Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I’ve heard every argument in the book about why you can’t cut office space, headcount or Kind bars. We have an entire generation of startup founders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005. “Our company morale will go down!”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I see way too many startup founders who don’t have experience in selling and probably don’t feel that comfortable going to customers and asking for orders. This is probably because many founders are product or technology people. I often hear early stage founders telling me about their initial sales successes.

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Gust

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I found a book on this subject, “ The 4 Disciplines of Execution ,” by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling, which seems to talk well to startups as well as the corporate world it was written for. The team needs to see the process practiced by the startup founder, as well as preached regularly.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We hear startups pitch everyday and far too often founders end up joining the meeting late. You know that old saying - if a founder pitches an investor and no one is able to hear the pitch, did the pitch actually happen? Investors don’t want to hear pitches from founders who look like they’re in the witness protection program.”

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I booked several high-profile meetings in advance. I turned around and there was StockTwits founder (and my favorite Tweeter) Howard Lindzon. And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. Most founders I speak to agree that the startup journey is generally discouraging, overrun with unsolvable challenges and many many mistakes. Chang Kim (CK) , Tapas  — Founders need to keep practicing compartmentalizing their brain. my friend asked.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. I like his approach, and have extracted some tips from his book and other sources on how to do it: Use a virtual office. If you do, there probably won’t ever be a long run!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. When it comes to fast-moving technology, mobility zooms ahead of the pack — both literally and figuratively.

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Gust

JANUARY 19, 2014

A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. These include the following: Networking with people who know. I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Raising funding is no easy feat, especially for first-time founders. Yet founders often trip up when it comes to investor relations — the ongoing communication and relationship building after that first check clears. Being aware of this bias can help founders take a balanced perspective. However, not all money is created equal.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

And so, generally, the people who invested in tech companies — the traditional venture investors — could tap their extended talent networks and apply their knowledge to bring talented people into startups, or at least coach the founders on how to select the right talent to scale and grow. It’s a great time to be a founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I shifted my thinking a few years ago after I read Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Workweek (link is to a short summary I wrote). I try to take time out of my week to occasionally meet with startup founders – even those that haven’t been introduced. Is that OK? I think so. [I Most people are reactive to email.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Money to build the business is the number one challenge for most startups. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. June 19th, 2012.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Well obviously that’s meaningless if your startup idea sucks. I don’t think it takes book smart people to build great companies – sometimes it’s a hindrance. On Street Smarts / Working with customers: I had coffee with another startup founder yesterday. Really nice guy and clearly smart.

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Gust

MAY 28, 2012

Business success begins in the mind of the startup founder and his team. A winning startup is a team of entrepreneurs who build and run the business as an extension of who they are, rather than some extrapolation of the Google or Facebook model. It’s not so easy to fake the important attributes when the going gets rough.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 22, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing DC Palter, startup founder, angel investor, author, and self-described sake snob. DC founded two successful startups in the enterprise IT space, then transitioned to investing in and mentoring startups focusing on energy sustainability. That’s really the secret sauce.

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Dream It

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Most VC investors see hundreds, if not thousands, of startup decks and pitches each year. In this article, we’ll outline Managing Partner Steve Barsh’s top 5 things investors wish startup founders knew when reaching out, sending a deck, or pitching a VC. What’s Your Problem? What Are Your Projections?

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

The universal challenge of every startup founder is to get everything done that needs to get done, and still have a life. Stever Robbins, known on the Internet as the Get-It-Done Guy, outlines his strategies in his classic book “ 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More.” To Do List Chalkboard by Mufidah Kassalias, on Flickr.

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Gust

APRIL 6, 2014

Let me assure you that it is also alive and well within startups. I see startup founders and managers who are stalled transplants from large organizations, as well as highly-capable technologists trying to start and run a business for the first time. You can still be the founder, and bring in a CEO to run the business.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

With so much competition, startup founders and existing corporations can no longer survive by just adding new features or marketing product extensions. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money? What are the top 3 questions that you always ask the founders?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

” Within the past year or so : Part of the problem for founders is that a lot of sample decks out there are 10 to 15 years old. That’s cool and all, but a lot shifts in startup land in a year, never mind a decade. ” Our goal is to build up a database of sample decks that startup founders can review and learn from.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

In co-authoring Beyond Product , I set out to help founders with exactly this challenge. In the book, I brought in 50 business leaders to advise you on how to grow your business from your basic idea through to your eventual exit and summarized it into a step-by-step framework. Take a deep breath, and some useful advice.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 9, 2023

Ahead of the book they also released a set of videos explaining some of the concepts. If startup founders refuse to kill a bad idea, they eventually run out of money. Strategizer is likely one of the top innovation consultants out there. A few pearls of wisdom How good are you at killing ideas?

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

For Airbnb, that may be the number of nights booked; for Spotify, minutes listened to. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups. Moufarek shares her advice for startups and explains why there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to marketing. Marketer: Illia Termeno , founder of Extrabrains.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

If you haven’t already, book your pass soon as we’re quickly approaching capacity. For the last 20 years, Ajay’s worked with early-stage founders to build companies from seed to unicorn such as SendGrid, Clari, Gainsight, FourKites, 6sense, and Bloomreach. For the uninitiated, TC Early Stage is our annual founder summit.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to Mike Asem , a partner at the Midwest-focused M25 venture capital shop, the new terms help Y Combinator, but come with “tradeoffs” for the group and founders themselves. Naturally, Asem is talking his own book, but the fact that investors across the globe are less than enthused by the change is worth considering.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

Ash Ali, my friend, and investment partner was talking about a huge 3-day international startup summit in Dubai, where he was going to be flown in as a speaker and mentor to thousands of tech startup founders in attendance from all over the world. Start with who, not what I thought book deals were for academics and celebrities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We gift each other a lot of books each year. It’s a good practice, as having more books makes you a more handsome individual, and buying books helps support the arts. Or at least quasi-vanity business book publishers. Naturally, you’ll find a good number of business books below.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

When you’re head-down and nose to the grindstone — I’m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders — it’s easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity. Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kim emphasizes that while all investments are focused on short-term financial performance, founders must concentrate on their long-term business strategy to increase valuation. However, founders must focus on creating a business that continually generates sales and profits. In the whirlwind of his professional life.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 18, 2018

High Growth Handbook shines as a straightforward manual for startup founders. There are a few passages from the book that struck me. ’…It spread quite quickly through the organization…I think founders should write a guide to working with them.” It’s an almanac for anyone starting a company.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

Register Startup founders wanting to pitch to investors to raise money should not get into the “sell now” part of the conversation immediately but must instead lay the groundwork first, according to James Walker, Associate Counsel and Investor at Draper Associates. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Like many startup founders, Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of autonomous sidewalk robot maker Cartken, was raised by entrepreneurs. Stelman and Bersch worked on Bookbot, a sidewalk delivery robot that would deliver books from libraries.

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