Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Noreen Sablotsky is the founder and CEO of Imalac , a revolutionary company in the breastfeeding world. Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel.

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View from Seed

MAY 5, 2020

One of the core reasons for creating this accelerator was to expand the aperture of the founders we have a chance to interact with. One of the tendencies in fearful markets is to only back proven entrepreneurs in one’s own network, which has a particularly negative effect on founders who are under-represented in the startup-ecosystem.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

As part of our Founder Interview series, The Startup Magazine caught up with entrepreneur Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of music-tech leader, Soundtrack Your Brand. A serial entrepreneur in the music-tech space, Ola has been a driving force behind transforming the music industry.

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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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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

by Marc Pitart, founder and CEO of onlineresume.us. Acceleration and incubation programs are on the rise and have helped start and scale many successful businesses over the past 10 years. Pitch it to someone with a startup or business related background, but who doesn’t have experience in your industry. It was all hypothetical.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each and brand. We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Make learning to swim more convenient. Today I am a full-time entrepreneur, my business is growing, and I couldn’t be happier!

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The State of Business To Business (B2B) Content Marketing In North America - [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why - [link].

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View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

I’ve had the privilege to work with many great entrepreneurs, both in my operating days at the start of my career and over the last decade plus on the VC investing side. In my experience founders usually fall into one of three types: mercenaries, missionaries, and crusaders. The Mercenary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. They don’t get excited by early stage research, development, or marketing hype.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 1, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Helen Mackay Business: Juno Legal Founded: 3 April 2017 HQ: Wellington Can you tell us a bit about your business?

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. 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.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. His passions are business process automation, surfing, and his new baby girl Maya. ?. Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of the 21 st century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. This circular loop can cause them to churn, pivot, and fail.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Entrepreneurs put together their funding presentation by extracting the key ideas from their business plan, putting them on PowerPoint/Keynote and pitching the company – until they get funded or exhausted.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

We had a chance to interview the founders: Dave Goldman, Max Berg, and Joe Schwappach and asked about their story, how they started their business and the future of Eliqs. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? Our three founders all came from industries outside of the alcohol space.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. First, a little bias here?—?I’m

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

It’s a question every VC asks themselves and the entrepreneurs they invest in. Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. There are countless B2B startups that are enabling this digital transformation and how consumers experience the Everyday Economy.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 2) Market . 3) Raise capital.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 13, 2018

The brick and mortar industry is constantly faced with challenges of high costs involved in the business which can be a challenge to many entrepreneurs. Duggal is a NY native and entrepreneur with over 12 years’ experience as a business owner in the retail sector from wine to general merchandise. How do you help clients?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C. No further conversations ensued.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Unit economics are something I’ve found most entrepreneurs (and investors!)

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Unit economics are something I’ve found most entrepreneurs (and investors!)

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Lean Startup taught the world how to find product/market fit, but in the B2B world that isn’t enough. B2B founders must then find a way to build repeatable, scalable and profitable growth before they are ready to step on … The post Matrix Growth Academy – Zero to 100 Videos appeared first on For Entrepreneurs.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2022

A best practice when choosing a business name is that it should make it clear to people what you do while also leaving you plenty of room to maneuver and make changes to your business model or niche positioning over time. 16- I coined my business name. How did you come up with your business name?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2017

by Chris Low, founder of MyTeamPlan. Should you launch your business in an industry that has little to no competition? Or should your business take on an industry that already has a mature customer base? This is a question that first time entrepreneurs frequently ask themselves.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to interview Jesse Katz, entrepreneur and founder of www.efbuys.com. EF Buys is Groupon for entrepreneurs. We've already offered small business owners discounts on Starbucks, Moo business cards, StumbleUpon Ads, logo design, online computer backup, etc. Here's what he had to say: 1.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Flugauto Co-Founders (left to right): Frank Noppel , CEO, Gerrit Becker , CCO, and Alexander Xydas , COO. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. What the Flugauto system looks like.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, posted a brilliant analysis on why VCs have to look for billion dollar companies (“unicorns”) to deliver acceptable returns, and how rare it is to invest in one: “The odds are somewhere between catching a foul ball at an MLB game and being struck by lightning in one’s lifetime.”. B2B marketplaces.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2017

by Tina Hay, founder and CEO of Napkin Finance. One of the most important factors in becoming a successful entrepreneur is managing finances. Define Your Business Model. There are numerous types and will determine how you grow and run your business.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

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