The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews series , we sat down with entrepreneurs Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa, the co-founders and owners of ServiceMaster By Simons. This philosophy is deeply ingrained in their company culture and helps set this husband and wife co-founder team apart as leaders and entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 3, 2013

High-tech startups need technical co-founders more than just about anyone else. But with demand for technical talent at an all time high, your startup doesn’t stand much of a chance of finding a first-class technical co-founder. A technical co-founder wants to build your company with you, not for you.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. I’m an architect turned entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete.

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. Several key partners include HBSAANY, New York Angels, and others to be announced. . Details here.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. In 2021, EAL helped corporate partners keep 5,056 mt of products out of landfills. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. and North Park University. and North Park University.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

The referrals the company got, especially from vendors and external partners were, in Perraults words, "spot on," and the experiment was a success. Ive done a lot of placing people into positions, and I have never used a job board as a way to do that," says Rich Sloan , co-founder of StartupNation. 1 way to recruit talent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. And every year, it looks as if one or two entrepreneurs from the program decide to stay. I remember thinking then how much better it was than Chicago, where I'd spent the previous 8 years.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

I farmed out work to Wharton undergrads that were in the Management of Technology program. Still in business today and run by my co-founder. I decided I wasn’t passionate about running an ad-supported business and sold my stake to my co-founder. and a fifth, which was Coremetrics and angel then VC funded.

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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. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Key Insights. as ranked by U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I’m not against MBA’s (I have one myself from University of Chicago and my lovely wife was graduated from Wharton – she loves to remind me that they usually score higher in the rankings than we do). THE FIVE C’S.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The program, overall, is a top 25-ranked entrepreneurship program in the country, right up there with our UT Austin and Texas A&M brethren. Jackie Kimzey , one of the early Sevin Rosen general partners, is a fellow professor on the faculty of UT Dallas with me.)

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

At the event, there will be an interactive panel moderated by Trevor Boehm, Techstars Program Director and lead writer of “Get Backed,” a best-selling book on fundraising. I’ve spent my entire career helping to build early stage companies and I feel very fortunate to share my experience with founders everywhere.” Denver, CO?—?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2015

These community-led experiences were so much fun -- and became a source of such serendipitous, fruitful connections -- that we’ve decided to iterate on the idea for the 2015 conference and make it a core part of our program. We’ll be back in 2015!” - Mary Drotar, co-founder at Strategy 2 Market'

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.” Results will happen, when you continue with the program for a period of time. Public relations is not a magic pill.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

She is the co-founder and CEO of ZipSprout dot com that is doing a very innovative take on helping organizations wherever they are matched with local nonprofit and community organizations as a way to create marketing partnerships, a very, very innovative approach, check it out. She is the co-founder and CEO of ZipSprout dot com.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Other noteworthy and emerging labor marketplaces: HackerOne (*) is the leading global marketplace that coordinates the world’s largest corporate “bug bounty” programs with a network of the world’s leading hackers. Wyzant is a leading Chicago-based marketplace that connects tutors with students around the country.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. We been managing the field by plan more than 75 enterprise customers and channel partners. Jason: It’s Adelaide and Amy, two women who have a co-working space in New York specifically for women entrepreneurs. What does it mean to have a co-founder or not?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. This recent Harvard Business Review cover story, for example, cites lawsuits against big banks in the 1990’s as the impetus for diversity programs in the workplace. Go outside your own network, partner with organizations.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 11, 2015

Jill Salzman, founder of “The Founding Moms” joins us for Episode 27 of the Profit First Podcast. Corporate Partners. Also offers an adviser program for CPAs, bookkeepers and business coaches. Also offers an adviser program for CPAs, bookkeepers and business coaches. Also Available On. Show Summary.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity. 4) Used to Reconnect. Thanks to Alexi Venneri, Digital Air Strike ! #6)

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Niraj Ranjan Rout is the founder of Hiver (formerly GrexIt). Martin Harrison , Co-founder, Copify. Martin Harrison is co-founder of online content service Copify .

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino. Conventional Founder Background.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. Chicago-based Future Simple raised $1.1 Chicago-based InterCall buys Unisfair , Israel’s virtual conference tool, for $35 million. Footbo raises $2.5 Israeli startup SohoOS launches an About.me

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Read also: Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. Learn more about Techstars , a startup accelerator program. Peter: Yeah, that’s a perfect question for a recent article we posted called Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. Startup Incubators – (2:13).

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. To date, more than 800 teams of scientists and engineers have gone through the program which is built on the Lean LaunchPad curriculum.

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