Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

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. Startup Failure Reason SharpScholar Layers of approvals needed for the product to be used.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

OK, this will be a test of whether using real curse words in your title or post gets all of your stuff blocked by spam filters or from appearing on HackerNews or the like. Accenture always had a chip on it’s shoulder in strategy consulting – especially compared with McKinsey, BCG and Bain.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Friday, April 3 was supposed to be the orderly launch of the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) providing $349B of urgently needed funding to struggling startups and small businesses. After PPP is finished, I don't think bankers in the US will ever again acknowledge the letter P as a letter in the alphabet.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So why is online video such an attractive market to build a startup? Europe is roughly the same as the US. These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. You also need to develop an O&O (your own websites) strategy.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

More and more startups are getting built without relying on University research--because hard technology is rarely the barrier to innovation these days. Student clubs can be very powerful connections into the startup and innovation world. That means making it easier for meetups and innovation conferences to use your spaces.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

I’ve been advising and mentoring startups and growth companies for years, and find myself always pushing them to try something new, for the sake of growth and survival. Some executives think they can mix business with pleasure, with inter-office relationships. Lastly, make good use of your Board Members.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Subscribe to access all of our investor surveys, company profiles and other inside tech coverage for startups everywhere. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? More than 50%?

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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.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Companies that embrace this new model, called interaction field companies, generate, facilitate and benefit from interactions and data exchanges among multiple people and groups—from customers and stakeholders, but also from those you wouldn’t expect to be in the mix, like suppliers, software developers, regulators and even competitors. .

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Reciprocal marketing is a marketing strategy in which two businesses agree to promote each other’s products or content for mutual benefit. In this article, we will look at how startups can apply the reciprocity principle as part of their overall growth strategy. How to apply the reciprocity strategy. Social media.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. A large percentage of startups never apply to either.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For Greg Isenberg , a growth advisor to TikTok and former head of strategy at WeWork, entrepreneur homes are a signal of what the foreseeable future of building could look like. Residents include former startup fellowship participants from On Deck , product managers and solo entrepreneurs. ” Image Credits: The Launch House.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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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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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. Often, people are unsure of whether they want to risk leaving a stable academic role to pursue a startup. Splitting up Equity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The new injection brings the total of the startup’s Series C to over $1 billion. Momenta adapts what it calls a two-legged strategy of supplying advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to auto OEMs like GM and Tier 1 suppliers like Bosch, while conducting R&D on truly unmanned vehicles, that is, Level 4 driving.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Don’t blog about what you think would be “cool.&# I don’t think that most startup blogs should be about how to build a startup. I use Wordpress and am very happy. In this genre there is also Typepad although I find less people using it these days. First, you’ll need a platform.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

Oxbotica said it plans to use the capital to fuel a raft of upcoming deployments — several that will be coming online this year, according to its CEO — for clients in areas like mining, port logistics and more, with its lead investor bp an indication of the size of its customers and the kinds of projects that are in its sights.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up. For us, it was not a good use of money.

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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. So the partner who spends 50+% of the time managing wasn’t for us (although truthfully this probably does take 25% of my time).

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. According to a study by KPMG and and NL Times , startups raised $591.2

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers. Another strategy I have used is to go to LinkedIn and search through people who used to work for the company as a way of surfacing up old names of people either to be references or to suggest references.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For deep tech startups, the capital game can be a tricky one to play. According to PitchBook, the VC world is also trending toward the megadeal ($100 million+), which doesn’t generally apply to early-stage startups with a handful of employees. Each startup can receive up to $2 million in funding. We’re a group of Ph.D.s

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year.

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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. It also touts it as a differentiating feature vs other salary advance startups. Payflow says the model has won it friends in works councils and labor unions.

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StartupNation

MAY 25, 2021

While there are a lot of common myths surrounding content marketing, at its most basic level, it is about using content strategically to build an audience and influence their behavior over time. any asset that marketers can use to bring the advice, knowledge and inspiration their businesses possess to life.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

To unpack this rare gem of Europe’s startup scene, we spoke to eight area investors. Among the trends they identified are startups in B2B, business automation processes, e-commerce, AI, SaaS and COVID-19-related solutions, as well as “smart” everything: factories, cities, offices, etc. billion crowns or $59 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Put off by high taxes and paperwork in their home country, many Italian entrepreneurs moved to places like London in years past to startup. Will the coronavirus stymie their efforts?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 19, 2016

What is the optimal pricing strategy for a start up? Also called the marketing mix , these four variables need to be aligned when determining pricing for your startup. Also called the marketing mix , these four variables need to be aligned when determining pricing for your startup. That depends.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Butter , a startup registered in Denmark but operating fully remote, is building an “all-in-one” platform for planning and running virtual workshops. Others investing in the burgeoning startup are Des Traynor, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Intercom (amongst other angels). Toasty.ai, circl.es

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

But the foot traffic and location analytics startup saw growth in new categories, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) and hedge funds that use its tech to perform due diligence. The new capital will be used on research and development and expanding Placer.ai’s sales and marketing teams.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 23, 2023

Register Vietnamese cleantech startup Stride has announced raising $2 million in a Seed funding round jointly led by Clime Capital and Touchstone Partners. The government has shown strong commitment to developing and implementing policies that encourage renewable energy use, particularly solar and wind power.

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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. Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. My personal use. Just don’t use AngelList as a short-cut for the hard work. So why I am writing it then?

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 2, 2024

One of the most critical aspects of establishing a successful startup is effective digital marketing. With the right strategies, you can reach your target audience, build brand awareness, and drive sales. Use tools like Google Analytics, social media insights, and customer surveys to gather data.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

There is a wealth of online marketing research resources to help a small business or startup to establish a marketing plan and strategy to achieve its marketing goals. A company can establish its strategy using G oogle Trends. Location filters allow for regional analysis helping with geographically targeted strategies.

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