View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M We champion founders redesigning the Everyday Economy , and to many, that brings to mind consumer businesses in particular.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. Maryland was the first U.S. How to Start a Nonprofit.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. It details a landscape founders like me are excited to sink their teeth into? Of course not!

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Personal Technology. What They Know.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Consumers can take turns in placing the order, and Marcial would need to provide the infrastructure to manage the flow of funds, as well as the distribution of merchandise locally. Last up was Ashni Mohnot from Mountain View, California, discussing Enzi , an income linked education loan program for students.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. So founders might be tempted to first shoot the arrow and then draw the target around it, by choosing the ‘soft’ metrics that puts them in the best light.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012. Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? I'm the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Semiconductors. Telecommunications.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Sir Martin Sorrel , the founder of WPP (the worlds largest media organization), recently said he went to Tech Punta in Montevideo instead of the CES in Las Vegas. The top down era of one size fits all. And now it is over.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Last up, Ashesh Patel from Oakland, California, pitched StyleShop247.com StyleShop247.com.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Today, The Bean has approximately 350 company-owned stores, with locations in Southern California, Las Vegas, Honolulu, New York City and Southeast Asia. In 2000, global giant Unilever bought out Ben & Jerry’s for about $326 million in order to eliminate competition with the corporation’s brands, Breyer’s and Good Humor.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

As for the presenters, first up, Deborah Walliser from Redding, California, presented Got Produce? Deborah has interest from Whole Foods and some other grocery stores to build such greenhouses near their distribution centers. Got Produce? This is a greenhouse technology to grow fresh agricultural produce. Don't miss it!

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

In all cases, these names were derived by the Founders, without the involvement of consultants, MBAs, focus groups, statistically valid surveys or other detriments to a startup’s ability to make quick, sound decisions. Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”.When

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. The founder of what became General Motors was William (Billy) Durant. Billy Durant - Founder General Motors More in the next posts. Known as the “Inventor of the Modern Corporation,” Sloan was president of General Motors from 1923 to 1956 when the U.S.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. And in fact, overall trends are a second-order effect for founders.” “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. free, distributed source code control management system. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Founder Equity Issues.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 3, 2020

He’s the founder of BW Missions , and organization that helps clients globally build communities and develop their voices. ” And I said, “Oh, I’m already familiar with John’s stuff, but he’s great and I’m glad you were able to connect in San Diego or in California for an event.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

That's the impulse that led Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy , to believe he might someday be able to turn the not-for-profit online learning platform into a world-shaping institution along the lines of the Smithsonian or Oxford. I'm the Founder of Khan Academy. We weren't fully thinking about California or the country at that point.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

It was created by Taylor Reid, the founder of Beginning Farmers. What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought? This is a global site. See Also: Free Business Startup Checklist.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And now all of a sudden you have got this global market of all these early adopters that have smartphones connected to the Internet, and they can just pick up their things and run with them. So these companies that are kind of for — in the sort of mechanical term, distributed workforces and outsource work being run online.

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