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JULY 31, 2019

But 2012 me, a first-time half-Latino half-African-American founder from Costa Rica, coming from a university these guys had never heard of, nope. We foreign/minority founders come with increased risk, and that's the hard truth. It was deemed by Techcrunch and CNN as 'The Next Angry Birds' and was downloaded over 300,000 times.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Evan is the CEO and co-founder of Movers+Shakers , a creative agency with a mission to “spread joy by connecting brands to culture.” In fact, TikTok was the most downloaded and highest grossing non-game app globally in the first half of 2021. We asked Evan how brands can leverage the TikTok platform. Happy learning!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

million global downloads, according to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. million downloads for Poparazzi, which is largely in line with the startup’s claims, as these estimates aren’t an exact science.). He, along with his brother, co-founder Austen Ma, went through several pivots to get to Poparazzi, he told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Aytekin Tank is the founder of JotForm , an online form builder. Founders from around the world arrive in Silicon Valley with visions of record-setting A rounds and billion-dollar valuations. If you’re a SaaS founder who’s wary of VC funding, here are my best bootstrapping tips. Share on Twitter. Keep your day job.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Brad says: “Talk to people you trust, whether they’re investors, board members, co-founders, mentors, whatever; make sure you’re open about the stress and the struggle you’re going through both financially in the business and personally.” I can personally attest that it’s very easy for a startup CEO to feel alone and isolated.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Register According to iLife * founder Nelson Lee, roughly $200 billion in premiums are signed annually in the U.S. Focusing on seed stage investments, Cherubic aims to be the first institutional investor of the next iconic company and back founders who dare to dream big and change the world.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

Joining me in the investment is fellow Brooklyn native, Mitch Kapor , as well as KEC Holdings and Stickerbrush—but this wasn’t an easy round for Founder Raul Gutierrez to close. Tinybop raised a seed round of about $800k last fall. When he pitched, he was the proverbial "guy with an idea."

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

You can of course view the presentation in SlideShare above or download it directly for free here. Consider the case of Tradesy founder Tracy DiNunzio who could only launch her startup by giving up her bedroom for a year and earning $28,000 that allowed her to not have a full time job that year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In one of the more recent developments, a language learning app called EWA — which has built a media-based approach to language acquisition, with excerpts from films and TV, and books, to familiarize learners with vocabulary and speaking — has passed 51 million downloads and picked up 3.5 million in its first outside funding.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

However, the journey can be a steep learning curve and present numerous challenges, especially for first-time founders. This article explores five of the most common mistakes startup founders make and how you can steer clear of them. They can, however, be a good option for founders as a vehicle to hold shares in their company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

CEO and co-founder Aaron Polhamus said he, Miguel Arroyo and Jaime Rodas were driven to start Mexico City-based Vest in December 2020 because of their belief that while Latin Americans work hard for their savings, “historically their savings have not worked hard for them.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I am the founder of the relatively new domain extension “.club,” If you’re new to Clubhouse and want to access all it has to offer, go to www.join.club on your iPhone browser to download the app, and set up an account. Life seems so different after finding out about Clubhouse! club,” an alternative to.com,net and.org.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

Creating a blog section on your website and regularly publishing fresh content can help you: Increase conversion by adding Calls To Action (CTAs) to your blog posts to get people to join your email list, download a lead magnet, or buy a product or service. Build brand authority by talking about niche topics from an expert point of view.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. most Internet connections have been asymmetric & optimized for downloads). Gangnam Style Meets Torso TV. billion views. They taped it at 3.30pm for 2 minutes.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm, says, “The thing that gets me most excited is the founder whos obsessed with solving a problem that matters, and is determined to keep going no matter what.” Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

For one, Mara was founded by Danilo Mansano and Ariel Lambrecht, the latter of whom was one of the co-founders of 99, a mobility startup that became the first unicorn in Brazil after being sold to Didi for $1 billion in 2018. . This round caught my attention for a few reasons. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 11, 2020

He is the founder of Nicework , which helps companies to define their purpose and then deliver on it. Download the report here. . Contributed by Ross Drakes , an entrepreneur and creative director based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He joined the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in 2013. In the spirit of EO together.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 3, 2025

