StartupNation

JULY 17, 2025

But with a strategic financial plan, you can position your startup for sustainable growth and a strong future. As a startup, resources are often limited, so every dollar needs to go toward driving growth or keeping operations running smoothly. You’ll need to balance your budget, find the right funding, and navigate risks carefully.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 21, 2025

Some teams streamline investor onboarding using Passthrough or Allocations Post-Investment Ops : This is where Seraf becomes the quiet engine, tracking IRR, KPIs, and cash positions, organizing documents, managing deadlines, and generating stakeholder-ready updates. Investor group operations: Seraf, AngelList Stack.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. But sometimes the CEO takes the initiative to recruit an absolute gem and that was the case with ResQ , a software startup servicing the hospitality owners and service/repair vendors. I got a text from Apoorva asking if we could reconnect.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

The Board Creation Prompt I adapted the prompt from Chris Bradley’s excellent Medium article “Create A Virtual Advisory Board with ChatGPT to Guide Your Startup Business” Customize for your own needs: Hi, ChatGPT. The process is straightforward but requires careful thought about who you want on your board and why.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities. startups in Q1-Q2 of 2024. Exit optionality is indeed essential to the startup and venture capital lifecycle, as acquisitions make up 90% ofexits.

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

Choosing the right Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is a critical decision for any startup. Their insights offer practical guidance to help your startup make smarter, more informed decisions that support long-term growth. I also reached out to other startup founders and sought their advice on CRM software.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 27, 2025

The startup uses AI automation to streamline specialty therapy approvals for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Mandolin, an innovative AI healthcare startup, has secured $40 million in funding to transform how patients gain access to life-saving specialty therapies.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Now we tackle the more difficult and subjective task of placing a value upon those startups that don’t fit into that mold. For those of us who’ve invested in early-stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem. There is nothing wrong with changing the five tests to meet individual needs.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Navan This Navan ad uses a startup-specific message, along with a strong G2 rating, to position itself as the go-to travel platform for high-growth teams. It hooks with a visual metaphor : The unicorn in a plane window is weird, memorable, and on-brand for a startup audience. 5 from 8K+ reviews) is front and center.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 30, 2025

We also made the product more interactive by introducing guided tours, improving documentation, and delivering clearer, more actionable recommendations. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe? Dont wait for the perfect momentjust start.

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StartupNation

JULY 11, 2025

The startup that went public five years later. 10 Questions a Seasoned Business Angel Asks Startup Founders Room to Grow Beyond the Current Results Investors aren’t only interested in what your business is today. That’s why it’s super important to document processes. Everyone’s heard the stories. However, they’re not the norm.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Collaboration: This defines not only how your team meets and communicates, but also how they document processes and decisions to keep stakeholders in the loop and transfer knowledge between team members.

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StartupNation

MAY 26, 2025

Mike Maples on Pattern Breakers: Why Some Startups Change the Future Robert confessed that the system was fallible. Robert brought out a ­couple of very large corkboards covered with documents describing ­every aspect of the employee experience that Radio Flyer practices. They included the tiniest details. How ­were they evaluated?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

A small startup still managing a few dozen invoices manually, for example, needs different features and scalability than a rapidly growing enterprise processing hundreds (or thousands) of invoices across multiple departments. You can get insights into the status of your invoices and how efficiently your document processing is running.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. That’s why in this article, you’ll get a comprehensive look at the startups using voice technology to make healthcare better, along with some of the VC’s and accelerators that are backing them.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

So to be clear, if a company owns 8% of your company but has negative blocking rights as outlined above in the NVCA guidelines, you are ineligible for the program unless you modify your legal governing documents. How do I amend my legal documents so that the Affiliate Rule doesn’t stop me from applying for a loan?

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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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Paul G. Silva

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The angel groups of New England and New York joined forces to help startups get funded. Initial results: 2x as many startups are being seen by 2x as many investors, in 1/10th the time. They have to create hours creating slightly different versions of documents. Entrepreneur Pain Points. This is bad for everyone!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Startups Are for Doers. But trust me when I say that my observations across many startups (and other companies, frankly) is that not enough time goes into thinking. Startups are filled with the stresses of the here and now and it’s hard to break out of this mold of focusing two feet in front of you. Board Meetings.

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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. Make sure your team members know what is expected of them and how their work contributes to the overall goals of the startup.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. According to official estimates, the number of new Swiss startups has skyrocketed by 700% since 1996. Native startups will need 25,000 Swiss Francs to open an LLC and 50,000 more to incorporate. Ten years ago startups were unusual.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Register Asia is a significant market for startups due to its large and diverse population, as well as its rapidly growing economies. South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register Japan is taking proactive steps to simplify regulations for foreign individuals seeking startup visas, to foster its startup ecosystem. According to the report , the Ministry of Economy recently introduced guidelines outlining support measures to strengthen startups in Japan.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I am good at cranking out documents, memos, presentations, letters and spreadsheets. “I did that f **g documents yesterday! But here’s the thing – I do them with intense effort until they are mostly done. And then I struggle to go back and edit the minutiae of them. Can’t you just handle it from here?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Create a single document outlining your brand in vivid detail, then design training to educate all new hires, and implement performance metrics based on brand values. The Brand document is foundational to your decision-making process. When you make strategic decisions, is it easy to determine what is on-brand — and what is off-brand?

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Dream It

MARCH 28, 2020

Health Tensor reduces burnout through automated COVID-19 documentation. The burden of documentation falls on front line caregivers, consuming more than 50% of their day. Health Tensor’s AI copilot automates COVID-19 documentation as more patients enter hospitals and put a strain on systems. Contact Founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs.

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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. It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever. If this is all new to you, take a short course on Entrepreneurship or read The Lean Startup. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams Accountability is a cornerstone of startup success, and we’ve gathered insights from CEOs and Founders to learn how they maintain it within their teams. The best way to ensure this accountability is by creating a culture of trust and reliability among employees.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. We then develop specific hypotheses around these assumptions and design targeted experiments to validate or refute them as early as possible.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

With her new startup, Granitt — with Sandvik as its principal — aims to help at-risk people, like journalists and activists but also politicians, lawyers, refugees and human rights defenders, from threats they face doing their work. Sandvik is also a renowned hacker and security researcher and, as of recently, a founder.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 7, 2020

If your startup/organization/team struggles with ideation (the process of coming up with ideas), you fall into one of two camps: Those who struggle to come up with any ideas. Step 1: Get MAD – Remember your M ission, assess your A ssets, document the D emand. What follows is a step-by-step guide for solving both problems.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I try to speak at universities, high schools, startup accelerators?—?as He has a startup you’re going to love. Sometimes when I speak at conferences I’ll stay and shake hands for 2 hours with anybody who wants to say hello. If I’m out already I sort of view it as my small part in trying to give back and be accessible.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 3, 2021

30-page business plans are great for established businesses and terrible for startups that need to iterate quickly. 15+ years ago the Business Model Canvas (BMC) changed everything by giving us a 1-pager (or 4×3 foot poster) to help you quickly document and test the key hypothesis behind your business model.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 24, 2020

30-page business plans are great for established businesses and terrible for startups that need to iterate quickly. 15 years ago the Business Model Canvas (BMC) changed everything by giving us a 1-pager (or 4×3 foot poster) to help you quickly document and test the key hypothesis behind your business model. No map required.

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