Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. million, our Seed Funds mostly between $200–300 million and have delivered median ownerships of ~20% from the first check we write into a startup. discipline & focus.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

What is your strategy for hiring the ideal team amid post-pandemic Quiet Quitting ? Establishing a network: Language barriers, cultural differences, and a disorganized startup ecosystem can make networking in Vietnam seem impossible. Talent shortage: Skilled employees are hard to find.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Mitch Landrieu The conversation: A fireside chat with White House Infrastructure Coordinator and former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu The takeaways: Creating an environment where startups thrive pays off in ways that courting existing corporations doesn’t. Infrastructure touches everything.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

India and Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystems are thriving, with immense potential for growth and innovation. Dave Richards, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Capria Ventures, said that Capria’s Fund II aims to invest in the most promising early-growth tech startups in both regions.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We need to shi f t our economic development strategies to startup community building, (also referred to as entrepreneurial ecosystem building), as the primary approach to rebuilding our cities’ economies. The research and evidence supporting the impact and value of startup community building is strong.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. Dr. Abrar Chaudhury is a climate finance research fellow at Oxford Said Business School researching on topics of global environmental change, climate finance, policy implementation, sustainable development, and corporate purpose. More posts by this contributor. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Investors explained that while the whole startup ecosystem is slower this year, edtech hasn’t escaped that trend. Early-stage companies need to prioritize strong user engagement and revenue retention over growth, because these are vital indicators of sustainability. Edtech is facing a reality check in the form of discipline.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

His advocacy for reshoring battery manufacturing to the United States echoed the national drive toward sustainability. As a General Partner, my energy is spent sourcing, investing in, and supporting amazing entrepreneurs and startups bringing breakthrough technologies to market,” he adds as he speaks of his present venture.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

AI Stage Fintech Stage Hardware Stage SaaS Stage Security Stage Space Stage Sustainability Stage 3. World-class speakers The startup ecosystem is packed with brilliant minds, and you’ll always find the best and brightest leaders across the startup spectrum speaking on the stages at Disrupt.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Breaking Into the Healthcare Monolith: Strategies for working with Payors and Providers with InterSystems. How do you build a health-tech startup that can achieve high growth?

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As CRO of Dyn, Kyle led the company to $100 million ARR and a $600 million acquisition by Oracle, where he was a general manager and vice president of product strategy for the cloud infrastructure business inside the $300B Big Red empire. What is it that excites you about investing? They have families and responsibilities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. And according to David Wechsler, a principal at OMERS Ventures, “having an embedded strategy is not required for venture funding.”

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

But I want to stress that this is just the beginning – the first step in our strategy to partner with high-performing fund managers that see the tremendous business opportunity to invest in high-growth diverse-led startups, an often undervalued yet over performing asset class. Paul startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 19, 2021

The Technical University of Eindhoven, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, and locally based corporates like ASML and Philips have been eyeing initiatives across Europe and applying what they’ve learned to the region’s strategy. They are looking for more mature startups and scaleups focused on AI and hard tech. What are you most excited by?

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HPA

APRIL 7, 2020

Wipfli : Features resources tied to business topics, including a section focused on talent and strategy. Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech. ChicagoInno: Chicago Startups that are Hiring Right Now. Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech. Talent Resources.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

In this stage, startups can choose to raise their seed round from early-stage VCs and angel investors. Business #3 (Scale): The only job is to create a growing but sustainable business. In this stage, startups raise their series A, B, C, …. Great VCs love founders who can build a scaling, sustainable business.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 25, 2016

My father keeps a copy of Michael Porter’s Competitive Strategy on his bookshelf. An imposing dark gray tome, Competitive Strategy is a business classic. After having raised a huge investment, a startup could crown itself the winner of a category.

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Reforge

JANUARY 31, 2023

They’re able to influence company culture, get involved in the team’s day-to-day, and are responsible for setting their function’s strategy and vision. She does whatever needs to be done to achieve the goals – including holding strategy sessions, hiring, managing, and on occasion, executing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Personnel losses have also affected the Ukrainian startup ecosystem. More than one in ten startup employees in the country has had to leave their firms since the beginning of Russia’s invasion, and since then, the number of enterprises with up to five team members has risen, while companies with bigger teams are dwindling.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Floyd is a furniture company based in Detroit that is concerned with longevity, sustainability, and modern design. Grand Circus continues to be one of the central players in the Detroit startup ecosystem, empowering people to enter the field of tech who might not otherwise have the opportunity. EXPLORE DETROIT STARTUP JOBS.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. The investor exit calculus increasingly includes expectations about exit sustainability. We Warned You! Stronger Survivors.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. Paul Graham said , “few successful founders grew up desperately poor.” Ricky Yean, a serial founder, agrees : “building and sustaining a company that is “designed to grow fast” is especially hard if you grew up desperately poor”.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. Paul Graham said , “few successful founders grew up desperately poor.” Ricky Yean, a serial founder, agrees : “building and sustaining a company that is “designed to grow fast” is especially hard if you grew up desperately poor”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Which areas are either oversaturated or would be too hard to compete in at this point for a new startup? In Norway, sustainability-focused companies. How much are you focused on investing in your local ecosystem versus other startup hubs (or everywhere) in general? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

Understanding how fundraising terms can affect early-stage startups. Four strategies for getting attention from investors. Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup. I ran into one such startup when covering Plaid’s inaugural cohort of startups in its accelerator program. The Cult of CryptoPunks.

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