This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

But do we need government playing the same exact role when loosely constructed networks can serve that same purpose. I know more than one NYC startup founder who keeps their business going because they essentially get their housing paid for by sleeping in the office or with family every so often. Enter Airbnb.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Mike Myer is CEO and founder of Quiq , a startup building a new customer service platform that allows customers to interact with companies via text messaging as easily as they would with their friends. In 20 years of working for startups, I’ve never seen as many plot twists and turns as I have in the last several months.

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Onevest

APRIL 21, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse If you are considering investing in a startup company offline or online with platforms like 1000 Angels , a private investor network that connects startups with investors, the sheer number of what’s available can be both daunting and comforting.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. so he’ll give practical advice on how to stay alive and thrive.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Some people relate to service businesses, while others are more comfortable with manufacturing or construction. Being a startup founder is not a job, but a lifestyle, like getting married versus staying single. Do you really understand and aspire to entrepreneur lifestyle?

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 15, 2022

Last week, Gusto announced they have dozens of new partners across verticals like laundromats, health & beauty, and construction building with Gusto Embedded. Founder Firesides: Gusto's Tomer London on building for new verticals 0:00 / 118:07 1× You can also listen on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and Twitter.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

But one of the most common mistakes many early-stage startup founders make is calculating a TAM that’s not necessarily accurate or obtainable. Understanding TAM is essential for startup success — especially in a down market when VC dollars are harder to come by. Buy an early-bird founder ticket now and save $200.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

In my additional role as a mentor, I help these startups get investment-ready in the program. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman once said, “Starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling the plane on the way down.”. Listen to constructive criticism, and learn from useful feedback, but always carry a dignified bearing.

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Gust

JANUARY 26, 2014

Provide honest and constructive feedback. The primary responsibility of a startup founder is to provide vision and leadership. Mentor discussions must remain confidential, so both parties can talk freely to each other without being quoted around the water cooler later. The mentor assumes a role of a facilitator.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. so he’ll give practical advice on how to stay alive and thrive.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Too often, outgoing execs spend their last years in office constructing their own trophy cases. Sooner or later, everyone in the C-suite today — including startup founders — will depart.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

For early-stage startups looking to hire new talent, it’s not enough to make one-off decisions about pay as each new employee comes on board. I would say that the fidelity of information that we’re most focused on is actually how your compensation is constructed, or what we call total rewards,” Mavram said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

Constructing pitch decks is part art and part science. Each week on TechCrunch Live , a founder and investor present an early pitch deck that won significant capital investment. The events are free to join, and after looking at the pitch deck, startup founders can practice their pitch with the investor and founder.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 12, 2013

Despite the fact that they''re great sales founders, selling isn''t actually their job. When you''re a startup founder, taking your foot off the gas when you know you have something that customers want is incredibly hard. I''ve had two entrepreneurs I know in the last week come to this same conclusion.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products. At Early Stage 2021, design expert Scott Tong shared some ways founders should think about design and branding. Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products. Treat it like an app.

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Gust

JANUARY 26, 2014

Provide honest and constructive feedback. The primary responsibility of a startup founder is to provide vision and leadership. Mentor discussions must remain confidential, so both parties can talk freely to each other without being quoted around the water cooler later. The mentor assumes a role of a facilitator.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Investors like Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund), Quin Garcia (Autotech Ventures) and Rachel Holt (Construct Capital) — all of whom will grace our virtual stage. They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. venture firms allocated only 22% of their deals to female-founded startups. In contrast, male-only founded U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

TechCrunch Early Stage is the ultimate educational resource for a founder who is just getting started. We’ve tapped experts across myriad startup core competencies, from fundraising to operations to marketing, to outline step-by-step guides on how you can set up and grow your business. We’ve got a session for it.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

There were no ground rules other than to specify that ‘people’ could be founders, politicians, LPs, etc and that it would be default attributed but anonymous if they desired. With a few legendary exceptions (like Hunter and Satya) most VCs haven’t had the personal success to deploy millions into startups. All money is green.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I wanted to lead by example, make my points and then I hoped that the founder would think about how to do this himself the next time. I try to do it constructively and with a smile on my face. I usually try my best to offer constructive views on what they might do differently. To pick hole’s in your approach.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But the Palo Alto–based company was among the startups that was hit very hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the global crisis resulted in its revenue dropping to $0, according to CEO and co-founder Ariel Cohen. Its 22-year-old founder was inspired after paying vendors for his apparel brand with paper checks.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Build Relationships : Because an entrepreneur typically spends a lot of their time working alone, particularly during the startup period, they must seek out and build relationships that are important for long-term success. There are two types of startups: replicative and innovative.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In many cases, based on our interactions with thousands of founders in the Draftbit Community , success seems to come down to how well they enlist the support of those first mobile app users. With consumer mobile-focused startups, the best idea is to build an audience first and then build a business.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Bloomberg New Economy Forum Solutions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? Zach Aarons, co-founder and general partner, MetaProp. Adam Demuyakor, co-founder and managing partner, Wilshire Lane Partners. Dear Sophie: I’m a startup founder looking to expand in the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey. I did almost every VC meeting myself save for when one of my co-founders, Tim Barker, was in town. We had to ramp up our team quickly and ramp we did.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

So when you see, you know, a deal, and a [founder] who normally was going to go out for a $20 million Series A, they’re being told by the market to raise 12 to 15 million, because that’s where the appetite is. Handle.com raises $10M Series A for construction payment compliance. In other news.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

12 Lessons Learned from Managing Investor Relations in a Startup Navigating the complexities of investor relations can be a daunting challenge for startups, especially during fundraising. We’ve gathered insights from Co-Founders and CEOs who have faced these hurdles head-on, sharing their experiences and strategies.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The people in the neighborhoods with all the new construction rarely financially benefit from the projects around them that often greatly impact their lives. If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be?

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and CEO of Graham & Walker. Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios. That’s the reality most startup founders face: They’re routinely bombarded with feedback from investors, customers, peers, mentors, family, friends, and sometimes even random people on the internet.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2022

You can build valuable connections with inspiring people Networking is one of the most important and rewarding aspects of launching a startup. Successful startup founders are dedicated to networking with other entrepreneurs, founders, and professionals to gather inspiration and build connections that will strengthen their startup.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

And startups such as Grammarly, Ajax, People AI and Preply, backed by some of the world’s biggest VCs, are scrambling to support employees and operations amid the invasion. What I’m hearing from sources is that startup founders are mainly offering financial assistance to employees who are in Ukraine or neighboring countries.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Janelle Fenwick – Founder. Jack Coleman – Founder. This is super important.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

It’s going to be the biggest and best Disrupt we’ve ever hosted: Along with a few to-be-announced surprises, we’ll have Startup Battlefield, as well as six new stages with targeted materials for founders of all types. When should founders follow the hype? When should they ignore it? Let’s talk about it.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 2, 2013

I never can predict with much accuracy which content will resonate with readers who tend to be startup founders and employees. My goal is to drive as many retweets as possible so I shouldn’t ask the user to construct an interesting tweet on my behalf. Content Type. Who wants to read that? It sounds like a dissertation.

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