Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Kathryn is well-placed to shares insights about black founders and how they are faring in the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Twenty-seven years into her career at Accenture, she’s with Accenture Ventures , the venture capital firm of the global business. That is unprecedented.”.

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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. Telling founders not to take a salary is wonderfully counterproductive on so many levels. This is the No.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 1, 2021

Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ». Calibrate’s Isabelle Kenyon raised $27 million via virtual meetings Here are her tips and tricks for rapid long-distance fundraising.

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Ian Hathaway

JANUARY 6, 2020

Over the next eight years, Facebook would attract half a billion users and nearly $7 billion in venture capital investment, on its way to a May 2012 IPO that valued the company at more than $81 billion. Next, we see two tables showing average founder age by key geographies (top panel) or success outcome (bottom panel).

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I’ve had startup founders tell me that it’s only about the color of the money, but I disagree – particularly if you are desperate. Network with other entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are optimists by nature, so I definitely recommend the involvement of your favorite attorney (usually the pessimist).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? For founders, especially those starting companies for the first time, the gyrations of the stock market, the resulting correction in public market tech stocks, and the inevitable impact on private company fundraising might seem disheartening. More posts by this contributor.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. Keep it short.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz’s recent hire of former Jordan Park Group Chief Investment Officer Michel Del Buono suggests the venture capital firm is getting into startup founder wealth management. This is just one of the numerous internal programs that the venture capital giant offers to founders.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The silver lining to the horrors wrought by Covid is that the pandemic opened the venture capital community’s eyes to the world of opportunity beyond the traditional tech startup hubs of California, New York, and Massachusetts. Today, cities around the country are entering a period not unlike early-stage Detroit.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 30, 2023

My conversation with 15-year-old founder Eric Zhu Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 19, 2021

Donnel Baird is not your “archetypal” startup founder. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

For another, I was nagged by the feeling that our company had fallen short of its true potential, and that the reason was me — specifically, several rookie mistakes I made as a first-time entrepreneur. In fact, I believe my miscues at my first startup will help define my career from here on out.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 2, 2022

If you don’t understand accounting, you won’t even know if your startup is succeeding or failing Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

The problem is, in my experience, seed-stage founders are rarely thinking of these targets when they define how much money they want to raise, or how they want to spend it. Creating a model that you actually use. At the pre-seed or seed stage, it’s impossible for the model to predict revenue accurately.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Not that they’re “such a bad idea&# but more that there are inherent problems for entrepreneurs in the process of raising angel money that need to be addressed. This leads to the problem of “herding cats&# for entrepreneurs raising angel money. Here’s where I feel common ground : 1. rings true to me.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ». Are You Cut Out to Leave Corporate Life For an Adventure?

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie: Can I transfer my H-1B to a startup I founded? Dear Sophie, I’m the founder of an early-stage, two-year-old fintech startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. And there you have it.

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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. How to get a job in venture capital. Consilience Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2021

While some major global companies like Xero, Rocket Lab, LanzaTech and Seequent have shined a spotlight on New Zealand’s startup scene, the country historically hasn’t had access to much venture capital. “Back yourself and know you can win on a global stage,” Paul told TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Register Philippines-based Nila Capita l is the country’s inaugural student venture fund, officially launching with new opportunities for Gen Z startup founders. Nila Capital is capping its funding at $10,000 per round. It aims to help young founders in a vast network of fellow Gen Z entrepreneurs.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

New York City has some of the highest average hotel costs in the world--and it''s clogging up the free flow of entrepreneurs, startups and talent in the tech community. Enter Airbnb. It makes NYC stays a lot easier. The other problem with the city''s Airbnb regulation is that a lot of people use Airbnb to make living in NYC affordable.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

We invest in people, and when you can find extremely talented entrepreneurs who have built successful companies and still have the hunger to win, you jump in with a blank check,” he said. “We We love that ethos — it matches with our thinking about backing entrepreneurs who don’t fit into the stereotypical box,” Kim said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We’ve all heard success stories about schools like Harvard and Stanford churning out startup founders. It also taps into a lot of entrepreneurs-in-residence, who can bring both the knowledge of how to grow a company and the ability to leverage new ideas from faculty, staff and students and turn them into new companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

Serving as America’s largest venture firm for individual investors, AV’s dedicated fund will now make investments in companies founded by highly accomplished women entrepreneurs. based startups with “all-women teams” received just 1.9% (or around $4.5 based startups with “all-women teams” received just 1.9% (or around $4.5

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StartupNation

APRIL 23, 2021

There are several different ways a startup founder might fund his or her business, including series funding, crowdfunding, loans, venture capital and angel investments. As an entrepreneur, investment advisor and consultant to startup founders, I understand that each startup is different.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 16, 2022

Experience is critical for building a startup. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ». Here’s the best way to get it.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 20, 2023

There are 5 good reasons to build a startup and 1 bad one Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. There were no ground rules other than to specify that ‘people’ could be founders, politicians, LPs, etc and that it would be default attributed but anonymous if they desired.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC). Most entrepreneurs don’t put enough effort into these phases. these are simply guidelines.

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