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. This is super important. Frayne Cooke – Cofounder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” You have a contract with deliverables that you as startup founders define.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Fewer and fewer tech entrepreneurs who obviously believe in science are going to want to be in a place where you have to debate with sitting governors, let alone your neighbors, the obvious value of a mask during a pandemic, or how female reproductive organs work. Lastly, your city needs to be livable—and that definition is changing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

million fund to back founders spinning out of turbulent startups. Founder and GP Masha Bucher, who left her former life in Russia as a politician and TV reporter to become a venture capitalist, spun up the program in the wake of Stripe and Twitter’s layoffs over the past week.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

However, there’s another risk to the company: At an early-stage startup, founders can’t afford to lose focus. ” at the startup founders I advise. 1 challenge for most startups. Telling founders not to take a salary is wonderfully counterproductive on so many levels. This is the No.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 16, 2021

Arlene Dickinson is an investor, entrepreneur, and dragon on Candian’s TV’s “Dragons’ Den” She joined Dave Kerpen, fellow entrepreneur, best-selling author and co-founder of Listening and Beyond with Randi Zuckerberg. There are definitely challenges with raising a family and raising a business.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

The “span of control” for a growing tech startup is probably 6-9 people. This is when your job function truly starts to match the definition of “leader” because that’s exactly what your role is. In my experience entrepreneurs too worried about being loved make poor decisions and thus poor leaders.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 19, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mick Kalle Mickelborg, the founder of Wisdm and a computer scientist and technology entrepreneur at heart. At the age of 21, he started his first startup with his family, GOALS, aiming to help primarily young individuals set goals and achieve them. He grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. To accomplish this, entrepreneurs should answer the following three questions in preparation for buyers to come knocking: How scalable are my systems? You and your potential acquirer may have different definitions of “scalable systems.”

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Register Startup founders looking to attract investors need to show proof of an outstanding team and must be realistic with their valuation numbers, said Bernard Moon , Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group , a South Korean accelerator and fund network. I’ve primarily been an entrepreneur for the majority of my career.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? What are the top 3 questions that you always ask the founders? For early-stage startup founders, I think the team and especially the CEO is very important. Sustainability is definitely an area to look at.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As director of Techstars’ startup pipeline, Saba Karim spends much of his time touting the ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator. But is it the right choice for every founder? If you’re not living and breathing your startup, you’re going to struggle anyway,” says Karim. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2022

There is no “one universal” definition of a startup. But we define a startup as a newly formed business that wants to develop a product or service for which they believe there is demand. The startup is ambitious to grow fast with a scalable business model for maximum impact. creating a social network for pet owners.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 6, 2023

What has been your biggest challenge when growing your startup? We are bootstrapped so definitely optimizing for cash has been a never-ending challenge. Being resourceful is your primary skill as an entrepreneur. I had no experience with marketing or sales prior to starting this, so that was also a steep learning curve at times.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark.

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Gust

JUNE 23, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc.

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Gust

JULY 22, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. Try to think like a reporter, editor, or producer, analyze their audience, and come up with “the hook.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

He has been raising money for some time, and in spite of his pedigree and the success of the company to this point, he said fundraising in the current climate was definitely more challenging. As an experienced startup founder, Bansal has given a lot of thought about how to build a diverse and inclusive company.

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Gust

JUNE 22, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Shin Kim spent nearly two years helping renowned entrepreneur and investor Elad Gil vet deals and dream up new ideas as his chief of staff. Now called Eraser , that year-old startup, which is centered around a collaborative digital canvas for whiteboarding and note-taking, has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Caffeinated Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Source: DocSend At DocSend , we spend a lot of time analyzing the data behind what it takes for startup founders to market their ideas, land meetings with VCs, and in turn source and close deals?—?from The graph above shows a definite point of diminishing returns when contacting LPs, somewhere around 60–70.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2017

for Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Are you an entrepreneur or startup founder who is starting to hire employees? A Glossary of Employment Term Definitions. Vethan Law Firm P.C. Then it’s critical to be aware of the legal considerations of hiring. This individual must: Express an interest in the open role.

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Gust

JANUARY 26, 2014

I’m definitely not proposing the “traditional” style of mentoring, where the goal was a one-way transfer of a broad range of knowledge or information. The primary responsibility of a startup founder is to provide vision and leadership. Invested Interests entrepreneur mentoring startup team' Give it a try.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The fact that I have seen several accounts come in that are overpaying on taxes due to this one factor is definitely something that I would want to mention. Therefore, for the first year or years of operation, most company structures and entrepreneurs may claim that amount as income that is exempt from taxation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 20, 2021

Photo from Pixabay Tell me if this sounds familiar, as a startup founder, you are constantly juggling many hats: marketing guru, product owner, growth hacker, sales master, accountant, and the list goes on. Common Data Pain Points Below are the top five data pains experienced by many startup founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. I guess if you do more than one, I guess by definition, that’s serial. My mom grew up in the States.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Fortunately, DocSend’s new report on seed-level fundraising provides some helpful insights and guidance for startups on what constitutes a successful fundraising process. seed startup founders caught between the pressure of more discerning and decisive investors and increasingly demanding market expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I do what I wish all entrepreneurs would do. The same kind of tasks that a startup team has. It’s an entrepreneur with whom I’ve been wanting to work for 6 years.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

Easier said than done, but founder mental health is a serious thing and compartmentalization definitely helps keeping sanity. Most male founders were going about things by trial and error and later covered them up as strategic moves. Think of your brain as a hard drive. Don’t ruminate on what someone said too much.

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Gust

JANUARY 26, 2014

I’m definitely not proposing the “traditional” style of mentoring, where the goal was a one-way transfer of a broad range of knowledge or information. The primary responsibility of a startup founder is to provide vision and leadership. Invested Interests entrepreneur mentoring startup team' Give it a try.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Many in the startup world said it was still good, basically because most any ambitious startup effort leads to progress. Let’s be honest: Most startups fail. Most entrepreneurs are never going to make it. That doesn’t mean no one should build a startup, or pursue their passions and dreams. Extra Crunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When you type in a single word, you get a huge amount of data in various forms, such as dictionary definitions, videos, and blogs. Do you have any advice for budding entrepreneurs? Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The search market is changing.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

How do you evaluate a young first-time entrepreneur of an early-stage company with little traction? The best founders are humble and well aware of their weaknesses and limitations as well as the potential challenges for their startup. They all have lots of energy, work hard, show patience, perseverance and resilience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups are more likely to face an uphill climb than their white, male counterparts, but their challenges stretch well beyond systemic bias and a general lack of access to capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs. And when asked about the topic, I definitely don’t shy away from the topic as you can see in this 8-minute YouTube interview that Pemo Theodore asked me to do on the subject of Women in Entrepreneurship. Every single one.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. And a motley crew of other interesting startup founders. Phillip Stevenson who is currently a Wharton MBA (and whom I was trying to talk him into being an entrepreneur).

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