Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Safe & Secure Full secure payment environment, refund if the startup doesnt complete sufficient fundraising. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Safe & Secure Full secure payment environment, refund if the startup doesnt complete sufficient fundraising. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes around the clock with their new, like-minded roommates. Now that they can work from literally anywhere, many entrepreneurs are forming homes with other founders. ” Image Credits: The Launch House.

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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. The nitty-gritty details.

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Onevest

MARCH 31, 2015

As we tell our founders at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, time management is an important component of any business, but when it comes to launching a startup it is even more critical. By Michael Whitehouse. Photo credit: huffpost.com.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 21, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask startup founders and innovators from around New Zealand, What is one piece of advice you would give to people working on their first startup and why? Tina Chou – Founder.

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Gust

JUNE 8, 2014

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams that I have observed, and every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 5, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Matt Miller – Founder. ” Samantha Gadd – Founder. BrakeAce. “My

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They learn how to assess startups’ products, management, market opportunities and business models; how to perform due diligence, evaluate an investment pitch, and make informed investment decisions. SDAC is about community building as much as portfolio expansion. It’s inclusive, transparent, and welcoming. We ‘get to yes!’

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

boom, a startup is born… And if you take a long view of their [founders] career, they’re missing out on the depth of things, experience, and authenticity of experience that I think informs the most interesting category-defining companies out there.” founders could build startups for the long term, based on these trends.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both early and future founders accelerate the learning curve.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 12, 2022

dating app My pitch to investors I want to tell you my story as a founder and CEO and share some examples of my f**k-ups. There have been many victories and defeats throughout the journey, but I want to highlight three mistakes that led to detachment between the founders. The skills of the technical founders allowed us to do this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Transitioning From a Founder to a Leader. The goal of the Catalyst program is to make founders take a step back and honestly assess their current business. This is the central tenet behind transitioning from a founder to a leader. Communicating with my leadership team so they are well informed.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Our participation in Anchor ( later acquired by Spotify ) generated both a return and a friendship between us and the founders. Specifically I’ve had the chance to spend meaningful time over the years with Michael Mignano as he went from startup CEO to Executive/Angel Investor and now VC Partner at Lightspeed. Was I right?

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The biggest challenge for a startup founder is knowing where to focus. Though startup coaching has boomed during the pandemic, many founders are turned off by high-pressure sales tactics, a lack of widely accepted industry standards, and as many amateurs as experts. As a founder, it’s your job to listen, adapt and act.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2023

However, despite the immense volume of valuable data generated from these trials, searching and collecting relevant information has proven to be an uphill battle due to limited digitization efforts. Through these programs, I had the opportunity to learn essential information about starting a business.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 19, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mick Kalle Mickelborg, the founder of Wisdm and a computer scientist and technology entrepreneur at heart. At the age of 21, he started his first startup with his family, GOALS, aiming to help primarily young individuals set goals and achieve them. He grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark. He raised 1 mln.

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

As we get closer to the end of the year, we’re running more stories that look back at topics we examined in depth over the last several months, and several that offer well-informed predictions for the year ahead. Here’s who we spoke to: Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy. Gus Ferguson and Alyssa Crankshaw, co-founders, Ascendant.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There’s so many companies targeting startup founders and their wealth – there’s literally a new one launching every month or two all backed by big name VCs, but no one is focused on the business owner that is otherwise doing well but is not a startup founder or a startup employee,” he said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. The VCs who founders love the most. ” The VCs who founders love the most. on Sunday, Dec.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Every business needs to track fundamental financial information, but the data typically lives in a variety of silos making it a constant challenge to understand a company’s overall financial health. DataJoy , an early stage startup, wants to solve that issue. “I spend my life in the board meetings.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Whether you’re in people ops, a founder or seeking a job in Silicon Valley, I would love to answer your questions in my next column.”. Sophie Alcorn.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Jonathan Greechan is co-founder of the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, Founder Institute , has run over 100 webinars including 100,000+ live attendees, and is one of Meetup's most active organizers. Startup investors can be the financial backbone for mass disruption. Jonathan Greechan. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

In my additional role as a mentor, I help these startups get investment-ready in the program. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman once said, “Starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling the plane on the way down.”. Later on, down the road, I had to dismiss new co-founders who proved unsuitable for the job.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

We knew we were only scratching the surface of our vision, and knew we had a solution that could reimagine diversity hiring for everyone,” said co-founder and CEO Ben Herman. About 87% of candidates on its platform disclose their demographic information (which it says is 7x the industry standard), according to the startup.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

For the uninitiated, TC Early Stage is our annual founder summit. Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. Check out the agenda ! Each breakout occurs once during the event.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Startup culture is informal, which is why some workers end up with job titles like “customer delight manager” or “product whisperer.” ” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’s still a great time to be a startup founder. Specifically — an early-stage startup founder. 3 views: How should founders prepare for a decline in startup valuations and investor interest? In blow to unicorns, the global IPO market continues to soften. Alex Wilhelm: Money over bulls**t.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

In this Startup Spotlight session, Propel(x) had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Barmak Heshmat, the CEO and founder of Brelyon. Barmak noted that his experience with Propel(x) was straightforward, the team was helpful, and did not require a great deal of work from him as a founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

TikTok, in combination with COVID-19 lockdowns that began in 2020, created a perfect storm for the endless scrolling of quick entertaining and informative video content. The fact that influencers are moving their strategies to shorter-form content is a clear signal for startups to follow suit.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups. This is particularly beneficial for black investors and founders looking to enhance their understanding of the angel investing process, from due diligence and valuation to deal structuring.

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