StartupNation

JULY 11, 2025

The solo founder who raised $2 million in two weeks. 10 Questions a Seasoned Business Angel Asks Startup Founders Room to Grow Beyond the Current Results Investors aren’t only interested in what your business is today. If growth depends entirely on the founder working 70-hour weeks forever, that’s a weak case.

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StartupNation

MAY 26, 2025

In 1997, Robert Pasin, the grandson of Radio Flyer founder Antonio Pasin, became company CEO. Robert brought out a ­couple of very large corkboards covered with documents describing ­every aspect of the employee experience that Radio Flyer practices. How ­were new employees greeted when they showed up for their first day on the job?

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Create a single document outlining your brand in vivid detail, then design training to educate all new hires, and implement performance metrics based on brand values. It’s what comes after because that is the essence of your brand, according to Gerry O’Brion in his new book, They Buy Your Because. How can you do this?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Joe Hellerstein is co-founder and chief strategy officer of Trifacta and the Jim Gray Chair of Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Everybody was talking about the accessibility of masses of digital information in the form of “documents” — human-generated content intended for human consumption. Joe Hellerstein. Contributor.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A download link is sent to you automatically by Gust once you create your profile, and the book is exactly what it says. I am continually surprised at founders who spend ten minutes throwing up a barebones profile and are dismayed that money doesn’t start flowing in.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The startup has just closed a $10 million Series A to continue building out its workplace management SaaS for landlords and office managers — which offers features like resource scheduling (booking meeting rooms etc.), employee/co-working space member engagement, and financial management tools through web and mobile applications.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For example, Maestro ’s founders partnered with PEVCtech to organize a dinner strictly for Partner/Principals of PE/VC firms. Jordan Hauer, Co-founder and CEO, Amass Insights , suggested, “Act as an external company scout for free and feed some dealflow to funds. Organize a roundtable or dinner strictly focused on your target market.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Founder Christina York created the tech to work as augmented reality for published books but quickly pivoted into health care when she found the technology could be readily used as pediatric patient distraction during medical procedures. The company was founded by Jamie Begin, founder of the AWS Michigan User Group. FreightRoll.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

At a product lab called Adept that emerged from stealth today with $65 million in funding, they are — in the founders’ words — “build[ing] general intelligence that enables humans and computers to work together creatively to solve problems.” ” It’s lofty stuff.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Greg Satell was interviewed on the You Are Not So Smart podcast (excellent, highly recommended) about his book Cascades. Its the Network, Stupid For me the author did a great job of expanding on an idea I first learned from Seth Godin’s book Idea Virus , more than 20 years ago: it is all about the network.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

“The rule is very confusing and strange,” said a fintech founder on condition of anonymity to avoid upsetting RBI officials. ” the founder added. India’s credit bureau data book is thin, making most individuals in the South Asian market unworthy of credit.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Most of the investors prefer recommendations from their partners or the founders of startups they’ve already invested in. Read books, talk to consultants, and learn as much as you can about the term sheet before you go for fundraising and signing such documents. Try to contact them first. And even if you do rely on email.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Jerry DiMaso , CEO and co-founder, Knarr Analytics . “In Steve Houle , inventor and founder, Parkit360 . Siddharth Sinha , founder, Dresma . “It Chen Raizman , co-founder and CEO, The ActiveSeat Co. “A Lesley Pyle , founder, HireMyMom. Rish Sharma , CEO and founder, Mallama . “Be Be transparent.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. This post summarizes the parts of his book that deal with U.S. Legendary Silicon Valley firm Sutter Hill Ventures was created through two SBICs started by its founders William Draper III and Paul Wythes.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. Zakhar Ivanisov , Founder and General Manager, Soul & Lane Ensure Profitability from Day One Always be profitable from day one.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Almost half of all Americans play mobile games, so Alex reviewed Jam City’s investor deck, a transcript of the investor presentation call and a press release to see how it stacks up against Zynga, which “has done great in recent quarters, including posting record revenue and bookings in the first three months of 2021.”

