Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage. Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- In January 2013 I had a lightning bold moment.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on December 7, 2013. For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. Our pivot wasn’t a business model pivot?—?it or break?—?the

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. When I started my first company in Berlin, I lived and worked in my apartment with one of my co-founders. Co-Up , mobilesuite , Raumstation. Another one I can really recommend is Business Model Generation.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

A startup founder needs to never lose sight of the vision, but be extremely adaptable to pretty much everything else. And realizing your vision as a founder takes equal parts determination and flexibility. And realizing your vision as a founder takes equal parts determination and flexibility. Lots of people have visions.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

A startup founder needs to never lose sight of the vision, but be extremely adaptable to pretty much everything else. And realizing your vision as a founder takes equal parts determination and flexibility. And realizing your vision as a founder takes equal parts determination and flexibility. Lots of people have visions.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

In fact, looking back over our comments in the 2013 Google doc where we hashed this out, I can see we had fun doing it. I had the opposite experience at another point in the life of this business, when we had to work out a contract after work had already begun. See Also: Creating a Business Partnership Agreement.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on June 12, 2013. The first post was sent to me by Josh McClure, the co-founder and CEO of Real Massive, who I first referenced in my Lucky7 post about Lola Savannah. It is about the damning nature of an overcapitalized business. I saw this movie in Silicon Valley?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers. They’re looking for guidance on building the company, the ability to tap into a VC’s network, and help with potential business opportunities.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. So far I have shared with you 9 simple steps to start your own tech business ((don’t miss part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). Most first-time entrepreneurs write huge business plans, instead of creating a short pitch-deck.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

 Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott. April 2013. January 2013. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

by Charles Cridland, Co-Founder and Technical Director of YourParkingSpace. In 2013, everything changed. To survive in a crowded marketplace, businesses had to pool their resources, so they could operate more efficiently and capture more of the market share. YourParkingSpace almost didn’t take off. It wasn’t personal.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

The company saw its revenue drop by 25% in 2012, and Johnson was unceremoniously ousted from his position in April 2013. The original interview from 2006 re-appeared online in 2013 and caused outrage among the public and celebrities alike. See Also 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading.

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wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

April 1, 2013. My co-founders and I did. Based on painful personal experience, this article illustrates the limitations of the Lean Startup theory and how it distracts founders from the fundamentals of successful entrepreneurship – the unlean lessons. Rigorously simple copywriting for software products.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

So my co-founder, Amit Vij, and I built a new database from the ground up, centered around massive parallelization combining the power of the GPU (typically used to quickly process and generate graphics in video games) and CPU to explore and visualize streaming and historical data in space and time—an approach that we then patented.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Christopher Gavigan, one of the cofounders, was previously CEO of the nonprofit Health Child Healthy World< [link] >, where he focused on educating parents about toxic risks, and is the author of a book by the same name. All the founders are parents of young children who came at this problem through first hand research and experience.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 22, 2019

In 2013, Foodee CEO Ryan Spong had the idea to connect the top local owner-operated restaurants with innovative companies looking for a competitive edge. They operate on a fully-integrated, linear business model that creates margin out of low wages and poor food quality. Foodee is a proud contributor to this shift. Be an expert.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

BHAGs were established by management guru Jim Collins in his 1994 book “ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) “ , co-authored with Stanford professor Jerry Porras. My company was founded in 2004, but we didn’t have a BHAG until 2013. Business model. What’s a BHAG?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. (The Innovation Corps, or I-Corps for short, is my Stanford Lean LaunchPad class offered by the National Science Foundation to our leading scientists. Spend it Wisely.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2013

The upcoming Crowdsourcing Week is a five-day conference to be held in Singapore on June 3-7, 2013, that will explore everything crowdsourcing, open innovation and crowdfunding. Businesses in Singapore and the region are looking for more ways to become faster, more productive and scale globally.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

My mother in law died in 2013 without any life insurance. Namely, to have the certainty every day that I am not being controlled by others and that I have a business that I can identify in and grow with. I co-founded goTenna because I wanted to solve a problem that I cared about. Thanks to Jaime Pfeffer. #12- Go for awesome!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. I began my business in 2014 because, well, it was just time. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

And finally, if you only want to offer guest checkout or use third-party checkout - and you aren’t interested in collecting user data – social login might not be a good fit for your business. More detailed and reliable data allows you to tailor your business model, monitor trends and measure how they might impact future demand.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2016

By Dan Streeter and Tim Brown, co-authors of “ Old School with New Tools “. This may go against every dog-eat-dog, business-world, spidey-sense you have, but remember, your competitors are just like you. According to a Dun and Bradstreet article from 2013, there were 235 million companies across 200 countries of the world.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. Today in 2013, the majority of LinkedIn’s revenue comes from an enterprise version of our subscriptions product. The general rule is one business model drives the business.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 21, 2019

A series on things I constantly ask myself as a founder. This is a series on things I’ve asked myself constantly as a founder. the passionate fellow startup founders, VCs, and other advisors who adhere to the “all in” method. Myself and my founder have decided not to pay ourselves yet and invest our money into the business?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Skype became part of Microsoft so I was at Microsoft for two years and then in September of 2013 I left Microsoft and GroupMe to start Fundera which is an online marketplace for small business loans. You can kind of think of it like a kayak for small business. My founders and I started the company about three years ago.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Jacob went from intern to our head of marketing in Europe and today he is the co-founder and CEO of Wisecrack , a company we are proud to be backers of. This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on April 18, 2013, and I wove together three related but seemingly distinct threads: Steve Jobs, our founding fathers, and the Israel’s DNA.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

While our investment focus covers all of Europe, we consider France to be a very important market for our business and we are actively seeking new investment opportunities. France is indeed a country with a proven track record of developing innovative business models. for France vs. 26.5%

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

This is my favorite business quote because it removes all external factors and focuses on the most important one for launching a business — the founder. The company’s success is a determinant of the founder. In September of 2013, I landed myself into one of the coveted spots on ABC’s Shark Tank. Steve Jobs.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. So I turned the business model upside down. Since 2013, we’ve opened 6 permanent campuses across 4 southern. 43) Fills a need.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

forward revenue for SaaS businesses when in the years before it had been less than 5x. in 2013 and then reverted back to 4x – a little bit below the historical mean. Many founders don’t understand why inside rounds are so difficult. You’ll see here that in 2007 people were willing to pay 7.7x

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Alas, we survived 12/21 and looks like we will have to get back to work in 2013. If not, move on and join another team or come up with another idea with the same or different co-founders. Learn how to build a product, pitch investors, raise a small amount of angel funding, hire the early team, acquire users, sell, iterate.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.”

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan.

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