StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

To support them, provide real-time feedback, flexible work arrangements that favor work-life balance and develop personal development opportunities. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Here are four challenges multigenerational workforces must consider: Company culture.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

One of the sector’s biggest investments was Wildtype , which raised $100 million in a Series B round for its “sushi-grade” cultured salmon. Now we need to think about brand-building, labeling, consumer education, scaling production, and developing and improving the supply chain and inputs that will support a scalable industry.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder? It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Early-stage entrepreneurs who are eager to ship usually spend more time calculating their startup’s monthly burn rate than selecting an optimal development environment. Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. But easy money can create special pressure for early-stage founders, according to Lightup.ai

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

As a serial entrepreneur in the digital media space, I remember the day 15 years ago when Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker launched Napster — I knew all the music startups of that era were instantaneously made irrelevant. In order to change your company culture and seize opportunity, you need to hire people that are willing to change themselves.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s also helpful for startup leaders to host open office hours during which potential applicants can ask questions about the company’s culture, open positions and how to apply for them. By seeking out entrepreneurial teams with female managers and employees, you are likely to find more creative, more resilient startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2023

The absence of fellow entrepreneurs around me and the multitude of uncertainties regarding how to embark on the startup journey added to my concerns. Before establishing MEDIAIPLUS in 2018, I had gained experience in a foreign company, familiarizing myself with its organizational culture.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

Cultivating a culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become a core principle for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. What does it say when we tell them their ideas and dreams are unworthy because they don’t fit into some narrow model of a startup founder? It’s not an afterthought.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

It doesn’t mean you don’t develop a personal affinity – it’s best when you do! Our participation in Anchor ( later acquired by Spotify ) generated both a return and a friendship between us and the founders. There’s nothing like the energy you feel when building a startup with everyone in the same room.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Professional Skill Assessment and Development When beginning the startup journey it is very helpful to have gained skills that can be readily applied to the new business. In contrast, an innovative startup must establish a business model or develop and introduce a product that has yet to be proven.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Revolutionizing Retail: Using AI and Data Analytics to Drive Customer Engagement Speaker: AnaMaria Meshkurti, head of marketing, communications and engagement, Geneva Foundation for Tech Innovation Unpacking the Valuation Disparity: How Women Founders Can Bridge the VC Funding Divide Speaker: Brooke Motta, CEO and co-founder, KSOC “Impactpreneurship” (..)

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

After all: Most startup founders pour their blood, sweat and tears into building a business not just to make money, but also to make an impact on the world and build products that align with their mission. This means that simply offering large sums of money won’t get you traction with the best startups.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When CFE was founded by famed NASA administrator and former U-M professor Thomas Zurbuchan in 2008, its aim was to evangelize entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor and to help instill the entrepreneurial mindset into the regional culture. The Center for Data-Driven Drug Development and Treatment Assessment is their latest example.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Startup culture is informal, which is why some workers end up with job titles like “customer delight manager” or “product whisperer.” ” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 19, 2021

More mature, more focused on inclusive development, less quality coming from university spinoffs. They focus mainly on high-tech machine building and software development, AI. The pros are high-tech systems, collaboration culture and excellent startup ecosystem; The cons are that it’s a small region with limited visibility globally.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. So in a way, foreign capital can act as a stressor to African founders. Upadhyay : Yeah, I think dealing with foreign investors adds to the stress of African founders.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Hunter Walk: Before we dive into your company Greenhouse , give me one story from your childhood that foretold you were going to end up a startup founder. Our goal is to develop innovative products and features that help make recruiters jobs easier, emphasizing the importance of humans making decisions in hiring.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It’s a fantastic way to break down silos and ensure everyone’s voice is heard, from developers to marketers. Plus, it’s fun and builds a culture of innovation and collaboration. Cross-functional teams are one particularly successful strategy we’ve used at our startup to foster collaboration. The result?

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StartupNation

JUNE 8, 2021

For many startup founders, the pull to get staff back into the office will be strong, primarily for practical reasons like management and interconnectedness, but this is also a comforting sign that life is regaining a semblance of the normal we once knew. A return to the office is alluring.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

These are primarily full-time team members, but PE funds also employ investment banks as well as freelance “finders” Nevin Raj, cofounder of Grata , said, “A typical business development associate at a PE firm earns <$100k with cash bonuses. SHL Capital (Sahil Lavingia). If I invest, I’ll give you 25% of my carry.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Over the years, the program has supported startups and businesses that have succeeded in multiple fields globally like Artificial Intelligence, fintech, logistics, biotechnology, robotics, game development, IoT, e-commerce, etc. The participating startups come from various countries across Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 19, 2023

Here, Kalle was able to develop his skills as a startup founder and ambitious entrepreneur. We also come from very different backgrounds and cultures, but that is also what is exciting. In Denmark, he completed a bachelor's in computer science and later attended a master’s in business administration.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2023

The absence of fellow entrepreneurs around me and the multitude of uncertainties regarding how to embark on the startup journey added to my concerns. Before establishing MEDIAIPLUS in 2018, I had gained experience in a foreign company, familiarizing myself with its organizational culture.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2023

They provide us with food, culture, recreation, and play a crucial role in regulating our climate. Through this partnership, shared resources, networks, and expertise will be utilised to develop new and innovative solutions for complex environmental and social challenges. The need for action has never been more urgent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

” And just – you develop a pattern over time that no matter how many times I try to say no to you, I can’t. You have these archetypal startup founders. He brought a cool founder to you working on something interesting. This culture of asking. I kind of like that guy. I don’t know why.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Organisations from Government, to economic development agencies, innovation hubs and academia are helping inspire Kiwis to begin their entrepreneurial journey, informing and connecting entrepreneurs and creators with all manner of programmes, events, mentoring and investment. More than half of Gen Z say they aspire to be entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What are the opportunities startups may be able to tap into during these unprecedented times? I’m not sure it’s wise to develop completely new businesses based on opportunities from COVID only; rather, COVID can, timing-wise, really spark the launch or growth for some and significantly slow down the growth pace for others.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 11, 2018

Time and time again, I hear how hard of a time startups are having recruiting, especially for software developers. While candidate quality is sometimes an issue, or culture fit, or some other quality, most of the time the issue is that the company just isn't getting enough people into the top of the funnel.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

The state of email and calendaring apps at the time was depressingly basic despite the importance of them in day-to-day work, so I was an enthusiastic adopter of whatever developer was building for power users and not simply ‘making an app version of the existing web interface.’ At some point I noticed a change in our culture.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

.” What I’ve observed is that the email generation has shifted cultural norms. ” Culturally people know that it’s not acceptable to text or call you on your cell phone unless they know you. Research & Development. “I would far rather give out my mobile phone number than my email address.”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. I use to to learn, to grow, to ask questions for which I’m curious and to further develop relationships that I have. Would you choose someone with great skills but not a cultural fit? And there you have it. Not a chance.

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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. Importance of Training and Development.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple.

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