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. Rather than tapping traditional VC funding, emerging venture stage companies went public at early stage (e.g. Remember Me.

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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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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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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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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: Adam DuVander, EveryDeveloper.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

So, where does this put you — the startup founder, entrepreneur or company executive? It’s a great time to be a founder. If you’re committed to building an enduring company and you want to, as Steve Jobs put it, “make a dent in the universe,” then this is the best time ever to be a founder.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Before starting his VC firm, Tusk was instrumental in Uber and Bird’s early days, helping the two companies bring their services to new markets in slash-and-burn style. As Tusk puts it during the event, he seldom hears startup founders like Vandenberg and Dibbs’ proactive approach to regulations.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

I stopped thinking about my idea for a year after a friend from the recruitment space showed me on AngelList how many VC-backed founders graduated from Stanford or Harvard. PS: Rather than just telling people your idea, build a pitch deck (more on that under point 5 below). (2) Because I listened too much to friendly criticism.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

I recently wrote a post about how to manage relationships when you’re at a startup or are busy executive. It was based on an excellent book I had just read by Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor (his wife). I had images in my brain of all of the stresses I had placed on my wife in the heyday of my startups. You need couple time.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

While several marketplace unicorns prepare IPOs, a VC digs into the data (EC). Alex Wilhelm hears from one startup founder who has taken a bit of an alternative approach to building a SaaS company. Wish wants to be the Amazon for the rest of us; will retail investors buy it? Airbnb said to price IPO between $67 and $68.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

I just read Jay Shetty’s book and he tells people to be like salt, ‘Salt is so humble that when something goes wrong, it takes the blame, and when everything goes right, it doesn’t take credit.’ 2) I wish I had better understood the VC model and incentive structure when fundraising. Don’t beat yourself up about them.

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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. We invest in companies all over the world.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

Exploring Shaun Gold’s Entrepreneurial Journey as Nightlife Ninja, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, and VC I had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Gold. He is a successful entrepreneur, VC, 2x best-selling author, speaker, super connector to startups and standouts, Jeopardy contestant, and screenwriter/executive producer.

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Gust

MARCH 14, 2023

Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The biggest complaint I hear from fellow investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. 45:45 – After Meesho, what’s the most exciting startup in India? 47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? 48:35 – What’s a startup idea he’d be working on if Meesho didn’t happen? I think this is the best way to learn.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Skoll Foundation.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014.

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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. Register for TechCrunch Live with Front and Okta.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Some light reading for the new year : Anna and Alex collected them and now share some of the books startup founders and venture capitalists could not put down this year. Startups and VC. Happy reading! Image Credits: anisah priyadi (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. 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 call it, “Remind me why I love you again?”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. If you want to be the marketing person or you want to be perceived as a businessperson or a VC or technical person or whatever you want to be perceived, people will always define you. ” I was like, “I don’t know, I want to be a VC.”

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. Koh urges startup founders to “put on their big person pants and git gud at it”, emphasising the need for them to showcase their abilities and dedication to their business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Connie Loizos, TechCrunch’s Silicon Valley editor, has the story , including where XYZ is looking for startups outside of the once-secretive public company’s staff. This VC introduced Palantir’s first business hire to its earliest engineer, then his business took off. Startup valuations have recovered from summer lows.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC , with Mayfield. Famously Overlooked: How Underestimated Founders Survive and Thrive in a Competitive Market , with Capital Connect by J.P. How Banks and Fintech Startups Can Effectively Co-Thrive , with Wells Fargo. .: Startup Battlefield 200 Sneak Peek.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

This morning , Alex Wilhelm examined Q4 VC totals for Europe, which had its lowest deal count since Q1 2019, despite a record $14.3 Asia’s VC industry, which saw $25.2 That’s 2020 VC around the world in a nutshell.” ” How VCs invested in Asia and Europe in 2020. billion in investments. Free in Fremont.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Remember to book your tickets to the show today before prices go up $1,100. . Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is the largest and one of the best-known funding sources for web3 startups. Serena Williams is the greatest to ever play the game of tennis, and she’s already made a name for herself as a VC in the tech world.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

On to the headlines from TechCrunch and Extra Crunch: If you didn’t make $1B this week, you are not doing VC right (EC). The VC and founder winners in Airbnb’s IPO (EC). Against all odds: The sheer force of immigrant startup founders. S16 Angel Fund launches a community of founders to invest in other founders.

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