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JANUARY 13, 2025
Recently, Lightspeeds Mercedes Bent offered founders some reasons why a VC might ghost a founder. It was a perfectly reasonable explanation that basically boiled down to VCs are busy and theres no upside to hurting your feelings or getting into a debate. The post was met with a bunch of founders responses, mostly from men, that equated a lack of response with disrespect.
Paul G. Silva
JANUARY 21, 2025
This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). Check out the previous posts on leadership values and getting the right people. What is Vision? What makes some organizations last while others fade away? Jim Collins found a surprising answer: a clear, compelling vision. Think of vision as your organization’s North Star it guides your team, especially when times get tough.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 21, 2025
Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt. However, the rewards of building something from the ground up that is profitableas well as creating jobs, innovating, and solving problemscan be immensely gratifying.
Founder Bounty
JANUARY 8, 2025
Content creation is essential and almost everyone from hedge fund managers to content creators like mr beast the absolute war online never stops with billions of pieces of content being created on a daily basis. Your content has to stand out. At founderbounty we understand the importance of creating content that turns eyeballs. Our content is informative as well as education from VC-backed founders who have experience in building companies from scratch and helps you navigate the online world thi
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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. (NYSE: FLO) for $795 m illion in cash.
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GCUC
JANUARY 16, 2025
Securing GCUC Conference Funding from Your Leadership Team: Email Template Why Conference Attendance Matters In today’s competitive coworking landscape, professional development isn’t just a perk it’s a necessity. Yet many community managers and.
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 isnt just your average founderhes a serial entrepreneur, investor, and someone whos spent over a decade building successful service companies and SaaS startups in SalesTech andMarTech.
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 13, 2025
Cornerstone Robotics, a global startup in surgical robotics, has successfully secured over $70 million in Series C funding.
Tomasz Tunguz
JANUARY 11, 2025
Despite holding a staggering $370b war chest in 2025, tech giants aren’t racing to acquire companies they’re too busy building their AI empires, one data center at a time. Microsoft hasn’t acquired a company since January 2023. Two of Google’s reported acquisition overtures, Wiz & Hubspot , were scuttled. This focus elsewhere creates an opportunity for mid-market players to lead the M&A wave of 2025.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
NZ Entrepreneur
JANUARY 6, 2025
Why bother with a website in the first place? Simply put, a website gives your business legitimacy and a space that you control. Unlike social media, where youre confined to their rules and layout, your website is a place you can shape to reflect your brand. Plus, it makes you visible to people searching for services like yours. Having a website isnt just nice its essential in todays digital world.
Forward Cities
JANUARY 9, 2025
Hear from Fay Horwitt, President & CEO of Forward Cities as she reflects on a year defined by growth, innovation, and resilience.
Paul G. Silva
JANUARY 9, 2025
Innovative ideas often falter, not because they lack merit but because their adoption stalls. While tools like the Business Model Canvas or Lean Canvas help define business models, they fall short of addressing the challenges of adoption. Enter the Adoption Roadmap , a tool designed to bridge this gap. It provides leaders with a practical, step-by-step guide to drive adoption at every stage of their innovations lifecyclefrom pilot to expansion.
American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 15, 2025
The company’s AI agents streamline clients’ human resources workflows, enhance data-driven decision-making, and drive organizational impact. With major global companies like BNP Paribas, PwC, Deloitte, FIFA, Abercrombie, and Capgemini in its fold, Maki is accelerating the use of its AI agents throughout companies’ human resources. Its conversational AI agents are transforming how organizations recruit and manage talent. “Our mission is to give human resources more-than-hu
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Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.
Founder Bounty
JANUARY 21, 2025
The answer is YES. If its a top tier accelerator like Ycombinator you should definitely do it. I have worked in finance and well as been though Techstars and have seen it all in the world of startups. If you get an offer from YC , take it How to build a $20M fuel business. Lessons learned from Building Europe’s first On Demand fuel station from its COO Before Shell tap-up and Cafu and others, we built Europe’s first on demand fuel station.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 15, 2025
Stoke Space, the rocket company building the worlds first 100% reusable medium-lift rocket, announced today that it has raised $260 million in new Series C investment to drive continued growth and innovation. This investment more than doubles the companys total funding, bringing it to $480 million. Read More here.
A Smart Bear: Longform
JANUARY 5, 2025
The two main business modalities are more different than you expect. When you hit PMF, it's a culture-shift to switch from one to the other.
GCUC
JANUARY 14, 2025
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Jason Malki
JANUARY 16, 2025
I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Shapiro. He is the Founder and CEO of TAPinto , a network of more than 95 franchised online local news and digital marketing platforms in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Shapiro is a graduate of Rutgers College, Rutgers University and Stanford LawSchool. What motivated you to launch yourstartup?
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 22, 2025
iMotorbike, a Malaysian platform for buying and selling pre-owned motorcycles, has successfully secured $10 million in its Series A funding round, completed on January 21, 2025.
Y Combinator
JANUARY 20, 2025
Y Combinator is now running four batches per year: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. We completed the first ever fall batch last year, F24, and are proud to announce the first ever spring batch, which we are abbreviating as X25. Apply To X25 One of the first questions people ask when we say we are doing a spring batch is what letter we will use to refer to it since “S” is already taken for the summer batch.
Gust
JANUARY 7, 2025
In less than 12 months, Andrea Bazett transformed her dream of improving human-canine relationships into Pack Animals, a 3,000 sq. ft. dog gym and wellness hub in San Ramon, CAwhere dogs and their humans come to connect, grow, and thrive together. Let's learn about her journey! The post Gust Mission Control Founder Spotlight: Andrea Bazett, Founder of Pack Animals appeared first on Gust.
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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Hunter Walk
JANUARY 11, 2025
The title was my comment on Hadley’s post below. For most founders my advice is to be tight with capital pre PMF. Not just because you’ll need the money ($$ are oxygen), but because most important (and sustainable) learnings you’ll make during this period are best done if you can’t ‘solve’ them with dollars. Don’t underprice a product just to find market pull – that might mean your customer’s don’t value what you’re solving for th
Berkonomics
JANUARY 16, 2025
Consider your core. It is the one skill, process or advantage you have over your competition. Then think of all the things you do to surround that core with people and assets that complete your company and allow you to release your product or perform your service. Which of your IP assets are your core? Now consider how many of those surrounding assets and services are really necessary for you to perform in order to protect and grow your core.
American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 3, 2025
Two registered dieticians co-founded the health tech startup that has provided over 80,000 telehealth nutrition sessions over four years. As obesity rates soar in the U.S., health tech startup Culina Health is stepping in to bridge a crucial gap in healthcare. With over 80,000 telehealth nutrition sessions completed in just four years, the company founded by registered dietitians Vanessa Rissetto and Tamar Samuels is on a mission to make clinical nutrition care accessible and effective for every
Founder Bounty
JANUARY 15, 2025
Ziv the watch guy is everywhere. Asking people about their watch and then asking them what they do for a living. Its a great strategy that is helping him to sell millions of dollars worth or watches per year and its something you should start doing. Something to learn here is that Ziv realised the power of content by continually interviewing people and getting a huge amount of views on what people do for a living.
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