Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. I love that. And it’s kind of true. The Perils of Many. Here’s my guide to how to do that.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 The company says that it provides interested clubs with the back office framework, legal and tax support and has a platform where leaders can look for capital raise opportunities, meet other members and manage portfolios.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Syed Balkhi , Founder, WPBeginner Showcase Real-World Impact and Metrics When pitching to investors, especially in the early stages, it’s easy to focus solely on financials — but in today’s landscape, especially in beauty and wellness, impact is a currency of its own. Tips for other founders: 1.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Notably, these processes are executed at low power consumption and with minimal latency, catering to the intricate requirements of systems operating at the edge, a domain often referred to colloquially as “the edge.” EdgeCortix Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sakyasingha Dasgupta expressed excitement about the new endeavor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

She is the co-founder of Brand of a Leader , the personal branding agency for entrepreneurs. I remember walking into the room one morning and fellow attendee Robyn Rosenberger, founder of Tiny Superheroes, said she believed in me and told me to keep going. And it’s been an amazing journey since. It did exactly that!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

The company’s founders Dave Ferguson (president) and Jiajun Zhu’s (CEO) vision of a driverless delivery vehicle sought to do away with a lot of the stuff that is essential for a normal car to have, like doors and airbags and even a steering wheel. R2X is now referred to as R2). So when the company petitioned the U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

However, a fear of long sales cycles, heavy compliance requirements, and opaque organizational structures preclude many early stage founders from pursuing this go-to-market channel. Keep in mind: this sales framework is not linear , and these steps should be taken in tandem, not sequentially.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To get a clearer sense of where the market is, we reached out to several active investors to find out where web3 stands and what the future holds: Lior Messika , founder and managing partner, Eden Block. Randy Glein , founder/partner, and Sam Shapiro , principal, DFJ Growth. Atul Ajoy , partner, Horseshoe Capital.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 22, 2024

At the growth stages in particular, founders need to be mindful of their unit economics and margins. We often hear these founders ask: how can I capture the value created by genAI? We’re in the very early days of genAI and until adoption curves and costs stabilize, there won’t be any tried-and-true pricing or packaging frameworks.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Other existing investors include Matthias Biilman and Chris Bach, co-founders of Netlify; Jon Dal CEO and co-founder of Mux; and Edvard Engsæth, co-founder of NURX. These days, the medium, as they say, is the message, and in that regard “publishing” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. It is natural to feel this way.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on. Open banking refers mainly to payment accounts, while open finance, Finantier’s specialty, covers a larger gamut of services, including business lending, mortgages and insurance underwriting.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

The round includes a total of 30 funds and angels, including the likes of Sequoia Capital India, Blackbird, Folklore and Skip Capital, as well as Y Combinator, Starburst Ventures and founders and engineers from companies like Cruise, Waymo, Open AI, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Image Credits: Strong Compute. ”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

The company has closed on $676 million in financing, a Series D that co-founder and CEO Rodrigo Liang has confirmed values the company at $5.1 The round is being led by SoftBank, which is making the investment via Vision Fund 2. Temasek and the government of Singapore Investment Corp.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It claims to use modern frameworks that allow it to “build much quicker” than existing offerings. The startup helps Shopify brands sell subs by managing and scheduling payments as well as anything consumer-facing around the process, such as building a customer portal to manage subscriptions and SMS subscription management, among other things.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 30, 2024

Our team at a16z bio + health has outlined several frameworks for thinking about AI applications in healthcare ( here , here , here ), and one I reference frequently is a simple 2×2 diagram of tasks that are easy vs hard for humans, and easy vs hard for AI. Can startups build bicycles for healthcare minds?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

After attending TechCrunch Early Stage last week, I was cheered to meet so many first-time founders and experienced investors who are looking for opportunities. Specifically, we are spending time developing our theses around and seeking founders building the next generation of cloud/computing infrastructure, industry 4.0

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

H Twenty Capital (H20) co-founders Daniel Lloreda and Mauricio Porras recall getting into the region in 2018, a time Lloreda considered pretty early to be the investment space. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 16, 2013

A startup’s sales evolution contains three phases: beta, reference customer, ROI calculator. Beta : A founder of the startup develops relationships with a handful of customers who will work in tandem with the company to design, tune and improve the product. Like all frameworks, this three step process isn't for every business.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Earlier this week, I chatted with a friend of mine who has founded an incredibly successful business, which he and his co-founder have been scaling impressively. Many keep a copy on their desks for reference. I asked him about his biggest learning over the past few years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It gives founders the tools and accountability to take their business to the next level. I was referred to EO Accelerator by a former EO member and applied to the program in 2015. which helped cement our way of thinking and get a framework for planning goals. How did you hear about EO Accelerator?

