Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2015

It’s relatively easier to answer that question when you’re a founder & CEO and have total control over hiring & firing. I was hired by Andersen Consulting in 1991 during the midst of a recession. And for my sins I was then handed a mixed team that was both clients and Andersen employees.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Offering video software and other features dedicated to workshopping, the idea is to pull people away from using more generic tools, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, which, arguably, aren’t well suited to workshops. Acapela, from the founder of Dubsmash, hopes ‘asynchronous meetings’ can end Zoom fatigue.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Written for EO by Jessica Thiefels, social media coach and organic marketing consultant. WHY USE BRAND AMBASSADORS? Product use: Have they already purchased your products? Use RivalIQ’s 2018 Benchmark Report to compare. Consumers are tired of being marketed to, especially on social media. Promote New Products.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Written for EO by Michael Neidert, a writer and consultant. . As a vulnerable new business founder, it’s easy to submit to sunk cost thinking. For example, you might’ve chosen the wrong project management tool but continue to use it because you feel guilty about “wasting” money. Learn more about how to apply today. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Other existing investors include Matthias Biilman and Chris Bach, co-founders of Netlify; Jon Dal CEO and co-founder of Mux; and Edvard Engsæth, co-founder of NURX. Sanity stands out partly by keeping its focus wider than e-commerce and by not using the words “content” or “commerce” in its name.

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Jason Malki

JULY 12, 2024

They are also startup consultants, helping startups scale and become more investable. Most notably, they were the Co-Founders of Qutie LGBTQ+ Social App. Jordan has an extensive background with 15 years of experience in wellness, personal training, and mixed martial arts. What is it that excites you about being a VC?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Telehealth services specifically, and digital health more broadly , have racked up plenty of growth during the pandemic as demand for remote consultations (and other types of support) has accelerated sectoral uplift. One million consultations were carried out via its platform during the 12-month period, it told us.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The company unifies those APIs and offers a simple way to try them out, and mix and match. Over the past few years, small and large cloud vendors have been building APIs that magically process data in their cloud infrastructure using machine learning models. Some APIs are easier to use and implement as well.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Sandvik is also a renowned hacker and security researcher and, as of recently, a founder. RS: If you look at a decade ago when I worked for the Tor Project and they got funding, we set out to teach reporters how to use the Tor Browser. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt. Image: (supplied).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Returning investors include Canaan Partners, Global Founders Capital, Baleon Capital, Western Tech Investments and City Light Capital. It was always a personal goal to become a founder and that curiosity turned into an obsession, which ultimately led to starting the company with Matt and Ravi.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2019

In their book Cracking Complexity , David Komlos and David Benjamin share the steps to working through any complex business problem—both quickly and using existing talent, not consultants. Leaders often approach complex problems using experts and interview-based, analytical techniques that have been honed for complicated challenges.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

A group of four Black women, two with MBAs from Wharton, and the other two with PhDs from MIT, founded Parfait because they believed they could build a better and more efficient way to design and build these wigs using technology. Parfait’s four co-founders: Isoken Igbinedion, Ifueko Igbinedion, Marlyse Reeves and Simone Kendle.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 24, 2023

From trying to take on too much by yourself to overlooking crucial elections, here are nine answers to the question, “What are some unhelpful tax mistakes that every startup founder should know and avoid?” This includes purchases made with company funds and any costs that may have been covered by the founder out-of-pocket.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

A solopreneur is an individual who owns, manages and runs a venture independently without the support of co-founders, partners, and employees, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. Consultant : They provide business advice and differ in their area/s of expertise. Let’s find out.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

