Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Every time I talk to someone about the work we do at Founders’ Co-op , I have to first explain that we don’t really care about technology or business ideas per se. Aviel and I know something about this.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We launched Startup School as an online program in 2017 to support founders actively working on building their companies. On November 9th, we’re also opening Startup School to potential founders who are interested in starting a company in the future. You can register for the new course today.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2024

Philippines-based venture capital firm Kaya Founders recently concluded the second close of its two latest funds to support tech startups in Southeast Asia. This latest development brings the total capital of the new funds to 1 billion pesos (approximately $18 million), elevating the firm’s total assets under management to 1.25

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder. Yet, the benefits of having a technical co-founder make it all worthwhile. A good co-founder will serve as a powerful force multiplier.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 29, 2024

Singapore-based Health technology startup Thrixen has successfully secured an investment totaling US$7 million, as announced by its CEO Shavit Clein. The funding round was co-led by 22Health Ventures, an early-stage investor specializing in health technology, and John Ballantyne, co-founder of Aldevron, a prominent biotechnology company.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The 30 Most Important Lessons Learned About Developing New Business In this article, we delve into the wisdom of thirty seasoned professionals, including Founders and CEOs, who share their most important lessons learned in developing a new business. It’s as simple as prioritizing progress over perfection. But so can men.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

What Role Do Partnerships Play in New Business Development? To provide insights into the role of partnerships in new business development, we asked 13 CEOs and Founders for their expert advice. At my marketing agency, AS Marketing, we regularly work with partners to collaborate on events like webinars.

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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. As such, Silicon Valley remained the tech standard bearer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium. Chroma did.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Throughout the years of developing Gust.com and Gust Launch, we recognized a common pain point in the startup journey. Founders, the passionate entrepreneurs pouring all of their efforts into building their ventures, had questions about how to properly set up their startups. How do we set it up? How do we set it up?

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 4, 2024

17 Metrics to Measure the Success of New Business Development When it comes to gauging the success of new business development, CEOs and founders are key voices to listen to. This ensures new business development isn’t just about revenue, but actively building the future we envision for our company.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. Geoff Newman , Founder, Starget.co.uk Any new local business could try this.

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500

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Startup founders often have ambitions not just to make money, but to change the world. So, how do we help these founders accomplish these goals? Enter ImpactAIM Indonesia, a program forged from a partnership between 500 Startups and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nix, the open-source tool for creating reproducible builds and deployments, is becoming increasingly popular among developers, but it’s not always the easiest service to work with. Shaw to make it easier for its internal developers to use. ” The two co-founders “virtually dated” for a while, as Brantley put it.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. But as a “company town” where most engineers come for a well-paying job, not as founders seeking like-minded peers, our region’s entrepreneurial support systems are surprisingly weak. Aviel and I love working together to find and develop the most talented founding teams in our region.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 10, 2023

From including your team in deductibles to researching specific exemptions, here are seven answers to the question, “What are your most helpful tax strategies that every startup founder needs to be aware of?” One strategy worth considering is an Interested Stockholder Tax Basis Adjustment (ISTBA).

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What Is Your Process for Developing New Business Ideas?: 16 Experts Weigh In Sixteen entrepreneurs, from Founders to CEOs, unveil their personal blueprints for birthing a business concept. We then create a detailed roadmap and set clear goals to guide our development process. That’s my unique process.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As a deep tech investor, I have often noticed that deep tech startups go through a different evolution cycle than a typical B2B or B2C company. Accordingly, the challenges they face along the way are different — commercialization tends to be more complex and founders are often required to approach it differently.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 13, 2023

But from a business point of view, it always comes down to concentrating on what the customer wants the most that you can supply with ease and maximum profit — in other words, developing your MVP. MVPs are not restricted to tech founders; the principle behind them is sound for any business. And this process is full of mistruths.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Startups may not spring to mind when speaking about the beautiful country of Croatia. But Croatia’s entrepreneurs haven’t been quiet: Startups like Infobip and Rimac are significant local hero businesses now, and the region can boast of high-quality talent in the tech, automotive, manufacturing, and agtech spaces.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Developer-focused productivity tool Raycast has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Accel and Coatue. As developers ourselves, we find ourselves spending a lot of time on busywork that doesn’t bring that much value. Raycast is now publicly launching the Extensions API and Store, opening it up to developers around the world.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Technology and visual effects startup Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) has raised $5.3 MARZ plans to use the funding to grow its core VFX business and accelerate the development of its ‘AI for VFX’ technology solutions. million in Series A funding. ” Bronfman wrote.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When the dot-com bubble popped 20 years ago a lot of people thought that software development was going to get broadly outsourced. Instead, Silicon Valley evolved a new ethos around technical, product-focused founders and strong, central engineering teams. And yet, software development outsourcing is a thing once again.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Entrepreneurial Visionary and Devoted Family Man: An Exclusive Interview with Shakeim Reid, Founder of Serv-U Hub LLC I had the pleasure of interviewing Shakeim Reid, the founder of Serv-U Hub LLC. What motivated you to launch a startup? What has been the biggest challenge when growing your startup?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Tesla co-founder joins TELO board timely guiding the company through its next development stage EV manufacturer TELO gained significant support for its innovative mini-truck via a $5.4 With input from the innovative design studio fuseproject , the EV mini-truck startup set its sights on building working prototypes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply chain management software startup Slync , which was at one point valued at $240 million, hasn’t had the easiest go of it lately. During all this, the startup lost its chief marketing officer, chief revenue officer and chief financial officer. But lots of startups do the same. billion in 2022.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups. These interactions are crucial for developing best practices, sourcing investments, and understanding group operations.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members Navigating team conflicts in a startup environment requires wisdom and practical strategies. Drawing from the experiences of CEOs, Co-Founders, and other leaders, we’ve compiled fourteen diverse perspectives. It’s not first grade. My top advice?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

The startup Cambrian BioPharma is developing a life-changing technology while pioneering a radical approach to a pharmaceutical company. Cambrian BioPharma bills itself as a new pharmaceutical company with a revolutionary approach to developing and managing drug development. Register here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

LinearB , a startup that helps engineering leaders optimize the workflow of their development teams, today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series B round led by Tribe Capital. The company says it managed to grow its user base from 1,500 development teams in 2021 to over 5,000 today. Image Credits: LinearB.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. Nikki O’Farrell of KatKin told us that “[She has an] expert ear and eye from the world of startups/scaleups and growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

“There’s a ton of stuff that really could be impacting the lives of everybody on Earth, that is not making it out of the lab and into practical application,” said David Van Wie, founder and chief investment officer at Aventurine Capital Group. If it sounds as if it’s the antithesis of quick growth and timely exit, that’d be accurate.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Google has selected 30 startups to receive a share of its $2 million Black Founders Fund in Europe, providing these companies with a spot of cash, some valuable cloud services and a bit of good old-fashioned networking among the Google crew. All the startups are led by Black founders, and 40% by women of color.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Quantori , a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, is building a platform-as-a-service tuned specifically to the needs of this vertical. The startup is attempting to position itself as being uniquely prepared to work with this market, and today it announced a $15 million seed investment on a post-money valuation of $100 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Among all the buzzwords startups use when pitching investors and in their marketing, “data-driven” is nearly at the top of the pile. Previously trending tech startups in fields like BNPL, crypto and the delivery market are struggling to show the growth and returns they promised in their initial funding rounds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. Since 2015, Black and Latinx founders — who have fewer funding routes available to them to begin with — have raised just 2.4%

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