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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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Koh emphasises the importance of founders taking an active role in the fundraising process. Another common mistake founders make when raising capital is mishandling equity.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 1, 2023

Customers can conveniently book fitness, beauty, and salon services. Announcing the decision by the judges at the competition, Blue Startups founder and Managing Director Chenoa Farnsworth said, “We’re delighted to announce Sleek’s ‘Hifive’ as this year’s EMW pitch competition winner.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Today’s guest is Hasan Kubba, he’s the author of the bestselling business book, The Unfair Advantage. It won The Business Book of the year at The Business Book Awards 2021 and is co-authored by former JustEat Marketing Director, Ash Ali. He now coaches several prominent massive online creators and startup founders.

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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

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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?” That wasn’t you.

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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

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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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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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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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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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. Learn more and apply for the program.

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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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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Entrepreneurs often grapple with the viability of their new business ideas, and to shed light on this crucial step, we’ve gathered twenty-one insights from Founders and CEOs. Go to websites like Amazon for physical products and books, which are great for almost any niche. What do they like, and what do they wish was better?

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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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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

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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Politician turned venture capitalist Bradley Tusk recently spoke at a TechCrunch Live event on how startups should approach regulation. Dibbs CEO and co-founder Evan Vandenberg joined Tusk in the conversation. ” Tusk advises startups to answer the following questions when launching into a regulated market.

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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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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

About My First 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. So the first startup was technology that could apply software updates without rebooting. Oh, nothing.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money? What are the top 3 questions that you always ask the founders? For early-stage startup founders, I think the team and especially the CEO is very important. What are the top three books, movies (TV series), or podcast episodes that changed your life and why?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching. TechCrunch Live helps founders build better venture-backed businesses. What questions did the founders answer that made the VCs want to learn more?

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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. Many teams at startup businesses see Amazon as a competitor since it has such a tremendous presence in the marketplace. However, brilliance is not enough for success.

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