“Today, with most systems, companies have to choose between an easy-to-use system or the one with controls. Our product’s objective is to provide a mix of consumer-grade experience and enterprise-grade control.” The founders of Itilite, Mayank Kukreja (left) and Anish Khadiya (right). Image Credits: Itilite.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The funding is being led by a strategic investor, Accenture Ventures — the investment arm of the systems integrator and consultancy behemoth — with Alexander Capital Ventures, Saatchi Invest, Ronald Lauder and other unnamed investors also participating. ” Yet “home office” remains the operative phrase.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Co-founder and CEO Marlon Misra said that the funds will be put toward expanding Copilot’s team, particularly on the engineering and product organization side, to build a “Shopify-like” app store specifically for services business. ” Using Copilot for invoice payments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In a conversation with Editor Greg Kumparak at TechCrunch Early Stage, YC managing director and group partner Dalton Caldwell spoke about the application process founders must navigate before they’re accepted to one of the world’s top accelerators. The first thing I look at when I read an application is the team. Big Tech Inc.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2023

It was a lunch with the Founder where he asked me what I could do. Founder: ”Can you build the backend?” Founder: ”I also need a mobile Android engineer…” Me: “You are in luck, I also do Android apps on the side, I can take that on.” Founder: “We may also want to do Windows Phone.” What else do you need?” I got the job.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

This seed round, one of the largest in the Middle East and Africa, is a mix of debt and equity financing. While Opontia does not disclose the ratio of equity and debt, it confirmed that the majority was debt which will be used to make acquisitions. Valoreo closes on $50M to roll up LatAm e-commerce brands.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It’s said that you should measure what you value, and for founders, nothing is more valuable than growth. One example from a few years ago at SeatGeek: We tried to build a media-mix model before we had something much more basic in place. Yet, measuring growth is complex and challenging — and it’s only getting tougher.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Each story is based on an interview with a founder or investor who addressed some of the most common startup dilemmas. TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. When should I hire a sales team? Walter Thompson.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By Harmony Major, founder of Radical Growth Guru. For smart founders wanting to ditch blocks and boost growth, it’s the “it” thing to master. Despite the right product, pricing, and positioning mix, droves of founders still aren’t finding the right combo of strategy and moxy to hit their most coveted targets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Vecmocon, an abbreviation for vector motor control, is trying to solve all this using its core EV components and software that it sells to OEMs. It has to be digitally enabled for a quick evolution,” said Peeyush Asati, co-founder and CEO of Vecmocon, in an interview with TechCrunch. Some have even caught fire in the recent past.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

The company is not disclosing valuation but CEO and co-founder Jody Glidden tells me the company is doing well. Typical deployments range between 10,000 and 100,000 seats — it’s not just people with “sales” in their job titles using Introhive — and customer retention is currently at 95%.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

In this episode, a wood furniture maker, a Church leadership recruitment firm executive, and a design agency founder talk about how they’ve been a success. Not a mentor, not a paid consultant but a sounding board who’s directly invested into the growth of YOUR (and their) business. Narrow Focus. However, be careful.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 3, 2019

We use it for news, gossip, communication, relationships, recommendations, research and, yep, for cat photos and showing off too. Basically, all of the things that make us human! According to online magazine Human Resources Director 92% of companies are using social media as part of their recruitment strategy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. He looks at ideas that “failed to go mainstream and change financial services in the way the founders originally intended.” Super interesting read.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. A CISA allows a founder to utilize their future earnings as a type of collateral to receive funding today. Q: What is CISA and how does it compare to other alternative VC models?

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

16 Experts Weigh In Sixteen entrepreneurs, from Founders to CEOs, unveil their personal blueprints for birthing a business concept. And I use automation tools to have the videos come out simultaneously everywhere. I rank for dozens of them—just creating landing pages for every use-case keyword imaginable.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

is on a mission to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings by using AI-generated efficiency savings to encourage electrification of commercial real estate — wooing buildings away from reliance on fossil fuels to power their heating and cooling needs. Y Combinator-backed Kapacity.io

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Before you hire a marketing consultant who doesn’t understand your products or commit to a CMO who has several years of experience — but none in your sector — consider influencer marketing. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 13, 2023

At that point in my life, I was living in a hotel room four to five days a week as an e-learning consultant. Unwavering Customer Focus When building LearnDash, I knew that to build something of value, something that users would love and stick to, I had to listen to the people using it. It was much more than that.

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