Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

Entrepreneurs are a cultural norm in the US. Doing startups, Angel and VC investing is mainstream. There are huge opportunities here and assistance available – not just from Austrade who do a fantastic job at the Landing Pad in SFO, but from the ecosystem generally. Aussie startups can and should plug in.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Connecting with excellent diversity-focused incubators and accelerators such as Camelback Ventures in New Orleans, Opportunity Hub in Atlanta, the LatinX Incubator in Chicago and the Hillman Accelerator in Ohio might serve as a starting point. Hire more diverse investors and change your culture. Work harder to broaden your network.

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Gust

JUNE 23, 2014

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. There’s also the opportunity to do some consulting with interested customers to provide needed revenue while the product is still under development. Build your brand and get leads today.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 9, 2023

The only way to truly succeed is to ensure you have the people, culture, and processes to create a continuous pipeline of innovations. Sustaining: explores opportunities that build on top of a company’s existing business model. Transformative: creates substantial growth from radically new opportunities. So too with innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2018

Whether you’re a conversion veteran or a startup founder just learning the basics, download and subscribe to these sales and marketing podcasts today to boost your skills: 1. Can you create opportunity and close sales by giving gifts? Marketing Over Coffee. EO 360°: Giftology. Copyblogger FM.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing. Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. When current and new secondary sale opportunities arise, would you like me to contact you?”

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2023

The inside of the MEDIAIPLUS office Despite having the opportunity to select a different location, I found the prospect of starting a business quite overwhelming. The absence of fellow entrepreneurs around me and the multitude of uncertainties regarding how to embark on the startup journey added to my concerns.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 11, 2020

I’ve worked in tech for over a decade, helping startup companies to create a truly diverse company culture. So, with the knowledge that diversity is important for startups, where should you begin? Once you have done the work of articulating why diversity is important to your startup, you must work on how it ties to your mission.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Members of a healthy leadership team are unafraid to let others have the limelight, because they trust the mission and the culture they’ve built together. An honest self-assessment is necessary and this is something that only exceptional and selfless founders are capable of. We are all imperfect human beings, founders included.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

He sees the developer tools category where Harness operates as one that presents a much bigger opportunity with a potential market of 30 million developers worldwide. As an experienced startup founder, Bansal has given a lot of thought about how to build a diverse and inclusive company. This feels like the beginning of the road.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

The fusion of these elements cultivates an environment of growth and transformation, making it an essential strategy for startups aspiring to unlock their full potential and thrive in their respective markets. Here are the three steps which will guide startup founders to unlock growth.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Crucially, it will help the incoming and future generations of leadership understand critical aspects of its track record, the lessons learned, culture and identity.

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Startup Blogpost

JUNE 23, 2023

To address this issue, it is important to cultivate a culture that discourages working outside of designated working hours unless it is genuinely essential. This will give them an opportunity to experience leisure activities that will reduce their stress levels, allowing them to work more effectively when they return to the office.

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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. But try and lift the veil every now and again — it’s incredible what opportunities arise as a result. Advertising?

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Making the Most of Your First 90 Days With Your Investors Speaker: Gabby Cazeau, principal, Harlem Capital Building Guardrails, Not Gates: How Continuous Security Can Reduce Friction Between Teams, Accelerate Time to Deployment and Enhance Overall Security Speaker: Guy Flechter, chief appsec officer, Palo Alto Networks AI for Social Good: How Technologists (..)

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Gust

JUNE 22, 2014

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. There’s also the opportunity to do some consulting with interested customers to provide needed revenue while the product is still under development. Build your brand and get leads today.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

With so much competition, startup founders and existing corporations can no longer survive by just adding new features or marketing product extensions. Apple and Google continue to expand and dominate new industries because they strive to create a culture of risk taking, self-disruption and experimentation. billion this year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

When leveraged properly, an exit can be the beginning of a firm’s true impact, especially when we’re talking about giving all founders equal opportunities and empowering the best ideas. 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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s also helpful for startup leaders to host open office hours during which potential applicants can ask questions about the company’s culture, open positions and how to apply for them. By seeking out entrepreneurial teams with female managers and employees, you are likely to find more creative, more resilient startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

According to Griffith, the 90% failure myth serves to soothe the bruised egos of those startup founders who failed. But startup failure isn’t a natural law like gravity,” says Griffith. As you grow, you’ll be presented with opportunities for partnerships, funding and even expansion into other categories.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

These expert-led, topic-specific breakouts give you time to lean in, ask more questions, get more answers, connect with companies that support early-stage startups and discover new opportunities and potential strategic partnerships. . Evolving from Scientist to Founder. How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

As a serial technical founder, I often get approached for co-founder opportunities. Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder?

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Revolutionizing Retail: Using AI and Data Analytics to Drive Customer Engagement Speaker: AnaMaria Meshkurti, head of marketing, communications and engagement, Geneva Foundation for Tech Innovation Unpacking the Valuation Disparity: How Women Founders Can Bridge the VC Funding Divide Speaker: Brooke Motta, CEO and co-founder, KSOC “Impactpreneurship” (..)

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Another recent opportunity involved CourMed collaborating with a children’s hospital’s school telehealth pilot, delivering prescribed drugs to a student’s home. Look for opportunities to spotlight your efforts. Most startup founders understandably think they have great ideas. However, brilliance is not enough for success.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. Both have lots of green and rolling hills.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Request situations where they had an opportunity to observe your actions. Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more. Company Culture Many founders underestimate the importance of having a healthy company culture.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Realize you are up against an outdated system. Tap into foreign markets.

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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. Startup founders need to decide how much salary is enough.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Rather than helping me succeed, being too frugal made me miss many opportunities for our company’s success. First, when it’s okay to be scrappy It’s wise to be scrappy when you’re still experimenting with startup ideas, figuring out your target audience, or iterating on a prototype. For a while, it was great!

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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. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Remember Me. No account yet?

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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. The current ecosystem excludes far too many, denying economic opportunity and a shot at the American Dream to all,” said Kate. Because right now, it is anything but equitable.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

The intersection of tech and food has been playing out as a theme in the world of startups for years, with technologists and entrepreneurs bringing a hacking mentality to the field to take new approaches to sourcing, preparing, selling and distributing things to eat and drink.” Now here’s five more for you: Do you see what we see?

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 15, 2022

YC’s Anu Hariharan sat down with Gusto co-founder and CPO Tomer London to talk about building for new customer segments and the future of embedded finance — sharing advice for startup founders and CEOs along the way. You can’t build a monolithic culture. Embrace cross functional work.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

However, there’s another risk to the company: At an early-stage startup, founders can’t afford to lose focus. ” at the startup founders I advise. 1 challenge for most startups. It makes sense: Opportunities are everywhere and entrepreneurial folks are, well, entrepreneurial.

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