TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

In a good omen for startups not based in the United States, the executive said that they were. It’s definitely on track to be Ohio’s biggest tech IPO to date. Here’s how fast a few dozen startups grew in Q3 2020. Late-stage deals made Q3 2020 a standout VC quarter for US-based startups. Extra Crunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We seek to have our investor landscape as diverse as possible, so we are working toward gender equality in VC and other important diversity causes to accomplish that. VC investors: Rokas Peciulaitis (Contrarian Ventures). Jone Vaituleviciute, Dmitrij Susunov (Startup Wise Guys). Who are the key startup people in your city (e.g.,

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

2) I wish I had better understood the VC model and incentive structure when fundraising. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

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. Because, almost by definition, I’m going to tell you no. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

A little over seven years ago, I set out to start a fund that looks to be an early and vocal supporter of those who are outside the innermost circles of the most powerful people in tech--since, by definition, New York City was beyond that circle. I've been running a group of people who are new to the VC ecosystem or who aspire to join it.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is the largest and one of the best-known funding sources for web3 startups. Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The main requirement is that all the co-founders believe it’s in their best interest and agree to it. Most repeat founders I’ve talked to agree that four years is too short. You definitely don’t need to. You might decide four or six is better for your co-founder unit and your company. Image Credits: FirstMark.

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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. Definitely best to partner. Username or Email Address.

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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. The NYC startup community will benefit tremendously in the decades to come not only from Cornell Tech which came out of the Mike Bloomberg mayoral administration, but also universal Pre-K from the deBlasio tenure.

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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 try to take time out of my week to occasionally meet with startup founders – even those that haven’t been introduced. He has a startup. Should you?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” ” “After 3 and a half years of fusing my self-worth with the success of the company in the crucible of startup survival, it was impossible to tear them apart without pain.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 11, 2023

Riffing Off VC Charles Hudson’s Blog Post, Here’s What I’m Trying to Answer a group of different robots running a race, digital art [DALL-E] If startup founders sometimes ‘Build in Public,’ is the analogou sventure capitalist motto to ‘Think in Public?’

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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? Validating your idea, through customer love for your product, may be one of the most emotionally and intellectually taxing parts of being an early-stage founder. How to Get Earned Media. Wedge to TAM.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Series, which offers corporate bank accounts, is getting inundated with inbound messages, entire portfolios of VC firm — and the pace of inbound is ramping up by the hour. 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.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

Exploring Shaun Gold’s Entrepreneurial Journey as Nightlife Ninja, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, and VC I had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Gold. Shaun’s the true definition of a polymath.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Us starting this business exactly at the time when Jio was coming big was definitely very lucky, right? Like, everything else, I read a lot of books, like everything that is out there related to startups, founders, but all of that is not in context to what you’re doing. At that time, we just kept listening to VCs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Levinson: Well, doing something like this is definitely challenging and it requires patience. Connie Loizos, TechCrunch’s Silicon Valley editor, has the story , including where XYZ is looking for startups outside of the once-secretive public company’s staff. Startup valuations have recovered from summer lows.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2022

I’d argue that pivots are more important to track than a financing round because they give a snapshot of a startup reacting to a new tension in the market. Plus, unlike a funding round, a pivot is a definite signal that something is changing, a tension other than a cadre of investors affirming that a founder is onto something big.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

is still the best place in the world for Black startup founders to raise money. It’s quite easy to harp on the dismal funding and often discriminatory treatment that Black founders receive in the U.S. for venture funds for his startup because there are more success stories of Black founders in the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. What is the definition of a job hopper? Why do job hoppers make such bad employees at startups? -. You’re a startup founder. By definition!

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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

MAY 15, 2023

If a VC has experience in a different field, it may not translate well — if at all — to a startup, and advice around certain business decisions could quickly become outdated. There is a growing group of VC funds led by folks who think they might be better suited to back companies because they are currently startup founders themselves.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

An inside look at how successful VCs are courting the small world of big investors. 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 from pre-seed to Series A.

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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. Are you VC-investable? As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

Simultaneously, when I talk to the lenders, they are reducing the dollar sizes of new commitments, reducing interest-only periods, asking for more warrants and being much more picky about which startups to lend capital to. So, this definitely feels like a trend. For other TC coverage on this topic, head here and here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Neither can any VC. Executive Summary. Why buy me?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

As an early-stage VC, you spend time with hundreds of fantastic startups, trying to identify potential winners by thinking about market size, business model and competition. Nevertheless, deep down you know that in the long run, it all comes down to the team and the founder(s). Johan Brenner. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A rose by any other name : “Ad,” “Sponsored,” whatever you want to call it, Google is making it so when you perform a mobile search, you will definitely know if it is some sponsored content or an organic search result. Startups and VC. And we have five more for you: What is this, a VC for ants ? Ivan has more.

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