American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Pursuing your passion is a good jumping off point, but not all passions can become profitable businesses—so opening up your eyes to other opportunities is another pathway to start a business. This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models. Self-assess your skills, expertise, and experience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

From day one, Station F has always been about making life easier for entrepreneurs,” Station F director Roxanne Varza said at the launch event earlier today. Finally, the program is based on peer-to-peer feedback. Station F , the big startup campus located in Paris, is launching an online component called Launch by Station F.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

This will keep you up to date on important deadlines, events, and other updates. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. 1) Your school. 1) Your school. First of all, it’s important to be in touch with what’s going on locally.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Grab a red Sharpie, circle September 20 on your calendar (ooh, how old-school) and get ready to jumpstart your TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 networking experience. Sure, Disrupt’s “official” run is September 21-23, but why wait to meet other movers and shakers in your specific tech category? Make the most out of your TC Disrupt experience!

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

But realistically, those companies often don’t turn up on my radar: They are too big to be startups and haven’t had a liquidity event (i.e., But realistically, those companies often don’t turn up on my radar: They are too big to be startups and haven’t had a liquidity event (i.e.,

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We are grappling with healthcare challenges, irreversibly disrupted industries, millions of underemployed workers, and devastating racial and gender inequities. Together, we can empower contributors of all races, genders, and backgrounds to turn disruption and division into creation and abundance – for all. We need ingenuity.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What areas need to be disrupted? I've seen about a dozen companies in the last year trying to help me figure out what to do with my time and how to collaborate with my friends around events. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. Calendaring.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

And yet, one of the events that generates the most momentum for long-term impact — the successful exit of a portfolio company — is not being harnessed. And yet, one of the events that generates the most momentum for long-term impact — the successful exit of a portfolio company — is not being harnessed.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

This is particularly acute in New York City, where you have several industries undergoing serious disruption, a critical mass of creativity from the cross pollination of ideas, and lots of capital. It’s not so much that we have a shortage of talent as much as we have an overabundance of opportunities for innovation.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

I find level setting to be one of the most difficult things to do around any task or skill. Just how good is good? What are the best people accomplishing? How do you measure it? It comes up a lot with my coaching clients who aspire to be top VCs and are trying to figure out how to self-assess and goal set. But I thought I was good!?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

When I worked at Salesforce we had “city tours” in which a senior exec on our team would fly to a city in America (eventually globally) and host an event with customers and prospects. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. Building a community goes well beyond hosting events.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Opportunity is everywhere, but it does not make its way to everyone. Ecosystem building work is often thankless, tiring, and even demoralizing at times. How do ecosystem builders stay motivated to keep doing the work? What specific practices do ecosystem builders use for self-care, to keep going, and avoid burning out? Doing both centers me.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In this post, we will walk through what drove Monzo’s early success, how it has come to dominate the UK market, and the company’s opportunity to change the landscape of global financial services with its beloved brand. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. This did not happen by magic. expectations.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. Being an effective founder means questioning current paradigms, asking ‘Is there a better way to do this—and am I the person to do it?’

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Finally, after many “could have beens,” they end up at her apartment, but the whole romance fell through because she’s constantly disrupted by phone calls from her mentally ill brother, Michael. Written by Violet Lim, CEO and co-founder of Lunch Actually and EO Singapore. We have come to the last month of 2018! We do not rest.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

When Ryan and I decided to get involved in the education sector, comments from peers were along the lines of: ‘Oh, that’s sweet’ and ‘Are you doing that full-time?’ When Ryan and I decided to get involved in the education sector, comments from peers were along the lines of: ‘Oh, that’s sweet’ and ‘Are you doing that full-time?’

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 22, 2016

When Ryan and I decided to get involved in the education sector, comments from peers were along the lines of: ‘Oh, that’s sweet’ and ‘Are you doing that full-time?’ When Ryan and I decided to get involved in the education sector, comments from peers were along the lines of: ‘Oh, that’s sweet’ and ‘Are you doing that full-time?’

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Community isn’t a single Slack group or event or newsletter. To be a startup aiming to disrupt a category that still has a tone of gray in it comes with its own challenges. 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more. who is building the best community in edtech right now?

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

• Can help maintain productivity on days when events disrupt commutes or services at office. Most offices, whether at a big company or at a startup, allow employees to work at home from time to time. Others, citing their own data, disagree, countering that time in the office is the time that's most productive.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And then, another day, you’ll realize that you’re not getting the recognition or opportunities that you deserve. Are you tired of getting paid less than your peers for doing the same work? One day, you will be happily working for someone else: exceeding monthly goals and growing their profits. You deserve this chance!

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

A rare opportunity to hear from three leaders of the digital retail revolution. Perception Point powers new security from Acronis. WayUp partners with AMS to boost diverse recruitment. Corporate introductions: Partner with startups. More than 1,200 high-tech jobs. Startup of the Week: VisIC: Fueling the electric car revolution. Learn More.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities which don’t fit our mandate. We’re launching our own scout program, and want to benchmark compensation and structure against our peers. The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

He held out his bag, and I peered inside. “I ( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. Betwixt a placid pond and the high road rests an inn. I responded.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I imagined that if I could run an event like this I might be able to persuade some LPs who hadn’t invested in our fund to come to Los Angeles. So I decided to change up our format a bit. So I decided to change up our format a bit. Here’s a short sample of what we now do. I had a few objectives in mind.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. However, the challenge with this two-sided market is: how do you get the investors to show up? It’s hard enough to get the retail investors, but the family offices and other large check writers are even more challenging.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The reality is that cryptocurrencies can be both and can be liberating and corrupting at the same time. So I’m going to try and do a single sitting riff of how I’ve viewed the topic as I’ve watched the cheerleaders & naysayers from the sidelines. It’s pretty tough to have a view on cryptocurrency if you don’t have a history of currency.

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