Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Trevor Ewen , COO, QBench Networking Through Mentorship Startups need all the help they can get—and often, a mentor will introduce a new founder to various contacts to propel them forward.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. Cramster – Acquired by Chegg the leading online book rental company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

In an unprecedented work environment defined by distributed teams and virtual-only communication, two co-founders think their 2018 bet reigns truer than ever: mentors need mentorship, too. Quarterly bookings have increased 3.4 times from Q2 2020, and in the last five months, monthly revenue has doubled.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

We are brainstorming a new solution to a widespread challenge in many countries: how to develop a self-sustaining, independent local tech ecosystem. Irish Executive Mentorship Program. Our proposal: governments systematically support funding for their diaspora founders, not just the local founders. GlobalScot Network. Examples: .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Who is the audience for this book? My hope is that this book will appeal to a broad audience that includes entrepreneurs, policymakers, the business community and all citizens who are passionate about preserving the American dream of starting your own business for future generations. Hall actively supports entrepreneurs and start-ups.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In this journey, I have helped over 25 software companies , with some notable achievements: At Mews.com , as Vice President of Engineering , I guided the company through a Series C funding of $182 million , expanding the team from 40 to over 100 developers in just two years. This program was developed in partnership with the techexecs.cz

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 10, 2017

He’s been previously featured in Octane , writing about the value of mentorship and apps that can make life easier. Being a part of GSEA helped my company hone and develop its existing offering. It’s also critical to constantly develop and challenge your mind. We asked Tom about his experiences and inspirations. .

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

I also took proactive steps to protect myself as a healthcare provider, many of which I learned from the book, Making Nutrition Your Business by Ann Silver and Lisa Stollman. There is much to be said about the benefits of mentorship in medicine , including the ability to learn the “hidden curriculum” of the profession.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

Let’s say your a junior developer, marketer, product manager, biz dev person at a startup or well-established technology company. The best way is to ask somebody you respect to meet and make it clear you’d like a short meeting just to learn and get mentorship. You have to select carefully.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has now published it for everybody in a fantastic new book, “Startup Communities.” Oh, and buy Brad’s book. I can feel it.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 26, 2016

I’ve been reading Robert Greene’s book Mastery. Across many of them, he identifies two common paths to mastery: mentorship and grit. He developed an innovative process to forge the largest bronze statue built in hundreds of years. Most of these mentorship relationships are hidden in the shadows, not often mentioned.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2022

For me, that meant going from copywriter to copywriter/brand strategist/company director/producer/social media manager/admin/designer/web developer/salesperson. The secret is to develop skills that are either adjacent to your primary superpower (in my case, that’s words)?—?or You have to, when you’re running your own business.

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Feedough

JANUARY 6, 2021

With no mentorship or formal studies to support my endeavor, I struggled. There are also several books and YouTube lectures to which you can refer. For example, Danny Kahneman’s books are a great way to learn about his wonderful insights into human psychology and the various heuristics and biases we are susceptible to.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

Merry has inspired millions of people through her books, her seminars and even her own movie! I first met Merry Riana when we were both being nominated for the The Great Women of Our Our Time award sponsored by Singapore Women’s Weekly 2010. Since then, we have become good friends. Our children even attended the same kindergarten!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 3, 2023

A chapter wasn’t just over, a book was being closed. Our client contracts would be sunset, and the entire team would be let go…I would be let go. With that, the business I had spent a decade building, and then sold, would be no more. It took ten years to build the thing (Digital Natives Group, the digital marketing agency I co-founded).

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We take tech experts, teach them the policy process through an in-residence fellowship program in the Bay Area, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Peacetech Accelerator.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Antler and Entrepreneur First both pay people a small stipend (~$2K/month) to iterate on and develop a fundable startup idea, and invest in the most promising ones. Partner with a software development shop. Partner with a software development shop. Versatile VC posts publicly our list of startup ideas we want to fund. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

To fund development of the marketplace, the team has raised around $4 million in total to date — mainly comprised of a $3.6M To fund development of the marketplace, the team has raised around $4 million in total to date — mainly comprised of a $3.6M

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The solution was a combination of that wake-up call, seeking out the right mentorship, and finding the courage to make tough decisions and sacrifices in all areas of my life. She could have just written a standard “how to” business book rather than a memoir. The mistaken belief that I was “fine.” . I was not fine. Sign Me Up!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

For example, Indonesia’s National Islamic Finance Committee is focused on developing Islamic finance and the country’s Islamic economy. Most are in the P2P financing space, and Indonesia is one of the top markets in transaction volume. Islamic fintech startups in Malaysia and Indonesia have the support of government policies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 20, 2020

With a background in mobile development, Daanish learned Python on the job, and even transitioned to a more hybrid product/engineering role. And Gordian helps solve a lot of those problems — it’s a simple and elegant API to help manage flight bookings and ancillaries so much better.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

which they co-developed with Fenwick & West. . As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Flexible VC offers you this. Some players have proposed templates: Earnest Capital Shared Earnings Agreement v1.3.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

which they co-developed with Fenwick & West. . As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Flexible VC offers you this. Some players have proposed templates: Earnest Capital Shared Earnings Agreement v1.3.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? Even if you don’t do well really after that, Vidit Aatrey [10:46] – we will put you in a mentorship program, where we connect you with some top trainers for a month and these guys will tell you how you start a business. A lot of those books are written outside India.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We are brainstorming a new solution to a widespread challenge in many countries: How to develop a self-sustaining, independent local tech ecosystem. A few such organizations include: The African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) was founded in 1994 as a nonprofit organization by Africans living in the U.K.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

I’ve definitely tried to draw out this narrative into a bunch of videos, but the basic story is that a friend of mine, who’s still a really great friend of mine who lives in New York turned me on to, he’s an Android developer, or mobile developer at large now. He’s just doing everything.

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