TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

The first two years of the pandemic boosted e-commerce, but Simon Wu, a partner at Cathay Innovation, has identified three factors that are now creating strong headwinds for online retailers: Increasing economic uncertainty. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. iOS social media privacy updates.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Scott Lenet is president of Touchdown Ventures. 3 lies VCs tell ourselves about startup valuations. Is there a creed in venture capital? Seeing the future is also the goal of startup founders, corporate leaders and venture capitalists. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU). Benoit Wirz , partner, Brighteye Ventures (an active edtech-focused venture capital fund in Europe that backs YouSchool, Lightneer and Aula). citizenship!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2021

I urged founders to think less about how to bundle and unbundle lecture experience, and more about how to replace outdated systems and methods with new, tech-powered solutions. In other words, don’t simply put engaging content on a screen, but innovate on what that screen looks like, tracks and offers. Across the week.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As part of an ongoing series of interviews with transportation startup founders, ??Rebecca Rebecca Bellan spoke to Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of Cartken, which manufactures autonomous sidewalk robots. Three trends he’s identified: Moving beyond demand-side innovation. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Their discussion, which took place at TechCrunch Disrupt, also addressed the value of using test suites and selecting a reliable continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) framework. Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. founder Manu Bansal.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2020

So our investors are some of are our [limited partners], but the vast majority are long-only funds, alternative investment managers and people who are really excited about technology as a long-term disrupter and want to be aligned with this next generation of iconic companies. Check out the whole thing on TechCrunch. How can I stay?

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

This, despite research suggesting that immigrants contribute 40% more to innovation than local inventors. What these foreign entrepreneurs most need is confidence, role models and success stories proving other people who look like them have made it, especially when those founders are making waves in the same industry as them.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. or the countless other successful startup firms.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The unprecedented rush of venture capital into startups is having an interesting knock-on effect: “Venture capital investors are racing to pay more to buy smaller pieces of startups that are less profitable than before,” writes Alex Wilhelm, who studied Silicon Valley Bank’s State of the Markets Report Q4 2021.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Disrupt is turning 12 years old. But after a couple of years coming to you virtually, the world’s most impactful tech startup conference is coming back to real life. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. Disrupt Stage Agenda.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

I wrote this in my newsletter this morning: If you're not willing to ask yourself difficult questions, to be asked them, or to ask them of your teams, then this e-mail and, frankly, this "innovation" industry isn't for you. What have tech leaders been telling people they needed to do in order to be great founders and to build great things?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. In the past year, syndicates have been emerging as a key force for investing — and for startups seeking capital to get going — on the continent. million across 19 African companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. Which areas are either oversaturated or would be too hard to compete in at this point for a new startup? We have a decade behind us of incremental innovations.

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