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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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. 51 percent). What impresses angels?

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2012

To begin with, the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. Nominate company representatives as speakers for tech or entrepreneurship conferences. See my previous blog post for a list of tech conferences and ways to get in. Host an event. Photo credit: Zitona.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At this point, it’s clear that we must take a blitzscaling approach to funding, developing, and scaling both the existing technologies and new innovations that will allow us to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert looming planetary disaster. Then, there’s climate change.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. Nominate company representatives as speakers for tech or entrepreneurship conferences. For a full list of major tech conferences, see technologyconference.com. Major conferences seek startups to feature at no charge.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Those were CEOs of public companies and founders or executives of some of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in Austin and tech. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. or were forced to raise too much venture capital?—?something But is it correct?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

The field uses the broader term “gender” rather than “female” because, as the Stanford Social Innovation Review states, “Using ‘gender’ brings both men and women into the conversation. Despite all of this collective data and momentum, we have seen little, if any, progress in the private equity and venture capital space.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Due to my effort I was featured on Inc, Iheart radio shows, the morning show by global news and many more. I’m especially excited because some of the well-respected investors in the VC community have agreed to be a part of our advisory/mentorship board which will give our program the much-required credibility.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. Nominate company representatives as speakers for tech or entrepreneurship conferences. For a full list of major tech conferences, see technologyconference.com. Major conferences seek startups to feature at no charge.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

The most obvious candidates of this sort are the folks who started or led community organizations focused on startups and their respective tech communities. You’ll notice what isn’t on the list is showing that you are great at doing financial modelling or conducting due diligence.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. Technology to the Rescue? The subject of the “consumerization of healthcare” has been around for many years.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2012

To envision this, visit (or revisit) Kickstarter.com, and browse through the incredible diversity of cause and passion - based projects, from charitable to design to artistic to technological, crowd funded on a donations basis on the site. Well, for starters the very unfortunate “derivatives-focus” of the U.S.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Larger funds tend to have industry-specialized sourcing, but less so at the smaller funds due to lack of scale Riverside shares deal-based compensation, so that the sourcing team works together and it’s not zero sum in terms of hoarding contacts. This is a technology-enabled solution to compliment the existing, traditional process.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I will always remember his pre-speech pep talk: “Dyer, your entire net worth rides on not screwing this up.” But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance. Just realize that if you are going to play the tech startup game in any way other than as a tourist, dare I say you need “to be disturbed.” (Yes, I got the message.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Convergent Technologies When I was in my 20’s I worked at Convergent Technologies , a company that was proud to be known as the “Marine Corps of Silicon Valley.” I had thrown myself into a startup because work was an exciting technical challenge with a fixed set of end points and rewards. The Adventure of a Lifetime.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Now let me clarify — NET is a dandy language. ” Don’t get me wrong: NET on your resume isn’t an instant showstopper. But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. And at the time,NET was the best choice for those problems.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. So, we worked to raise capital. By the by, women donors, I recommend diversifying some of your capital distributions to reap that ROI to keep doing good… (+ this is a whole ‘nother blog post…) Undeterred.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated practice. About this same point in time, the journalists that focus specifically on the venture capital industry noted something quite profound.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

First, let’s review the data.  “Without startups,” writes Senior Fellow Tim Kane, there would be no net job growth in the US economy.    A few of the ideas being proposed seem obvious, but are stagnating due to a lack of leadership.  Instead, they require big leadership. 

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

I’m your host, Marcus, and today we’re talking to Josh Breinlinger, who currently works as a senior associate at Sigma Partners, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park. ’ Then it’s, ‘Okay, let’s spend weeks, if not a month, researching and doing diligence and really looking at all the competitors.”

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. Cashflow is the other key metric. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law # 4.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. They even have a community and a marketplace. See Also: Got “Founder Fit”?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I'm able to do my work from home effectively, and all the technology, everything works. But I think even for those of us who have nice homes and the technology to work from home and the opportunity to work from home, there are challenges, as well. So we need to really address that, also, as a country and as part of a global community.

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