Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. But for non-technical founders let me offer you a definition that you can use when you build a team. I don’t believe it.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Register Committed to accelerate the digital transformation of the world’s fourth largest population, Privy has partnered with KKR , a leading global investment firm. They announced on Monday, November 14, the signing of definitive agreements that will allow KKR to participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts. The number of accelerators has more than doubled since 2014 , while the number of accelerator-backed startups in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Yes, as far as acceleration. Image Credits: Crunchbase The same thing that stalled investments in 2020 accelerated them the following year. The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch Yes and no. No, as far as the long view.

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APRIL 1, 2014

Ringly , the most design savvy wearables company focused on fashionable women, recently graduated from the Highway1 Accelerator and I''m thrilled to see how beautiful their soon to be launched first product is. Versa has become the premier content marketing solution for real time responses to breaking news and trending headlines.

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Dream It

JANUARY 13, 2021

It means you haven’t properly framed this deal in the associate’s mind and that makes it hard for us to come to a definitive conclusion. We’ve found some of our best companies through referrals from fellow investors, other funds, and accelerators. If you leave an associate screen without covering these elements, something’s wrong.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia. The 2023 edition of the accelerator, running from July 25 to November 10, will focus on deep tech startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware. An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 9, 2013

Or maybe their existence itself will help accelerate fund raising. By definition leaders make hard choices given incomplete information. Should you increase your burn rate by adding 2 senior hires who will help you ship faster or sell more but then have less time for fund raising? Who the f**k knows? It’s hard being a leader.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 2, 2021

Robert Glazer is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners , a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards. One of the definitions of a great leader is someone who inspires and empowers others to do their best work, which requires knowing when to delegate and how to do it well.

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APRIL 6, 2015

I can definitely think of a few people I met with and said, "Well, that person was kind of a jerk" or they just had a bad personality--and they went on to build seemingly successful businesses. (Don''t I think that''s something that''s really lacking in the VC world. There''s literally nothing.

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JULY 2, 2012

If you're going to start a company instead of working for someone else, you're definitely putting something at risk--current income, opportunity cost, some social capital perhaps. Big trucks are slow to accelerate--you can always beat them out when they're moving from a standing stop. What has worked in other startups?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

The more specific you can get in your definition the better. I have often asked for funding for this accelerated development. If you can’t get named competitors then I recommend you try to define a really narrow industry grouping, which when coupled with time-based exclusivity, gives you enough comfort.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 21, 2020

Weekends and weekdays no longer hold their traditional definition; I am most often feeling great about the way I use my time. By focusing on the top priorities, you will definitely move the needle forward. Whenever I have the chance, I will sneak back into work because it brings me joy. The smaller the steps, the easier to handle.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Likewise, Varada co-founder and VP of R&D Roman Vainbrand notes that the combined companies will be able to “deliver the best performance and cost benefits in the analytics query market, enabling organizations to accelerate the time-to-insight, while optimizing infrastructure operations and investments.”

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

One, it usually implies that you’re going to start going cash flow negative to accelerate growth. I’m going to call this the risk/wealth effect and it definitely nudges the numbers towards the funding of wealthier white men. What are the characteristics of this product? Well, if you add it to your startup, it does a few things.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

It''s a solid exit to a company that has lots of revs, is growing, and together will form a very formidable player in the data backup space--one that can definitely be a public company in the next couple of years. Today, Backupify announced that it is getting purchased by Datto. None of that will happen here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

The new funding will accelerate the rollout of those systems, as well as co-create another 10 supply networks with retail and supply partnerships by the end of the year. Food waste is a global problem, and after listening to James, we definitely feel like Apeel is the next wave of how to attack these huge problems in an impactful way.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. If an accelerator is writing you they’re also writing 25 other VCs. By definition this means others will doubt you. It’s these transitional times that can often determine the long-term arc of a business.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We dive deeper into the definition in our 2022 Annual Report. This trifecta serves as a catalyst for accelerated growth and long-term viability. AgTech Accelerators : The Yield Lab, Biogenerator Labs, and other accelerators are helping startups scale and commercialize their technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2010

having quantification in the problem definition always helps. In fact, senior managers surround themselves with solutions people so you might just find your career accelerating. If you can’t convince somebody more senior that it’s a real problem then they’re obviously not going to be bought into the solution.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

“This partnership will accelerate build.security’s shift-left vision of efficiently embedding access protection from the start, rather than trying to bolt it on after the fact or, worse, ignoring it completely.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

I know that some of the best businesses have seen this rapid acceleration quickly: Google, Facebook, Instagram, AirBnB and the like. But my definition of the word is much broader. The speed needed to “break free” from a gravitational field without further propulsion. Reach it quickly or investors will look elsewhere.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2016

A lot of accelerators treat solo founders the same way--making it an implied requirement to participate. We don't really even have a consistent definition of what a co-founder is--so it seems preposterous that there could be such universal agreement that everyone needs one. The same holds true for VC funds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2024

I want to push that definition further, dig into the challenges that come with actually living by our core values. And that is definitely something that would have made my Mama proud. If you are reading this, my guess is you have a pretty good idea of what core values are—the guiding principles companies are founded on.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The technology is big and heavy – even scaled down as much as possible, a nickel-hydrogen battery is still around the size of a two-liter water flask, so lithium-ion will definitely still play a major role in the future. Stationary energy storage may have a different future.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I didn’t sit through any panels (other than the day where I was the emcee and judge for the BizSpark Accelerator program). I had to be on stage at 7.30am for the Startup Accelerator event. If you didn’t read it, it’s here. I hold true to form and follow my own advice. I stayed out late. Strike that. Every night.

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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.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

“We started this process of offering a charge card model because as we continue to grow and scale revenue and grow our customer base more aggressively, we found that there are definitely customers out there who can’t afford to give up on the 30-day float that a card provides them either because for cash flow reasons or because of philosophical reasons,” (..)

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 30, 2020

Modeling the data to ensure there is one centralized definition of every metric with an owner, a lineage, and a status. They leverage the separation of data and compute to accelerate queries, enable secure and compliant access,and future proof the infrastructure to new advances in tools and use cases which you haven’t been built.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. And they helped David Cohen launch TechStars , which started as a Boulder-based accelerator.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2019

While at the helm of Magdalena’s, he was accepted into EO Accelerator , a program designed to help startups reach US$1 million in annual sales. We definitely got more no’s then yes’s, but with some persistence, hard work and faith, we were able to open doors.”. Once he reached his target revenue, he was accepted as an EO member.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Many GSEA participants go on to grow their businesses through EO Accelerator and eventually graduate from the program and become EO members. All of these experiences are directly tied to the opportunity of competing in GSEA, joining EO Accelerator, and ultimately becoming a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

But let me explain: music streaming includes companies empowering musicians to hold live digital events supplanting the coliseum experience with high definition video and audio at home. The automation of QA is a secular trend that perhaps accelerated with more software engineers working from home.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For context, that previous round was at a €415 million ($503 million) valuation, and the company has definitely grown since then: in January it said it had 2,500 banking partners in its network. It has now raised €175 million in total. DOJ files antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 7, 2017

Brad Stevens is an EO Atlanta member, Chair of that chapter’s Accelerator program, and founder and CEO of Outsource Access , which helps companies grow by providing highly skilled virtual assistants. In part 2 of this article , he explains how he helped grow EO Atlanta’s Accelerator program. Do you identify as a social entrepreneur?

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