Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It is very common for angel investors to be former founders who have already accumulated wealth. However, Jason mentions that status also plays a large role in motivating founders. If you are not an experienced founder, but your company has already achieved growth then exhibit that in a chart. Avoid being in that bucket.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The other day, I'm in a meeting where someone told me an industry magazine that would be relevent to one of my companies. I texted the founder and got the following response: " Yeah. We were in their last issue.". well, carry on. would be happy to help [them] with anything.". When I introduced them to a developer, same thing.

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500

MARCH 18, 2020

Olist’s founder was in our San Francisco accelerator program, and in his next round of funding turned to Flavio, who was then president of Walmart.com in Brazil. After a successful experience at Philips, Magazine Luiza, one of Brazil’s biggest retailers, hired him to re-launch its website and improve the user experience as head of e-commerce.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2020

And every business owner and founder knows that social media is one of the most cost effective ways to market your products and services. . “Our audience loves being involved and it also provides social proof” – Hannah Vasicek, founder and director of FRANCESCA COLLECTIONS . According to some estimates, there are 3.80

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 16, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. “ Terry Wen – Founder. ” “We don’t choose to go down the path of being a founder because it’s easy, safe or comfortable. Sophie Silver – cofounder.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 5, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Matt Miller – Founder. My best piece of advice for founders is to keep in mind that they can’t do it alone. ” Samantha Gadd – Founder. BrakeAce. “My

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 21, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask startup founders and innovators from around New Zealand, What is one piece of advice you would give to people working on their first startup and why? Tina Chou – Founder. ” Dean Brown – Founder. Thomas Clyma – Cofounder. TheTestMart. Triage-Plus.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The founders of “Time” magazine, for example, wanted to create a news magazine that a busy person could read in an hour or less. The post Hint Founder Kara Goldin Says When it Comes to Entrepreneurship, Just Get Started appeared first on StartupNation. I was just focused on one goal.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Sue de Bievre, Beany Founder. Insights from the team at Beany The post Eight accounting tips every Kiwi startup needs to know appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Don’t hesitate to consult with an accountant to determine which business structure suits you best.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Taking place in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, the premiere event will present pioneers in business, innovation and leadership, including innovative founders Brianne West , Nadia Lim , Sam Stubbs , Iyia Liu , special guest Dan Carter and more. View the full session agenda here.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

However, the journey can be a steep learning curve and present numerous challenges, especially for first-time founders. This article explores five of the most common mistakes startup founders make and how you can steer clear of them. They can, however, be a good option for founders as a vehicle to hold shares in their company.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

On a recent room I was in, hosted by the founders of Clubhouse, I gained a bit more insight. Here’s 15 insights about Clubhouse from Paul Davison, founder. Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse founders, want to grow fast and retentive. There are 4 key jobs Clubhouse founders have. Growing the user base.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As the founder of Buy Kiwi , an eCommerce platform built for New Zealand-owned businesses, Jamie Farmer has helped plenty of Kiwi businesses sell their products and services to a local, national and global market. Things like the registration lapsing, or your web design company disappearing, can cause a myriad of problems.”

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I'm sorry that I missed yesterday's Glamour Magazine panel on women in tech --if nothing else because it featured two of my favorite women in technology, Hilary Mason and Kara Swisher. If you know of a newly minted founder whose network could use some additional investors, please make a suggestion in the comments.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A bunch of mini-records would hit your doorstep, accompanied by a magazine containing articles on the music and musicians. They couldn’t offer iDeal (Dutch payment service), a reason one of the founders gave me for converting so low on final step. It was not a bad result for first-time founders with a startup this young.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2011

Often you hear a radio ad, see a TV ad or read an article in a magazine and you type the results into Google to find out more details about the product or service. It’s the snowball effect, which is why Jonathan Strauss, the founder of awe.sm, actually named the company “Snowball Factory.&#. They did not.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop. Passionate Entrepreneurs & Ambassadors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Contributed by Kym Huynh, an EO Melbourne member, EO Global Communications Committee member, and co-founder of WeTeachMe. Andrea Grisdale, EO Italy, founder and CEO at IC Bellagio. I’m quite proud of the branding; I utilized the French tricolour in my logo, and placed Vogue magazines at reception. Greatness requires passion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 24, 2024

