Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Creative is not a word I typically use to describe myself. In my mind, “creativity” was always reserved for artists and designers, both of which I am not. It wasn’t until I launched my small business, Kono’s Kitchen, in July 2020 that I realized creativity is everything an entrepreneur embodies. Creative Beginnings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

While you might want to launch a business because you want creative freedom, your friend may want financial success. If you let them control and manipulate you rather than controlling them, emotions can ruin your startup. Are your friends really suited to the roles you need in a startup ? Can your friendship survive?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How to Foster Innovation and Creativity in Startup Teams To shed light on how to foster innovation and creativity within startup teams, we asked seventeen founders, CEOs, and other leaders to share their experiences. The impact has been transformative.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 21, 2021

Startups used to raise once every 18 months. Today, we joke in Startupland that a startup is never raising and always raising. Venture capitalists and boards used to value a company every 18 months. Venture capitalists and boards used to value a company every 18 months. Then, every 12 months.

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Aneme Dlamini of Startup Grind chats to Simone Musgrave of Musgrave Gin about perseverance, building an actual business, and bringing your femininity as a force to be reckoned with in the business world. People were starting to buy and love Musgrave, and they wanted something more from us. And use your femininity. S : Thanks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On Wednesday, the company announced that it snatched up Active Replica , a Vancouver-based startup developing a “web-based metaverse.” “Together, we see this as a key opportunity to bring even more innovation and creativity to Hubs than we could alone,” Udom said in a blog post.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The quest to define what exactly a web3 use case looks like hasn’t always been easy but has allowed plenty of founders to get creative in building out products designed to tap the ethos of decentralization and the business opportunities of the creator economy. and web3 music platforms. . and web3 music platforms.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Use-cases may include accelerating new drug discoveries, or powering the vast amount of data processing required for AI applications. So, what can Quantum Motion and its upstart brethren bring to the mix that the deep-pocketed behemoths can’t? quantum computing startup Quantum Motion raises $50.5M

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games , the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. More recently, Unreal Engine has been used for different use cases beyond video games, such as special effects, 3D explorations of virtual worlds, mixed reality projects and more.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

What used to be a highly organized, cold, productive-oriented environment is now striving toward flexibility, collaboration, and empathy. Empathy and productivity: How do they mix? People are more engaged and more creative when they like their work environment. Let’s take the workplace as an example.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 2, 2024

Out of 14 applicants, eight finalists were selected to participate in Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator Business Bootcamp , a program designed to help entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success for a startup business idea. Over the past ten years, the program has helped create dozens of new tech startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Employers are under fresh pressure to retain talent, which has made some turn to more comprehensive and creative benefits, from pre-conception and postpartum support to text-based mental health care and on-demand meditation. The platforms, which mix entertainment and education, have an unconventional value proposition. ”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! 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.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. Each criteria was weighted at either a 1 or 2, though any multiplier could be used.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 2, 2024

One of the most critical aspects of establishing a successful startup is effective digital marketing. In this guide, we will explore essential digital marketing strategies for startups, ensuring you have a solid foundation to grow your business. Identify where your target audience spends their time and focus your efforts there.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

” Celus has built a platform that provides engineers with component data from electronics manufacturers, while adding its own special automation sauce to the mix. Engineers save a massive amount of time through this, meaning they can experiment, try different things, and be creative.” Celus in action.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A startup called Playbyte wants to become the TikTok for games. While typically, game creation involves some aspect of coding, Playbyte’s games are created using simple building blocks, emoji and even images from your Camera Roll on your iPhone. — Playbyte (@PlaybyteInc) May 25, 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

The startup was founded by the same team that originally created the animated GIF capture tool and social network Phhhoto , which eventually lost out to Instagram’s clone , Boomerang. The startup does this by using its own JavaScript-based programming language that automates mixing of things like color, audio, graphics and dynamic type.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Colleagues were using everything from the standard Google or Word documents to spreadsheets, but Sharkey wanted a more digital approach. Culinary professionals are some of the most creative and inventive people on the planet. The idea of how to digitize everything stuck with me,” he told TechCrunch. Meez software. Image Credits: Meez.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A startup called Sanity has built a platform to help businesses (and their people) do that more easily with a SaaS platform that lets developers create code and systems to manage content. .” These days, the medium, as they say, is the message, and in that regard “publishing” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Sounds like a useful feature, no? But some reviewers, whether out of genuine concern for their fellow shopper or an effort to get the creative juices flowing, put time into crafting reviews that not only inform, but entertain. Perhaps for shoppers and sellers. But what about reviewers?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. I use WordPress.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 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. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And I use automation tools to have the videos come out simultaneously everywhere. I rank for dozens of them—just creating landing pages for every use-case keyword imaginable. I use this to grow the company with new features, which can then be used for more bottom-of-funnel landing pages and more short-form mobile content.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Per Crunchbase , the 2019 founded audio startup’s earlier seed and pre-seed investors were Mangrove Capital Partners and Redalpine. So it’s using quasi-brevity as a device to try to cut through. “We raised $3M in late 2020. Like the aural equivalent of a splatter-painting.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

As podcasting continues to gain ground among mainstream consumers as a digital media platform alongside music, video, and the printed word, a startup that made a name for itself through building content for the medium has closed a round of funding to help it explore what comes next. Podcasting startup WaitWhat raises $4.3M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

From 1,300 applicants, the company picked its first cohort to start building opportunities with the startups. ” I spoke with Dr. Rhee in great detail earlier this year, to figure out how startups can work with LG Nova: LG and the hunt for the next-gen corporate incubator. NeuroTrainer, Inc.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What motivated you to launch your startup? As time passed, I grew into a creative designer, crafting numerous products for clients around the world. Each COLORPIK product is the embodiment of dreams and creativity, while also serving as a support and encouragement for the dreams of designers and children alike.

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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.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 15, 2022

. Eight entrepreneurial teams just completed a ten-week, virtual, business startup boot camp. The team of Seth Pheng and Soph Horn at Control LTD, took first place with their concept for a patented, healthy dosing system for patients using cannabis.

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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. Tommy Hilfiger Social Innovation Challenge.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2021

One marketing trend you’ve likely heard of is the use of animated videos—and videos in general. And its use and effectiveness are likely going to increase with time. The use of animated videos in marketing hit an all-time high in 2021. This combination is a rarity, seldom used and not even known by many people.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! 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.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. Being an investor means being prepared for the ebbs and flows of the startup ecosystem.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. I’ve worked at a large investment bank and a large single family office before diving into the world of venture and startups to build Chisos Capital.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 21, 2023

Lessons Learned, Experience Gained: Ruminations on Mark Small’s Journey from Salesperson to Sales Leader I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Small, a global sales and revenue operations leader who has now taken on the role of Growth and Go-to-Market (GTM) Advisor to investors and startups. They created high-performing teams and cultures.

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