TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor. Six years later, the pair decided to venture into tech, a relatively nascent industry in Nigeria at the time and began investing in startups via LeadPath , an early-stage firm they launched in Lagos, Nigeria. Some of its biggest clients include OEMs like Oracle.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

You will see in societies, people will just put a board outside of their house and start selling products. You have to go back to the drawing board and understand, why are people calling me, right? Vidit Aatrey [27:50] – Over time they also came on board. People don’t know about it. We were struggling to make money.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Expo Hall & Demo Booths. Head to the expo hall each day to check out early-stage Startup Battlefield 200 exhibitors and sponsor booths. How can you as a startup founder build an A-team without a budget of a large corporation? How Startups Can Survive The Downturn With Financial Planning . Receptions | 8:30 am

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on. A look at 4 IPO updates and 2 late-stage funding rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paul Graham’s assertion that “any startup founder can tell you the most common question they hear from investors is not about the founders or the product, but “who else is investing?&# When I’m in, I’m in. rings true to me. Investors who commit early deserve to have a lower price.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What’s more, you can easily share this collaborative board with your colleagues through a link. If you don’t want anyone to change the board, you can also share a read-only link. Demo of the Perfect Freehand project. To use all these features, you don’t need any account or login. Image Credits: TLDraw.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Besides social media, online forums, discussion boards and message groups are good places to ideate and iterate with like minds. Those are three powerful things that not all startup founders are thinking about, but they really should be. Talk to people; ask for regular, ongoing feedback. Your first 1,000 users are waiting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. In order to get a VC to agree to fund you, you need to get the entire partnership on board. Create scarcity.

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