Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

The net may be less cost reduction than you thought. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. Overall, I believe that the demise of software entrepreneurs has been greatly exaggerated.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Entrepreneurs can now achieve an awful lot with very little money. We see this all the time at Forward Partners where we invest right from the idea stage and most of the companies get a first version of their product live for less than £30k (that generally includes founder salaries and time spent doing customer research).

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 31, 2013

Picking a partner or co-founder isn't like finding a new friend. Just like people that tend to jump into marriages, entrepreneurs tend to get starry-eyed and join forces without thinking through the long-term implications of having a partner. The Entrepreneur's Yoda" knows these things.He's been there.May success be with you!

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand.

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The Next Web

MARCH 10, 2013

This is a guest post by Chris Hollindale, co-founder and CTO of Hasty. If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re probably measuring everything you possibly can about your business and your product. For entrepreneurs, there is always too much to do, too many things to take care of, and too many tasks to prioritise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

The net may be less cost reduction than you thought. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. Overall, I believe that the demise of software entrepreneurs has been greatly exaggerated.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Amanda is the Co-founder at Barney an M&A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space. In this episode, she’s sharing how she’s helped many entrepreneurs buy and sell businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

By Bryan Miles, CEO and co-founder, Miles Advisory Group, Inc. At the same time, despite these odds, entrepreneurs have gusto about growth. But entrepreneurs face other concerns that compete with this growth focus, including hiring, maintaining current revenue sources and distinguishing themselves from the competition.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. TSM: What is the most important thing you tell other startup founders?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

I believe Net Lawman has a kind of catch to it, rolling off the tongue with ‘real law in plain English’ attracting many to the simplicity and strength. It came gradually until I realised that I was constantly coming back to Net Lawman and comparing with others. Thanks to Andrew Taylor, Net Lawman ! #10-

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

The sudden arrival of the global pandemic has shifted the playbook for founders and venture capitalists. As high-conviction, seed stage investors, we are inherently relationship-driven, and we value meeting exceptional founders face-to-face. I can have a wider reach and a higher volume of 30 minute meetings with founders.”.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.)

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Redman, co-authors of “ Fulfilled: The Passion & Provision Strategy for Building a Business with Profit, Purpose & Legacy “ Isn’t it amazing that in the middle of chaos and confusion and frustration that entrepreneurs somehow see opportunity? In many ways times like these are when entrepreneurs are their bravest.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. To that point, we are most excited when our founders are able to go from slide deck to product-market fit and Series A and beyond. We are truly grateful for your support. First check to Series A?—?congrats

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So Member Desk is a virtual and yet it can also be physical, literally sitting in the front of the co- working space inexpensive way to do that for pretty much any organization. But the answer is the co-founder’s been in the industry for 30 years and he’s somebody and so they can get meetings. Jason: Right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

The net may be less cost reduction than you thought. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. Overall, I believe that the demise of software entrepreneurs has been greatly exaggerated.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2018

Being part of a community means lifting each other up and one easy way you can do that is with your mouse clicks… please take 5 minutes to go and vote for these other Austin entrepreneurs! You just raised $10MM from Sequoia, you’re 3 co-founders, and you want to go hire the VP of Engineering from Uber.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2020

Apart from being an actress in the famous Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality TV show, Kylie Jenner is also an entrepreneur whose net worth is $I billion. billion net worth. Aged 30, John Collison is the founder of Stripe, which develops software to assist online companies in making payments. Evan Spiel.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

But it’s rare that an entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t leverage their background in some way to launch their business. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. 9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners of a word that could represent their business in 2019. Lastly, I have also grown through significantly more networking in 2019 and have met amazing female entrepreneurs through several networking organizations. Thanks to Matt Jones, The Net Lender ! #10- Photo Credit: Josh Swisher.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2018

You might think most entrepreneurs come from business backgrounds, but a surprising number of entrepreneurs come from STEM disciplines. Take Craigslist founder Craig Newmark , for example. Here are three ways you can put your STEM skills to use as an entrepreneur. A good example is Google cofounder Larry Page.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. What do you get when a successful entrepreneur becomes a VC and then starts blogging about his experiences? His blog is full of personal stories, gentle advice, and guidance that will be useful to any startup founder. A Smart Bear.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Author howerl.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

They netted more on that deal than Fordham has in it's whole endowment (but still, go Rams!). On top of that, most of a school's major donors are likely to be entrepreneurs in some way. Give them that and they'll decide on their own to be a founder. Support the student club ecosystem. Kick the students out.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

They might not be well-known names in the US, but the continent has many iconic entrepreneurs and investors whose stories can tell us a lot about success in business, such as Jason Njoku , Mzi Khumalo and Peter Munga. In Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face. Believe in yourself.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No In 2000 its revenues were $30 million, delivery costs $35 million and net loss $120 million.)

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

In our societies and business, there’re entrepreneurs who have demonstrated exceptional personalities and demeanor to pull it through business. Here’re the entrepreneurs, business owners and other entrepreneurs consider to be successful. #1- 1- Sam Walton the founder of Walmart. 7- Sumizeit’s founders.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

revenue were the correct valuations since these are generally 5% to 10% net income businesses that are 30% – 40% gross margin and heavily dependent on (a) transitory labor and (b) favorable supply/demand conditions. I’d argue the 0.5x But let’s go back a little further in time. Anyone remember the web hosting rollup?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The net value of this solution from the customer’s perspective. In my experience, existing customer habits and loyalty will minimize customer movement to a new offering which offers a net savings of 20 percent or less. I recommend a co-founder or team to complement your strengths.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Business ventures build on top of one another like Lego towers — they don’t spring Athena-like from the foreheads of entrepreneurs, no matter what some may claim. Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector.

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