Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours.

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Gust

JUNE 8, 2014

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams that I have observed, and every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Every business needs to track fundamental financial information, but the data typically lives in a variety of silos making it a constant challenge to understand a company’s overall financial health. DataJoy , an early stage startup, wants to solve that issue. “I spend my life in the board meetings.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

What does it say when we tell them their ideas and dreams are unworthy because they don’t fit into some narrow model of a startup founder? Develop program-specific advisory boards from under-represented backgrounds. Board commitments to DEI. It’s not an afterthought. Team communication. New management structure.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

About 87% of candidates on its platform disclose their demographic information (which it says is 7x the industry standard), according to the startup. It’s not about getting someone’s gender or ethnicity based off of their name, or to inform the hiring decision without candidates knowing,” Herman told TechCrunch. “It’s

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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. Detailed, five-quarter view.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The biggest challenge for a startup founder is knowing where to focus. Unlike a mentor who may counsel you sporadically and serve as an informal sounding board as you advance throughout your career, the advisor or coach relationship is a structured, compensated engagement. Your team is lean, the margin of error narrow.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

I’m considering either having my startup sponsor me for an O-1A visa or self-petitioning an EB-1A green card. Savvy Startup Founder. Keep in mind that if you pursue an O-1A visa, you will need to show that your startup and you have an employer-employee relationship, or you will need an agent to file on your behalf.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

This way, Brelyon only saw the syndicate as a single investor and did not have multiple small investors showing up on the cap table , which is not desirable for a startup seeking funding in later rounds. This made him feel that the fundraising process through Propel(x) was both streamlined and transparent.*

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If this describes you — or someone you know — please use the form to share a link to their professional profile and their contact information before March 4, 2022. As part of an ongoing series of interviews with transportation startup founders, ??Rebecca Zendesk’s board of directors is a confident, secure group of individuals.

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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). Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. David Jegen has experienced 11 different acquisitions from multiple perspectives — as a founder, an investor and a board member.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

After all the effort into the user interface, we really need to weigh the price point, especially as we promised the board to launch next month! They’re taking place right now somewhere in the startup and corporate worlds, in small companies and large, from the Bay area to Boston, Berlin, Barcelona, and beyond! That is great stuff!”

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The campus provides an apt environment where SMEs and startups can exchange information with high-tech research institutes and large global companies. This hub aims to merge different industrial sectors, mostly within information and communications technology, to create new business opportunities and foster the growth of startups. .”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Whether it’s done informally via a Reddit AMA or a Twitter Space, it’s never a bad idea to interact with people who use your products and services. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

For black investors and founders, these sessions are a goldmine of information, offering insights into the latest trends, strategies for successful investing, and guidance on navigating the complexities of the startup ecosystem.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Knowing the differences between regulations in different areas can inform what the optimal locations are for maximum business viability. It revolves around steering clear of the allure of feature-centric thinking when validating a startup idea. However, the startup landscape demands a more holistic approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. I came from a board meeting to here. I can sit on probably eight or nine boards at a time. Which is just amazing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

They are founders that are not only building very interesting companies but have taken a forward approach toward making noise on social media. We want to dive into how being a public person can help founders build a future public company. This is a panel that will be not only informative but also lots of fun.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

I still think cities will be the most prominent location for startups as (1) Big business is not rural, and startup founders typically come from banks, consultancies, corporations, etc. Brilliant and ambitious founder teams. What are you looking for in your next investment, in general?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

What we’re doing at Meebo is trying to socially enable websites by allowing them to immediately get not only the social graph information but to do useful stuff with it. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. Seth likes to get together with board members every 30 days.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

What you want when you're taking on these kinds of risks is trust--trust that you're dealing with a team that is eyes wide open on the changing environment and trust that they'll make informed decisions on where to push limits and where to back off. I met Edward and Brian from SeedCX last July.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. As an active board member across several companies, I often advise against acquisitions that require additional investments to actualize value. A second non-traditional way to enter the M&A stream is through strategic board enhancements.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

For early-stage startups looking to hire new talent, it’s not enough to make one-off decisions about pay as each new employee comes on board. I would say that the fidelity of information that we’re most focused on is actually how your compensation is constructed, or what we call total rewards,” Mavram said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Lessons for raising $10M without giving up a board seat. raised $10 million “using a more incremental approach,” writes co-founder Henry Shapiro. Lessons for raising $10M without giving up a board seat. Legal tech startup Juro raised a $23 million Series B earlier this year to scale its web-based contract negotiation platform.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. Here are a few examples: Read more. June 10th, 2012.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. Guess that’s why I’m a journalist and not a startup founder! Additionally, when looking across the board at the top MSAs, major institutional investors have seen a near 50% jump in renewal rent growth. Greenlight Infinity, priced at $14.98

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Looking back at the burst of the first internet bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, Chaddha notes that we can expect roiling public markets and “geopolitical challenges” to inform the size of seed and Series A rounds. Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Over timer founders and sales teams who adopt this mindful approach can turn customers into assets, says Khan. Good relationships with executive buyers can help shape your company as it grows, ultimately serving as an unofficial advisory board of the top leaders and experts within your customer base.” Walter Thompson.

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“A startup founder’s primary job is to raise money so that you don’t run out,” Ramaswamy added. This means that a news or information website that you visit won’t be able to send your data to any third party for profiling or personalized ads. Neeva preventing web trackers. Image Credits: Neeva.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

“We quickly realized that they shared a common pain point — startup funding is costly and distracting. Even in a zero interest rate environment, dilution is extraordinarily expensive for startup founders. Arc is building the digitally native Silicon Valley Bank for SaaS startups,” Currier said.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 27, 2013

The valley and startup-land does not fetishize failure despite the increasing reports to the contrary. FailCon is not the Darwin Awards for startups. Founders do not start businesses with the express interest to fail. Founders create huge information dissemination groups in person and through blogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

“My desire for this “Opposing Views Reader” is related to my concern about information cascades. And that has had me thinking about the tech sector and how dismissive both startup teams & VCs can be about both their competition and the “hot” companies in any sector. How about “agree” and “disagree” buttons?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

And trust me when I tell you that 90%+ of the people can’t wake up every day with the uncertainties and insecurities that startup founders face. Most employees want cruising altitude, most founders live in take off mode. Dilution / valuation. It is not out of a desire to hide things or be deceptive.

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