Startup Blogpost

JULY 21, 2023

10 Strategies to Scale Hourly Hiring With Quality and Diversity Scaling your hourly hiring process while ensuring quality and diversity is a challenge that many leaders face. To help you navigate this, we asked ten industry leaders and CEOs for their top strategies.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Participants will receive mentorship and guidance from experienced professionals and will have the opportunity to participate in the Singapore FinTech Festival. The XRPL Accelerator program is designed to assist early-stage startups in building innovative products and use cases for blockchain and crypto technology on the XRPL.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

MyEO DX attracts EO members who are looking to transform or reinvent their business strategies or overall engagement with entrepreneurship. Some MyEO DX members are angel investors and serial entrepreneurs with deep knowledge about the process and strategy behind buying and selling companies.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 15, 2023

To spearhead its IP partnership strategy, the company has appointed Derrick Sim, a seasoned gaming executive who previously served as Scopely’s General Manager for Southeast Asia. This partnership allows game developers to leverage well-known IPs, opening up new creative possibilities and enhancing the gaming experience.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 10, 2023

Building a startup is not easy. We know what it takes because we have worked for over two decades with more than 760 startup companies to develop a repeatable model of success. We explore the details of finding customers, talking to them, and developing sales and pricing strategies. Experience & Expertise .

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration. Since May of 2022, 32 HAX-supported startups have been operating out of the company’s temporary space in Newark.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Early-stage founders need mentorship and support to build a successful startup, and conventional wisdom says, “Get thee to an incubator or an accelerator!” Which type of startup program do you need, and how do you find the right fit? Save $200 with an early-bird founder ticket — college students pay just $99!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We love nothing more than highlighting notable early-stage startups, and you’ll find plenty of them in the spotlight on March 3 at TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference exploring diversity, inclusion and the human labor that powers tech. LatinX Startup Alliance. The pitch you improve could be your own. Founded by Nancy Do.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. government minister and a former MD of Microsoft for Startups U.K. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Kelly told TechCrunch that The Family Fund’s “secret sauce” is that they are all operators and therefore are intimately familiar with the startup journey and what it takes to develop a successful company. In fact, they helped him see when he needed to pivot his business, he said.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. The post How Venture Capitalist Diane Yoo Chooses Her Startup Investments appeared first on StartupNation.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 27, 2023

A startup focused on redefining the human journey. Outside of his professional endeavors, Shawn is known for his dedication to mentorship and community building within the software engineering field. What motivated you to launch your startup? Every startup aspires to make a significant difference.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 18, 2021

That being said, we have seen many examples of large companies that get disrupted by smaller, scrappier startups.”. Janese Henderson, also a 2017 Fellow, encourages confidence and mentorship with Jan’s Empowerment Institute in Antigua and Barbuda. “Taking on bigger (and better funded) competitors is not easy,” says Professor Goldberg.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Robust Support for Scaling Startups: Local Task Forces in Action Seongnam City initiated a task force in 2012, tailoring support schemes that resonate with Pangyo Techno Valley companies’ requirements. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

That’s the thing—startups in the initial stages need advice, feedback, and guidence a lot more than they need money upfront. If you can’t back it up with guidance and mentorship, we’re burning up a lot of cash, 500k at a time. That’s why participating in programs like TechStars make so much sense.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The NJIEF is unique to New Jersey because of its self-sustaining model, designed to create a continuous loop of investment and mentorship,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Under the NJIEF, the State acts as an equity investor in startups, deploying up to $600 million into companies alongside professional venture capital groups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Established in September 2023, the DFAB works to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups, providing knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs. million in income replacement grants, as well as mentorship and training.

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Gust

JULY 15, 2012

Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. I recommend that every early-stage startup find three Advisory Board members. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Assembling a startup team is harder than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are much, much higher. Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take an average of six years to IPO, founders must make careful decisions about whom they invite to join the core team. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

This article is the first in a series of eight where we will share the stories of African startups from Ghana and Nigeria who are doing just that. They also gained invaluable mentorship from field experts that helped ensure they would be able to offer this much-needed service while remaining successful in the long term. .

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market. The 7-week program helps veterans create a business model and develop a funding strategy, and it enables them to collaborate with other veterans.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

The Strategic Innovation Center (SIC) will serve as a hub for financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insuretech) startups. Plug and Play’s network consists of 50,000 startups, over 500 leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As such, Neil provides both guidance and counsel as well as direct support to startups and entrepreneurs, knowing this combination is a more natural and dynamic approach to empowering the entrepreneurial community. In the realm of angel investing, syndication is emerging as a powerful strategy, reshaping the traditional localized landscape.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . Our investment strategy has always been to do predominantly Series Seed & A round deals, which makes up > 85% of our first investments. Many people have helped us along the way with guidance, mentorship, introductions and advice. But that’s it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This means startups will have to compete more aggressively for talent. But having a diverse cluster of big tech companies helps the ecosystem by providing more resources, including mentorship and early funding opportunities, say Singapore-based investors. Regulations also play a role.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Learn your numbers, understanding the benefits and pitfalls of tax strategy, so you don’t waste the net profits your business will desperately need at some point. They get bogged down in the dream instead of developing the strategies, systems, processes and people necessary to grow. My rule of thumb? Apply here.

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

To help baby boomers succeed, employers should create specific goals and deadlines, offer mentorships roles and take a coaching-style feedback approach. Related: How a Professional Employer Organization Can Help Your Startup. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Generation X.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There is nothing more inspiring than the journeys of Oklahoma’s advanced technology startups. Bison Underground is one such company, an ag-tech startup that launched about a year ago in Norman, OK. Here are five strategies from the Bison Underground playbook to help a startup start right: Mission. military veterans.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. As the Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN) researched last year, the early signs of studio data are just the beginning for the growing expectations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Today, in a twist, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a proposal for a $10 million allocation in the state budget to create a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the US startup ecosystem. The startup community must defend merit-based immigration. Firms with dedicated DEI staff, strategies and programs achieve greater gender and racial diversity on investment teams and among investment partners. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Juan Carlos Hernández is the executive director at parallel18 , a top-level, performance-driven international startup program with a social mission, part of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. Startup markets around the world are heating up, and more investors are competing against each other for the best deals.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Startup leaders, what is one way you keep your team motivated when the company is struggling? To help you find the best ways to keep your team motivated when your startup is struggling, we asked startup founders and business owners this question for their best insights. Being part of a startup is hard and not for everyone.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 28, 2018

80%+ of startup operating expense flows to compensation. A manager influences a significant fraction of an early stage startup’s employee base. How should startup invest in improving its management? Second, mentorship: surround leaders with experienced advisors who can guide. 7 of 30 is 23%. 7 of 50 is 14%.

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