StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

We’ve put together eight ways to safeguard your startup—from how you build your team to managing your finances, and choosing the right tech. Your co-founders and early hires set the tone for your entire company. Take the time to draft founders’ agreements, equity distribution, and clear roles from day one.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Sue de Bievre, Beany Founder. A separate business bank account draws a clear distinction between your personal and business finances. It outlines the strategies that will be employed to achieve short-term and long-term goals, providing a roadmap for growth and sustainability.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

Ben H , Founder & Owner, Dealmemo The Power of a Well-Designed Pitch Deck for Your Business Follow a Psychological Sequence I designed the pitch narrative to follow a psychological sequence rather than a linear business outline. They could then see for themselves how the AI-powered web scraping solution would affect their finances.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

On the business side, they face hard decisions about establishing the right marketing strategy for their products and services, gaining timely access to capital to grow their business and dealing with the day-to-day operations. They help you avoid c ommon pitfalls and introduce proven strategies that accelerate growth.

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Jason Malki

JULY 16, 2025

Steve Gomberg I had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Gomberg and he is a seasoned executive whose career spans general management, finance, and corporate development across a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. Implemented robust financial controls & operational strategies. Second was the type of analysis.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Taking place in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, the premiere event will present pioneers in business, innovation and leadership, including innovative founders Brianne West , Nadia Lim , Sam Stubbs , Iyia Liu , special guest Dan Carter and more. View the full session agenda here.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

Drawing on insights from these resilient entrepreneurs, readers will discover practical strategies for navigating setbacks and emerging stronger in the face of adversity. This article presents real-world examples of business leaders who successfully overcame various crises, from supply chain disruptions to regulatory shifts.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

However, forming your new fund also typically requires making important decisions about firm strategy, culture, how you make decisions, budget, data ownership, and other issues. Culture Miles Lasater, CEO and Founder, Purpose Built, said, As VCs, we know the importance of evaluating team dynamics before we make an investment.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2025

I recently had the chance to chat with Vladyslav Podoliako, the founder of the sales acquisition agency Belkins , and the email deliverability solution Folderly. Vlad shared his founders POV on how to start and grow a business, turn mistakes into learning moments, and keep the motivation alive through itall. This was very insightful.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Current encryption standards, essential to protecting sensitive data in finance, government, and telecommunications, can be easily broken by sufficiently advanced quantum computers—creating an urgent demand for quantum-resilient cybersecurity solutions.

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

Enroll for free 5 ways to starve imposter syndrome as an entrepreneur June 5 | 1:00 – 3:00PM ET Discover how to create the ultimate business plan in eight easy steps with financial services expert Cate Luzio, Founder and CEO of Luminary. Discuss how the model works and what the numbers mean.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

How Capsule is supporting young women to build thriving businesses Despite Romania’s growing startup ecosystem, women founders remain disproportionately low. Only 8% of startup founders in Romania are women, compared to 75% of men. Beginners need foundational knowledge in business planning, marketing, and finance.

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StartupNation

JULY 16, 2025

However, its growing popularity reflects fundamental changes in how businesses access financing, particularly as traditional lenders pull back. Still, this form of financing is no panacea. It’s crucial to assess whether this route aligns with your venture’s financial health and long-term strategy.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

How to kickstart your AI automation strategy Automate intelligently with Zapier What is AI automation? AI automation often comes into the picture through BPM strategies like process mining. It's a structured way of looking at your end-to-end workflows, finding the kinks, and redesigning them for better results.

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StartupNation

JULY 11, 2025

The solo founder who raised $2 million in two weeks. 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. If growth depends entirely on the founder working 70-hour weeks forever, that’s a weak case. Get testimonials.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

” That was the question put to me last week by a senior leader at a large university endowment during Screendoor’s yearly Convening [part annual meeting for our LPs, part community event, part strategy session]. More companies should go public earlier but that’s a different post).

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 10, 2025

energy independence aligned with Washington policies to make domestic battery material production a centerpiece of its industrial strategy which has included more than $6 billion in grants and tax incentives since 2022. The funding is a catalyst for U.S. Aligning with U.S.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 17, 2025

While every CEO and founder wants to create the next impactful IPO oriented company, IPOs are rare, even in the best of times. HW: Debt financing for startups can sometimes seem like ‘cheap money’ but its definitely more complicated than most founders realize. Debt financing itself is not bad. Thats a mistake.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 24, 2025

This approach was designed around my edge; I have an innate interest in understanding human beings and as a result, have different kinds of relationships with founders than most VCs. A memorable piece of advice I received from my first LP was that: the ideal investor is a finance bro with a dash of Engelbart.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. Syndicate leads are often experienced angel investors or successful startup founders.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. With no revenue three years in and an ever-increasing pile of expenses, my personal finances took a hit. Loans replaced savings, and credit lines were stretched to their limits.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Moderne Ventures team of founder Constance Freedman and partner Liza Benson built a track record of top-tier returns with its novel approach to venture investing. Founder and Managing Partner Constance Freedman and Partner, Liza Benson , oversee the generalist venture capital and growth equity firm.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

At the end of the day, you want a thought partner who’s aligned with your strategy.” To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. Think of who you want to partner with one, five, and ten years down the line. The soundbite: “Do your diligence on LPs too.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. Understanding how your company will change as you move through these phases is critical if you hope to scale to a large business one day.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

People — maybe your investors, the media, your team — will often focus on the exit strategy in the context of a financial outcome. ” In my experience, many founders are more motivated by the potential for impact. For these kinds of founders, my advice is to always consider acquisition as an option.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s related to your personal finances, business growth or world events, one characteristic many entrepreneurs share is a knack for preparedness. There’s no question that launching your own business comes hard work, obstacles and logistics—and most of these are left to the founder. Change your strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

This meant: Less capital to start a company thus the rise of “micro VCs” Younger, more technical founders (not as big of a leap to take a risk on a 24-year-old when it’s $250k and not $5 million. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. Welcome to the future.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

Most founders I speak to agree that the startup journey is generally discouraging, overrun with unsolvable challenges and many many mistakes. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming. And I do remember them. my friend asked.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

I’m Ramon Ray founder and editor of Smart Hustle, this year has been tough for me, in some regards. Business Strategies That Can Make Difference in 2022. In order to grow in 2022, you need to excel at the core business functions – team, finances, use of technology, marketing, operations, etc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners , a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy Pfund. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Now, it’s agriculture’s turn.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

She learned a lot about finances from her mother, who was an immigrant to the U.S., and taught herself about finances, passing that knowledge down to her daughter. Like many of the incredible fintech companies, they could still only solve a sliver of your finances,” she told TechCrunch. The company also took in $1.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Live Green Co , a Chilean food tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to suggest plant-based alternatives for meat and artificial additives in food. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. Priyanka Srinivas. Contributor.

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A Smart Bear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

If the company’s strategy is clear and detailed, if relevant data is at hand, if it’s clear what your goals are , if the deciding team has confidence, then the decision could be easy and fast; if these things are absent, perhaps more deliberation is needed to clarify those things. Don’t know how to evaluate the options.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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