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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

This definitely increased our communication overhead, and compromised our agility. ” Majety said the startup plans to also shut down its meat marketplace “effective very soon.” . “Over the last year, we’ve also identified many areas for improvement in our pace of execution.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 11, 2018

When I was a startup founder, I had this same issue. That's when I had a conversation with Max Ventilla, the founder of AltSchool, who at the time was running Aardvark. Yeah, I definitely wasn't putting in that kind of volume. Max was telling me how he was interviewing 4-5 candidates a day, which stunned me.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 26, 2021

On November 17, we are hosting our second Aspiring Founders Forum for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledge to define your own path.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you get stuck with a company that simply imposes its will on you, it definitely will. If being acquired means losing the brand and identity you have worked so hard to build — or perhaps worse, losing your cultural identity — it probably will suck.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Lastly, your city needs to be livable—and that definition is changing. Startup founders always need help. If your city is dominated by one big company, you’re going to find a lot of lifers there who don’t necessarily want to move. San Francisco is dealing with some very serious livability issues.

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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. “I

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. A board can be a crucial asset in an early-stage startup. By generic definition, the board of directors consists of elected individuals that represent shareholders.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s a unique moment, one that creates an unusual opportunity for startup founders on the hunt for talent. While all startups are certainly not focused on being disruptive, they often rely on cutting-edge technology and processes to give their customers something truly new.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

founders; the median is 2. 70% of teams have at least one technical founder. 15% of founders have dropped out of an undergraduate or graduate degree program. 10% of founders have an MBA. The sample size here is small, only 30, and by definition each one of these companies is an exception.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. You and your potential acquirer may have different definitions of “scalable systems.” Today’s abrupt slowdown in VC investment suggests a post-recession-type M&A wave is on the horizon. How can you avoid this unnecessary fate?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Keith Rabois, who led the investment for Founders Fund, said in an interview that the funding environment for startups, regardless of whether it is early- or later-stage, is most definitely tightening up.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 16, 2021

Mistakes Founders Make. Arrogance and not being self-aware are two of the biggest mistakes that Arelene Dickinson finds startup founders make when seeking investments. What gets her excited about a founder is, mutual faith, trust, confidence and respect. Often times we must split our attention between one or the other.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Seeing the future is also the goal of startup founders, corporate leaders and venture capitalists. The “Star Wars” refrain, “I have a bad feeling about this,” might equate to Intel co-founder Andy Grove’s Only the Paranoid Survive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Kara shared seven lessons she’s learned in her 15 years as a startup founder of one of the most successful beverage companies in the US. That’s not accurate; I definitely had fears. Kara Goldin is a force of nature: Authentic, unafraid of failure, and creative in pushing boundaries and disrupting the status quo.

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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. Exit Strategy: Does a startup have a clear exit strategy in place?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

What US startup founders need to know about the R&D tax credit. For a founder who’s bootstrapping an early-stage startup, $250,000 could change their company’s trajectory. . What US startup founders need to know about the R&D tax credit. So that definitely stretched me in many ways.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But wait, there’s more: Buy a pass and receive a free annual membership to Extra Crunch, our membership program focused on startups, founders and investors with more than 100 exclusive articles published per month ( learn about the benefits ). TC Sessions is definitely worth your time, especially if you’re an early-stage founder.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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. What kind of startup or tech industry will impact the world in the future like 2-3 years locally in your view? (or Sustainability is definitely an area to look at.

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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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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On November 17, we are hosting our second Aspiring Founders Forum for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledge to define your own path.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Startup founders often turn to pitch decks when fundraising as a visual representation of their story — from the origins to total addressable market to those juicy metrics. While the format definitely works, the influx of pitch decks in a hot deal environment makes it harder to stand out. Pitch deck or pitch blurb?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It has also attracted what Kim says is more than 1 million users since its March launch, from “five-person startups to the largest global tech companies.” It’s definitely on our roadmap. SK: It’s definitely word of mouth. It’s more about the content. SK: That’s to come.

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StartupNation

APRIL 23, 2021

There are several different ways a startup founder might fund his or her business, including series funding, crowdfunding, loans, venture capital and angel investments. As an entrepreneur, investment advisor and consultant to startup founders, I understand that each startup is different.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

In the interview below, she says that after the pandemic, startup founders will need to develop a mentality that places growth at the center of company strategy. But it’s not necessarily the main expertise of a startup founder, even if it needs to be. Every founder needs to have a growth mentality.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

Shaun’s the true definition of a polymath. He is a successful entrepreneur, VC, 2x best-selling author, speaker, super connector to startups and standouts, Jeopardy contestant, and screenwriter/executive producer.

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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. Enabling this very same thing for our clients and for talent is what we aim to do, help folks find companies they can feel a sense of belongingness to.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Kannan Muthukkaruppan, Yugabyte co-founder and president, says the startup saw a marked increase in interest in both the open source and commercial offerings in 2020 as the pandemic pushed many companies to the cloud faster than they might have gone otherwise, something many startup founders have pointed out to me.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Perhaps I’m just a teensy bit biased over here, but I’d say it’s definitely worth subscribing to get access to all of this content. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. I’ve marked them below so you know which ones you need a subscription to read.

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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. Many startup founders are often more focused on developing their product or service and do not realize the importance of staying compliant with tax regulations.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Levinson: Well, doing something like this is definitely challenging and it requires patience. From India’s richest man to Amazon and 100s of startups: The great rush to win neighborhood stores. Startup valuations have recovered from summer lows. Dear Sophie: How did immigration change for startup founders in 2020?

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Gust

JUNE 23, 2014

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. Since a startup by definition is not a recognized brand, you are the brand, based on the social media culture of today.

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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.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Evolving from Scientist to Founder (Sponsored by Mayfield). How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond? Janice Chen (Mammoth Biosciences), Ursheet Parikh (Mayfield) and Diego Rey (Endpoint Health). Wedge to TAM. Viviana Faga and Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

YC-backed startup Arc CEO and co-founder Don Muir said that “this is a COVID moment for financial services,” as demand for digital banking gets accelerated. And Mercury, a fintech company that has been focused on offering banking services to startups since 2019, also says it has received a lot of inbound interest.

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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. Good people won’t want it to work any other way. The mentor assumes a role of a facilitator.

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