Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This is obviously a huge milestone for the founders, not to mention the 1,600+ employees who have joined them along the way. It’s a different kind of milestone for me as an investor: 10 years ago I led the company’s Seed round and joined the board, where I served until the Series C.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Yet we found that tech execs appear just as unprepared for C-suite transitions as their peers in other sectors. The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Jason Dressel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. They’re far from it.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

However, Emily Gittins and Ryan Rowe, co-founders of Archive , saw some clothing brands being left out of the action. They designed Archive to be a kind of a peer-to-peer, white-labeled product that brands could release that had the same look and feel of their existing retail channels, Rowe, CTO, said.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2020

After 20 years managing the digital agency she founded , Adrienne now pursues opportunities to share her knowledge with other entrepreneurs, to grow alongside her peers, and to meaningfully explore the world. . We immersed ourselves in the culture and the community. Here’s what she shared: . What brought us here?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Whenever founders raise a round of finance, the question becomes “what the hell should I be paying myself.” ” It’s one of those rare things you can’t really go to your board or advisors with. Finally, startup culture can generate pressure to not take salaries. It discovered the salaries are up 2.7%

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 16, 2017

What stood out to Megan was that EO encourages and values diverse opinions while cultivating a culture of trust that gives members the opportunity to develop in a peer-to-peer learning style with true transparency. Learn more about EO today! Megan attributes much of her growth and success as an entrepreneur to EO.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

The truth is that each firm is different and there isn’t one standard but over the years I’ve talked with enough of my peers to get sense of how many firms work. For anything that would be considered a normal investment for the partnership most firms try to make sure every partner has seen the deal and has a chance to weigh in.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

We also look for a cultural fit with Upfront, which includes the gravitas to deal with executives and founders at the startups we back as well as the other board members. We like to know that when we call our peers they truly are the best fit for the company in which we’ve invested. Watching him develop over the past 4.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Ann Shepherd is co-founder of social impact venture Him For Her. She serves on the board of fintech startup HoneyBook. How to build a diverse board. Jocelyn Mangan is the founder and CEO of social impact venture Him For Her. She serves on the boards of ChowNow and Papa John's. Your board will never be the same.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Written by Aaron Lee, founder & CEO at iluma Agency. Bringing my wife Lisa into the hunt, we peer over and on a terrace below us is a cobbler, handcrafting sandals out of a small box of tools and beads. The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. Realizing the power of just one moment.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Contact center agents now working at home could no longer rely on in-person subject matter experts, managers or experienced peers. Not only has the pandemic accelerated remote-first culture, it is now seen as a competitive edge to acquire top-notch global talent.”. The new investment brings the company’s total funding to $18.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 26, 2018

Either I would board this train and join the organization, becoming a founding member in Brazil, or I would not get on the train, and instead go through my life without any major concerns or opportunities. Nothing is more valuable than the exchange of experiences among peers. I remember it as if it happened yesterday.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Elias Torres is the founder and CTO of Drift , a conversational marketing and sales platform. Here’s ours: Skip the board and tap employees for ideas. While the board room is becoming a more diverse place , ultimately, this isn’t where progress is made. Elias Torres. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. The Mind of the Founder. Now you’ve got to convince your peer group to quit their respectable jobs and career arcs and join you. Of course not.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 30, 2023

Founder and CEO Aaron King and his team have expertly navigated fundraising and market cycles. Founder and CEO Aaron King and his team have expertly navigated fundraising and market cycles. After we closed the round, our lead investor revealed how capital efficient we had been compared to our peers. So, we raised our Series A.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The round also includes the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions (a personal investment company of Jeff Bezos), Dash Fund, and Y Combinator. Kristina Shen, a GP at A16z, will be joining the board. Marc Andreessen will take a board observer seat. A rebrand and re-focus.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

in initiatives such as the Peer to Peer Learning Partnership under the OECD led Global Action on the Social Economy where we lead a consortium of 27 partners from across Canada, Mexico, Brazil, EU and India that focuses on recommendations for easier internationalisation of social enterprises with a gender lens. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill Nelson is the founder and CEO of Ruby ® Receptionists , which recently reached its 15-year anniversary. Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. Below is an excerpt from the original article. I’m incredibly grateful for the amazing customers and employees who brought us to this milestone!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

” The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center in November 2011; and a moderated panel with three female entrepreneurs: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Fujiyo Ishiguro and Sachiko Kuno. When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. 2M per firm, funds may want to grow so they can keep co-investing with their peer group.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Of course, founders and early employees often take very different risks than investors do. There are always examples to break the rules, too — successful, repeat founders who become LPs in funds and/or invest on the side (even on a side fund), or investors who branch out on their own to start their own franchises.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. But how do you do that? .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa. Why aren’t female founders getting a bigger piece of the pie? Fara Ashiru Jituboh , co-founder and CEO, Okra.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

The board of directors includes several senior semiconductor industry executives including Dan Charash who led Provigent to a $360M exit. They will be joined by Krishna Motukuri, Co-Founder of Zippin. Perception Point powers new security from Acronis. WayUp partners with AMS to boost diverse recruitment. More than 1,200 high-tech jobs.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. This did not happen by magic. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 11, 2016

Their advisory board includes a director from Airbnb, the CEO of Mountain Equipment Coop, and EO speaker Cameron Herold. Remedia BVBA uses technology to push people to meet each other, manage your team on the go and promote your services using location-based advertising. ShareShed is an Airbnb for outdoor adventure equipment. El Salvador.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance. Other times she comes back with even more conviction about the founders, market or products. Other times she comes back with even more conviction about the founders, market or products. conviction > consensus. Respect > Love. This drives me nuts.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. Vidit is co-founder and CEO of Meesho. Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. They were in the Summer 2016 batch of YC and you can check them out at Meesho.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Howard Lindzon weighed in with his comments : “As a CEO of a venture backed business myself and founder of many others, I would add one thing… Thick Skin. And I’d add to the world of “lists of three&# the old adage that many VCs quote about boards having only three roles: Raising money. Selling the company.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I call the last working week in December Board Week because it’s packed with board meetings. These board meetings are often the most important of the year. I’ve assembled a checklist below of top 5 things I’ve seen founders do in and around the end of the year that position their companies for success in the next year.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. And thankfully I had the support of my peers. It’s 25 minutes and it’s both a pleasure to watch and is super insightful. We as an industry have seen this. ” And we did.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Read how she evaluates startups — both technically and culturally — and some useful tips she used along the way. If you’re considering new opportunities, join YC’s Work at a Startup to connect directly with founders and find your next engineering role. So I asked if I could shadow an engineer for a day.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. I’m Travis Bryant. Excited to be back emceeing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I have been evangelizing to founders for years to be more thoughtful about how startups update investors and run board meetings so I would be pretty hypocritical if I wasn’t willing to try and be more effective myself. So I decided to change up our format a bit. I had a few objectives in mind. So we planned a Technology Summit.

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