Jason Malki

JULY 10, 2023

Dev had a strong desire to establish a services firm that could revolutionize the design and development of creative and user-friendly digital experiences. Or if you’re going to sprint, ensure that it ends in a “win” whereby the definition of “win” is your preferred definition. You want it to be a marathon, not a sprint.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

As an early-stage reporter, I honestly bet a lot on the potential of a savvy edtech founder or creative marketplace play. The networks made online — either through the rise of meme culture or Substack spice — can be a competitive advantage in the world of investment, as two new funds this week showed us.

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2019

Creative entrepreneurs find niches for their business that are not full of competitors fighting over the last dollar of margin, or niches that are mature and shrinking in size. Even creative entrepreneurs are often trapped inside the box of their experience. So, how can you create a culture of creative thinking?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

There are a few startups in the space tackling the healthy side of cereal, but I wanted to take on the culture of breakfast.”. Crosslink, Canaan, DBC Creative CEO Dana Cowin, Surface Magazine CEO Marc Lotenberg, TikTok executive Nick Tran and NTWRK president Moksha Fitzgibbons. She is now announcing a $2.3 and $30 billion globally.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

There may be many aspects that favor remote work, but the lack of space to develop personal relationships is a definite downside. Even at a distance, it’s great to organize creative socializing events, such as virtual happy hours on Zoom. Staying in touch with your immediate team is vital.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Ellen Johnston of Makr has a decade of senior creative experience. If you go for people with some experience and insight, you are definitively going to get more females. They seem to be much more open to sharing the spotlight, focused on building teams that come at problems from multiple perspective, and they think a lot about culture.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

There are many definitions of “brand.” A brand should be rooted in a company’s heritage and culture, connected to a set of core values that are the company’s very reason for being. A reality-grounded CEO manages, protects and leads the brand by managing, protecting and leading the culture and values behind it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2018

As entrepreneurs, we often carry a lot of stress and pressure on our shoulders— to hit the company’s target, to make sure the company is profitable, to hire and retain A-players, to constantly improve our products and services, to cultivate and maintain a positive company culture … the list goes on. We do not rest.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2020

So you're seeing a lot of new companies being a lot more creative and a lot more inclusive, I think.". There are definitely people who have become very successful through Facebook, but BluMaan found their initial success with building a community on YouTube. The culture of YouTube is very different from the culture of Facebook.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2021

This varies but, generally, hiring managers and heads of people in tech companies and tech startups are pushing employee fitness programs these days alongside communication and internal accountability programs for a healthier, happier work culture. Supportive workplace cultures. Creativity and resilience. Time management.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

And when it comes to writing poems or songs, it definitely lacks a certain…everything. Creativity aside, I do use it to generate blog article ideas. It's not a bad way to get the creative juices flowing if you're ever stuck or short on time.

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

Whatever the case, giving employees the option to work from home occasionally is a practice that has gained momentum within most parts of the service economy, and is an accepted part of many companies' cultures. Among those things: • Helps retain valuable employees who require flexibility in their workdays.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

And I’ll tell you that one more thing, my definition of success is not about achieving something or is something extrinsic like that. Mr. Steinfeld is passionate about creating a workplace that humanizes employees and fosters creativity. The power of building a minimal viable product and then iterating and building from that.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

We’ve got big plans with a clear mission, to change a culture of how people date. Commenting in a statement, co-founder George Rawlings said: “Just four weeks into launching and we’re delighted to have a number of notable investors on board who really believe in our vision and back this app. Dating apps just got exciting again.”.

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Berkonomics

MAY 24, 2012

Creative entrepreneurs find niches for their business that are not full of competitors fighting over the last dollar of margin, or niches that are mature and shrinking in size. But even creative entrepreneurs are often trapped inside the box of their experience.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

China’s e-commerce and industrial ecosystem is as different from the Western world as its culture. Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. And it’s definitely not just for making crop tops.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Hannah Perry: Yeah, definitely. And we’re a creative studio, so it’s important for them to feel that their creativity is going into the work. And I always encourage feedback, but no, it was definitely creating a toxic environment with my other members of staff. And everything aligns earlier this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As somebody who has seen the shift from Innovation to Systematization many times I can tell you that culturally it is very hard for organizations. And my family are a definitely a “MakeSpace family” regularly donning MakeSpace t-shirts at school and at home and cheering every time we see a MakeSpace truck driving down an LA freeway.

