies in English, and even produces video content about them.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female founders. According to the EEOC, 83 percent of tech executives are white.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

In 2022, Sam Corporation was selected for the ‘Test Bed Helsinki’ startup-fostering program sponsored by the Finnish capital. Empowering Individuals to Uncover their Creative Potential with the ‘Creator Series’ Q. All aspects – technology, people, capital, and the environment – must align like a work of art.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background. So in a way, foreign capital can act as a stressor to African founders. There are other subtler impacts.

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Red Rocket

MAY 22, 2024

CB Insights, a leading research organization that tracks venture capital financings, recently released its report on t he state of the venture capital market in 2023. The long story short is: it was a terrible year for raising capital. A pretty bleak picture if you are a startup raising capital today.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Most of the time, what stands between a company and its ability to achieve scale is not a lack of money,” writes Wallace in TC+. “It’s better to ask: Do we have hustle problems?

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

If you came to this article to find out about the $10,000 small business grants from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, that’s great. Keep reading to find out more about the money. Lucky for you and your business, the course and event offerings are many, varied and aimed at helping you build your skillset and your community.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 21, 2017

In Bias Against Creativity , a team of researchers at Cornell discuss the bias against creativity they revealed in their study. Originally published in 2010, the article resurfaced yesterday on Hacker News. It raises the question of how to evaluate creative ideas and how to engender internal incentives to support creativity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Financed by private investors, and media conglomerate Vivendi, the company declined to disclose its total capital raised to date. The platform, produced by Vivendi, includes documentaries, podcasts, articles and interviews between experts and known players in the chess community.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 15, 2019

Neither does raising investor capital or selling equity. article : “What it really comes down to is risk. His accomplishments didn’t come from an idea, but from his insightful ability to capitalize on trends. A paltry 9 percent can expect to exceed US$1 million in revenue in their first 12 months.

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Paul G. Silva

JULY 11, 2018

Marianne Hudson, executive director of the Angel Capital Association (the trade association for angel investors in the US) wrote an article on this topic. Her full article (with her permission) appears further below. How much capital does the company really need to get to an exit?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The latest round was led by Valar Ventures, with participation from Kleiner Perkins; Foundation Capital; Jim Breyer, the founder of Breyer Capital; Creative Artists Agency founder Michael Ovitz; Flexport founder Ryan Petersen; and Eventbrite founder Kevin Hartz.

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