American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Building a startup is an exhilarating journey, but the road to success is rarely a solo endeavor. While great ideas can be the catalyst for success, the team behind the idea truly drives a startup forward. Having that support system, especially in the early days of building a startup is important because it’s really hard.

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Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting) the Mark This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “ Inspire Inclusion ” — a call to recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of women from all walks of life, in all facets of life, including the innovation economy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Startup Lessons' I wish I had 20% of her confidence, focus and leadership skills at 25.

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Dream It

AUGUST 10, 2020

Word choice is important and even the smallest detail can make or break your startup pitch. Adam Dakin , Managing Director of Dreamit Healthtech, sees founders make the same common pitch mistakes over and over. Perhaps worse, Adam points out that unfounded superlatives point to a lack of self-awareness in founders.

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Revolution

MARCH 8, 2023

population, but in 2022, companies with solely female founders garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups. The long and short of it: Female founders face systemic barriers to founding, funding, and scaling their businesses. Women represent 50.5% of the U.S. That ticked up to 15.4%

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2024

At EO’s 2024 Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Singapore, the more than 1,800 attendees from 65 countries sat in on an energetic fireside chat with Chatri Sityodtong , founder and CEO of ONE Championship , the world’s largest martial arts organization. Chatri’s journey took a significant turn with the rise of social media.

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

VirtualAPT content is integrated with property listings, on building websites, on social media and many other places. According to the founders, properties using the VirtualAPT content have seen over 300 percent increase for new building lease-ups. The company, which raised a $1.3

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Revolution

MARCH 6, 2024

Buoyed by that iconic New Mexico experience, we gathered for breakfast alongside local founders, investors, and civic leaders to delve into the city’s expanding innovation landscape. The encounter echoed a recurring theme—the decline of local media and, consequently, the dwindling coverage of local developments in tech.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm, says, “The thing that gets me most excited is the founder whos obsessed with solving a problem that matters, and is determined to keep going no matter what.” Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Future of Collaborative Shopping: An Interview with Adekunle Babasola, Founder & CEO of Prizeskout Corporation I had the pleasure of interviewing Adekunle Babasola, a project leader and product innovator with over 8 years of experience driving success in diverse environments. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Each of these represents a significant governmental effort to strengthen American competitiveness by affirming the idea that cities can be renewed and rise again if they develop a vibrant startup culture. Post-AOL, I dedicated myself to backing and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs as Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Revolution.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

That doesn''t mean I have anything against the founder or the investors. But in the private markets, we''ve got "Yay, founders! For the most part, journalists give startups a free pass when venture capital money is raised or when companies that clearly seem to have failed get "acquired". Entreprenuership is awesome!".

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. After seeing Chamillionaire interact with several entrepreneurs both at events and as an investor I started introducing him to startups in an advisory capacity. Startup Lessons' I reached out after the event to learn more.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

A Startup I’ve Been Excited to Tell You About for Years A few years ago I spent time in prison with Trevor O’Brien , the founder of Projector. When we got out of prison Trevor began describing the startup he and his co-founder, Jeremy Gordon , wanted to build. This is certainly true in how startups raise money from VCs.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

This article describes the entrepreneurial mindset behind successful startups, how you can develop that mindset, and the strategies to build your startup based on that mindset. Many startups are founded with great ideas but fail because the founder lacks the adaptability, problem-solving ability, or grit to push through setbacks.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This interview is with Swayam Doshi , Founder at Suspire. Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire Swayam, welcome to Startup Blog Post! Could you tell our readers a little about yourself and your journey in the startup world? I’m Swayam Doshi, the founder of Suspire. Many of our readers are aspiring founders.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 24, 2014

These days, there are a ton of options for you if you''re a startup seeking guidence. We''ve done a lot to make sure startups get all the help we can get--and it''s leading to higher companies getting off the ground. Just like a startup accelorator, a VC program would also really help on the fundraising side.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Register Singapore’s largest news publisher, SPH Media , announced its acquisition of homegrown startup and tech news outlet Tech in Asia (TIA) on November 1. With this, the company aims to boost SPH Media’s news offerings, particularly enhancing The Business Times (BT), a financial news publication.

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Dream It

JANUARY 23, 2019

Global PR powerhouse Cision announced today that it is acquiring Dreamit alum TrendKite in a deal valuing the startup at $225 million. With Trendkite, brand marketers can understand how their earned media and communications marketing efforts affect corporate reputation, website traffic, revenue growth, and other business outcomes.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Every time he opens his mouth about founder diversity, he seems completely out of his league to address the topic. The biggest question I think VC''s face right now is whether or not, in the future, the best founders will look and act like the best founders of the past. What''s the coolest place to go to?

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The order is important because I fell in love with the product before I even knew about the company, and the hustle of its founder/CEO Sandro Roco. I was working at a venture-backed apparel startup for 4 years and saw the power of building digitally-native brands through Facebook and Instagram (TikTok was still nascent).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. Still, I begged the CEO and the founders not to sell. It literally drove FOMO.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The two-year-old startup having served approximately 40,000 customers announced the closing of a $21 million Seed funding round to support its AI speech models and an AI voice agent platform. With the AI-powered voice generation industry projected to grow fourfold in the coming decade ( Market.Us report ) , investors are backing PlayAI.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Empowering Small Businesses with Digital Payments: An Interview with Kevin Eghbali, Founder ofKadePay Kevin Eghbali I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Eghbali, the founder of KadePay Kevin is a 2x founder and a senior software developer with over two decades of experience in the retail industry, primarily working on POS, payment solutions.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Impact of Customer Experience on Startup Growth In the fast-paced world of startups, gaining a competitive edge is crucial for survival and growth. While innovative products and clever marketing strategies are important, one factor that can truly set a startup apart is exceptional experience (CX).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). But there are tons of great startup folks so you need a narrower filter.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Maureen Brown, EO Austin, co-founder and CEO, Mosie Baby. David Fastuca, EO Melbourne, CMO and co-founder, Locomote. There is also a groundswell of small farm startups, especially in developing nations, where farmers such as 2022 GSEA Global Finalist Arnold Shoko can convert biowaste streams into feed and fertilizer.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Joe Hellerstein is co-founder and chief strategy officer of Trifacta and the Jim Gray Chair of Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Consider social media data and the recent conversations around “fake news.” Today, teenagers share more radically more personal information on social media than the brand of food they purchase.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2024

Founders-led investment firm We Founder Circle (WFC) announced on Monday that it has become the largest angel investor network in the country by investing in 103 deals across 82 startups in 2023.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This September, the metro area convened for DC Startup Week — a five-day, 180+program occasion hosting more than 11,000 entrepreneurs. The event showcased just how robust DC’s tech community has grown — but that wasn’t always the case. Just ask our Chairman and CEO, Steve Case, who built AOL in Northern Virginia in the 1990s.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

This initiative is a collaboration between Antler and notable figures such as Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, FIDE (Beckn Protocol), and ONDC. Antler ONDC serves as a resource hub and expert network for founders who are developing projects within the realm of digital commerce.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. If all my deals came as intros from trusted connections that I know for years versus at founder pitch events that''s interesting data. Fear not, founders. That was three years earlier. Five months?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Contributed by Lionel Felix, founder of Felix Media Solutions and a member of EO Austin. . Our company, Felix Media Solutions, landed a spot on the 2019 Inc. The post Growing as a Couple and a Startup appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Zach Wright, the founder and CEO of Grapevine Software , a cutting-edge Virtual Office platform designed to centralize communication, knowledge sharing, and team alignment for distributed workforces. What motivated you to launch your startup? The result? It validates that we’re on the right path.

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