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Haystack

JUNE 14, 2018

Creative workshops, creative writing classes? BOURDAIN : I had done a writer’s workshop with Gordon Lish, the notorious creative writing teacher, at one point many years earlier. ” This is definitely why Kitchen Confidential is so gripping. But, I mean, it’s – the writing is powerful.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Roblox, the gaming company that went public this month with a strong debut , changed the game (so to speak) for the role that creative input can play in making a game more loved, more engaging and even more enterprising. But handling the work of third-party ecosystems is not typically in their core competencies.

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Derek Sivers

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Notice the similarities in the physical and emotional definitions. Even creative work needs scheduling. A second language is one of the best things for your brain, and can add a new type of balance, like living half the year in another culture, speaking only your other language. Too much of a specific strength is a weakness.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Photography and videography are intrinsic to societies and cultures all over the world, and at MPB we have created a circular model that offers everyone the chance to be visual storytellers and content creators in a way that’s good for the planet.”. Third, there is the focus of MPB in particular.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 23, 2017

Why would they share the same definition of clean that a parent does? His heart is where his enthusiasm is; his brain is where his creativity is, his ingenuity, his resourcefulness.”. By definition, leadership is about leading other people. Why would a young person know how to clean a room thoroughly?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A couple of examples of this include Friends With Benefits , a social DAO which started as a token-gated Discord server for web3 creatives; Loot , a game that started with content first before moving to gameplay; and Smoothie , a discover-to-earn awards platform that started out with just content and community built around Web3 startup discovery.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This lesson has not only helped my business thrive but also shaped our company culture, emphasizing compassion and resilience as core values. It was definitely eye-opening and an expensive lesson. It teaches us resilience in the face of adversity, creativity in problem-solving, and the power of unwavering determination.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As platforms like Meta and Google automate most targeting, attribution, and optimization decisions with machine learning, soon the last growth lever left will be creative testing: Which concepts, copy, colors and artwork drive the best results? In this post, I’ll make the case for the rising importance of creative testing.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 7, 2015

Numeracy – You will not find a single definition of “entrepreneur” that does not include the word “business.” You will also find that some people are more creative than others at cramming the key parts of a presentation into 20-25 slides (don’t do more than 25) and delivering a very persuasive structured story for your company.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In 2021, our company culture grew like wildfire, fueled by untamed ambition and seemingly limitless demand from a pandemic-stricken events industry. Definition of Outbound Fury In short, Sarkar recommends brands opt for regular, frequent, small marketing efforts over occasional, large, expensive, marketing efforts.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 13, 2021

Definition: Remote-first? Let’s not get distracted by definitions here. We’ve also used this session as an excuse to stress test our product by trying to misuse it in creative ways. The sad truth is: it’s super hard to maintain team cohesion and culture when some people are more than 6 time zones away.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Definitely see changes in evolution of young startups given the behavioral changes caused by COVID. There is an incredible, thriving entrepreneurship culture that breeds fascinating companies weekly. The biggest change has been on company culture, which is hard to maintain in a distributed work-from-home environment.

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

In this piece, we will cover: The definition of coaching and how it fits into a manager’s portfolio Why most managers struggle to coach How to improve your coaching skills today We also created a new Coaching Reflection Template that you can use to instantly apply the coaching frameworks, tips, and ideas outlined in this article.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this special interview, the co-founders of Pronexia—a new generation recruitment firm—open up about their bootstrapping days, their unique hiring methodology, and the role authenticity plays when building relationships and company culture. ME/ “When we started out in 2010, we were the definition of bootstrapping entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

And building a culture tethered to a test and learn mentality. We knew the creative would need to stand out, so we leaned into our flexible & nimble approach with content that simply worked. The definition of community evolved. Clients were thrilled and we managed to survive the chaos and keep our team intact. Community ??

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

It felt like my whole life was consumed by this industry, when really, there’s more dimensions to me as a person, and also, what I wanted to do creatively. There was kind of a culture of glorifying that a little bit, where everybody’s wearing company swag, and then it becomes a thing that everybody wants.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

” Those questions and then having them written into narratives, fundamentally started to change the culture. Marco: Yeah, and that was definitely new. And so all that, I think, this shift towards more of a real-time business is something that AI definitely will accelerate. Maybe talk a little bit about that shift.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

I really enjoy the creativity and problem-solving that takes place during the early stages of a company, when founders are trying to solve a crazy number of challenges in parallel in order to get to product-market fit. On the one hand, he was definitely playing the long game and hoping for a potential investment, but it was more than that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I think we definitely took that on board and integrated that into our content moderation approach and this is the content that we’re welcoming and celebrating on Sunroom.” The team isn’t trying to make another OnlyFans, but it does hope to lure creators who are tired of dealing with censorship and account bans elsewhere. “It’s

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