Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Mea culpa and get right back into line.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute. So if you have no money then get to work with a small bit of your time building relationships. In a startup this is a mistake.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. So can you successfully build a YouTube network? I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s really difficult for me not to get into the thick of discussions about whether or not you can and/or should build a company in New York City. I grew up here, went to school here, and have worked hard over the last 5+ years to help build up the NYC innovation community. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. If you raise millions of dollars from professional investors it is no longer “your” company but a shared company that you control.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

In 2010, I funded his company, Backupify , which has gone on to raise over $19 million in funding and is set to have their best year of revenue to date. We just hung out in a small group of nobodies, having chatted a bit through our respective blogs before. I can''t guarantee you''ll sell something, win VC dollars, go viral, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. What hogwash.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. million property buys you what you imagined $250,000 would have.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

I built it on a platform given to me for free by a company that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars of which I receive value. They allow my to drive traffic to my blog, to websites or anywhere I want as long as the audience will click. So what should a startup developer do? Startup Lessons'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

We’ve missed face-to-face interaction for too long; building relationships is key to winning more business in 2023. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in this sector for commercial-scale facilities. Opportunity for startups. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Thank you, John.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. In fact, when you have studies done by the Kauffman Foundation to the tune of $50 million coupled with a professor (Mr.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. My first startup was no different. I’ve started writing up some of those sales & marketing lessons and I plan to continue to build that section out over time. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A writer who wants to blog about culture. It might be harder than ever to earn $1 million/year as a creative but it’s never been easier to make $50,000. Kaya covers “ How Influencers Dodged the Destruction in Creator Startups ” and notes “times are grim for startups that sell products and services to creators.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

To be fair to TigerText they build a company focused on the healthcare industry and HIPAA compliance. What I *SHOULD HAVE* considered was that I was in college in a time when there were no digital cameras and I’m very thankful for that or I likely wouldn’t be writing this blog post today. What if text messages disappeared?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

This morning Webflow , a software company that helps businesses build no-code websites, announced that it has raised a $140 million Series B. The round, led by returning investors Accel and Silversmith, comes after the startup raised $72 million in an August, 2019 Series A. The new funding values Webflow at more than $2.1

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Gust

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Eric Ries on Lean Startup methodology, via Wikipedia. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won’t get it right the first time, so you launch with a minimum viable product (MVP). Invested Interests agile entrepreneur lean startup pivot'

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

They came up with the idea of helping people build credit through recurring payment forms such as digital subscriptions to Netflix, Spotify and Hulu. million seed round in December 2020 in a round that included participation from Citigroup and SoftBank Opportunity Fund — among others — Altro had a couple of thousand customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Nearly every startup I have spoken to over the years – including some where I’m a co-investor – talks positively about the support they’ve gotten from A16Z. Of course not every VC has the fund size or the fee size to build services at this scale yet many provide extremely well-regarded programs that are valuable.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It’s that time of year, where I — as a committee of one judge, me — select one startup in the tech ecosystem that “broke out” and has the makings of an even larger outcome should things continue to go right. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2018

Whether you’re a conversion veteran or a startup founder just learning the basics, download and subscribe to these sales and marketing podcasts today to boost your skills: 1. A podcast recorded especially with startup sales in mind, The Ultimate Sales Hustle Podcast is hosted by Close.io’s CEO, Steli Efti, a sales and entrepreneurship expert.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Acknowledging Our Achievements Over the years, i2E has nurtured countless startups, mentored aspiring entrepreneurs, and witnessed groundbreaking innovations that have changed the face of Oklahoma’s economy. Here’s to the next 25 years, filled with even more incredible work helping to build, launch and grow great ideas.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Narrato , a AI content creation and collaboration platform, announced today it has joined the ranks of other generative AI startups with VC funding. Based in San Francisco, Narrato raised a $1 million pre-seed round led by AirTree Ventures, the Australian firm that was an early investor in Canva , Linktree and Employment Hero.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Now among the most popular dating apps on the market, Wolfe Herd’s shift in dating app etiquette has impacted not only its 22 million users but also brought a US $1B valuation —and Wolfe Herd’s continued success as an entrepreneurial queen. Enter Werk Enterprises , a tech startup founded by Anna Auerbach and Annie Dean.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

According to Asparouhov, that background, and the time that Bruey spent running his own angel syndicate and working at Bank of America getting a grounding in finance and startups, made him an ideal candidate to run the next startup to be spun out of Founders Fund. Tolkien. .”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

The startup, which raised over $400 million according to Crunchbase data , makes networking ethernet switches optimized for the cloud. The company, which was founded in 2014, raised more than $143 million last year on a post-money valuation of $1.3 billion in an all-stock deal. billion, according to PitchBook data.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. AngelList’s recently closed early-stage venture fund brings back one of my favorite conversations within the world of early-stage startup fundraising: to data, or not to data. 1 million lasts a million times longer than before.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz announced on Monday that it has written its largest single check to-date into Neumann’s new startup, Flow. The stealthy startup is trying to reinvent real estate (again), but instead of commercial properties, which WeWork focused on, Neumann is looking into revolutionizing rental properties. The vision.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 19, 2023

In their 2015 introductory blog post , the group said We’re hoping to grow OpenAI into such an institution. As a non-profit, our aim is to build value for everyone rather than shareholders. Especially when hundreds of millions of dollars (billions?!?) What does ‘Open’ aspire to in this case? might be up for grabs.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 The B2B payments company raised $200 million at a unicorn valuation in 2021. million Series A raise back in 2020. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and struggle to get out of a debt cycle. One startup is developing financial products targeted toward this segment of the population, with the goal of helping them build credit, save money, access funds and plan for the future. Now, it’s launching to the public with two offerings.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Written by : Regina Beach Propel(x) curated a list of five startup-led tech trends in the 21st century that transformed industries. This list primarily looks at deep tech sectors, with many of the mentioned startups having grown into household names and multibillion-dollar companies today. Startups raised $342.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. Fourrage, who has spent years building up a coding bootcamp with accessible pricing, tells me that he’s no longer publishing job placement metrics in advertising materials. With $40 million more in funding, Mos is evolving.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Arcade , a startup launched by two former Atlassian employees, decided to attack this problem with a simple Chrome extension to build demos quickly that product people can make use of in various settings. The startup also announced that it has received $7.5 million in total seed investment. Image Credits: Arcade.

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