Startup Blogpost
JANUARY 5, 2024
14 Methods for Ensuring Accountability Within Startup Teams Accountability is a cornerstone of startup success, and we’ve gathered insights from CEOs and Founders to learn how they maintain it within their teams. From fostering a culture of trust to assigning clear task ownership, explore the diverse strategies and tools in these fourteen responses that can help ensure your team stays on track.
Y Combinator
JANUARY 11, 2024
Whether or not you need a co-founder is always a hotly debated topic — but going one level deeper, founders often wonder what kind of co-founder they need. In a prior video Michael and I explained why every software company should have a technical co-founder. But it’s also common for technical founders to be told by investors and advisors that they would benefit from a co-founder with non-technical expertise in things like business or marketing.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 1, 2024
As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has taken interest rates as far as they want at this time and inflation has come down. It seems that a “soft landing” is likely. That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are a necessary support system. However, optimistic capital markets are necessary but not sufficient for a healthy innovation economy.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
JANUARY 23, 2024
Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica By Zoe Sweet “All I wanted to do was make an impact that will transform the education system in Jamaica,” says Kavelle Hylton , a 2022 YLAI Fellow and founder of STEM Builders Learning Hub. Since founding the STEM Builders Learning Hub, her impact on education in Jamaica is undeniable and she has become a role model for her students.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 3, 2024
In a world where everything is increasingly tailored to people’s needs, inbound marketing is crucial to getting your brand out there. However, as with everything in business, the right strategies constantly change (even when the fundamentals stay the same). Today’s online environment is noisy and foggy. Identifying which digital marketing strategies will move the needle from so many viral trends is a real challenge: Is video marketing content as effective as they say?
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The Seraf Compass
JANUARY 10, 2024
Entrepreneurs will face a huge number of decisions as they move from concept to commercialization. One of the first major decisions is what type of legal entity to form in order to move their great ideas forward. Why does it matter?
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 18, 2024
Say what you will about VCs, but we’re a mostly predictable bunch. You know what our incentives are and we care enough about our reputation within the ecosystem to not do anything too terrible—usually. Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 9, 2024
Last summer I sat down with Tom Secunda, who co-founded Bloomberg LP with Mike Bloomberg, to talk about areas of shared philanthropic interest. Tom told me that academic institutions do not have access to the kind of AI/ML infrastructure that the top tech companies have and he wanted to fix that. His idea was a consortium of Universities in New York State, the New York State Government, and philanthropic donors.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
JANUARY 23, 2024
Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. Jonathan’s curiosity has incited his globe-trotting entrepreneurial journey, impacting his own community in Colombia and beyond.
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Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 10, 2024
Do You Even Know Your Own Brand? Can you clearly describe what your brand is and, equally important, what it isn’t? Can your newest hire articulate it, and do they understand how their day-to-day actions reinforce it? Could your latest customer describe it? When you make strategic decisions, is it easy to determine what is on-brand — and what is off-brand?
Venture Well
JANUARY 25, 2024
Last year, almost 200 academics, policy planners, and practitioners across the innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) higher education ecosystem convened at Arizona State University for the. The post Shaping the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Deshpande Symposium appeared first on VentureWell.
Revolution
JANUARY 18, 2024
Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Series B will be used to expand sales and engineering teams and increase the company’s loan portfolio. Meet Kashable — the fintech equipping working America with a better way to tackle costly debt and cover unexpected expenses during times of financial hardship.
Andreessen Horowitz
JANUARY 25, 2024
Few people love the software they use to get things done. And it’s no surprise why. Whether it’s a slide deck builder, a video editor, or a photo enhancer, today’s work tools were conceived decades ago — and it shows! Even best-in-class products often feel either too inflexible and unsophisticated to do real work, or have steep, inaccessible learning curves (we’re looking at you, Adobe InDesign).