Contributed to EO by Amanda Ma, CEO and founder of Innovate Marketing Group , and host of the Event Up podcast where she interviews industry experts to share their wisdom, tips, and experiences on the latest in events industry news, experiential marketing, corporate culture, and diversity and inclusion.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF FOUNDERS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR VENTURE HERE. The post Pacific Kids’ Learning appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Paul Wilkes is founder of MyMarketer Supporter Spotlight: Offers and services from NZ Entrepreneur supporters! The post Building a business and a life: Mike and Marys MyMarketer Story appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 8, 2017

The round, which was raised in two tranches, was recently announced by Inc Magazine. Amanda and her co-founder Brett Van Aalsburg researched for two years and developed an anaerobic fermentatio process that quickly breaks down food waste in a matter of days.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

At the Upfront Summit this past week there was an electric interview of Fred Wilson led by well-researched and artful Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine that ended up making news. “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those others that have been tried” – Winston Churchill. I agree whole-heartedly with Fred.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

We asked Cheng, founder of The Table Less Traveled , which organizes boutique, small-group international culinary tours, how she made a significant pivot to save her business. Her pivot was recently listed in New York Magazine among industry favorites including Gordon Ramsay and Sur La Table. Here’s what she shared.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO. The number of stories that I have in my career about a senior executive who read about a company in a magazine on a flight, clipped the article and then followed up directly are numerous.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I attend many tech focused events, hearing from tech executives and founders sharing their view of the world. Zoho Founder On the Lies of Cloud, Startups Funding and more. Everytime I hear Sridhar Vembu , cofounder of Zoho speak, I get goose bumps and chills. I asked Sridhar if this could work in Brooklyn, where I grew up.

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StartupNation

JULY 27, 2021

StartupNation founder and CEO, Jeff Sloan, shares a conversation with Ara Topouzian, e xecutive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association and RJ King, editor of DBusiness Magazine , on the status of venture capital in Michigan today.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I’m sensing that trend reversing as companies like SnapChat have been able to import large volumes of Stanford grads lured to creating a next gen Internet powerhouse in Venice, California (which by the way, doesn’t suck GQ magazine just dubbed it “the coolest block in America.”).

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 24, 2021

In co-authoring Beyond Product , I set out to help founders with exactly this challenge. These steps apply to entrepreneurs, particularly to tech startup founders. Confusion about what marketing is drives the majority of the problems founders face with it. Many magazines have long been successful on Issuu.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO. Heck, even in a big, successful company like Salesforce.com the CEO, Marc Benioff, still takes many of the interviews himself.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Now, after picking up some 25,000 customers, from “traditional” publishers like Conde Nast and National Geographic through to hundreds of others like Sonos, Brex, Figma, Cloudflare, Mux, Remarkable, Kleiner Perkins, Tablet Magazine, MIT, Universal Health Services, Eurostar, and Nike, it is announcing funding of $9.3

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We work with the founders of startups to create a distinct and ownable brand that makes an immediate impression with their customers on launch. We help scale-up founders fine tune or overhaul their brand to enable the next stages of their growth trajectory. We do through a brand refresh or full rebrand.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Matt Miller, founder of BrakeAce , made a Reel for his startup that got 1M+ views in ten days. He shares his learnings for startup founders here. Matt Miller is the founder of BrakeAce. The post How to create a 1M+ views Instagram Reel for your startup appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 2, 2023

Expect to hear from trailblazing enterprise owners and founders who are making waves with their can-do attitude and innovative spirit, all while living the famous Taranaki lifestyle – spanning energy, tech and wellbeing, beverage crafters, commercial developers, and digital storytellers. Morgan Maw, Boring Oat Milk. It’s an incredible story.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 19, 2023

Commenting on their support for the initiative, Callaghan Innovation Startup and Founder spokeswoman, Dr Jenny Douché, said that the partnership with Startup NZ was a natural fit within the organisation. ” Richard Liew, Startup NZ. ” Richard Liew, Startup NZ.

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