TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship. During a downturn, the pitch seems more risky.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 12, 2023

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, we’re running our first YC Summer Conference , a one-day event in Mountain View, CA for undergraduate and graduate students interested in startups. But this event is about more than just learning from founders. Apply to join us! Join us at the YC Summer Conference to learn more!

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

One of the biggest challenges that the startup founders face during the initial stage is the lack of a well-proficient, professional marketing team. A well-rounded marketing team can make or break a startup and that’s why it is essential to hire the very best. The same rule applies to hire the startup marketing team.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 17, 2020

We’re excited to announce that Startup School (SUS) is relaunching today as a continuous program. This change will allow us to serve many more founders than the traditional annual course we’ve been running since 2017 and better support startup founders year-round. Curriculum. Sign up now to get access to these features!

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

To tackle these challenges, Wu shares several strategies that can help e-commerce startups refine their brand marketing and “entrench” existing customers. For sure, social media is a vehicle for driving sales, but community management is the engine. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Now reaching its tenth anniversary, the venture firm has a community of 625,000+ members, many from top universities such as Harvard Business School, Cornell, and others. Having raised $1.3

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups. This is particularly beneficial for black investors and founders looking to enhance their understanding of the angel investing process, from due diligence and valuation to deal structuring.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I recently got connected to Alyssa Hitaka at TopTierStartups.com , a new content site rich with startup related news, tips and interviews with startup founders. I was curious what her startup founders were seeing, in terms of the best marketing strategies they are successfully using today.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It seems like a lot of startups are born from an idea someone had while in college. Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe was a University of Maryland student before dropping out to launch a startup. We’ve all heard success stories about schools like Harvard and Stanford churning out startup founders.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Register Philippines-based Nila Capita l is the country’s inaugural student venture fund, officially launching with new opportunities for Gen Z startup founders. They aim to collaborate with fellow young trailblazers and guide their startups toward success.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later. Being aware of this bias can help founders take a balanced perspective. Investors want to put money into startups primed for growth.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

in 17 startups since 2019. You’re part of a knowledgeable group of investors who work collaboratively to evaluate each startup and its ability to provide valuable, marketable solutions and good returns.” SDAC is about community building as much as portfolio expansion. It’s inclusive, transparent, and welcoming.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2015

That's what you get a lot of times when you ask people about the latest "25 Startups You Should Know About" in name your tech publication. Only, a weird thing happens when you don't put your time into the community--when you don't grab a booth at Techday or Uncubed. Lists are b t. who has actually spent time with them.or

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2022

Register Touchstone Partners announced today that it has led investments in two startups: Credify, which is pioneering embedded finance technologies, and Prep, an edtech company bringing interactive and personalized test preparation to tens of thousands of online learners. Touchstone invested $1 million during the seed fundraising round.

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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. Buy your Startup Exhibitor Package before the deadline hits and save 35 percent. Talk about a rapt audience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

About 30% of its third fund is from global investors including the US, Asia and Europe, and Coral Capital wants to be a bridge between its Japan-based portfolio companies and global venture capital community for reaching international scale, Riney continued. LINE Ventures merges with YJ Capital, launches $271M fund.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder. Yet, the benefits of having a technical co-founder make it all worthwhile. A good co-founder will serve as a powerful force multiplier.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The early stages of building a startup is no cakewalk even during a strong economy — much less during the uncertain one we’re currently living in. Opportunities to expand your network and connect with a supportive community. Don’t let an uncertain economy sideline your startup dreams. Operations: Finding Your Product Market Fit.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

I could spend hours discussing early-stage startup operations and community-based marketing, but deal flow is my blind spot. European and North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. It’s still a great time to be a startup founder.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

It''s embarrassing for us as a tech community. We''re supposed to be startup friendly, but the startups that want to come here and offer life improving services to the community can''t operate freely. That''s why I faceplant when New York City seems to be the toughest place for all of these new services to operate.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

” Peanut argues there’s inherent bias in assuming that every startup founder has access to what are, essentially, wealthy friends or family who can spare a little startup capital. We want to be the family these founders can turn to, opening the door to our professional networks too.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

You’ve been hard at work building your game-changing startup. If you fit that description, we want you to apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Any early-stage startup founder with an MVP — regardless of your category or geographic location — is eligible to apply.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Startup Battlefield , the world’s preeminent pitch competition, has launched hundreds of startups over the years — 922 if you want to be a stickler about it. TechCrunch vets every application and will select roughly 25 startups to compete. GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield. Yeah, them.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

Earlier today Michael shared an update with the YC community, outlining a shift to his role within YC moving forward. When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. Tracy was an artist throughout her 20′s but she watched her then husband found a tech startup. She became part of the fabric of her community. Here’s what I learned about Tracy: 1.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 25, 2021

It is also certainly correct that raising capital is extremely important to early-stage startup companies as they finance their product development and the growth they plan and hope for. The comparison of a startup ecosystem to the biological version is, of course, not a new one. And YC is CRISPR for startups. What alleles?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss What startups can learn from trillion-dollar companies. The startup Lucy Rothwell co-built grew from 1 to 15 employees. Successful startups know when to do which. The key pillars to starting a business.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. The country’s startup-friendly regulatory environment, a beautiful medieval town center, over 20 business hubs and accelerators and strong rankings in intellectual property production are most obvious at a high level.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

Hello, and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Equity crowdfunding and former startup founders trying to bribe China? Burn, community, burn by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Boston has long been home to security companies, and we’re going to talk through the ins and outs of the local ecosystem and why founders should look to Boston when starting a cybersecurity company. Lastly, the event concludes with a pitch-off with three Boston-area startups. Greg Dracon has been with Boston’s.406

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. But how can founders look that far ahead, in a turbulent market, and predict their future business model? Check out the agenda !

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

The long-awaited re-correction of private tech startup valuations and fundraising expectations has a web3-sized asterisk next to it. Venture capitalists and founders across all fundraising stages spoke to current investment strategies when it comes to investing in this cohort of startups. Tokens and the future of future equity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Michelle Longmire, physician/scientist turned startup founder, founded Medable with the goal of transforming patient connectivity in the healthcare system. Already part of the TechCrunch Live on Grip community? Click this link to add this session to your agenda! TechCrunch Live records weekly on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When people think about startups, the word failure isn’t too far back in their minds. I myself often cite the age-old statistic that peppers headlines, confidently claiming 90% of startups are doomed to die. According to Griffith, the 90% failure myth serves to soothe the bruised egos of those startup founders who failed.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

Why we take that with a grain of salt at our consumer startup Photo credit: Derek Liston You hear it constantly in the startup community — “just ship it!” Am I being duped by Twitter-speak and startup mentor nonsense spouted by people with no skin in my game? Clearly that’s the antithesis to the startup mentality.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We believe that technology startups should include a technical founder because it is critical that a CTO have a seat at the table where key decisions regarding the future of the startup are made. Additionally, throughout the year, YC group partners will give talks on the most essential startup advice.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

On April 20th, TechCrunch will host TechCrunch Early Stage in Boston – an event designed to equip entrepreneurs will all the tools needed to build their unicorn startups. No founder event would be complete without pitches! TechCrunch editorial is looking for 6-7 founders to take part in a Pitch Deck Teardown.

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