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 10, 2024
The Partnership for NYC, alongside its partners at the MTA, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, and NYC Department of Transportation, launched a call for applications for the 6th annual Transit Tech Lab this week. To kick off this year’s program, the Transit Tech Lab is seeking early and growth-stage tech companies with compelling solutions to one of three local transit system challenges: Customer Experience Challenge : How can we improve customer experience by better comm
Morrow
JANUARY 23, 2024
The Collaboration Pact is an agreement first and foremost for any venture growth organization considering membership in Morrow. The post The Collaboration Pact for Accelerators appeared first on Morrow.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 5, 2024
With a thirst for learning and a willingness to share lessons learned and insider experiences, EO members published 47 informative posts on EO’s Inc.com channel in 2023. These insights from top entrepreneurs benefit EO members plus the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. From thoughts on maximizing meeting efficacy and expanding your goal-setting mindset to improving employee engagement and reaping the benefits of systems and processes, EO members share personal experiences and action steps that c
Venture Well
JANUARY 25, 2024
Attendees of the Deshpande Symposium identified four key reasons why they found the conference so valuable to their work in higher education innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Shaping the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Deshpande Symposium appeared first on VentureWell.
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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
JANUARY 3, 2024
In a significant boost to the venture capital landscape of Central Pennsylvania, the region is set to benefit from the establishment of the Keystone Innovation Fund II, thanks to a generous grant of $412,598 from the US Economic Development Administration’s ‘Build to Scale Capital Challenge.’ This transformative grant will support the creation of a robust venture capital fund that combines the management of two existing entities, State College-based 1855 Capital and York-based
Andreessen Horowitz
JANUARY 8, 2024
We live in amazing times—novel therapeutics are increasingly available for once-untreatable conditions. In some cases, new therapeutic modalities like cell and gene therapies represent potential cures for otherwise lifelong or fatal diseases. Cell therapies work by transferring engineered cells into a patient to prevent or treat a disease, while gene therapies, including genome editing technologies, alter a person’s genes to do the same.
The Seraf Compass
JANUARY 24, 2024
In our interview series we embarked on a journey to explore the experiences and insights of seasoned investors. Through it we uncovered the worst and best investing experiences encountered by these individuals and the valuable advice they have to offer.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 8, 2024
Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund , and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine for over twenty years, has written a book called Read Write Own that is available for pre-order now and will start shipping at the end of the month. Chris gave me a copy right before the holidays and I read it over the last week. I asked Chris why he wrote the book and he had two answers, one personal and one practical.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 17, 2024
For as long as I can remember, when asked the popular question, “Whom would you like to have dinner with — present or past?” my answer has been Sir Richard Branson. Like many, I’ve admired Richard for his authenticity, creativity, resiliency, generosity, ability to push the limits of what’s possible, and his focus on family and fun. So, when MyEO presented the opportunity to spend four days on Necker Island, his private island in the British Virgin Islands (BVIs) with a group of 50 EO members fr
Venture Well
JANUARY 25, 2024
Last year, almost 200 academics, policy planners, and practitioners across the innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) higher education ecosystem convened at Arizona State University for the. The post Shaping the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Deshpande Symposium appeared first on VentureWell.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
JANUARY 2, 2024
Out of 14 applicants, eight finalists were selected to participate in Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator Business Bootcamp , a program designed to help entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success for a startup business idea. These eight finalists, all located around Erie Pennsylvania, have innovative ideas that they will be working to enhance over the next 10 weeks, with help from Ben Franklin’s experienced business coaches.
Andreessen Horowitz
JANUARY 23, 2024
They say time flies when you’re having fun. And in what felt like a blink of an eye, I look back and realize I’ve spent over 12 years at a16z. And what an unforgettable ride it’s been. When I joined, there were fewer than 30 employees. I knew everyone’s kid’s name, I knew their dog’s name. Back then we had to work hard to introduce ourselves to founders as some hadn’t heard of us, and the operating value add model was still unproven on Sand Hill Road.
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