StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Your co-founders and early hires set the tone for your entire company. Take the time to draft founders’ agreements, equity distribution, and clear roles from day one. A trusted startup lawyer can help you navigate these complexities, making sure that your creative work and business ideas don’t fall prey to future disputes.

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Revolution

JANUARY 27, 2025

Watching these entrepreneurs present their ideas, its impossible not to feel inspirednot just by their creativity, but by their commitment to solving meaningful problems. At this years Bark Tank Pitch Competition , eight teams took the stage to pitch their ventures to a panel of expert judges, competing for a record $150,000 in prizes.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This interview is with Swayam Doshi , Founder at Suspire. Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire Swayam, welcome to Startup Blog Post! I’m Swayam Doshi, the founder of Suspire. Many of our readers are aspiring founders. Can you share a specific example of a creative bootstrapping strategy that yielded impressive results?

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StartupNation

JULY 31, 2025

Ram Thakur , Founder, Solution Suggest Top Cyber security Threats Facing Businesses Isolate Customer Cloud Instances The biggest shift in cybersecurity for us wasn’t a single attack—it was the realization that internal access, misconfiguration, and supply chain dependencies pose just as much risk as external hackers.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. As a creator, Ive lived through the digital evolution firsthand, said Lee. Thats what we bring.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 26, 2025

Sanjit Singh I had the pleasure of interviewing Sanjit Singh, the Co-Founder and CEO/CTO of Julia Technologies , where he is pioneering the future of trauma care through the integration of augmented reality, robotics, and AI. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe?

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StartupNation

JUNE 27, 2025

And you’re not alone — research shows that burnout is common among high achievers, including founders, who are juggling constant uncertainty and responsibility. You also might be less creative when burned out , leaving you struggling to develop new ideas or solutions. You’re not lazy. You’re not failing. You’re burned out.

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StartupNation

JULY 2, 2025

As a founder or executive, your actions become the blueprint for your organization. Founders seeking to understand how culture impacts performance should explore how leadership choices shape the employee experience. If you’re open to feedback, people will feel heard and valued.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 27, 2025

Company: KEVO | Founder: Paul McMahon | Hometown : Mercer County From tinkering in his garage to refining cold brew coffee for the masses, Paul McMahon the founder of KEVO, is on a mission to make better coffee more accessibleand healthierfor everyone. What was your first big mistake as a founder? But hindsight gave him clarity.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

Danielle Dahl , Co-Founder, Resilient Stories Strategic Adjustments Overcome Economic Downturn In 2015, Brazil was in the midst of a severe economic downturn, and I had just launched my first successful company. What I learned is this: perseverance doesn’t mean pretending you’re fine. Ask for support.

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Jason Malki

JULY 16, 2025

Developed creative, non-dilutive financing that supported rapid growth. If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? I have seen a lot of founders who knew their technology or market and were clueless about what it takes to run a company. They cannot.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Event Tickets Center → $100 Founded: 2005 Industry : Media and Entertainment Number of employees : 30+ For me, as the CEO and Founder of Event Tickets Center (ETC), the ticket-selling platform is more than just a business launched with $100. Be resourceful, creative, and ready to take risks. It’s my passion.

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StartupNation

JULY 21, 2025

SMBs are getting creative: Entrepreneurs are blending asynchronous work, outsourcing, and internal upskilling to build agile and sustainable team structures. This leaves founders absorbing inflation-driven wage increases without a compensating mechanism in federal policy.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 24, 2025

Melanie (Mel) Langlotz is the founder and CEO of Geo AR Games , a game design studio that utilises augmented reality for “creating digital experiences that positively impact the world, fostering education and empowerment with simulations and serious games.” .” Geo AR Games founder and CEO, Melanie (Mel) Langlotz. I love AR.

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Revolution

JULY 28, 2025

I sat down with co-founder and CEO Jo Norris to discuss why retrofits are climate tech’s unsung hero, how startups and utilities can move faster together, and how their modular system is built for the complex realities of the built environment.

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Jason Malki

MAY 4, 2025

Hourad Afsar I had the pleasure of interviewing Hourad Afsar (known as Howard to many clients), Founder and CEO of UGRNextGen Compliance, a company redefining how Fintechs and financial institutions meet todays complex regulatory demands through agile, tech-forward solutions. What is it that excites you about what youre building?

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Jason Malki

JUNE 23, 2025

Redefining Recruitment: How LatAm Talent Partners Is Building Agile, Borderless Teams for the Future of Work Mark Mancebo I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Mancebo , the founder & CEO of LatAm Talent Partners , a recruitment firm dedicated to helping top-tier talent across Latin America land impactful roles with innovative U.S.-based

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StartupNation

JULY 26, 2025

6 Daily Routines to Help Founders/Leaders Stay in Top Mental Health The Burnout Factor There’s also a personal cost to trading time for money: burnout. Long hours lead to decision fatigue, reduced creativity, and eventually, diminished returns, and not just financially, but mentally and physically.

