StartupNation

JULY 11, 2025

10 Questions a Seasoned Business Angel Asks Startup Founders Room to Grow Beyond the Current Results Investors aren’t only interested in what your business is today. Image by Freepik Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Find free courses, mentorship, networking and grants created just for small businesses.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Interested in becoming an investor? VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Interested in becoming an investor? VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Interested in becoming an investor? VCs in our network: Get started Sign up as investor Sign up as startup Sign up as VC Invest in startups Early Bird Holedo The Netherlands Every industry has a talent pool. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

But this coming generation is much more likely to be inspired by The Social Network and want to be entrepreneurs. If women can get funded to run startups at 22-25 then they can get well into their experiences as entrepreneurs before having to navigate the tricky years of balancing being a mommy with running a company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. In driving down the costs of building businesses it’s driving down the age of startup founders and thus they’re starting companies where young people want to live – in urban environments.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

Talent – in a world where startup founders are rewarded handsomely for taking risks of building their own startup companies and where the press shines a brighter light on them, much of the early-stage company traction will come from startups. I described that here in this post. “ And my fear?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Gust

JANUARY 19, 2014

These include the following: Networking with people who know. A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. I say you can’t learn much if you are doing all the talking.

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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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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Venture capital is driven by relationships and many investments are sourced via personal referrals, usually through one’s direct networks. Investors’ networks tend to mirror themselves. So, if your own network lacks diversity and you rely on your network for deal flow, how can you expect to see startups led by diverse founders?

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Register Philippines-based Nila Capita l is the country’s inaugural student venture fund, officially launching with new opportunities for Gen Z startup founders. It aims to help young founders in a vast network of fellow Gen Z entrepreneurs. Nila Capital is capping its funding at $10,000 per round.

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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. Grow reciprocal relationships in your support network before you need them. Kinda Ice cream.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Think: How could you make money without an institutional investor, friends, family or internal networks?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. One big reason people attend the show is to see and meet exciting, innovative new startups. Talk about a rapt audience.

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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 angel investors can expand their network through structured seminars, and socials, and by becoming a member of the USD President’s Club.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 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. Luke Campbell – Cofounder. Learn about yourself, and develop a strong mindset.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

“There are a lot of [programs] that target younger women to get them into coding in high school, and there’s a lot of syndicates and founder groups for women late into their careers,” Titus said. Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy. So, they started their own program.

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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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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Multiple studies have found informal and formal networks are major sources of deal flow for investors, meaning we look at startups referred to us by someone we know. In contrast, cold emails from founders we don’t have any connections with often get lost in the black hole of our inbox. Franklin D. Warm introductions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

After all: Most startup founders pour their blood, sweat and tears into building a business not just to make money, but also to make an impact on the world and build products that align with their mission. This means that simply offering large sums of money won’t get you traction with the best startups.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The biggest challenge for a startup founder is knowing where to focus. You’ve got to pitch investors, target the right customer, hone your business model and raise critical funding just in time. Your team is lean, the margin of error narrow. It’s whenever a gap is observed.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. Here are just a few examples of the topics we have on tap.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder? It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever.

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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. It takes time to educate yourself, learn essential skills and acquire a smart, connected network. It’s prime networking territory. TechCrunch Early Stage takes place on April 20, 2023, in Boston.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Instead, this phase of growth calls for process, where a startup founder can find ways to leverage his or her time, focus on critical decisions and rely on advice and insights from others who have been there before. The real value is the networks. Leverage?—?and and Help Create?—?Network It is always hard to be an entrepreneur.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Founder, CEO Pilgrim Ja ckson The San Diego Angel Conference at USD has become the largest event-based angel conference in the country, with an active angel investor group of about 90 accredited investors who invest starting at $7,000 each. Funds are pooled, and investors work together to choose a winner and runners up each year.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

The membership community will be a resource base for the Women’s Fund, a women-centric network that will help source, invest in, and support top female-led startups. Data about Funding Women Founders While data analysis shows that female startup founders are very strong candidates for funding, biases in venture capital remain.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 26, 2023

Explico is part of Microsoft for Startup Founders Hub, which enables them to connect to education sectors across the globe through their networking channels.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

They’ll have plenty of insight and advice to share, including the challenges that startup founders will face as they break into the transportation arena. Taking your team also makes you a highly efficient networking unit. You’ll hear from CEOs like Starship Technologies’ Ahti Heinla.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Non-profit organizations such as Asan Nanum Foundation , established by Hyundai Group, and D.Camp , as well as startup founders and executives, including the co-founder and former CEO of Krafton, Gang-Seok Kim , also joined Sopoong’s climate fund, Han continued.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

In the interview below, she says that after the pandemic, startup founders will need to develop a mentality that places growth at the center of company strategy. As with pre-pandemic growth, their success rests upon fast-accumulating network effects and great, sticky core product experience.

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