David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Our categorization is not a technical one.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You know, there were a number of small businesses in San Diego that were producing hard drives and computer assemblies and, you know, a lot of stuff in the IT sector, and I had gone off to meet a bunch of them because I didn’t know if I could get a job. It was all technical. And my specialty was computer networks.

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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.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

“Begin with the end in mind or risk being side tracked” Advice from James Griffith, Co-founder of Mous. 3 weeks ago we left our full time jobs to attempt to launch a business in 30 days. It doesn’t look like we will manage 30 days, probably more like 45 days. Get a technical co-founder.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live … the show were Jason speaks with entrepreneurs looking to improve their businesses. Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Some didn’t even wait that long: 20% started their own business while still in college. For Matthew Leirdahl, CEO and Co-Founder of Zahnk, the desire has been there for a number of years. He was an Entrepreneurial Management major in college, and says. ” Why the Desire to Strike Out on Their Own?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

With marketing and analytics becoming increasingly complex, businesses need to know how to track and manage their data, and they need to know what to do with it. David Raab Founder at CDP Institute. The average business already has 17 unique technology applications housing customer data. Use cases for CDP’s.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high. 13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). I see a huge opportunity for investment into female run businesses moving forward and a potential missed opportunity for investors today.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build. and Google.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science. Are you inventing new technical solutions to a problem? In the cases of all the founders I just mentioned the answer was yes.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch. The three who agreed to do it had some semblance of a relationship with the founders beforehand.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Advisor. ); STARTUP. Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. But we managed to grow a few customers, so that’s good, in spite of the name. Noel: So we been looking on enterprise power management tool. We been managing the field by plan more than 75 enterprise customers and channel partners. Jason: There you go.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. I began my business in 2014 because, well, it was just time. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about 12 – It was Just Time.

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