Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2023

Increased data collection: Online events offer greater opportunities for data collection , including attendee demographics, behavior, and preferences. This data can be used to improve future events and marketing efforts. Sell special networking opportunities. Sell online event tickets. Sell online event exhibitor booths.

B2B marketing 86

B2B marketing data collection mix-use strategy 86

StartupNation

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Most companies leverage these organic channels anyway, so adding reciprocity to the mix takes minimal effort. In terms of reciprocity, making the most of your company’s content means creating a network around it. As long as they’re not used excessively, there’s nothing sketchy about reciprocal links. Content and link building.

strategy 83

strategy collaboration media startup 83

Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

I chose to come back to Orlando because I found it most rewarding in terms of personality fit, diversity, and growth opportunities. We foster an open and inclusive environment and we want to hear about new business ideas and ways in which we can grow as a community. Florida is the gateway to space for us! Yes, absolutely.

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advice culture communities startup ecosystem 100

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

He also advised the Obama White House on digital strategy and communications, Slack, and created two other communications consultancies. All background that makes his latest bet all the more interesting: Mixing Board , a startup to bring together communications and marketing leaders in one spot to help clients avoid “the BS PR stuff.”.

networking 74

networking mix-use peer-to-peer mentorship 74

StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue. Use this story, and the many others out there, to inspire you to build an engaged and active community of your own. Increase organic traffic using Pinterest. Using apps like Vyper.ai

peer-to-peer 143

peer-to-peer creativity collaboration mix-use 143

Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. When I joined the ‘Hub Network’ back in January 2011, I had no idea I’d still be here 10 years later, but I knew it was the right place for me to be! Here’s her story.

leadership 69

leadership networking communities support 69

StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Some corporations provide grants, as well as organizations focused on funding specific communities. SBA Local Assistance : Provides you with a list of local Small Business Development Centers that you can contact to find grant opportunities. Goldenseeds.com/angel-network. Corporate Small Business Grants. Consider crowdfunding.

real estate 91

real estate startup peer-to-peer accelerator 91

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 27, 2023

The program helps entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success, discuss business models and financials with experts, expand their network, engage with other entrepreneurs, and develop a pitch deck for funding opportunities. Ammonia will be used to produce fertilizer, the main resource for plant growth.

mix-use 52

mix-use energy construction pitching 52

TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

VC 81

VC frameworks mix-use pitching 81

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

From 1,300 applicants, the company picked its first cohort to start building opportunities with the startups. “These companies represent the top of the diverse pool of innovative ideas and companies who applied to our Mission for the Future challenge to address the challenges facing our community.

energy 88

energy health micromobility innovation 88

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The challenges are more business challenges and design challenges--so schools need to rethink how they interact with innovation communities if it's not going to only be through commercialization: Recognize that creating a founder should be a secondary goal. That means making it easier for meetups and innovation conferences to use your spaces.

innovation 296

innovation entrepreneurship incubation education 296

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. Note that we did not write the descriptions below.

health 74

health hospitality startup networking 74

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

When I was in college, at Fordham''s scenic Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, I deeply rooted into my community. Being intensely involved in community life there made the campus seem small and familiar. It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. If we had 15 people with us, it was a lot.

communities 290

communities mix-use venture capital networking 290

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. Reader beware.). Open Government.

innovation 292

innovation technology peer-to-peer communities 292

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Execs from the two startups say the combined company will have processed over $5 billion in payments and built a network of over 500,000 connected businesses by creating B2B DeFi payment networks in both the U.S. Fintechs like Paystand + Yaydoo have a huge opportunity to build next-gen payments tech infrastructure from the ground up.”.

real estate 106

real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

But Martin says the proof is in the pudding: thousands of hybrid and remote teams use Kumospace today, some for more than five hours per day. We’ve built three businesses together, all focused on using technology to connect people — Sonar , Switch , and Kumospace. Supporting evidence is mixed.

collaboration 81

collaboration mix-use coworking culture 81

Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

I’m here to talk about challenger brands and how they continue to grow, outpace competitors and build growth via the entrepreneurial spirit in all of us. I chose to write this article because I want to spotlight the opportunities created by the COVID pandemic. DYK that I consider Jeff Mard a Challenger Brand? Well, now you do.]

communities 59

communities mix-use sustainability support 59

Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

At Impact Hub we are a community and space, offering opportunities for investment, training, networking and providing solutions for innovation and sustainability within the entrepreneurial sector. After the application phase is over, 45 start-ups have the opportunity to participate in a 1-month training course.

