TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Last quarter, UiPath grew its revenue by 39%, so “the company fits neatly into the high-growth SaaS bucket,” wrote Ron and Alex Wilhelm. What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. The pressures facing first-time founders are enormous. ” Thanks very much for reading TC+ this week!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Geared toward tech startups, it boasts that it has “supercharged the growth of over 200 innovative businesses,” from fintech and SaaS to hardware. How do you collaborate with startups? Our services cater to every stage of the founder journey. For one-on-one work, who are your typical clients? .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Building a startup is never easy, especially when you’re in the early innings and navigating a huge learning curve. Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

What advice would you give your past self? It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming. Matt Lieber , Gimlet  — My advice to my younger self is to seek help.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Additionally, he is the founder and CEO of Infinitary Advisors , a SaaS consulting firm where he spearheads comprehensive competitive analyses for both startups and scaleups. One potent strategy for a B2B SaaS company to enhance growth is to revisit and refine its monetization blueprint.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Beyond the big names and vital topics on the Disrupt stage, don’t miss these smaller, interactive gatherings that pack a lot of advice, insight and value — with plenty of time to get answers to your pressing questions. Why Nine out of Ten Startups Fail , with Mayfield. Rewiring Founders to Hire for Tomorrow , with Egon Zehnder.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

According to Tsai, 2022 will see web3 going mainstream, more capital flowing to underestimated founders, and broader investments in regions that have traditionally been overlooked. All signs point to a continued abundance of opportunities for startup founders and investors in the year ahead.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of food tech startup Live Green Co., ” 5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought. Eligible startups can acquire government-guaranteed loans up to $5 million that are paid back over a decade, reports Rebecca Szkutak.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston shares actionable advice for startup founders. The startup, leveraging New Delhi’s new regulations, is using a government issued ID card to fetch insurance policies. Triomics is operating a SaaS platform for end-to-end automation of clinical trials.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nimrod Vromen , Startup Consultant and Host, Startup Confidential Podcast – CTech Seek Expert Advice on Business Plan To determine if your new business idea is viable, seek diverse expert advice on your business plan. However, the startup landscape demands a more holistic approach.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Going for larger rounds with higher multiples means reduced ownership, and it’s shifting more power to founders as investors are “paying more and at shorter intervals for less of less profitable startups.” When venture capitalists say this is a good time to be a founder, you know they absolutely mean it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. But during a Series A fundraise, napkin-stage ideas don’t make the cut — a founder needs product progress, numbers and revenue (or at least a plan to eventually generate some).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

But even with the rampant enthusiasm for pouring bigger equity checks into startups, founders are now in a unique place in time where they can think differently about how to capitalize their companies. More capital is flooding into growth equity at earlier stages, and it’s happening faster than ever before.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. During e3, LaManque, along with co-founders Andres Gonzalez and Troy Smith, developed efficient and reliable methods to test customer interest levels.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. During e3, LaManque, along with co-founders Andres Gonzalez and Troy Smith, developed efficient and reliable methods to test customer interest levels.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score. Establishing a computer repair business may be validated through online research of already existing businesses or by speaking with former or current owners to learn their experience and gain their advice.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Join @YourProtagonist and Silicon Valley-based attorney and @TechCrunchPlus columnist @Sophie_Alcorn as they discuss immigration-related issues and answer questions relevant to startup founders and workers. “They say time is the one thing you can’t buy, but in fact, time is the easiest thing to buy at a startup.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

more Indie Hackers vs. SaaS employees). Launching on Product Hunt is an exhilarating ride that I’d recommend to any startup founder or builder. For instance, launching on the weekend will be the easiest path to finishing 1st (Product of the Day). But you’ll have fewer visitors and likely a different audience (i.e.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Although SSBs are years away from mass production, “we are on the cusp of some pretty incredible discoveries using major improvements in computational science and machine learning algorithms to accelerate that process,” says SSB startup founder Amy Prieto. His advice for companies considering an IPO?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 16, 2014

Last week, Sean Ellis made an interesting comment in response to this post on public SaaS companies’ growth rates : I’m guilty of giving the same advice to startup founders without providing a transparent rationale. Round Raised in $M % Sold Implied Valuation in$M. Seed 1 15% 6.7. Series A 5 20% 25.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I think that a lot of the advice around how to build technology companies is wrong. I think that people have for 20 years told startup founders that what you want to do is to build something extremely narrow. The founder is confident about Rippling’s multi-pronged approach of building multiple products in parallel.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Of course, if you don’t have physical product logistics, the unit cost is probably less dramatic than these charts — but even in a SaaS business you will have costs; customer support, server costs, etc. That’s… not a business. Ensure you know what your cost of goods sold (COGS) is before you start slicing your prices.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder. Finmark co-founder and CEO Rami Essaid wrote a post for Extra Crunch that candidly describes the traps he laid for himself that made him a less-effective entrepreneur. ” The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder. citizenship!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Alloy indicates that SaaS still has a home there! Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. The old saying, “build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” does not apply to startups in the sexual wellness category. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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FundersClub

JULY 6, 2017

" Mentat launches Mentat Junction , a technology-driven outplacement service to help startup founders during a reduction in force on ProductHunt. " Christoph Janz of Point Nine Capital talks a bit about his view on Product/Market Fit and how they try to detect it when looking at SaaS startups at his firm in " WTF is PMF?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Dear Sophie, As a first-time, early-stage startup founder, I find it difficult to compete against other startups on compensation. Any advice for reducing the cost of recruiting from abroad? Fledgling Founder. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What are the biggest worries of the founders in your portfolio? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our portfolio is heavy on SaaS, which has weathered things well. So for our founders, it’s mostly about keeping churn-and-burn rates low to survive.

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