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

Enroll for free 5 ways to starve imposter syndrome as an entrepreneur June 5 | 1:00 – 3:00PM ET Discover how to create the ultimate business plan in eight easy steps with financial services expert Cate Luzio, Founder and CEO of Luminary.

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Jason Malki

JULY 21, 2025

Brusseau, who is a global strategist at the intersection of data, creativity, and technology. If you had to share “words of wisdom” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? Some founders chase a market. Rocio Brusseau I had the pleasure of interviewing Rocio F. The big vision?

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Jason Malki

APRIL 24, 2025

Originally from the United States and now based in Arusha, Tanzania, Kevin is the founder of iRideArusha , a motorcycle rental and tour company that offers immersive adventures throughout East Africa. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe?

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Jason Malki

JUNE 2, 2025

Connecting meaningfully with prospective partners, and conveying the transformative yet safe potential of AI, has required patience and creativity. If you had to share words of wisdom with a founder about to start their own startup, what would theybe? Persistence and grit are the keystheres truly no secret shortcut.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As the founder of a folder printing company, I often get asked how to design folders that effectively guide prospects through the buying journey. For inspiration, check out my folder design gallery , created to help spark your creativity while featuring several styles, colors, and layouts for various industries.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

The answer wasn't a single tell-all metric but a series of creative, practical KPIs that go far beyond model accuracy or response speed. That's what Tyler Butler, founder of Collaboration For Good , set out to measure. "As Here are the AI performance metrics real teams are using to measure what matters.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 31, 2025

As CEO and founder of DealA , Oleg Segal, pointed out, "Its superlative automation features make it easy to ignore the price tag." Yulia Saf, founder of the travel site Miss Tourist , points to AdEspresso's split testing as a favorite feature. As a creative outlet, I jokingly developed a clothing line inspired by my dog.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Facebook ad examples: Testimonials and social proof These ads feature real people—for example, customers, founders, or experts—sharing their experience with a product. It respects the viewer's time: In just six seconds, the ad introduces a problem, shows how Expedia solves it, and leaves you with a clear benefit.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 10, 2025

Trinette Faint (Photo by Coco Jourdana ) I had the pleasure of interviewing Trinette Faint, a creative entrepreneur, screenwriter, novelist, and actress. There’s a thriving creative community there that I’m eager to tap into. Plus, to use my French! To have faith and listen to your heart and gut. They will never steer you wrong.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Explore now In the realm of AI automation, this opens up powerful possibilities for automating creative and content-heavy tasks. Generative AI can act as a creative partner, helping to generate novel design concepts, draft initial technical specifications, or even suggest new avenues for exploration based on existing knowledge.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Jeff Sauer , Co-Founder, MeasureU and ProfitSchool From Law to Entrepreneurial Success Like many founders, my entrepreneurial journey started as a side hustle. At the time, I was also newly pregnant and running a baby carrier brand with my co-founder. Only this time, I had business experience, too! I soaked it all in.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Top Female Founders in 2023 and 2024. Ive always been drawn to solving complex problems, and launching Lemonlight was a way to build something meaningful at the intersection of creativity, technology, and business. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe?

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Tomorrow is a full service creative agency that specialises in helping businesses launch, scale or reposition through their brand and digital experiences. We work with the founders of startups to create a distinct and ownable brand that makes an immediate impression with their customers on launch.

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Hunter Walk

JULY 26, 2025

Most frequently with (a) repeat founders who fear their next company will fail and prove their initial win was a lucky fluke, and (b) younger folks who ending up joining an early stage rocketship out of school and once it succeeds beyond their expectations, worrying they’ll never find another.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

For example, I used Collabwriting to save Ryan Baum's post about using AI as a creative partner rather than a replacement (shown below) so I could reference it later for a client's LinkedIn content strategy about responsible AI use. month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

Improve your PPC management and performance Automate your campaigns A broad audience with really good creative can outperform your perfectly engineered audience segment. Sometimes, even awareness campaigns lead to conversions if your creative is really strong, your product-market fit is tight, and your offer is compelling enough.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2021

All are examples of creative thinking to solve problems. Entrepreneurship is a creative activity. Those of us working from home faced the challenge of how to be creative, productive and keep our businesses alive. Being in quarantine can offer opportunities for creative entrepreneurs, despite the challenges it forces upon you.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru By Jewelle Saunders “Art can transform society,” says Déborah Grández Seminario. The post How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru appeared first on Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

The funny thing about stats is that you can basically come up with a stat to justify any argument or position--and the whole female founders in tech conversation has a ton of numbers that people put out there as various types of proof and justification, or blame. Ellen Johnston of Makr has a decade of senior creative experience.

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