View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

For anyone who is thinking of starting a new business, entering a niche market makes a lot of sense. The mainstream markets are typically over-saturated and it’s a lot harder to get noticed or to offer something that isn’t already available. Space exploration. Niche recycling. It now has over 4,500 users.

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St. Louis Missouri Non-Compete Seattle 147

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Ravikant explains that this feature is designed to encourage more startups to raise funding from legitimate investors via AngelList. And what AngelList is doing differs from the crowdfunding market, with the criteria for startup participation and the requirement to be an accredited investor. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Without the proper technology to match people who wanted a ride with people who could provide that service, taxi and chauffeur companies were drastically underserving the potential market. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. But there's also a real lack of understanding of what it takes to bring a venture to market.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

Each day some new story comes out about some creative marketing plan that takes the cake and drives huge traffic to a business. Whether you pull off unique marketing stunts, have products which need no introduction or style yourself as an innovative CEO, having a defining quality is what customers will notice. #1

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 93

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

I got into entrepreneurship because as a graphic and web designer, I wanted to have more control over the projects I worked on, and the people I worked with. Even though, as designers, we usually have design parameters from our client’s and their brand guide, we can control who we target, and who we work with.

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North Dakota Entrepreneur Seattle United States 48

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Building for Yourself Instead of a Market “Scratching your own itch&# is how many great ideas begin, but it’s not a business strategy. It’s easy to let your idiosyncratic preconceptions prevent you from observing what the larger market will accept.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 14, 2020

Across the globe, remote work is quickly becoming the norm for around 70% of the global workforce who spend at least a couple of days a week working remotely, which shows just how effective this method of working can be. Get Your Marketing Spot-On. That’s why it’s essential to have adequate IT support in place.

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Seattle Social Media Global Email 52

YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2017

Design every communication so that every time people see, listen to or watch something by or about you, they will quickly pay more attention, and naturally step in, bring you closer, and focus on learning more about what you can do for them. His clients range from entrepreneurial ventures to global enterprises.

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Balance Sheet Seattle Retention LLC 145

Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

Entrepreneurs need to understand and believe the reasons why they should want to cluster in your region given there are other alternatives (nationally Silicon Valley or New York; regionally Seattle and Bellevue, Portland and Bend). Summary: Bend Is a Global Entrepreneurship Experiment. Transportation. Local Early-Stage Risk Capital.

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Engineer Silicon Valley Oregon San Francisco 312

YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2014

Color and logo design express the essence of a brand with varying degrees of effectiveness. As far as it’s possible to make a definitive statement about how color and design should be applied in the service of brand communication, this is good advice: Keep it simple. What subtle message does the new and simple logo convey?

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Green Java Seattle Design 154

ConversionXL

APRIL 13, 2015

Talk of the “death of email marketing” has ceased. Despite the rise of all things social, marketers know that email isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. To segment means to divide your audience — your market — into distinct and definable parts which are both accessible and actionable. Dynamic Images and Pricing.

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Sales Software Review Seattle Email 48

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And if you look elsewhere at places like Seattle you see the same pattern; Microsoft may have been built in Redmond, but Amazon and many of the more recent startups like Zillow, Redfin, Zulily, etc are all in Seattle’s downtown core. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? Alex Panelli.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Brandanew

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The iconic mermaid in the Starbucks logo came from a a mermaid, naturally to honor the coastal Seattle roots. In their own story, the Starbucks says, In a search for a way to capture the seafaring history of coffee and Seattle’s strong seaport roots, there was a lot of poring over old marine books going on. But it did work and how! .

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Cofounder Seattle Naming Design 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

Over the past decade, crowdspring has helped many Canadian startups with everything from naming their business , to logo design , packaging design , product design and more. We’ve previously looked at the best cities in the US to build your startup , and we’ve even looked at some of the best cities globally.

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Silicon Valley Canada Entrepreneur Startup 83

www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minteds community votes to tell us what to sell. The people I spoke with were remarkably clear and consistent in their priorities.

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CTO CTO Hire PHP Cofounder 43

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

Over the past decade, crowdspring has helped many Canadian startups with everything from naming their business , to logo design , packaging design , product design and more. We’ve previously looked at the best cities in the US to build your startup , and we’ve even looked at some of the best cities globally.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Canada Entrepreneur Startup 48

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum Education’s Executive Director Robinson Lynn would never have imagined that 11yrs after the passing of his mom, the groundwork she had laid out would prepare him to become interim Executive Director and help so many people globally deal with traumatic situations.

New York City 118

New York City South Africa Los Angeles New York 118

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum Education’s Executive Director Robinson Lynn would never have imagined that 11yrs after the passing of his mom, the groundwork she had laid out would prepare him to become interim Executive Director and help so many people globally deal with traumatic situations.

New York City 112

New York City South Africa Los Angeles New York 112

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. Very cool concept, designed by an energy scientist, upon which J.J. Mava Consulting.

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Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Twittering laughter fills the air at the new Techstars office on the edge of Chinatown in Boston, as dozens of young engineers, designers, and marketers gather to raise a glass to Katie Rae, a startup veteran with short, curly blond hair and unstoppable energy. The toast is an annual rite of passage for Boston’s startup scene.

Technology 60

Technology Boston Cloud Silicon Valley 60

prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Zoecity’s headquarters is in Seattle but we have a satellite office in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. We were able to hire both senior and junior level engineers at roughly 1/4 and in some cases 1/5 the going rates in Seattle. Seattle and Kuala Lumpur has a 15-hour time difference.

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Offshore Malaysia Developer Seattle 40

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Dallas (North) is the ninth largest city and was recently named the number one commercial real estate market in the US.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

And since VC dollars tend to concentrate around high-tech R&D areas, it’s notable that more than 90% of the nation’s innovation-sector growth (2005-2017) is accounted for by just five metro areas — Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and San Diego. Local/state governments. Federal government The U.S.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Design & Dev. I flew out from Seattle, where I lived, to Boston to Paul’s lecture on the back of his essay,” Phil tells me. Location-based services are currently all the rage as the mobile web becomes more and more important, and many of them are being acquired as big companies see the financial potentials in the mobile market.

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Cofounder San Francisco Programming Founder 70

www.thenameinspector.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

If you’re releasing something on a global scale and are concerned about what your name might mean in other languages, there’s simply no way to get around asking native speakers. What do you think about blu:kastr for a bluetooth marketing company? on 22 Apr 2011 at 11:11 pm Graphic Web Design Perth. Forget etymology.

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