TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. We have only 7 days left of early-bird pricing to TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 in Boston on April 20.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

In fact, some investors feel that 2023 will be the year when alternative seafood companies and products make notable strides. As we kick off 2023, investors say regulation will help alternative seafood make additional strides, and they are optimistic that traction will be found. Do you think 2023 is the year for it?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. After setting records in 2021 as “Zoom investing” took off, how are local startups faring in 2023?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

Navigating the current economic storm, startup founders have to focus on the key resource for their early-stage startup to survive and grow — the people. According to Harvard Business Review , the price of a bad hire is 30–50% of their salary, which can hit startup budgets hard in 2023.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

in 17 startups since 2019. December 08, 2023 10:35 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO—San Diego Angel Conference at the University of San Diego (SDAC) activates angel investors and connects them with early-stage companies seeking seed funding. It’s inspiring,” says Luckhurst.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 26, 2023

With English as one of the primary languages spoken in Southeast Asia and Africa, we look forward to scaling Explico in those regions, beginning with growth expansion plans to Vietnam and the Philippines in Q1 2023,” said COO Shetty.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. ” Thanks very much for reading. Have a great weekend! Median liquid wealth for a Black family in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We’re looking for trendsetting, game-changing, later-stage startup founders and ecosystem experts — of every stripe — to apply for the opportunity to share their hard-won expertise at our annual founder summit. Grab your ticket now — just $149 for the next 30 founders — and join us in Boston!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Job cuts, in full swing last year, have bled into 2023. Scores of startups including Zomato, Ola, Byju’s, Unacademy, Cashfree, CoinDCX, Dunzo, and ShareChat have laid off staff in recent months. Swiggy will also accelerate their vesting cliff and is providing medical insurance for them and their dependents until May this year.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 12, 2023

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, we’re running our first YC Summer Conference , a one-day event in Mountain View, CA for undergraduate and graduate students interested in startups. But this event is about more than just learning from founders.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Startups and VC. Life as a startup founder is never dull. That’s doubly true for Black founders, who routinely struggle to raise funds, be noticed and get their fair share of attention, Dominic-Madori reports. For the new year, she conducted a mini-survey to find out what Black founders are expecting in 2023.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Most early-stage startup founders, investors, technologists and all-around aficionados recognize and appreciate a great deal. We’re flagging this one, folks, because you have just one week left to take advantage of early-bird pricing on all passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There’s so many companies targeting startup founders and their wealth – there’s literally a new one launching every month or two all backed by big name VCs, but no one is focused on the business owner that is otherwise doing well but is not a startup founder or a startup employee,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

The first event is on February 1, 2023, and will feature a timely discussion on what to do if your company can’t raise a Series A. But going into 2023, there’s new urgency behind this mission. TechCrunch Live started in the heady days of 2021, and now in early 2023, the startup world is experiencing radical changes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

Brynne leads the hot real estate startup out of Colombia, which reached unicorn status last year with a $200 million raise. As Brynne put it to me, startup founders manage uncertainty — uncertainty in the financial environment, uncertainty in debt lines, and geopolitical uncertainty. The topic is uncertainty.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

TechCrunch Early Stage takes place on April 20, 2023, and we’re thrilled to announce a late addition to the program. Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. Check out the agenda here.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

Capsule: A launchpad for women entrepreneurs The Capsule programme, a European Erasmus+ initiative, ran from February 2023 to November 2024, aiming to equip young women (ages 18-28) in Romania, Hungary, and Croatia with the skills, knowledge, and mindset needed to build successful businesses.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This week , we have Rajeev Batra, partner at Mayfield, and Christina Ross, co-founder and CEO of Cube, an FP&A toolkit company. Rajeev has been investing in startups at Mayfield since 2007. Christina is a serial CFO-turned-startup founder, and knows what it takes to get early funding. Not selected for this show?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. We have only 7 days left of early-bird pricing to TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 in Boston on April 20.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Headcount growth is slowing as startups prepare for worst-case scenarios. How to make the most of your investor relationships in 2023. As Santa Claus refactors his list of who’s been naughty and nice, it’s also a good time for startup founders to take stock of their investor relationships.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Then guests will provide feedback on the pitch: Is the information presented in a logical format, does the founder speak with authority, and what’s missing from the pitch? TCL’s mission is still to help founders build better venture-backed businesses. But going into 2023, there’s new urgency behind this mission.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. TechCrunch Early Stage takes place on April 20, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. Check out the agenda ! We can’t wait to see you in Boston!

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The visit of the Indian delegation is part of the cooperation initiatives that followed the visit of Kim Dong-yeon, the governor of Gyeonggi Province to the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry in July 2023. “India has the third largest number of startup companies in the world and a population of 1.4

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

” Further, upon asking about the specific qualities of startup founders, “the motivation, unique insight and resourcefulness of startup are things that I look out for,” Jeshua expressed. . “In crowded spaces, things are either going to be fully valued or overvalued.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Now that the OpenAI leadership saga has died down, startup founders building with AI can get back to work building the future. Sure, TechCrunch+ is a lot more than AI-related coverage, but we are also going […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Funds offering ‘friends and family’ checks could bring the change underrepresented founders need Image Credits: Overearth / Getty Images America’s long-standing wealth gap between white and Black households contributes to the lack of diversity among startup founders. Median liquid wealth for a Black family in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Speaking at TechCrunch Early Stage Boston last week, Matt Segneri, the executive director at the Harvard Innovation Labs , highlighted the importance of finding peers and mentors to go with you on your startup journey, and incubators and accelerators can help build those crucial relationships.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Despite the quickening pace of layoffs, there is some good news for SaaS startups: 70% of SMBs plan to increase IT spending in 2023, and the procurement process is getting faster. I try to keep things fresh, so I was dismayed to realize that I’d used the word “downturn” in two different headlines this morning.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For startup founders, the ability to inspire has everything to do with the ability to get others to see the world the way you do. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

On TechCrunch+, he shares some of the tips and advice the company has learned — most of the advice is best applicable to earlier-stage startups. Three more from the TC+ team: No wave for you : VC investors and startup founders see hope in the red wave that wasn’t , by Dominic-Madori.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

He said that now, more than ever, startup founders are looking for someone who understands the complexities around building tech that is specific to Southeast Asia’s insurance and financial services sector. My mission is to spread the word that building software can be done differently,” said Lowe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

And I’m not foolish enough to try and make any real predictions about the state of fintech in 2023. My guess is that we’ll see a real survival of the fittest in 2023 and beyond. Either way, let’s hope 2023 brings with it greater due diligence, less ego and more viable business models. Digital lending funding was down 53% to $11.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Prelaunch.com is an Armenian startup that has developed tools to help startup founders figure out what’s worth building — and just raised $1.5 What originally caught my eye about Prelaunch.com was its Gallery of Flops at CES 2023 in Las Vegas. million to further develop its product and services.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Brynne leads the hot real estate startup out of Colombia, which reached unicorn status last year with a $200 million raise. As Brynne put it to me, startup founders manage uncertainty — uncertainty in the financial environment, uncertainty in debt lines, and geopolitical uncertainty. The topic is uncertainty.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As founder of the famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, or DFJ, Draper in 2018 introduced the Startup House concept. Today, there are more than 15 locations globally that are either hostels and/or co-working spaces aimed at traveling startup founders, digital nomads and other remote workers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Tambe recruits, sources, vets and trains startup founders from across the globe, as Editor of Startup Battlefield – TechCrunch’s global startup competition. Tambe, TechCrunch Akin to an in-house VC, Neesha A.

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