Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

On the other hand, one of the best ways to strengthen your own community is to provide leadership against a common enemy. This one has been around for a long time, but I still see too many entrepreneurs trying to climb the mountain alone. Initiate a visible campaign against a common competitor.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and various random stuff! 7 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs | – crowdspring.co/1q9cIqW. Why More Entrepreneurs Need To Make Health and Wellness A Priority | by @sujanpatel - crowdspring.co/1Gmyl1h.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s very easy in venture capital when you’ve seen thousands of companies have read thousands of decks and spreadsheets and been to numerous conferences and exchanged ideas with other investors and entrepreneurs to feel like “you know better” and that’s precisely what we try to encourage Team Upfront not to feel or how not to behave.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 8, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image above is the Guoliang Tunnel, which is one of the few ways to travel to the remote Guoliang village in China’s Hunan Province. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Some very useful info here – The China Startup Report - [link]. Angry Birds to open retail stores in China - [link]. The photo on the left is of Dario Cecchni.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image above is the ten story Tianzi Hotel in the Hebei Province, China. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2012

There are numerous great books out there on business, entrepreneurship, leadership, and other topics of interest to MBA students that can be immensely valuable to anyone looking to build their knowledge and prepare for a career in business. Management and Leadership. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lots of important lessons for entrepreneurs - [link]. 8 Major Mistakes Entrepreneurs Will Make In 2013 | Forbes – [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Ultimate Roundup of Free User Interface Icons - [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

Unfortunately, to many would-be entrepreneurs, getting past the dreaming phase and into the doing phase seems insurmountable — especially in a shaky economy where quitting your day job seems foolhardy and funding seems scarcer than, well, pay raises and affordable health insurance. Many a great entrepreneur has been derailed by burnout.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

With the red-hot temperature around the crisis in Syria reduced to a mere boil, and the government in North Korea backing away from the brink I gave some thought this week to what entrepreneurs could learn from global leaders and diplomats in general. Related posts: 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Academics.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Having long-term vision is one of the keys to good leadership, and necessary for any successful business. I asked ten successful entrepreneurs for their advice on how to pull this off, and this is what they had to say: 1. Use Basecamp. We love using Basecamp to monitor projects, goals and action items. Set S.M.A.R.T.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design , web design , startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics, and other interesting stuff! 30 Business Owners on What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur – [link]. Good for China. China continues to amaze.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Hear from venture investors and successful entrepreneurs to find out what factors they considered and how you can make your pitch stand out from the rest. Contrasting China via their Zhi-Xing (? ?, Room 213 Bootstrap Meetup with Austin Startup Scene Godfather Bijoy Goswami This Meetup is for entrepreneurs in all fields?—?tech,

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Practical Advice From Female Entrepreneurs Who Stand Out In A Sea Of Dudes | Fast Company – [link]. wholesale cost of an iPhone 3G exported by China – [link].

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2021

Then I’ll help you start your own company, launch your own fund, or find a leadership role at Capital Factory or one of our portfolio companies. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design , web design , startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics, and other interesting stuff! 10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018) [link]. China continues to amaze. China is coming, hard.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

2011 is going to be a great year for entrepreneurs – even better than 2010. The survey indicated that the VCs surveyed felt the best prospects were for entrepreneurs in emerging markets like China, Brazil, and India. But this investment will happen globally and the US may see a decline in VC-funded startups in 2011.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2021

Then I’ll help you start your own company, launch your own fund, or find a leadership role at Capital Factory or one of our portfolio companies. Chief of Staff and Apprentice to the CEO - Capital Factory About Joshua Baer Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. See everything I see. Meet everyone I meet.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Events and Conferences : Yale Innovation Summit , Yale Cyber Leadership Forum , Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (with focus on innovation). Strong Asian ties, especially to China — Yale has among the strongest ties to China of any major Western university, matriculating its first Chinese student in 1854. ” Gregory W.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 2, 2011

They, in essence, want all of the recognition and empowerment and self-definition and financial opportunity that attract people of all ages to become entrepreneurs. Not easy to do for sure, but it is this leadership that both modern organizations and younger workers desperately need and want. #4. How About Investors?

