Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

In that prior post, I had offered Y Combinator as a positive example, but I didn’t break down exactly why. This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 12, 2024

Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local, national, and regional competitions in hopes to qualify for the GSEA Global Finals. Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local, national, and regional competitions in hopes to qualify for the GSEA Global Finals.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” It’s your baby.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. She created the organization out of her passion for social entrepreneurial impact. Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N.

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Gust

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Definitely don’t jump into trendy businesses you don’t know just to be popular. Image via Facebook.com. Every entrepreneur needs to be honest about their strengths and weaknesses, and realistic about their reasons for choosing the startup route. Starting and growing a business is more work and more stress than any employee role should be.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Taking on an investor is like getting married – the relationship has to work at all levels. Talk to other investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2018

If you’ve been trying to fill a position in the last 12 months, then you’ve definitely noticed that it’s become more difficult to attract the same number of applicants that you once did. Written for EO by Marina Byezhanova, co-founder and director at Pronexia Inc. The good news? The bad news? It takes both your time and your buy-in.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In addition to getting the help you need and gaining perspective from your peers, there’s an added, less obvious benefit to asking for help. By asking for help, I’m frequently able to accelerate solutions and growth at levels I wouldn’t have thought possible, and I’m strengthening my relationship with my network, as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

We like to know that when we call our peers they truly are the best fit for the company in which we’ve invested. Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. Watching him develop over the past 4.5 Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 18, 2021

In a Peer-Learning Partnership (PLP), Impact Hub is bringing together a consortium of 23 leading impact-focused organizations from 11 countries. Kick-off of the Peer-Learning Partnership. The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is one that is made up of inclusive and impact-focused organizations. This comes with various challenges.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Momenta often speaks of how its alliance with car manufacturers differentiates itself from its peers, which have chosen a more cash-intensive route of developing in-house robotaxi fleets. Instead, it counts on gleaning data from a network of mass-produced vehicles powered by its solutions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Borkowski confirmed it is “definitely” an up round for the company. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others have incorporated significantly stronger online components in order to help communities maintain more social distancing.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

Incredibuild , an Israeli startup that has picked up a lot of traction in the worlds of gaming and software development for a platform that drastically speeds up (and reduces the cost of) the shipment of code and related collateral during building and testing — has raised some capital to speed up its own development.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Ecosystem building work is often thankless, tiring, and even demoralizing at times. How do ecosystem builders stay motivated to keep doing the work? What specific practices do ecosystem builders use for self-care, to keep going, and avoid burning out? Staying Motivated by Focusing on Others. Doing both centers me.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. Clearly, if we’re going to come up with a professional definition of what ecosystem building is, it needs to include this connector/connecting aspect.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the soaring heights of the longest bull market and the unforeseen havoc of a global pandemic. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

-based Curated Loop — which soft-launched a high-end fashion rental marketplace last week after bootstrapping to launch an MVP — is sourcing statement pieces from independent designers’ sample stock to style itself as an edgier alternative to more conventional rivals. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2021

Over the past three years, my definition of an entrepreneur has changed dramatically. Start networking and connecting with other entrepreneurs to meet people whom you click with. Or at least that’s what I thought, based on what I saw portrayed in movies and mainstream media. Importance of teamwork and collaboration.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. Through this competition, you get the chance to network with possible investors, and also win between $1000 to $50,000 in funding for their business. Also shoutout to our friends at Hello Alice – an awesome platform for funding and more.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Expert Networks. Expert Network firms source subject matter experts from various domains and pair them with clients seeking topical or industry insights. I founded Circle of Experts, an expert network which I sold to Evalueserve.). The expert network industry has grown an average 4.5%

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem. How can we make the field of entrepreneurship more inclusive to groups that are systematically deprived of representation?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I know with a title like that I’m going to subject myself to people thinking I’m just being a grumpy, exclusive VC. That’s not the point. It’s honest advice so please judge once you’re read the post. I’ll keep it short. Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Meanwhile, Sequoia’s investments in payments tech companies spanned both consumer and business payments and operate in four distinct markets: buy now, pay later (BNPL), expense management, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, and online payments acceptance. Welcome to The Interchange ! We saw a similar trend at a16z.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

And even the firms that hire a placement agent almost always still have to run their own internal process. . Homebrew doesn’t report hiring a placement agent for their Fund I, despite (or because of) a well-pedigreed team. Greycroft in 2010 also had an experienced team, but didn’t either. In the the end, they reached their hard stop of $130m.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

He was at a low point: overwhelmed, sleep deprived, stressed… I listened, nodded, and said, “I remember those days.” And I do remember them. It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. There were sleepless nights and drastic pivots, crashed servers and bad bugs. Their answers are below. Don’t beat yourself up about them.

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Forward Cities

JULY 2, 2019

We observe a couple of remarkable things: for one, the overall network of personal connections – attendees reporting a one-on-one conversation they had with someone else in the group – grew 33% denser over the course of the two days. One key learning around facilitating future showcases stands out from the social network maps.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 8, 2011

To me, it shows clarity of purpose when you say you're going to be a network, a platform, or a marketplace and what you're building actually corresponds to a reasonable definition of any of the above. Evite is, by definition, social. Oh, and you're not peer to peer if everyone has to show up at a centralized hub.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 18, 2021

Our Impact Hub Network is involved with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Action to promote Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems , which arose in response to these challenges. Kick-off of the Peer-Learning Partnership. Screenshot of the kick-off workshop.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. “I I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. Her risky pregnancy caused her placenta to burst during childbirth, almost killing her and her son last year. Even if it was just for a few months.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. Berhens Wu is the CEO and co-founder of Shippo , which offers an API to connect eCommerce businesses and marketplaces to a network of different shipping providers.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Launched the ACA syndication pilot with current ACA peer groups and a new deal-sharing platform. Without our members, none of our accomplishments would have been possible and our hope for the future would be unfounded. More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 13, 2022

One cannot go against the word of God.” - Paul Atreides, ‘Dune’ Fiat Pegged Stables As I explained in I Still Can’t Draw A Line , banks are a public utility that operate the fiat value transfer network. There is shockingly little that we as humans can actually control about our existence in this universe.

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peer-to-peer energy networking enablement 142

Feedough

MARCH 15, 2021

The platform is a true definition of business social networking. Example: “Hey {name}, we found that your engagement rate is slightly under that of your industry peers. LinkedIn has resources for all. Moreover, today, there are influencers on LinkedIn as well. But not every LinkedIn user understands data and post analytics.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

Reflections on measurement and definitions for evaluation – Part 2. In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). By Stacey Williams , PhD, MPH – Director of Evaluation, Forward Cities.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) That is why inflation, at least from a goods perspective, will remain sticky. I discussed this at length in “Energy Cancelled”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

And if I’m going to help a bit while I’m here the better I know ‘what’s what’ the easier it will be for me to help and be on my way.&#. &# or “What would happen if we didn’t bid for 3G services and in stead built our network on 2.5G Such is leadership. You really know your town.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 23, 2022

Gabriela Gandel , Impact Hub Network Board Director, hosted the conversation and shared our network’s learnings with the Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool led by the OECD & the European Union. In networks, events, programs for multi-stakeholders dialogue – and then get into an official consultation process.”.

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