TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. A beginner’s guide to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As the co-founder and CEO of PropFuel , Dave is a one-of-a-kind entrepreneur dedicated to creating a place for unique conversations with successful founders and business leaders. A mix of the above. Your business can then use the video on YouTube to extend its marketing value and reach an even wider audience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2022

Maybe your brand has a negative association with certain consumers , or you’re expanding in a way that no longer makes sense with your current branding strategy. Remember, Google used to be called BackRub. Use this rebrand to reflect where your business is now and chart a course for the future you want.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Mix it up with different agencies, people run out or creativity/contacts. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

For businesses to have a successful marketing strategy, they must first have a defined target audience. Mariery is the Panamanian founder of Mezclao Studio , a Latin American design studio focused on creating visual storytelling through brand identity, illustration, and surface design. Use the tools at your disposal.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2024

This unfortunate mix of personal and professional concerns made me feel alone in my struggles. I used to suffer from imposter syndrome , feeling like I was less than my fellow entrepreneurs. Contributed to EO by Johanna Bialkin, an EO San Francisco member who is the founder and CEO of Aldea Home & Baby.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Many founders, unfortunately, skip this stage altogether and go directly to the next one. Challenges facing EdTech founders: Small Network: A small number of hugely successful EdTech startups (compared to other markets like FinTech, AdTech, etc) so a very small network to learn from and everyone is still exploring and finding his own way.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Early co-founders often drop out of the picture due to disagreements, and you forget about them, but they don’t forget about the verbal promises you made. This problem can be avoided by incorporating immediately after early discussions, and issuing shares to all founders. Lastly, make good use of your Board Members.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” Maqsad announced today its $2.1

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. I don’t think my unwillingness to use it is generational (as in I’m 42 and don’t “get it&# ) – I think it’s a life stage issue. Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It’s nothing related to sound engineering or fancy marketing strategies. A podcast is a marketing channel – and it can be a key part of a strategic marketing mix. While blogs and posts on social media are used to connect with your audience, podcasting has a unique place in the social media landscape.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 15, 2025

With major global companies like BNP Paribas, PwC, Deloitte, FIFA, Abercrombie, and Capgemini in its fold, Maki is accelerating the use of its AI agents throughout companies’ human resources. hub and spearhead growth strategy. Its conversational AI agents are transforming how organizations recruit and manage talent.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Please note, this page does not cover the basics of the CARES Act and we encourage founders to read What Startups Need to Know About PPP and The CARES Act for broader context. Kathryn (attorney from PilieroMazza) : Most banks are opening applications today, though a few rolled out last Friday with mixed success.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I use Wordpress and am very happy. In this genre there is also Typepad although I find less people using it these days. They’re more light weight, easier to use and more social. Then you need to decide whether to use the “hosted&# version or the “installed&# version. Blogger kinda sucks IMHO.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team. My personal use. Just don’t use AngelList as a short-cut for the hard work. So why I am writing it then? A few reasons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. And often it is hard to motivate people to take on big tasks like strategy re-evaluations because everybody is busy doing investment work.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

How might you create a prolific content strategy which resonates with your audience at a higher level? I recall listening to a podcast years ago with the founders of a company called Eye Love. The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers. My friend Jason Hirschhorn Tweeted about this today.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

There are an estimated 100,000 Italians already living in London, attracting the likes of Riccardo Zacconi, co-founder of King.com (maker of Candy Crush) and Simon Beckerman of social shopping app Depop. Gianluca Dettori , partner and founder, Primomiglio. In 2019, about 300 deals were venture-backed. Simone Riva , partner, H14.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Offering video software and other features dedicated to workshopping, the idea is to pull people away from using more generic tools, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, which, arguably, aren’t well suited to workshops. Acapela, from the founder of Dubsmash, hopes ‘asynchronous meetings’ can end Zoom fatigue.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Somewhere in the mix, timing matters a great deal and first isn’t often the most significant mover advantage. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. June 17th, 2012.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. Each criteria was weighted at either a 1 or 2, though any multiplier could be used.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Much of the event’s content was shaped by its founder’s personal influences and world view. “I

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

These are the most common topics founders have asked us about. In a typical spin-out situation, there are several people who worked on the research, including a mix of students, post docs and faculty. A lot of scientific founders have misconceptions about how to structure their founding team. Misconception 1.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe. Founded in 2019 to tackle single-use plastics, AlterPacks’ main raw material are spent grains, a by-product of manufacturing foods like beer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

The founders have set their eyes on a horizon where, driven by climate change and a rapid increase in global food demand as population continues to increase, more crops are being forced indoors to secure greater crop yields. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand commercial collaborations.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 23, 2022

Second Place: Talia East with HER Tech World took home $3,000 for developing a solution that matches up underserved female founders with investors. People’s Choice: Rachelle Martin with Alex & Thea took home $1,000 for her functional, on-the-go travel baby bag design. appeared first on BFTP/CNP.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

government, and it’s been doubling down on that strategy ever since, its CEO and founder Pat Larsen told TechCrunch. ZenLedger founder and CEO Pat Larsen Image Credits: ZenLedger. “That turns out to be extremely useful for an individual when you do accounting and tax.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Investors in the round include a mix of national and international funds, including Spain’s Seaya Ventures, a new backer of Payflow and Cathay Innovation via its C. “[Payflow] is free for users and it will always be the case,” adds co-founder Benoît Menardo. Payflow is targeting the product at large corporate clients.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

It doesn’t feel like a week goes by at the moment that another startup doesn’t emerge armed with a huge wallet of cash to pursue a strategy of consolidating and then scaling promising brands that have built a business selling on marketplaces like Amazon’s. That was a good surprise.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The commodification of education is good for end-users and is often why startups have a freemium model as a customer acquisition strategy. The Course Hero and Mystery Science deals show us that edtech businesses are hungry for personalized, targeted content. Using data management and analytics to improve student outcomes.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In 2023, business social media platform LinkedIn celebrated its 20th birthday signifying at least two decades since social media has been available for businesses to use as part of their marketing and communications mix. What are some common mistakes new businesses make when trying to use social media to grow their brand?

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