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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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2025

Keshia Theobald-van Gent I had the pleasure of interviewing Keshia Theobald-van Gent , an accomplished executive with deep experience in innovation, strategy, and stakeholder engagement. As VP of Investment at BDev Ventures , Keshia leads sourcing and portfolio operations, managing both strategic and operational aspects of the fund.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The order is important because I fell in love with the product before I even knew about the company, and the hustle of its founder/CEO Sandro Roco. I was working at a venture-backed apparel startup for 4 years and saw the power of building digitally-native brands through Facebook and Instagram (TikTok was still nascent).

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 10, 2025

This is because founders can better manage pressure, adapt quickly, persevere and lead their teams through crises to achieve growth. Common Setbacks Entrepreneurs Face Every founder, no matter how seasoned, faces adversity. Resilient founders don’t treat failure as the end. This is entrepreneurial resilience!

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StartupNation

JUNE 14, 2025

You see, the biggest mistake startup owners make is tying their personal financial futures to the success of their business ventures. That’s why it’s important to explore strategies to buffer financial volatility. Stability allows you to push through hard times and extend the lifespan of your venture.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. You must demonstrate how your venture helps solve certain problems. They want a glimpse of what your venture’s future looks like. Tips for other founders: 1.

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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. Thank you so much for joining us!

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2025

nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Investors can sign up for a two hour slot here to get six intro meetings to founders.) The founder barely knows who you are and you dont have a board seat. No one likes obligatory meetings, least of all the founders.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In my previous venture, a 100% sales-led growth (SLG) cybersecurity company, we regularly secured $250K annual deals with large enterprises. Our vision emphasizes that while vertical SaaS can quickly attract a few customers, horizontal SaaS is a long-term strategy. What has been your top challenges when growing your startup?

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The technology-driven beauty company also announced the appointment of Jo Lawson as its new Chief Executive Officer and the transition of co-founder Nathan Harding back to the role of CTO. Heublein remained with LUUM until early 2024 and is now the founder and CEO of Sk inSpirit , an award-winning medical aesthetics brand.

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StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Your co-founders and early hires set the tone for your entire company. Founding team conflicts have doomed many promising ventures. Remember, agility in your financial strategies can mean the difference between capitalizing on trends or running out of resources. Don’t let cost-cutting lead to overlooking IP.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This interview is with Swayam Doshi , Founder at Suspire. Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire Swayam, welcome to Startup Blog Post! I’m Swayam Doshi, the founder of Suspire. After years of working in strategy and marketing, I realized that I wanted to channel my skills into a venture that aligned with my values.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

They don’t just set a strategy and hope for the best. How Iteration Transformed Valley Venture Mentors Before I co-founded Valley Venture Mentors (VVM) and for all of my time there, we experimented with different ways to connect startups with mentors. This principle is a core part of how the best companies innovate.

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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. Nothing beats a physical signal in the room when asking for money. That was the order. $1M None of that sticks.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2025

According to a report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, around 65% of small business owners rely on personal or family savings to fund their ventures. Jakes Group and Founder of the Good Soil Movement. It seeks to solve one of the most pressing challenges for entrepreneurs today: access to capital. Jakes, Chairman of the T.D.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2025

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder/s: Kate Forward & Stephen Ponsford Business: puawai Founded: 2024 HQ: wellington Can you tell us a bit about your business?

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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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HPA

JUNE 24, 2025

HPA is excited to announce its investment in Moonnox’s $2 million Seed Round alongside M25, with participation from Early Light Ventures and Service Provider Capital. said Robert Ong , CEO and Co-Founder of Moonnox. ” said Jay Laabs , CEO and Founder of Spaulding Ridge, a Moonnox customer.

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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. Brian Cohen, Chairman, Six Point Ventures, observed, Multiple partners with different primary skill sets are mandatory. How about on politics?

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). Sometimes we’ve seen founders proactively asking if we want to sell because they have more investor demand than they want to service. VCs increasingly *are* traders.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Kashyap Kompella I had the pleasure of interviewing Kashyap Kompella is the founder of Talentmapp , an AI-driven people search engine designed to facilitate purposeful, noiseless networking for professionals, startups, and venture studios. He is also launching TPH Venture Studio , a pre-seed venture fund backing AI startups.

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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. Bootstrap if you can.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Powered by a large, diverse real-world clinical, trial, and genetic dataset, the platform combines in-silico predictions (computer-based simulations that model how drugs may work) with ex-vivo drug screening (tests on real tissue outside the body) to confirm patient selection strategies before starting Phase II trials.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 23, 2025

Redefining Recruitment: How LatAm Talent Partners Is Building Agile, Borderless Teams for the Future of Work Mark Mancebo I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Mancebo , the founder & CEO of LatAm Talent Partners , a recruitment firm dedicated to helping top-tier talent across Latin America land impactful roles with innovative U.S.-based

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HPA

JANUARY 8, 2025

Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels ( HPA ), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills , has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods , Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In almost every single investment I’ve ever made, I can think of a singular moment in my relationship with a founder that, no matter what came before or what might come after, defined our relationship. Not only that, but the venture community is extremely small when it comes to investor reputations.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 31, 2025

They also have previous venture experience: Jason was a Partner at Peak State Ventures and Tara was a Partner at Initialized. We also have 75+ non-Y Combinator accredited investors in the fund that want to be closer to Y Combinator and able to benefit from the incredible potential of these founders.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Stefan Weitz, Co-founder and CEO of HumanX, explained, “AI is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and decision-makers need direct access to those shaping its future. Andrew Blum, Co-founder and COO of HumanX, remarked, The AI landscape is saturated with noisewhat executives need are real, tangible strategies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 11, 2025

This round includes both new backers like Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, and Archerman Capital, alongside continued support from existing top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. This human-centered approach to AI isn’t just theoretical.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Top Female Founders in 2023 and 2024. Horners insights into startup dynamics and scalable business strategies have earned her a seat on Forbes thought leadership councils and established her as a leading voice in the business community. She has earned acclaim in Entrepreneurs 11 Marketing Experts That Could Change Your Business, Inc.s

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StartupNation

JULY 16, 2025

It’s crucial to assess whether this route aligns with your venture’s financial health and long-term strategy. Founders keep control and avoid giving up a stake in their business. Still, this form of financing is no panacea. Flexible Terms Unlike rigid bank products, private loans can be tailored to fit your business model.

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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]. Now even the Series A investor is often playing a different game than the seed VCs.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 12, 2025

The 65 medtech startups were chosen from 1500 applicants and represent the top 4% of medtech ventures worldwide. Chosen from a pool of nearly 1,500 applicants, these 65 startups represent the top 4% of medtech ventures worldwide. These partnerships help startups refine their regulatory, reimbursement, and go-to-market strategies.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 17, 2025

JH: While we dont discuss this very often, venture backed companies are expected to contribute to their investors providing a return to their LPs in a timely fashion. While every CEO and founder wants to create the next impactful IPO oriented company, IPOs are rare, even in the best of times.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In an era where Amazon has become so dominant in the retailing and delivery of physical and digital content are there strategies that can succeed? The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. Here are some ideas of what I believe matters.

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