YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2013

There are also networking events that allow startup founders the opportunity to meet with investors, advisors, as well as incubators from across Asia.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2017

In fact, it’s become quite the hub for entrepreneurs, known for a culture built on collaboration… with some sunshine, BBQ, and music thrown in there, too… According to the American City Business Journals , the number of small businesses based in Austin grew 7% between 2010–2013, actually leading other metros in the nation in growth.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The Telefonica-backed Wayra London incubator officially opened its doors last year, but its current intake of startups have only called it home for around seven months. Last night it was finally time for Wayra demoDay 2013 – a chance for the fledgling startups to draw interest and offers of cash from a crowd of more than 200 investors.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. One of the company’s smartest moves was introducing “Netflix Original” movies and TV shows, first launching House of Cards in 2013 to much success. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! #5-

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2013

A well-picked mentor can help point you in the right direction, identify potential opportunities and his potentially extensive network can lead you to investors and collaborations. For example, you may want to assess the terms offered by various banks, or look out for small business start up loans in 2013. Priceless.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

We will open our network of successful entrepreneurs and investors to offer invaluable experiences to you. JFDI.Asia application deadline is on 31 July 2013. Meng Weng Wong is co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia , which he helped started in 2010 to bring the TechStars model of startup incubation to Southeast Asia.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on December 7, 2013. Cotter bucks the flavor-of-the-day entrepreneurial stereotype: the college dropout popularized by both our own Michael Dell and recently Mark Zuckerberg and the great movie The Social Network. This wasn’t his first rodeo, as we say in Texas.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The “Shopping Days Til Christmas” countdown is in single digits, and the busiest shopping season of 2013 will soon be a memory. If you own a retail store, now is the time to evaluate the 2013 holiday season and start thinking about how you can prepare your business in the months ahead for an even more successful holiday 2014.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Nurture your network; maintain your relationships. It is the innate power of a good founder’s network that will turn napkins into products and products into successful businesses. Here are five reasons why networks are an entrepreneur’s greatest asset: 1. Your network will become your partners, customers, and brain trust.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Milestones: June 2013 – Ronnie becomes famous and we think of the idea for “InstaElite”. November 2013 – InstaElite launches first-ever influencer affiliate network for Instagram. May 2014 – InstaElite gets accepted to Ryerson University’s DMZ incubator (#1 in North America).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. Our lease runs out in 2013. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Revuze (2011) – The company graduated from the Nielsen Innovate incubator in Caesarea, the company analyzes user sentiment on products, product-attributes and brands by analyzing reviews as well as sentiment extraction from survey responses, call-center text and social media. The company completed its $16M Series B in November 2016.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act will relax the accredited investor rule by early 2013. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

This number was updated from its previous cap of $250,000 in 2013. We have learned a lot just from doing, networking, and talking to other farmers. Building good relationships and networking also go a long way to helping you pick up relevant skills, especially in the early days. Buying your own land.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Since 2013, Bitwise has supported people learning new skills in what they call underdog cities like Fresno, Bakersfield and Merced. I had no network on the West coast.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In this first edition of 2014, the highlight is in the 2013 performance of VC-backed companies in Israel, reaching a decade record in return. ” JOHNSON AND JOHNSON TO OPEN MED-TECH INCUBATOR IN ISRAEL. The planned Israeli branch will operate as an incubator and will be located in Rehovot, near the Weizmann Institute.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. billion in 2013. To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. But is all of that changing?

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

SocialParent is a social network for those who have moved beyond the Bang with Friends stage, have settled down, had a family and are looking for a social network that mirrors their real life social network. In 2005, incubators were thought of as either bubble era disasters or university science projects.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 2, 2018

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. So after attending several of these and being amazed at the networking opportunities each time, I asked Auren over lunch one day, “How the heck do you do it?”

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER JUNIPER BUYS ISRAELI VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY FIRM ALTOR FOR $95 MLN. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2015

Network to Build Your Team. If there aren’t people in your current network who you can imagine building a company with, get out there and meet new people. There’s an abundance of meet-ups for entrepreneurs, networking sites like Onevest, Start-up Weekends, and co-working spaces where like-minded people are gathering to meet others.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

There were no social networks, let alone sharing economy then, so it took a while to take off. In 2013-15, BlaBlaCar went through a full replatforming to enable the platform to tackle all these different countries. I think the quality of your staff shows in the quality of your alumni network. The same is true of investors.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. Social networking. Create your own social network.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative.

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