StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

How might you create a prolific content strategy which resonates with your audience at a higher level? Start by offering something of value for free to your potential audience in exchange for an email address, such as a discount coupon for your products, a free e-book, workbook, or even a free trial period for your service.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The accelerator collected mentors and speakers like Ryan Wyatt, CEO of Polygon Studios, and Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin, co-founder of Axie Infinity , to help guide the cohort. What it does: Decentralized order book for loans. Founders: Daniel Garay, Jesse Brauner. Founders: Oliver Tang, Robin Ji. Stage: Seed round.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

She'll also lend her insights on how female founders can succeed in business. Purposefully and carefully produced, the entire day is maximized for peer to peer networking and expert advice from the experiences of our speakers. An author of four books, two of them best-sellers. His latest book is Celebrity CEO.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 2, 2019

I can say this with a high degree of certainty because I’ve written a number of articles for founders and c-suite executives.). Ghostwriters are best known in the media for penning books for celebrities and politicians. Set your strategy with a ghostwriter. And you’d be right in many cases! What is a ghostwriter?

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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. Cascades explains Greg’s observations on what it takes for innovation of all kinds (political movements, cultural change, startups, re-orgs, etc.) to achieve lasting impact. It doesn’t. This one is emotional.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 18, 2016

By Aidan Fitzpatrick, an EO UK – London member and the founder of Reincubate. There are thousands of books and blogs on the many aspects of building a business, and while it can be tempting to shortcut learning on your own by asking other entrepreneurs what to do, their advice might not always fit.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

So there’s competition aplenty — and, for new founders seeking an ‘in’, that means they face the age-old challenge of standing out in a crowd. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs. to rent the look). to rent the look). Some high street clothes retailers have also got into the rentals game.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 9, 2019

Several times a day, or so it seems, Rachel Michaelov, founder of Empire Tax Professionals, posts on Facebook one of two things. It's awesome to see how Empire Tax Professionals, with Rachel's leadership has grown from a small accounting, book keeping and overall financial company to a larger one and that's thriving.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. Indonesia emerged as the best choice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Kai-Fu Lee’s book, AI Superpowers , provides some of the best history and perspective on the Chinese startup ecosystem I’ve read. There are two ideas in the book that will remain with me. First, the book embraces the idea that machine learning creates monopolies based on data aggregation.

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Feedough

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Visionary leaders plan and define their future strategies well in advance. Michael Stelzner, CEO and founder of a US-based media company, Social Media Examiner, once wrote that the preparedness to experiment with innovative ideas is vital to business growth. Startup leadership is a unique art that not everyone possesses.

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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. Had we waited for an outside bookkeeper to finish doing the books to know where we stood each month, we might not be here today. Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 10, 2017

Tom Charman is a “studentrepreneur,” an EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) finalist in 2016 and co-founder and CEO of KOMPAS , a city exploration application helping people discover amazing but little-known adventures hidden in the world’s urban jungles. In June 2017, you won Visa’s Everywhere Initiative.

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FundersClub

JUNE 8, 2017

" Oohlala focuses on helping students feel connected to their institutions, peers and professors through a user-friendly app that unifies and centralizes university information, events, resources and more in " Montreal tech company Oohlala Mobile tackles college-dropout problem. " Investor Thoughts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. Market Size.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The business is pivoting its product strategy to grow beyond recorded meditations. Walton helped it raise its first millions in venture capital, making her one of the few dozen Black female founders to do so. Her risky pregnancy caused her placenta to burst during childbirth, almost killing her and her son last year.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers. Reference calls. We all have to make them.

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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. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) Expert Networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! My take on his argument is this: 1. ” True.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

She is the co-founder of Brand of a Leader , the personal branding agency for entrepreneurs. I remember walking into the room one morning and fellow attendee Robyn Rosenberger, founder of Tiny Superheroes, said she believed in me and told me to keep going. Entrepreneurship is a blend of many skills.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

of founders would clear their schedules to focus on hiring. I have neither worked at Netflix, nor written for the blog myself. In september 2020, 4,100 respondents in a survey ranked Netflix as the best place to work, over GitHub and Google. That is, in no small part, due to its salaries, its culture, and its brand.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 22, 2019

Josh Cohen, founder of Junk Luggers is doing both and his company is GROWING. Purposefully and carefully produced, the entire day is maximized for peer to peer networking and expert advice from the experiences of our speakers. An author of four books, two of them best-sellers. His latest book is Celebrity CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. Raising money is hard. And when you’re relatively new to the process it’s easy to be confused by the process. There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. Of course much of it is conflicting. Partners make investment decisions. Why buy me?

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:00:40] – Matt Hackett, who is Casey Neistat’s co-founder. 00:00 – Jarvis’ intro. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 1:10 – Being part of the software industry while critiquing it. 3:45 – How he got into programming. 6:10 – Moving to California. Google Play. SoundCloud.

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

More money for the edtech boom: Munich-based StudySmarter , which makes digital tools to help learners of all ages swot up — styling itself as a “lifelong learning platform” — has closed a $15 million Series A. The round is led by sector-focused VC fund Owl Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. The Importance of Twitter.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

Kevin’s a partner at YC and co-founder of Wufoo. Brian’s the CEO and co-founder of HubSpot. I’ll tell you one thing that’s interesting about HubSpot, is both founders are introverted, but one is far more introverted than the other. You can try it out at HubSpot.com. He also runs a public company.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Interestingly, many years later, Square would use other innovative “cash giveaway” strategies to steal market share from Paypal (in addition to copying the give $5, get $5 model ). “As they say in poker, ‘If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.‘” Warren Buffet, 1997. Billions of dollars.

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