VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

That’s why lists like Ycombinator’s Requests for Startups (RFS) help entrepreneurs thinking about starting a company (or picking a problem) and can be a good barometer for founders on what’s interesting to investors right now. Generalizable robotics represent a $24 trillion-plus global revenue opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. This next frontier lies in building enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. and his work helping other Indian entrepreneurs through TiE, the Indus Entrepreneur network.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

On the other hand, the global courier delivery market covering Express delivery and Parcel Pickup and Drop services is all set to surpass a whopping $400 billion by 2024 with a growth rate of 8-10% every year. Why is an Uber for courier app a viable business idea for entrepreneurs? This boosts the trust of users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

As the Global Customer Growth Evangelist at Salesforce, with implementation roles at many other companies, she makes a host of relevant observations for every business owner. Instant global communication now makes it easy to reach new markets without rethinking your entire product strategy. Find ways to work with your competition.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- For me. At my previous position as a Strategist at Disney, I was tasked with leading undergraduate recruiting efforts for the Global Development and Corporate Finance teams. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

On the other hand, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. His focus is on entrepreneurs in America, but what he says applies to every other country as well. This next frontier lies in building enterprises as an entrepreneur, rather than waiting for innovation and opportunity from large corporations.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

It’s a $1T+ global industry undergoing tectonic shifts. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. These are just some of the opportunities we are thinking about, but as is often the case, VCs are usually a step or two behind the pioneering vision of entrepreneurs. Potential Challenges.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

This is the prime question that goes through most online retailers, entrepreneurs today. The breakthrough here is how smaller online shops found a platform that helped them reach the global market and be a part of this new rising phenomenon. It’s as crucial to know standard practices that entrepreneurs sometimes tend to overlook.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. I’m in Australia and just spent time with some great entrepreneurs in Melbourne. Born Global or Die Local. Regional Ecosystems. Bay of Fires Tasmania. It doesn’t.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

While we’ve often talked about organic Content Marketing, today we have guest blogger and entrepreneur, Garett Gan sharing his views on Content Marketing with paid advertising. The content is ready and now post-publishing you’re on to emailing your list, reaching out to influencers, and distributing on your social channels.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Influencer Marketing defines it as: “…creating content that will be promoted through paid distribution channels like sponsored placements, advertisements, and pay-per-click campaigns. That Databricks is contributing to Entrepreneur shows they know their stuff. Experiment with new and emerging platforms and channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2010

For that, you need to implement a winning distribution channel strategy. Common channel strategies include direct to customer, distributor, and joint venture arrangements. For many markets these days, the channel owns the market. In other words, you may have the best product, but no distribution means no business.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2014

With the rapid global penetration of smartphones and tablets and the increased data speed of 4G networks, mobile applications are riding a wave of explosive growth. New releases can be distributed and sold directly to the consumer via the mobile app. Parents are putting their kids’ sports schedules on custom mobile apps.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I like the guy because he’s credited with coining the word entrepreneur. Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) wherein all network participants can have separate copies of the entire record of transactions on the network. Another fund preparing to launch, Global Public Offering Fund, in a piece from CNBC.com last month boldly proclaimed that “the U.S. Transaction Processing. Underwriting.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. Together with 40 Nordic entrepreneurs , we decided to take a trip to the startup mecca, looking for opportunities and lessons to learn. Not Businessmen, Entrepreneurs. We Europeans think of entrepreneurs as businessmen.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Out of necessity. It’s a repeatable model that we’ve been able to apply globally to everything from autonomous vehicles to drug discovery. I documented my struggle on my YouTube channel, which now garners over 70M views.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Reach out to websites that profile entrepreneurs. For example, Mo.com interviews entrepreneurs from all industries to learn about small business experience and strategies. Under 30 CEO and Young Entrepreneur profile younger CEOs, while Mixergy allows entrepreneurs to share their experiences at part of an online business education.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

25 questions that DTC entrepreneurs should ask themselves before scaling customer acquisition So you run a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand. To help with that, I’ve created a non-exhaustive list of questions to serve as a lightweight reference sheet for any new DTC entrepreneur. When is the right time to diversify your sales channel mix?

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

Obsidian is another one of these where we knew the entrepreneurs deeply, and we had a high level of conviction in what they were going to do. At the seed stage, we have backed very non-obvious, non-pedigreed entrepreneurs, in spaces that weren’t obvious, who ended up being amazing. There shouldn’t be 18 different questions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

And then we also looked at our operations and said, "We have a footprint across the US that can produce and distribute millions of meals every week, fresh meals to 400 cities and towns at incredibly affordable prices given the way we have cost optimized our footprint and our program." You're going to be tired anyway.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Cell Buddy will be the world’s first Mobile Virtual Global Operator (MVGO). We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. ClarityRay - Company Website.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Reach out to websites that profile entrepreneurs. For example, Mo.com interviews entrepreneurs from all industries to learn about small business experience and strategies. Under 30 CEO and Young Entrepreneur profile younger CEOs, while Mixergy allows entrepreneurs to share their experiences at part of an online business education.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Babson Entrepreneur Resource Center. Koa Lab – Shared workspace in Harvard Square founded by serial entrepreneur Andy Palmer. Greentown Labs – Entrepreneur community and accelerator focused on Cleantech. Tatte Bakery – Coffee shop in Kendall, also with constant VC and entrepreneur traffic. University Resources: MIT 100K.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

There’s also an armed globally-dispersed Sales and Support teams, so we’re selling to our 70,000 existing customers as well as thousands of new customers per month, which means we’ll end up adding more new revenue in one month than a small company will take in over a whole year. Recruiting. Risk-mitigation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I’m rarely surprised when a young entrepreneur or small business owner hasn’t fully identified how their new business will make money. But I’m always surprised when that entrepreneur or small business owner has a tough time describing the potential customers for their new business’s products and services.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 31, 2022

They intend to minimize unsustainable behaviors in the offline fashion sector, such as high carbon emissions and significant resource waste — “by pioneering a new fashion market and community for global talent,” says Internet Made co-founder Rok Bozic. In reality, shopping in malls and stores is much more convenient.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2013

However, in reality, it shows the tactic projects defensiveness and an unintentional distribution of responsibility. A few other notable examples of CEOs handling a crisis: Joel Gascoigne from Buffer moved extremely quickly to share information around a hack and provided extremely transparent updates across all their digital channels.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 10, 2020

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners who are their favorite disruptors and here are the responses; #1- Unpakt. The success that he (and Ryan Lewis) achieved is admirable – to disrupt an industry like the music industry and come out as a global success was just incredible. Photo Credit: Matt Woodley.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Tankee was built from the beginning to be a global platform. My prior experience leading a global team opened my eyes to gaming as a social community that breaks down barriers. We will soon add new languages and locations as we expand distribution. Therefore, we built Tankee to be a platform that lends itself to localization.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Lindsay Guion, the Founder, CEO, and Global Chairman of Guion Partners , describes the current state of sports entertainment and offers a glimpse of what the future may hold. Companies that distribute sports content to the public currently commit 15 percent of their total budget to their streaming and mobile divisions.

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