Check contacts in LinkedIn and any business social media You can download your list of contacts from LinkedIn. Check out options to download your contacts from any other relevant personal or business social media accounts. Then youll have a database of clients ready to download. Mary Crampton, founder of Magnify Consulting.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Funding backers included Y Combinator, Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, Canary, Hustle Fund, Necessary Ventures and the co-founders of TaskUs. Vicente Zavarce, Yummy’s founder and CEO, launched the company in 2020 and is currently part of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort. Born in Venezuela, Zavarce came to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Davit Buniatyan, founder and CEO at the company says the company developed out of research he was doing at Princeton where saw the need for a streaming database of unstructured data like images and video specifically designed for AI use cases. The program has been downloaded 300,000 times so far. Activeloop image database.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Other investors in today’s funding round include Singular, King, the founders of FuboTV and Daniel Ek’s family office. In particular, back in February 2021, the company said it managed to generate 250 million downloads. That number has now doubled as the startup has now delivered 500 million installs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

They just announced their Android app (you can download here if you’re on Android or the iOS version if you’re on that platform ). If you want to read more about our investment you can follow its launch today on ProductHunt , which has become my favorite place now to launch new applications and companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

As part of the investment, Ravi Adusumalli, founder and managing partner at Elevation Capital, will join Zeni’s board. Founders have real-time access to financial insights via the Zeni Dashboard, including cash in and out, operating expenses, yearly taxes and financial projections.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Monthly active users have almost doubled to 120 million this year and the company has seen 800,000 downloads a day thanks, in part, to the wildly popular game Among Us (which received a ringing endorsement from the popular congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ). AOC’s Among Us stream topped 435,000 concurrent viewers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

I’ve created two tools that have been downloaded by over 1,000 people that help get people aligned to goals: the Whole Life Dashboard and the Goal Ladder. I saw this list of 10 questions that ButcherBox founder Mike Salguero shared and I made a point to start answering a few each day as part of my own morning routine this week.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Artem Konovalov, the co-founder of Spellar AI , a groundbreaking technology that’s transforming how people communicate across languages and cultures. If you had to share “words of wisdom” with a founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The success of their open-source models is evident in the download count, with two of them amassing over 6 million downloads. The aspirations of startups like Baichun line up with China’s tech giants collectively investing billions in AI training and development, mirroring the tech frenzy experienced in Silicon Valley.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2023

Needless to say, the Wefunder results excited co-founders Dan Projanksky and Caroline Strzalka. Investors banked on the impressive accomplishments of both co-founders who have a track record of success in media, entertainment and finance. ” Prior to the retail raise Overplay raised $1.8

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In August 2018, the company raised a $400,000 pre-seed round with Kima Ventures and the co-founders of Zenly Antoine Martin and Alexis Bonillo. With Powder, the company seems to have found a great distribution mechanism to attract more downloads, leading to more users. million people have downloaded the iOS app since its launch.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 2, 2023

Expect to hear from trailblazing enterprise owners and founders who are making waves with their can-do attitude and innovative spirit, all while living the famous Taranaki lifestyle – spanning energy, tech and wellbeing, beverage crafters, commercial developers, and digital storytellers. Morgan Maw, Boring Oat Milk. It’s an incredible story.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. million donation-based fund intended to grow to $15 million to invest in “underserved” founders.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

based co-founders of another music-licensing company, Music Vine. The founders realized there was an opportunity to put their expertise to work to address the growing need to offer a free music resource for the creator space. mo) provides full access and unlimited downloads. (A million GBP ($6.15 The Premium subscription ($6.99/mo)

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Culture Miles Lasater, CEO and Founder, Purpose Built, said, As VCs, we know the importance of evaluating team dynamics before we make an investment. Decision-Making Dave Perretz, Founder at TheFundCXO, said, Institutional LPs will examine your decision-making processes. The firms long-term goal is [long-term aspirations].

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 24, 2022

About seven years ago, Dremio’s founder Tomer envisioned a product that would enable customers to manage data and compute separately. Arrow alone is downloaded millions of times per month. Today, the company announced its Series E at $2 billion valuation. Today, we call this idea the data lakehouse and a query engine.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“Every enterprise we speak with says the same thing — ‘we have a long backlog of internal tool tickets that are holding us back’,” Budibase co-founder Joe Johnston told TechCrunch. ” Open sourced. “Employees from some of the companies mentioned are active in our community,” Johnston said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

We talked with kids attending 30 or 35 different high schools,” co-founder Florent Sciberras told me. “We In just a few weeks, Revyze managed to attract 35,000 downloads. within 6 to 12 months,” co-founder Guillaume Perrot told me. In many ways, Revyze looks just like TikTok. Image Credits: Revyze. So what does Revyze feel like?

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