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. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Summit Fellows.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The chatter of the “Retail Apocalypse” began long before the recent events of a global pandemic. Paige Briscoe, founder of ReRoot. We’re seeing about a 70 to 75 conversion rate from appointments in terms of purchase ,” said Joanna Griffiths , Founder and CEO. Do you want us and want us to offer curbside pickup?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., Boulder, CO. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. with their startups growing by 81.2 Austin has become quite a hotspot.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

In addition, 83% of companies had a racial composition that was entirely Caucasian, while only 12% of founders were Asian and less than 1% of founders were African-American. Conventional Founder Background. Quadrant I : Most VC-backed companies, e.g., Mark Zuckerberg, Founder/CEO, Facebook. Non-Majority Markets.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2012

The recently concluded Sandbox Global Summit which took place over the weekend saw some of the brightest young minds gather in Lisbon, Portugal and engage in discussions over ideas that (one day may) change the world. “We aim to give space to heated discussions and unreasonable thoughts,” says Sandbox Network CEO, Nico Luchsinger.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 4, 2014

Julius Talvik is co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Unison , a brand innovation company in Washington, DC, that develops physical and digital products for companies around the world. The Apple Store turns the highest profit per square foot than any other, even Tiffany & Co. Where do we go from here?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Liz Elting In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liz Elting, the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. Where can they find big ideas? (12:50): Let's get started. (00:29):

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. with their startups growing by 81.2 Santa Monica is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in L.A.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Praetor Global LLC. My co-founder and I have been friends since grade school and have been competitive with each other at everything including our fitness. is a very cool Washington, D.C. The tools Lumosity provide are effective in challenging our minds and clearing our thoughts. George Mavromaras , Mavro Inc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

Like other industries -- from publishing to automobiles -- entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. We will not lose on their products -- after all, most of them are global.

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Publishers, or Content Producers, can pay a Cost-per-Click to have their ads appear beside editorial content on Mashable, People, CNN, ESPN, Fortune, Hearst, The Washington Post, Time Inc., Outbrain can reach a global audience of over 557M unique people per month, making over 200B recommendations to consumers monthly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

fast.ai , the company he co-founded with Rachel Thomas and Sylvain Gugger is working to "radically democratize" deep learning by making it accessible to people beyond the tech world through courses, software and other methods. Jeremy Howard has had tremendous impact on the world of AI entrepreneurship. Jeremy Howard : Sure.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. with their startups growing by 81.2 Santa Monica is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in L.A.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2016

This journey started for me about seven years ago on 9/10/2009 when I wrote the blog post The Founders Visa Movement. A group of us, including Dave McClure and Eric Ries went to Washington. In response to the non-action from Congress, I co-founded the Global EIR Coalition with Jeff Bussgang and Craig Montuori.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the University of Washington. UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. We have a partnership on anti-counterfeit security inks, which can address the global $500B counterfeit goods problem.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

by Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures. Note again — his message is biased and one-sided — he is not trying to convince the doubters to get behind him — just the fence sitters: But to fix our immigration system, we must change our leadership in Washington and we must change it quickly.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

I am grateful to everyone who helped make this event a success, especially my co-organizers Charles Hudson and David Sachs. Entrepreneurship is the life-blood of our global civilization. I am grateful to everyone who helped make this event a success, especially my co-organizers Charles Hudson and David Sachs. We all owe you.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As the CEO of Hera Hub , the global co-working space, Felena recognized an opportunity to build a female-focused coworking space largely because she couldn’t find one that catered to her needs. The company now has additional communities Phoenix, AZ, Washington, DC, and Sweden, with several other cities in the works.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Weve gone from total obscurity to something people are beginning to misunderstand and even co-opt. The Lean Startup movement is already global ( see the map ). Thats as it should be, as the new era of entrepreneurship that is now dawning is intrinsically global. The Lean Startup movement is already global ( see the map ).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

In a forthcoming article Ive written advocating for the Startup Visa , I wrote this: Like other industries – from publishing to automobiles – entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. On the whole, this is a good thing for America and for our civilization. Teaching at Berkeley (and beyond).

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Tianyi is also a co-founder of West Suburban Angels , a prominent angel investment group in the west suburbs of Chicago. Two years ago, Tianyi co-founded SmartHealth Activator, an early stage biotech accelerator and venture firm in North Chicago. It is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, DC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

You cant make these global efficiency improvements until you get clear about the goal of your development process. The first version of the 3D IMVU client took about six months to build, and as the founders iterated towards a compelling user experience, the user base grew monthly thereafter. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2016

This trend was noted by CEB, a global company that provides best practice insights to other businesses . She’s also CEO and co-founder of a thriving, Seattle-based consultancy, PeopleFirm , one of Washington State’s fastest-growing businesses. The best news?

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. How did Kraken come about? ?

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. We have an amazing co-parenting style that works for both of us, and we’re both happy.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. The first thing I did was to find an advisor who I could trust.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2019

MassChallenge , a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced the top 14 finalist startups from its third MassChallenge Texas accelerator and second Austin-based program. The 14 top startups from the cohort represent: Four US States Texas (71.43%) Washington, D.C. Collective Liberty : (Washington, D.C.):

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Then you set up a web app to co-ordinate volunteers who can wipe a hard drive and install Ubuntu. You can find out more at: manning.com/sande Many thanks in advance, Todd -- Todd Green Manning Publications Co. Third, you market it far and wide. togr AT manning.com October 12, 2009 8:29 AM Greg said. Good Post. then it was GW BASIC.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

In this panel, Mark Johnson, Dr. Matt Finer and Will Marshall discuss how satellites are helping us understand the planet at a global scale — from effects of wildfires to the rate of urban sprawl in developing countries, to how global warming impacts crops. How does the new political environment challenge the global marketplace?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With the theme “Build Back Better” Jerry Engel , Pete Newell , Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what we’ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. You have national problems. Students/Teams.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

I believe that having the whole team work from a common task list, in priority order, lets everyone feel that "all hands on deck" sense that the founders experienced in the early days of the company. To mitigate these problems, we need a process that recognizes the different kinds of work a company does, and creates teams to get them done.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Washington D.C. Denver, CO?—? RSVP here Sept.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. This trend is so strong, this is actually a question I recommend to screen potential investors: "How do you know its time to launch the company?"

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