The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As part of of our Founders Series , The Startup Magazine presents the following first person feature by Judah Parness, aka Skeeter Gumdrop, Co-Founder of Rent-A-Christmas, an entrepreneurial venture disrupting the way consumers decorate for Christmas. Our first year’s revenue was embarrassingly insignificant.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Barnes And Noble Cuts Nook Tablet Prices As New Kindle Rumors Surface.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. But where do you start, and what are the best approaches to public relations for an entrepreneur? ” We recently featured an excerpt from her book, which offers even more great tips on networking for entrepreneurs. .”

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Neville Clubwala, a Taskrabbit worker in New York City, delivers cupcakes from Butter Lane bakery and champagne, to a recipient who received a promotion. Weve hosted some interesting tech entrepreneurs. Car owners on RelayRides make on average about $250 a month, says founder Shelby Clark.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Earlier this month, I asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council about the top events for founders in 2014. There are top CEOs, first-time entrepreneurs and other top women executives from corporate America. Kelsey Meyer , Influence & Co. . Kristi Zuhlke Kimball , New Consumer Solutions LLC. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods. I'm the co founder and Chief Impact Officer at Revolution Foods.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 19, 2014

March 19, 2014 – Are you an entrepreneur who’s breaking the rules— or do you know one? Traditional awards programs honoring entrepreneurs tend to focus on accomplishments such as revenues and growth. JJ Ramberg, co-founder of Good Search and host of MSNBC’s Your Business. LAKEWOOD, CALIF.,

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

At the recent World Business Forum Event in New York City, business consultant and author Jim Collins said that "great enterprises are more likely to die of indigestion than starvation." He further cited Packard's Law (which was named after Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard). So what does this really mean?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Resilience – the ability to bounce back from adversity – is one of the key attributes of entrepreneurs and was the focus of my first weekly radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , on Sirius XM Radio Channel 111. Kathryn shared the painful lessons she learned when her first startup fell apart. Broken startup dreams.

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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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

by Thomas Smale, founder of FE International. This is particularly true in the early stages of a new venture when you may be a solopreneur or working with a very small team. What if there was somewhere you could go where you can be surrounded by founders just like you? Here are the top 10: 1. LTV Conference. London, UK.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 28, 2011

On the other side of this radio interview are Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams , both founders of their own startups, both coaches and mentors to dozens of other startups over the years, and who together created and still run the In Good Company co-working space for women entrepreneurs in New York City.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2012

Phil Auerswald ( The Coming Prosperity ) shared a great piece by Steve Garmhausen of Crain’s New York on the city/region’s universities and colleges. Throughout the months-long process, they received extensive coaching and mentoring from a total of 20 veteran entrepreneurs and other experts.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Many angels are entrepreneurs themselves, or executives and business or community leaders. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. Entrepreneurs impress me most with a professional, but also kind/down-to-earth presentation.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. with Liza Mosquito de Guia, Founder & Chief Storyteller, food.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 2, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners their inspirational leaders and here’s what they had to say; #1- Winston Churchill. The leader I look up to is Jennifer Allwood, entrepreneur and author of Fear Is Not the Boss of You. Jennifer became a successful entrepreneur after pivoting from a corporate job then pivoting again.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. So why are so many diverse entrepreneurs shortchanging themselves? This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean.

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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. More connections means more business, more investors, more revenue, and more growth.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The concept poses both great benefits and significant challenges to entrepreneurs. If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. With that in mind, here are four tips for entrepreneurs looking to expand globally.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. So you want to be an entrepreneur, huh? A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. I am Eric Ries.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

I grew up in New York in a single-parent household that teetered on the bottom end of lower middle-class in what today we’d call “working class.”. In my neighborhood, successful entrepreneurship meant small businesses entrepreneurs. Before my parents divorced they had owned a small grocery store.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- After the birth of my daughter. However, as most entrepreneurs will experience, when equity and pay come into play, relationships tend to warp. increase not only brand share but also revenue. Photo Credit: Lisa Cash Hanson.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

I grew up in New York in a single-parent household that teetered on the bottom end of lower middle-class in what today we’d call “working class.”. In my neighborhood, successful entrepreneurship meant small businesses entrepreneurs. Before my parents divorced they had owned a small grocery store.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

by Keith Smith, co-founder and CEO of Payability. If you read startup news, then you might believe “getting funded” is the ultimate goal of any business. As an entrepreneur, though, you should look no further than Fab.com as a cautionary tale of venture capital. Go it alone. Let’s not forget the bootstrapping option.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Any Digital Marketer living in today’s age will tell you that Content Marketing is a must, for not only promoting your brand to new prospects, but also to maintain a relationship with your existing customers. Taboola was founded in 2007 in New York City, and has been competing with Outbrain head-to-head almost from day one.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Joel met his co-founder for Fog Creek software and learned a valuable management lesson. He is responsible for bringing in revenue from advertising and their careers offering. 29:45 minutes.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Lucky for you, time-strapped entrepreneur, weve gathered some tips from the pros to help you avoid some of the most common, game-ending mistakes committed by young startups. Make sure that new hires understand your rate of innovation.

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