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Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy

TechCrunch

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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Should You Really Sit on Other Boards When You’re a Startup Founder?

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read Brad Feld’s thought provoking piece encouraging founders to sit on the board of another startup company. I found it thought provoking because I’ve always believed startup founders need extreme focus on only their company to succeed. We have Ian Rogers , the CEO of Topspin Media on our board.

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How Startup Founders Can Better Manage Their Time

Onevest

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. Could this be streamlined?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 R&D tax prep, social media for founders, managing remote teams

TechCrunch

As director of Techstars’ startup pipeline, Saba Karim spends much of his time touting the ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator. But is it the right choice for every founder? These founders landed early checks by being savvy about social media. (L-R) Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson.

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DJ and crypto startup founder 3LAU explains the value behind music NFTs

TechCrunch

The company raised a $55 million Series A round from Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto investment arm last November, less than three months after bagging $16 million in seed funding led by Founders Fund and Paradigm. NFTs sold on Royal represent two things, Blau said. “It’s not a commoditized type of asset. .

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Founder Rewind

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. Most founders I speak to agree that the startup journey is generally discouraging, overrun with unsolvable challenges and many many mistakes. Chang Kim (CK) , Tapas  — Founders need to keep practicing compartmentalizing their brain. my friend asked.

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How May Ph.D. Startup Founders Build for the Long term?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

the ‘deep tech startup’ search query is reaching one peak after another on Google Trends. Media attention and fresh capital, however, may lead to deep tech becoming a meme, rather than a useful concept. Something similar happened with artificial intelligence (AI) when every startup became an AI startup. founders?—?challenges