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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. After having read Elad Gil’s book, I understand why. In fact, one of the defining chapters in that book was her user instructions for her as a manager.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

This includes tasks like responding to an email quickly, sending a short message, or making a minor change to a document. " Johannes Larsson , Founder and CEO, JohannesLarsson.com 3. For example, when setting up a new client's books, I set the timer for an hour, so that I can stay productive until it goes off.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. VersatileVC offers an Entrepreneur in Residence program for founders seeking to launch a company that fits the firm’s investment criteria. . Further Reading.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While experienced entrepreneurs have largely moved beyond the Lean Startup methodology, first-time founders still use it as their primary playbook. Those new founders are then extremely frustrated when that methodology doesn't actually help them build a successful company. years, and from 0 to 500 employees.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

s Founder and CEO, D.K. So, he took inspiration from his favorite science fiction book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy’ and in 2015 founded the deep-semantic QA (Question-Answering) platform, which understands a user’s real intention in a question and derives a single answer from an extensive unstructured data.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

I’ve listened to hundreds of podcasts, read project documentation, studied the economics, written crypto profiles, and spent way too much time on Twitter. You can also follow the co-founders Ryan Sean Adams ( @RyanSAdams ) & David Hoffman ( @TrustlessState ). Maybe crypto is new for you?—?it it was for me a year ago. and loudest?—?voices

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

“Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? Founders will continue to take the “growth at all options” path that leads to privacy & trust creep at places like Quora. We sold the company when we hit $36 million in bookings and $16 million in SaaS GAAP revenue. Growth, again. million and then $5.9

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A Memphis, Tennessee, company called UpSquad certainly had near-universal appeal in mind as its founders explored how to reduce common struggles faced by businesspeople. One possibility is to let all parties involved sign contracts and other official documents with digital signatures. Look for opportunities to spotlight your efforts.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:00:40] – Matt Hackett, who is Casey Neistat’s co-founder. ” C++ is not a great first language to learn, especially if it’s just from a book. Craig Cannon [00:20:17] – I’m not much a fan for business books, but there’s one called The E-Myth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. The book lays out a road map for leading transformation to a truly agile enterprise. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. . Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

“In general, there is no single workflow,” says co-founder and CMO Maurice Khudhir. StudySmarter co-founders, from left to right, back: Christian Felgenhauer (co-founder & CEO), Till Söhlemann (co-founder); front: Maurice Khudir (co-founder & CMO), Simon Hohentanner (COO & co-founder).

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. June 19th, 2012.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This is a key principle from Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great. Once the new processes were in place, we documented everything, so we could make continuous improvements and scale once the business model began to work. Before, we didn’t have anything documented. Everything was ad hoc.). He is also an EO Nashville member. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

This round, a Series B, also had angel investors, such as the two co-founders of Kahoot, Jamie Brooker and Johan Brand, by way of their We Are Human fund; as well as backing from “strategic” publishers. “A model like ours not only prevents piracy, but it reduces the need for second-hand books,” he said.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you think a documented style guide sounds not-so-essential, I don't blame you. With a small team size, it's easy to work without tons of documentation. The former needs thorough documentation and effective document templates. The latter needs a breathing document that's frequently updated.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

They also can customize the benefits and adjust the premium to suit them, get their policy documents and access claims. Jihan Abbas (Founder & CEO). She illustrates an offering with a bus-booking platform where passengers’ insurance points are calculated on a per-trip basis.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2023

It was a lunch with the Founder where he asked me what I could do. Founder: ”Can you build the backend?” Founder: ”I also need a mobile Android engineer…” Me: “You are in luck, I also do Android apps on the side, I can take that on.” Founder: “We may also want to do Windows Phone.” What else do you need?” I got the job.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tips for Cleaning Up the Books First things first, if you’re not already using accounting software, start now. Start by documenting everything. The more employees that came on, the more I needed to have everything documented. Having a documented exit plan gives you direction. Financial records are the business’s engine.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

However, some founders let their preconceptions of IP concerns hold them back from starting a company,” said Dr. Galym Imanbayev, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners. You never know, the VC who passes on your pitch may recommend you to a founder that’s building a team. “IP is important to us.

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