Hunter Walk

APRIL 17, 2025

Since I’m always interested in startup outcomes – especially those where there’s a private equity-like exit , Joe was kind enough to share the backstory with me, and here with you! In 2007, it wasnt clear which strategy was correct. I saw your essay about this form of capital being a Growth Engine or Growth Killer?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! LEAN STARTUP MOVEMENT. The Need for Strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

By embracing strategic thinking and the lean startup philosophy, you can overcome entrepreneurial challenges and bring your vision to life. Embrace Lean Startup Methodology Traditionally, starting a business meant undertaking thorough planning, seeking significant funding, and developing a product in isolation from its future users.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. A few people have asked me to try and define the perfect startup organization chart. But I do have more insight into understanding your startup team. Often I’m asked by startup CEO’s about how to best build an engineering team.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

12 Strategies for Boosting Team Productivity in Startups To help startups boost their team productivity, we’ve gathered twelve insightful strategies from top founders, CEOs, and managers. In order to maintain order and still be efficient, there are a few strategies you can consider: Set clear goals and expectations.

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Challenges facing EdTech founders: Small Network: A small number of hugely successful EdTech startups (compared to other markets like FinTech, AdTech, etc) so a very small network to learn from and everyone is still exploring and finding his own way. I would definitely recommend UCL educate program for that side.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

MyEO DX attracts EO members who are looking to transform or reinvent their business strategies or overall engagement with entrepreneurship. Some MyEO DX members are angel investors and serial entrepreneurs with deep knowledge about the process and strategy behind buying and selling companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. If you’re an early-stage enterprise startup services revenue is exactly what you need. We like software.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. The start of 2022 shows no signs of slowing, with more startups jumping into the fray to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges. We definitely think through that when we do our diligence.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I’m no great scholar on bubbles – I have more interesting things to spend my time worrying about than the exact definition , but having been around a few I have at least given them intellectual consideration. For others it feels like a two-speed economy, where rules apply to hot tech startups that don’t apply elsewhere.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I will start from a passage from the Wikipedia definition because I think it does a great job of summarizing. Need to Talk More than Listen – If I attend meetings where I’m not speaking my brain will definitely wander. I sat down with Kati Morton (who does YouTube videos on mental health) to talk about ADD.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. Basically we have a set of internal objectives.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

“ Our strong numbers back us up in this case as they have proven the cadence is picking up, people are talking and customers are adopting our strategy – and we’ve had fantastic results. As more people are waking up to our message, it is time to turbo-charge the growth,” Peters said in an emailed interview.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

A Canadian startup working at the cutting edge of satellite imaging has raised $4.5 I’ve covered Wyvern in the past, including when the startup participated in incubator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)’s academic conference-like demo day back in 2019. So definitely a fantastic addition in terms of tech strategy.”

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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. It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies.

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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. Su is currently the head of portfolio strategy for Sound Ventures, previously a growth leader at Stripe and the first hire at Reforge.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. This shows that Africa’s investment landscape is still very promising because it continues to grow, and there’s increasing interest in multiple startup ecosystems, including nascent ecosystems. billion, according to data from Partech.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

. &# Raise your hand if you’re an entrepreneur, raise your hand if you plan to raise venture capital in the next year, raise your hand if you’re a service provider to the startup industry,&# etc. One strategy I often employ. It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. I can then change my focus based on the results.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 24, 2020

How I spent €200.000 on a failed startup by raising money, hiring people, and building a product no one wanted. years ago my startup ( Panda Training , which back then was a matchmaking platform for trainers offering training and companies that needed training) raised €200.000 from various funding sources. How many people you’ve hired?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The new wave of startups are slicing and dicing the same market of students and teachers who are fatigued by Zoom University, which — at best — often looks like a gallery view with a chat bar. Engageli, a new startup founded by Avida, Daphne Koeller and Serge Plotkin, raised $14.5 Image Credits: Class.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. I’ve always said that the low-interest rate environment that we’ve had really since 2008 has generated an interest-free loan on risky startups.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. Clearly, if we’re going to come up with a professional definition of what ecosystem building is, it needs to include this connector/connecting aspect. Loading….

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Reach Capital’s Jomayra Herrera encapsulated the changing landscape well: The deal pace has definitely slowed down in 2022 across most sectors. How has this affected your edtech portfolio’s ability to grow, and how are you changing strategy? This impacted the kinds of startups that got funding and the total capital in the market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 7, 2017

I was surprised that very few people were aware of these strategies?yet We help companies identify and implement innovative growth and execution strategies. Through on-site workshops and consulting, we teach our techniques to businesses at every level: from startups to those with over US$80 million in revenue.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

We are here to help them with product discovery and strategy, market analysis, UX/UI design, smoke testing, usability testing, and everything else that is needed to get it right. Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups. Definitely! How much of a limitation is that for launching an app?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

And now, the startup has raised $20 million in Series A funding to continue expanding its platform. Mark Lee, together with the startup’s CBO DK Lee and with other friends from Harvard and MIT, founded MarqVision in 2020. Mark) Lee approached the problem initially from a legal perspective when he was still a Harvard law student.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase, in my experience, is Entrepreneur First out of London/Europe (but now also in Asia), and even then that entity is slightly closer to a pre-accelerator in the way it assembles talent before it assembles the startups (although it does also fund its startups).

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Admissions Officer : Twice a year, Y Combinator receives tens of thousands of applications from promising startups all around the world. Product Engineer : We’re hiring another product engineer who’s interested in learning how YC chooses which startups to fund, and translating that into software. ADMISSIONS. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

“With private equity investors like Goldman Sachs [which led its previous round in 2019] and CVC, they definitely expect liquidity at some point,” Beloussov said. The funding and Acronis’s strategy to double down on growing its business comes at a key moment in the world of cybersecurity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. “It

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Register Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, has publicly announced that it entered into a definitive agreement, through its wholly owned international subsidiary Tata Communications (Netherlands) B.V., Username or Email Address. Remember Me. No account yet? to acquire The Switch Enterprises LLC.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups. Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

“To make these improvements, in-home healthcare strategies will need to leverage next-generation technology and value-based care strategies. Among other topics, Lee will talk about how Guild Education met her criteria for investment before the duo offer feedback on startup pitches submitted by audience members.

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