Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital. In France in some ways it was worse because if you failed as a startup founder you shouldered personal liabilities that don’t exist in the US under our bankruptcy laws.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

boom, a startup is born… And if you take a long view of their [founders] career, they’re missing out on the depth of things, experience, and authenticity of experience that I think informs the most interesting category-defining companies out there.” In this article, I explore trends that underpin the deep tech concept, and how Ph.D.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. The VCs who founders love the most. on Sunday, Dec.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. I’m in Seattle this week. People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.&#

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

.” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific. In an interview with Natasha Mascarenhas, B2B stealth startup founder Akshaya Dinesh recounted the time her team was rejected by an accelerator because they hadn’t yet picked a CEO.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

These steps apply to entrepreneurs, particularly to tech startup founders. Confusion about what marketing is drives the majority of the problems founders face with it. It sets a startup off on the right (or wrong) path. Step 1: Understand what marketing is. Don’t skip this step. Not your friends, not your family.

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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.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

I’m considering either having my startup sponsor me for an O-1A visa or self-petitioning an EB-1A green card. Savvy Startup Founder. As a startup founder, the critical and essential role you play at your startup should be easy to demonstrate. Under your leadership, how much funding has your startup raised?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Realize you are up against an outdated system.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Farmers don’t get embarrassed when the price of corn drops; similarly, there’s no reason for startup founders to lose their joy because publicly traded tech stocks are undercutting their valuations. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Complete articles are only available to members, but you can use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one or two-year subscription. Dear Sophie: How did immigration change for startup founders in 2020? Dear Sophie: I’m on an F1 OPT and am about to incorporate a startup with my two American co-founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. It’s still a great time to be a startup founder. Specifically — an early-stage startup founder. This exit will help other fintechs set expectations, but it should give a mental boost to anyone who thinks they’re too late to start up in this space.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

The picture at the top of this article is the cleanroom at Scrona. The fund’s LPs include family offices, asset managers, enterprises and small businesses, along with existing portfolio startup founders. The fact that portfolio company founders are now investing in our fund is great validation of our exceptional effort.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. The tide is high for startup founders who are looking to raise their first round in October 2021. But easy money can create special pressure for early-stage founders, according to Lightup.ai

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. As part of an ongoing series of interviews with transportation startup founders, ??Rebecca Rebecca Bellan spoke to Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of Cartken, which manufactures autonomous sidewalk robots. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

And rather than giving him just my answer — which might have been unique to my experience, not applicable to his — I decided to do something different and write this article. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

You can read my whole piece on TechCrunch+: “Is it time for a Common App for startup founders?” The argument for AI , of course, would be that the content would be original and perhaps more targeted toward someone’s exact questions, while a general Google search may require extra digging and piecing different articles together.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For inquiries and connections with Korean tech companies mentioned in this article,, contact us at press@asiatechdaily.com. We’re here to facilitate valuable partnerships.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder? It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Georgi Todorov , Founder, ThriveMyWay Content Marketing Can Help With SEO and Organic Reach Content marketing is an invaluable tool for startups looking to establish their presence in their chosen market. For example, in 2013 I was given a column at Forbes and began to write articles about my business experiences.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. According to Tsai, 2022 will see web3 going mainstream, more capital flowing to underestimated founders, and broader investments in regions that have traditionally been overlooked. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

If you liked this article, subscribe and take a look at this other essay about sales basics for technology startup founders Remember this simple formula if you are new in enterprise sales! How Monica and Joe priced their new enterprise product?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. As this TechCrunch article points out, what drives the mental health epidemic among entrepreneurs is their propensity to accept risk.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 14, 2021

If you’re in the startup phase, low-code/no-code (LCNC) is especially appealing because it is versatile, customizable and open source, so you won’t feel trapped by your architecture or have to start over when you change programs. You can just keep going and growing. What is low-code/no-code technology?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Geared toward social impact startups working to create a healthier and more sustainable future, the accelerator provides access to training, products and technical support. Startup founders will work with Google engineers and receive mentoring from over 20 teams at Google, as well as outside experts and local mentors.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the decision has been made to go forward, there are very basic steps to setting up a business that formalizes the creation of the business and makes it operational which is addressed in a related article. Therefore, being able to apply prior experience is important.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Geared toward social impact startups working to create a healthier and more sustainable future, the accelerator provides access to training, products and technical support. Startup founders will work with Google engineers and receive mentoring from over 20 teams at Google, as well as outside experts and local mentors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company? ” Note: image from PandoDaily, clicking it will take you to the article in which I found it. Startup Advice' Chief Vesting Officers)?

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

The deepest irony of the VC business – which we understood not at all when we started but is obvious in hindsight – is that excellence in investing requires the exact opposite of what’s demanded from the best startup founders. . By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder. Finmark co-founder and CEO Rami Essaid wrote a post for Extra Crunch that candidly describes the traps he laid for himself that made him a less-effective entrepreneur. Independent thinking suffered.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

To tackle these challenges, Wu shares several strategies that can help e-commerce startups refine their brand marketing and “entrench” existing customers. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. Can we do it? Advancing AI.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Dear Sophie: How can early-stage startups compete for talent? Dear Sophie, As a first-time, early-stage startup founder, I find it difficult to compete against other startups on compensation. Eight years into his tenure, Satya Nadella looks to diversify.

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