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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world.

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10 Startups That Changed The Narrative In 2013

ReadWriteStart

That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. 2013 showed us new hardware built by smaller companies for what seems like the first time in a long time. Evolution and innovation continue in 2013, unabated and unafraid. Or it could be the next Facebook.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

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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Twitter Link Roundup #155 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. Stop looking for cofounders and help them find you instead | The Startup Toolkit Blog - [link]. You can do it alone (why it’s not critical to haver a co-founder) – [link]. Entrepreneurshit.

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Twitter Link Roundup #157 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link].

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What Millennial Women Leaders Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship

Up and Running

In 2013, a Pew Research Center study revealed some sobering insights into the reasons why 34 percent of millennial women weren’t interested in becoming a boss or top manager. trillion in revenues.” And Kimra Luna, founder of Freedom Hackers , recommends to take it easy when planning business. million women-owned businesses.

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