Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

One of the biggest challenges that the startup founders face during the initial stage is the lack of a well-proficient, professional marketing team. A well-rounded marketing team can make or break a startup and that’s why it is essential to hire the very best. For early age startups, this is the best way to measure progress.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Better.com says it has since hired an outside firm “to do a leadership and cultural assessment.”. Mary Ann Azevedo and Alex Wilhelm looked at the company’s corporate structure and found that investors have enough leverage to push the embattled founder overboard — which means they “must not be agitating for Garg’s complete removal.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

One of the sector’s biggest investments was Wildtype , which raised $100 million in a Series B round for its “sushi-grade” cultured salmon. Now we need to think about brand-building, labeling, consumer education, scaling production, and developing and improving the supply chain and inputs that will support a scalable industry.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Telling the origin story of your company is part of the culture that underpins everything. You create the right culture. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Acquiring early customers fall in the same category: Why should they trust you over a larger, more established competitor?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? hit nearly $1.8

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. Most will have a ranked scorecard with specific criteria, such as deal terms, strategic fit, competitive gaps filled, cultural compatibility, potential upside, and finally “lift” — how hard will the purchase and subsequent integration be?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2023

Before establishing MEDIAIPLUS in 2018, I had gained experience in a foreign company, familiarizing myself with its organizational culture. During that time, entrepreneurship-related education programs were offered by the Gyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator (GBSA), operated in collaboration with Pangyo Startup Campus.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

If there’s one thing you’ll get out of attending TC Early Stage in San Francisco on April 14, it’s an accelerated education in the essentials of building a successful startup. . Evolving from Scientist to Founder. How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond? Brought to you by Mayfield.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve. Just as the $2.4B

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Finally, startup culture can generate pressure to not take salaries. For the most lightly-funded tech companies, the concept of ‘ramen profitability’ encourages founders to take no salary to keep expenses minimal and make the company more attractive to investors. .”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

Cultivating a culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become a core principle for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. What does it say when we tell them their ideas and dreams are unworthy because they don’t fit into some narrow model of a startup founder? It’s not an afterthought.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. The tide is high for startup founders who are looking to raise their first round in October 2021. But easy money can create special pressure for early-stage founders, according to Lightup.ai founder Manu Bansal. Define your commitment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

While taking a gap year in college, she worked at Microsoft on designing a build-your-own virtual workforce focused on stay-at-home mothers, and it got her thinking about skill gaps, outsourcing and culture around working with companies from abroad. Yao was in the middle of training 20 women when the global pandemic hit.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. So in a way, foreign capital can act as a stressor to African founders. Upadhyay : Yeah, I think dealing with foreign investors adds to the stress of African founders.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2018

Second, we’ve reinforced key values that have always been, and will always be core, to our culture. Third, because of this strong culture, we’ve been lucky to find ourselves surrounded by a wonderful team who we believe make great long term partners to startup founders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Many successful startup founders and executives go on to become investors — the PayPal Mafia has contributed to some of the most notorious funds out there today. The origin story of these former team members will make them more prone to supporting underrepresented founders they can get behind.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. New York-based “culture-tech” venture investment firm. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

TechCrunch Early Stage is the ultimate educational resource for a founder who is just getting started. We’ve tapped experts across myriad startup core competencies, from fundraising to operations to marketing, to outline step-by-step guides on how you can set up and grow your business. We’ve got a session for it.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Education and Training: Many universities and colleges offer degrees or certificates in entrepreneurship. Every startup founder should know how the quality, delivery and price of their products/services stand up against the competition when deciding to start up a business.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 19, 2021

The pros are high-tech systems, collaboration culture and excellent startup ecosystem; The cons are that it’s a small region with limited visibility globally. Which are the most interesting startups in your city? The region is strong in sustainable cities, health and well-being, and education. What is it weak in?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2023

Before establishing MEDIAIPLUS in 2018, I had gained experience in a foreign company, familiarizing myself with its organizational culture. During that time, entrepreneurship-related education programs were offered by the Gyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator (GBSA), operated in collaboration with Pangyo Startup Campus.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 3, 2021

” Obviously, there is no single answer to such a complex question, but here are some basic rules of thumb for how to think about it: It makes sense for every founder considering a bio product to get a basic FDA education from day one. Choosing the proper regulatory pathway is nuanced; research and experts can help.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In keeping with Better.com’s culture, which current and former employees routinely describe as toxic , the change in severance isn’t the only new development that has hangers-on at the company walking on eggshells. In the banking culture, you can’t do that,” he said.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

These are educated women but handicapped so no one ever gave them jobs. I think as a whole company, it’s not just me, as a whole company, we have built a culture which is very, very user-focused. But when you go and meet these founders, you understand what’s happening. There are women who are handicapped.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Jomayra Herrera , principal, Cowboy Ventures (a generalist fund with portfolio companies Hone and Guild Education). Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU). The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

The overarching theme of those thoughts and feelings being that as members of the New Zealand startup ecosystem, and the wider business community, we are still failing miserably in our collective duty of care for the mental health and wellbeing of our entrepreneurs. By definition, as a founder, it starts with you.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

The new policies also affect the J-1 educational and cultural exchange visa, the O-1A extraordinary ability visa, and the EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) green card. To qualify for a W visa for an initial three years: The startup must be a U.S. Be sure to check back here for updates on the startup visa. Ask it here.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Register Startup founders looking to attract investors need to show proof of an outstanding team and must be realistic with their valuation numbers, said Bernard Moon , Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group , a South Korean accelerator and fund network. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Norway is a country where you get access to a highly educated and technically skilled workforce that is proficient in English, and the valuation of the companies is well below the levels you see in the U.S., I think we especially have advantages in subsectors like proptech, energy, healthcare and education. or even in Sweden.

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