TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Kano Computing (“Kano”), the venture-backed company best known for its DIY computer kits and software for teaching coding and STEM skills to kids, is spinning out its creative software suite and online community platform as an independent business. The move comes as the U.K.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. In addition to having fewer outlets to address mental health issues, founders on the continent are facing a new kind of pressure, the type that comes off the back of a record venture capital year (2021) bolstered by large U.S.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sometimes when you’re in the zone as a founder, a case of the twisties can utterly derail progress. As a consultant to many of the world’s most innovative global brands as well as motivated founders looking for a jump-start, it’s important to be able to know what steps along the way are absolutely necessary and which ones are nice to have.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Given the shifting landscape, it’s helpful for you as a CEO and/or founder—or for your finance and capital markets teams, if you have those hires to help you through this process—to know who the key players are at each stage so you can spend your time and energy speaking to the right firms. small business loans for their customers).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, upon reflection, I think the real driver is that taking time away allows my brain to more easily access creative thinking mode, as it’s being asked to do less on an hour-to-hour basis. . I used to believe that one of the reasons for this phenomenon was that a different venue or culture offered me a change in perspective.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

To participate in the Coalition Venture Studio, startups must be majority Black-owned or have a Black CEO, CTO or board chair. Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors. . “From that perspective, I got this firsthand view of the power of R/GA Ventures,” Ross told me.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Stagetime empowers creatives to create a comprehensive professional story about their past performances and skill sets. Our platform empowers artists to tell their stories easily and creatively, then leverage those narratives to connect with people who can help them advance their careers. Stagetime announced raising a $1.5M

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

There’s no question that launching your own business comes hard work, obstacles and logistics—and most of these are left to the founder. Unwavering creativity. From Apple and Nike to Uber and Facebook, many of the world’s most recognized brands were born from a creative idea. Self-discipline. Celebrate your milestones.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2021

I urged founders to think less about how to bundle and unbundle lecture experience, and more about how to replace outdated systems and methods with new, tech-powered solutions. I’ll end with this: Successful startup founders are innately ambitious, finding opportunity in moonshots and convincing others that the odds are in their favor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2023

During their podcast discussion, Adi and Camela covered why processes are critical and how they can minimize loss and increase profit—even if the business owner is a creative. Using processes to minimize loss and increase profits Processes work for both creative and business-minded entrepreneurs. Why are processes important?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley. Their employees?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

“There are things you can do to make sure you’re not alone” Andrea Grisdale, founder and CEO at IC Bellagio and a member of EO Italy. “The entrepreneurial journey doesn’t need to be lonely” Emma Welsh, founder at Emma & Tom’s and a member of EO Melbourne. In fact, I believe it to be the opposite.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2024

Like many, I’ve admired Richard for his authenticity, creativity, resiliency, generosity, ability to push the limits of what’s possible, and his focus on family and fun. Anya is the founder and CEO of Crowe PR , a recognized public relations and marketing expert, bestselling author and speaker.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Contributed By Susan Michel, EO New Jersey member and founder and CEO of Glen Eagle Advisors , which provides investment management and financial planning advice. There are many creative and engaging ways to teach life lessons outside of the classroom ?even Susan is a board member of EO’s New Jersey chapter.

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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. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

We asked Taunya Renson (EO Belgium), a Regional Chair in Europe and founder of Mach Media , about her EO Path of Leadership experience. My PoL journey began by being “voluntold” to join my small Belgian chapter’s board one month after joining EO! Talk about needing to tap into our creativity!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Splice , the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. Splice is also pleased to announce that Kakul Srivastava has joined the company’s board.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

The interviews below feature insight from Betty Álvarez, co-founder of C&A Legal Advisors; René Espinoza, founder of the Lazarillo app; and Bibi la Luz González, founder of Eat Better Wa’ik. Embrace creativity and uncertainty, and bring together those who may not work in your exact field to bring in new ideas.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

“Snap’s Yellow Accelerator was founded to support mission-driven, creative entrepreneurs who are building at the intersection of creativity and technology,” the company said in a blog post. Shoplook — Is fostering a community-driven platform for visual self-expression, curation and inspiration through mood boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs. She made the right decisions not joining back then because that founder empathy is the “++” that makes a difference in this business. So why now? So What Does All This Mean?

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Folmer, founder of FirstLook , FirstLook Ventures, and Distrobox. He believes founders are the lifeblood of the global economy whose efforts drive innovation, push the world forward, and shape human history. It’s forced me to be extra creative on how we share what we do with the world.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In April 2020, the company launched a new way to shop on its platform, giving Pinterest users the ability to browse in-stock inventory from newly added “Shop” tabs on Search and on Pinterest boards. He will also continue to serve on Pinterest’s board of directors. Pinterest rolls out new shopping features for advertisers.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team. Remote work, hybrid and distributed teams have made working together more difficult in the eyes of most Founder CEOs. Internal stakeholders include other teams or board members.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

“This strategic partnership with VivCourt and Bit Digital will place Auros in a strong position to build upon our best-in-class market-making offering,” said Ben Roth, co-founder, and chief investments officer of Auros. Marcel Klooss, co-founder of Vivienne Court, and Hughes Ching, co-founder of Bit Digital Inc.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here’s what Tracy Call of EO Minnesota, founder of Media Bridge Advertising , which ranked No. We pivoted a lot of media plans and creative work—often multiple times—and didn’t charge for it (we called it “The Covid Pledge,” and we encouraged all agencies to do the same). Tracy Call is the founder of Media Bridge Advertising.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2020

Kalika Yap , an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles, is founder and CEO of both Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders, and Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency. Appoint a board of directors for your life. Another trick?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Paulo Rogério Nunes. Contributor. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But in my experience it’s surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda. Is she getting enough board exposure? Is she feeling motivated?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Not only are there few female partners in VC funds, we are also not doing enough to support female founders. Startups received an unprecedented amount of financial investment during the pandemic, yet female founders lost ground. Diverse teams have also been found to produce the most creative ideas. Hiring to improve results.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. More posts by this contributor. Seed is not the new Series A.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

The fact that we started the week learning that Elon Musk had bought a material percentage of Twitter’s stock , spent the mid-week period learning that he had joined the board, and by the end of Friday were busy reading about how employees were digesting the matter, it’s been busy. This brings us to what is making me laugh.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Colin Turner is co-founder and COO of Postscript , an SMS marketing platform leveraged by thousands of Shopify businesses. Early on in the journey to build my startup Postscript with my co-founders Adam Turner and Alex Beller, we decided an equity plan that puts employees first was going to be a top priority. Colin Turner. Contributor.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There are a lot of tools that can help, but each has limitations: The Business Model Canvas identifies the big picture hypotheses of your venture… but struggles to help you ID what is needed to get all your key stakeholders on board. The KISS Canvas is licensed under creative commons, which means you may use or modify it freely.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. Sam & Rahul have worked closely together on “innovate & operate” since the earliest days of MakeSpace. Seriously, this happens.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. Startup founders are driven to solve problems and make a difference – many want to literally change the world. Strategy is everything for a startup company board. A startup board is brave and supportive. Suse Reynolds, Angel Association New Zealand. Risk and reward.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 22, 2023

There will be pressure and scrutiny but can you depend on yourself to go put some points on the board? Embrace AI’s Potential for Creativity & Growth, for Everyone AI is on everyone’s mind! Embrace AI’s Potential for Creativity & Growth, for Everyone AI is on everyone’s mind! I like pressure. Earvin “Magic” Johnson 5.

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