pitching 36

pitching mix-use innovation opportunity 36

TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The Czech Republic may be better known for beer, hockey and the sights of Prague, but its entrepreneurial community is as ambitious as any. Still, new opportunities are popping up in remote work, psychedelics and wellness. Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. Innovative. Huge potential.

opportunity 108

opportunity mix-use advice startup ecosystem 108

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). As Adam Sandler would say, “ not too shabby.”

entrepreneurs 376

entrepreneurs creativity technology capital 376

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The report , by the not-for-profit community interest company Extend Ventures , looked at how VC has been invested in the U.K. s Black and multi-ethnic communities, meanwhile, now comprise 14% of the U.K. The finding of baked-in bias holds true across all funding stages, per the findings. population. In the U.K.,

founder 113

founder investing investment VC 113

Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We’re meeting them to bring them into our network and be there as a resource to help them further their careers. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. We’re not necessarily interviewing them for a specific role in the portfolio.

energy 96

energy entrepreneurs leadership advice 96

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 22, 2010

She occasionally, and then more frequently, mixed in incredibly thoughtful economic analysis, quickly becoming a must read. A former DJ in her spare time, she even treated me to a lifestream mix right off her laptop, but still, no clue as to anything about her identity. The only issue was, I had no idea who she was—no one does.

mix-use 240

mix-use venture capital collaboration opportunity 240

Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

They can accrue huge value by reducing friction and aggregating supply and demand — particularly because they have the ability to build network effects and economies of scale. There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace.

incumbents 70

incumbents transportation networking mix-use 70

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

On an app advertised to "meet inspiring people" for meaningful networking, someone tells this black founder, whose last name is "Youngblood" that is name is inappropriate. However, if you don't want to evaluate your inbound deal opportunities, that's the job, my friend. Your network never signed up to do your outsourced job for you.

VC 251

VC pitching peer-to-peer founder 251

TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

Terms of the deal are undisclosed but it involves a mix of equity and cash. As you can see, a lot of large-sized companies have used Malt at some point. In addition to developers, Malt now also offers opportunities for marketing and communications professionals, graphic designers and more.

consulting 101

consulting mix-use opportunity communities 101

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

networking 318

networking mix-use innovation development 318

David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

founder 74

founder investing investment venture capital 74

Impact Hub

APRIL 21, 2020

The Impact Hub network brings together like-minded social entrepreneurs, innovators, partners, and industry professionals who are passionate about creating lasting change in places and for people who are the most in need. We could do worse than approach it with a mix of humanity, humility, and experimentation. .

collaboration 36

collaboration innovation mix-use board 36

Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2019

Our members are working side by side in one of our 100 Impact Hubs around the world, connecting digitally through our global Community App, or using their Impact Hub Passport, which gives members the possibility to work and meet three days per year at any Impact Hub. Here are a few examples: 1. DOPPER Changemaker Challenge.

collaboration 51

collaboration networking mix-use innovation 51

HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. Just as the $2.4B

entrepreneurship 91

entrepreneurship entrepreneurial ecosystem mentorship education 91

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

“My sister, who had been working at the United Nations, noticed that ethnic groups in Honduras were particularly disadvantaged, many with limited access to economic opportunities,” Rafael says. The Malengu name, an amalgamation of Maya, Lenca and Garífuna, harkens back to some of the country’s largest indigenous communities.

culture 190

culture mix-use creativity entrepreneurship 190

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others have incorporated significantly stronger online components in order to help communities maintain more social distancing. Everywhere else, Brainly is currently free to use. (In In the U.S.

peer-to-peer 112

peer-to-peer education mix-use communities 112

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For this survey, TechCrunch spoke to a number of investors about the area’s potential, opportunities and key players. They see a huge opportunity for the region to become a major startup hub by utilizing its diverse workforce and wonderful quality of life. In this survey, these investors agree on several aspects of Miami.

startup 90

startup startup ecosystem real estate venture capital 90

Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

In this post, we’ll walk through Faire’s opportunity as a B2B marketplace for independent retailers and brands. A study conducted by Harvard Business School points to three key factors contributing to the growth in independent retail: (1) community, (2) curation, and (3) convening 6.

accelerator 90

accelerator enablement mix-use communities 90

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2011

One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. I thought it was going to be easy to find two developers, given that I had a pretty large network.

startup 292

startup mix-use frameworks development 292

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 worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

startup 70

startup incubation accelerator innovation 70