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Founder and CEO Matt Schulman has created one of the most comprehensive and thorough recruiting processes, which has made him one of the most successful recruiters in the YC community. Would you recommend this strategy to founders? I also post updates – sharing with the team when I spoke with a reference, for example.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Nigel Morris is the co-founder and managing partner of QED Investors. The uncertain economic landscape of 2022 has left businesses and their founders between a rock and a hard place. Many CEOs can’t afford to simply exist within the status quo frameworks they enjoyed as part of a rosy 2021. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

5 key questions in our pricing strategy framework. These two perspectives are inherently opposed, and it’s the founders job to find the equilibrium and create a pricing model that balances the needs of the business and its stakeholders. Here’s a closer look at the questions we ask to begin laying the foundation for a pricing strategy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

We had known one another for over a decade (I originally met her as a young founder at Yodlee) and were at similar stages of our careers, so I knew she could identify personally with my career quandaries. I spent time with multiple company founders to try to discern who they were as leaders, in addition to what they were working on.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For today, we’ll refer to them simply as “studios.” Studios do this by using repeatable frameworks (imagine a factory) to test these ideas and back them with funding and resources in order to launch and grow powerful, scalable startups.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2013

Founders/Team: How do the founders know each other? Business : In some form, I walk through the Business Model Generation framework: value proposition, key activities, key partners, major assets, channels of distribution, customer segments, cost structure and revenue streams. How do they interact with each other?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. Polo: Yeah, because looking at the full picture, it’s actually the first time in our history that we’re going to have a specific legal framework for startups. Which is much simpler.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

An ecosystem builder is a champion for others…” Whether they’re referred to as cheerleaders or champions, many of the Unsung Heroes we interviewed believe that singing the praises of others and amplifying the voices of others in the system is central to being an ecosystem builder. .” Advocating, Championing, Cheerleading. “An

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

But Piero Molino, the co-founder of AI development platform Predibase , says that inadequate tooling often exacerbates them. Molino describes it as a “declarative” approach to AI development, borrowing a term from computer science that refers to code written to describe what a developer wishes to accomplish.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2023

Together with my co-founders, we somehow managed to sell the company to an international corporate, and with the money we earned, we founded a digital agency. On the other hand, it’s crucial to be highly conscientious and demanding regarding adhering to processes and using best-practice frameworks like OKRs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The event — taking place November 17 in Miami — will offer an opportunity for founders and investors to hear war stories from some of the crypto world’s most powerful decision-makers, while also picking up learnings from industry veterans who have weathered a crypto winter or two. Building a Blockchain Behemoth. with Changpeng Zhao (Binance).

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

This can be particularly helpful for founders who do not come from a wealthy background, who may not be able to afford going without income for an 18 month fundraising period. A good framework is to separate their roles as pure money investor and co-manager. Credibility/signaling (proportionate to the stake investor’s credibility).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The startup has started with a direct-to-consumer program — meaning individuals are referring themselves and it’s charging these users a fee (£39/week or £139/month for 6 months — “this includes all of a patient’s food for 3 months, and about half of their food for the second 3 months”).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Led by Prosperity7 Ventures — a $1 billion venture fund created by Saudi oil giant Aramco (the name is a reference to the first commercial well to strike oil in the country) — the round also includes previous Chinese backers Temasek’s Pavilion Capital, Hillhouse Capital, 5Y Capital, and Yunqi Capital.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 20, 2012

It’s all thanks to you, bold entrepreneurs and intrepid founders who continue to chase big ideas, tackle challenging problems, dare to dream of disruption and innovation - and provide an unending supply of inspiration. Founders, teach your employees statistics. Six-step framework to make strategic decisions. Startup Judo.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

Monica was glad to get back to her Jackson-Square office dry, clutching her daily cappuccino from the coffee truck around the corner, especially as she’d left her umbrella at last night’s networking event which she’d attended with her co-founder, Joe. Or, it may be the learning required by the customer to adopt the solution.

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