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 7, 2014

So far over 1,300 people have signed up for Startup CEO from countries as far-flung as the China, Brasil, Iran, the U.K., The class itself is a very unique format, a bit of “the entrepreneur’s studio” model. Books Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Management Startup CEO Startup Revolution NovoEd'

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2017

We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design , web design , startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Good to see … China Is Adding Solar Power at a Record Pace [link] pic.twitter.com/nKJAOoYfdP.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 3, 2016

At Lightspeed, we talk a lot about entrepreneurs that have the “X-factor.” The X-factor is the uncanny cleverness and ingenuity an entrepreneur possesses that gives him or her the ability to capture the power of an idea and transform it into a incredibly valuable product…and ultimately an incredibly valuable company. based companies.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I never expected to have my first book published in China, much less in Mandarin, but that goes to show how much the world continues to change. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. In 2006, China’s total venture capital investment reached $1.78

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2015

China, now the world’s largest economy in purchasing-power-parity terms, is sitting on $15 trillion in bank deposits, growing at $2 trillion annually. For years I’ve studied the cultures in 10 Asian countries: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar (formerly Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This is bad news for the globally caffeinated: people consumed 151m 60kg bags of coffee last year, and don’t even get started on China – their coffee habits have doubled in the past 5 years. This means bean prices may rise from $1.28/lb lb to over the record high $3.39/lb lb in a few years.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Leading business information architect and IT entrepreneur Pekka A. Viljakainen’s was recently in town to give a talk and promote his book “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “, and we were fortunate enough to catch him for a short interview to talk about how business leadership in the new digital era.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Viljakainen, founder of No Fear Community and author of “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “ Right now Samsung is the biggest technology company in the world. Everyone’s gadgets are manufactured in the same fields in central China. by Pekka A. The strategic difference with Apple is vast.

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Hippoland

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Over the last year or so, I’ve been writing about tactical fundraising to try to help new entrepreneurs with their seed rounds. Everywhere I go — whether it’s here in the Bay Area or on the road — entrepreneurs tell me that it just takes so much time to connect with investors. So, I’m trying a little experiment here on my blog.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Bound by her commitment to give back and to help the environment, Claudia later took a leadership position in EALgreen, scaling the sustainability programs across the United States and, not only helping over 21,000 students with EALgreen-based scholarships, but also diverting over 100,000 tons of potential waste out of landfills.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2011

They tend to invest in small packs, with inexperienced souls following the lead of seasoned ex-entrepreneurs.”. In fact, the leadership is the only known quantity in a startup. This guest post is written by Lior Levin, a marketing consultant for an inspection company that provides a container check in China and in Latin America.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

A key lesson is that as an entrepreneur, you get to choose your segment. Reply Calvin Chin , on April 4, 2009 at 2:43 am Said: Mahmoud, Here’s a second on the electronic version, but per Steve’s tip, I just bought it from Cafe Press and it only cost $6 to send it to me here in China. Glad to see you blogging!

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Growthink Blog

JULY 20, 2013

My column last week, where I praised leaders that channeled legendary Green Bay Packers football coach Vince Lombardi’s “tough love” leadership approach, prompted a lot of responses - some nice, some not so nice (and not just from the Minnesota Vikings fans out there!). Recognition is Key. How About Investors? read more.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

With China being the second largest economy in the world and having a fast growing middle income class, there is an enormous amount of money being spent by Chinese on any product that is coming from the West. 13 – Emergency for Entrepreneurs. It was at this point things hit me. So they’re very intertwined.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2016

With the state of North Carolina being the furniture capital of the world, Hickory and High Point the main producers, we sat down with Blake to learn more about how this location impacts his business as well as more information on his company, methods for combating stress, and leadership values. Tell us about your background.

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