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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

But even more important than personal lessons of failure, I believe acceptance of failure at a societal level is one of the key ingredients that allows the technology startup industry in the US to flourish. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.

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High Performing Virtual Teams Have 8 Key Attributes

Gust

Virtual Team meeting image via Wikimedia blog. Almost every startup is a virtual team these days, since most don’t start out with dedicated office space, and some or all members of the team work part-time or out of their own home. A culture of openness facilitates trust and authenticity.

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

Entrepreneurs are a cultural norm in the US. Doing startups, Angel and VC investing is mainstream. A lot of attention is being paid to mental health issues in startup founders. We need to balance glamourising startups with models that ensure people are looked after. You need to be ready to follow up immediately.

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Study Up on Your Sales and Marketing Tactics with 9 Must-Listen Podcast Episodes

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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. You’ll find episodes like, How to Grow Your Marketing Through Partnerships and This is Why Your Blog Isn’t Loved by Google delivered in short, sweet bursts.

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How to find a Technical Co-Founder for your Startup

Entrepreneur's Handbook

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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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

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. However, I didn’t receive a single response while other founders received VC investment for basic ideas.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why your title matters, part-time CFOs, Sequoia’s new model

TechCrunch

Startup culture is informal, which is why some workers end up with job titles like “customer delight manager” or “product whisperer.” ” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific.