VC Cafe

MAY 17, 2023

But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains” Steve Jobs (from Chapter 8) I got to meet Uri Levine, the founder of Waze and Moovit, through his involvement in the Zell Entrepreneurship program at Reichman University. It starts from how founders pitch their startups.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

Whether you’re building the next best home automation system, a revolutionary robotics product, or a new kind of software, the programming language you use to make it happen is the foundation of your work. This is one of the many challenges that you’ll have to take head-on as the founder of a tech startup. Source: Pexels.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Today we present Olga Camargo as part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series. Olga has a great story as CEO and Founder of SHENIX , a Chicago-based fintech app company focused on financial education and advisory services for Latinas. Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2010 Emerging Leaders Program Selection.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

by Marc Pitart, founder and CEO of onlineresume.us. Acceleration and incubation programs are on the rise and have helped start and scale many successful businesses over the past 10 years. My personal advice is to go a step further and research the history of the program or the institution that runs it. Before you apply.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder series , we sat down with award-winning entrepreneur Elizabeth Colón. Elizabeth: An investment in a NAWBO membership provides a portfolio of benefits that propel business growth and fuel personal and professional development. Tech development? to advocate for the 11.6

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

Organized by the Google Developer Group (GDG) Singapore and IEEE Computer Society Singapore , the competition is divided into two categories: PlugFest IHL for undergraduate students studying at any Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) and PlugFest Open for individuals from postgraduates to workings professionals. “The

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below. Gap closed, right? Probably not.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Adriana Rozo-Angulo, founder of international consulting firm MAS Connections and author of The Buoyant Business: How Simplicity Can Keep Organizations Afloat in a Stormy Economy. Adriana Rozo-Angulo, President & Co-Founder, MAS Connections.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2016

Ask a founder of a growing startup what they need most, and you’ll often get an answer along the lines of, “We need great people, and we need them fast.”. Founders need to make sure the quality of the startup’s offerings remains high and provide adequate sales and service support for prospective customers and new users.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2019

Marcelo Ricigliano is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy , a Miami based coding academy with campuses in USA, Chile and Venezuela. 4Geeks Academy students gain real-world software development skills that traditional education left behind but are required to meet the demands of our digital economy. Coding education is our main priority.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

Investors love the idea of backing second-time founders, especially if they have had success in their last company. etc… In addition, first-time founders I speak to often talk about how much they have learned and how they resolve to do things differently and better the next time. Is there a sophomore slump to avoid?

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View from Seed

APRIL 5, 2016

Rachael is enrolled at the Startup Institute , an eight-week program that teaches its pupils the nuances of web development, web design, technical marketing, or sales and account management. She is a student on the web development track—and based on her background, that might seem a little hard to believe.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Learn about business development with this free e-guide from tech business strategist Flavio Hangarter. This decline has also become evident in startup accelerator programs shifting their focus on later-stage scale-ups that provide higher returns. Building a tech startup?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

It was his window onto accounting, financial systems, programming and IT. As the founder of Smartvu Ltd., This is why I like to include customers in product development and testing. At 18, he was laboring in the oil fields of Alberta, and later worked for years as a construction worker.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. There have been some pretty good grass roots efforts at creating more development talent in the community—but they’ve been on smaller scales and heavily reliant on the volunteer efforts of a small number of dedicated people.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner.

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TechEmpower

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. The Founder-Developer Gap and A, B, C Players The challenges that business leaders face when assessing development teams are a good example of the Founder-Developer Gap.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. You don’t need to be a developer, but at minimum you need to have the background to know what traits a superstar developer has. Laura Roeder , LKR.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

” — Phil Norton, Founder of Leave Dates In today’s digital age, software subscriptions have become integral to business operations. ” — Carl Jenson, Founder of Compare Bank. Carl Jenson, the Founder of Compare Bank, emphasises the importance of cutting meeting expenses by adopting virtual meeting solutions.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

The last few months have been an unprecedented time for entrepreneurs and startup founders on the market. While the city is small in comparison to other major European destinations, many successful startup founders have ranked it among the likes of London or Paris.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

When it comes to scaling your startup’s Web development resources (or lack thereof), it seems like you can never have enough assistance. Here’s what they had to say about whether or not to outsource technology development: 1. Developers get bored with one project after a while. And at what price? Agencies thrive on innovation.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gifted people can learn. The Developer Bootcamp is designed to help anyone get started coding - and they might even get a job at a startup or tech heavyweight out of it as well. You are a developer and you don't know it,'” Bishay said.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

by Saeju Jeong, CEO and Co-founder of Noom Coach. Ten years ago, I decided to launch a weight loss program with my best friend, Artem Petakov. Today, our program, Noom, is a bonafide health empire that’s helped over 47 million people live longer, healthier lives – and counting. I should know – I’ve done it.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This allows the studio to develop processes, well-organized development teams, and growth plans. Being able to hire talented professionals remains a difficult proposition in the current job market, especially when sourcing experienced developers, designers, and project managers. There are many different types of startup studios.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

Their seniors just completed the school’s first-ever 3-credit semester program in evidence-based entrepreneurship. Our first insight was that if broke the class in half, and separated ideation from customer development, our students would understand 1) that an idea is not the company, 2) almost all initial ideas are wrong. .

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2013

You have a great idea for an app or a startup but you have have absolutely no programming skills. Part of Y Combinator ’s Summer 2013 batch of startups, The online resource for web development to date has taught more than 9,000 people Ruby on Rails, one of the most widely-used web programming technologies today.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you. Find your niche.

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Spencer Fry

JANUARY 23, 2013

The only thing without a doubt that holds true for everyone learning to program is that you must deeply want to learn. Sure, you may walk away with a better familiarity with coding syntax and general programming concepts, but that's a lot different than learning to become a programmer. Need to learn. I hope you enjoy it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Before Brose moved into the civilian world at Anduril , he was the staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee overseeing all the programs, policies, and resources of the Department of Defense, as well as confirming the Department’s senior civilian and military leaders. We don’t know what the world is going to look like.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. for non-diverse firms.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). Biggest Takeaway: While significant progress has been made in AI, we are still in the early stages of its development. He’s the Founder of theCLIKK, an email newsletter about digital marketing.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Tom Bedecarré , the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

You need to do the work and take the time to develop a process that works for your company. User experience research or UX research, shouldn’t be limited to A/B testing programs only. I encourage you to look at the PXL framework developed by CXL. Winning at personalization is all about people and the team. Behavioral segments.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Phase 2 – Develop The Product, Site or New Offers Based On Feedback From Existing Customers. Well, did you know Threadless was started with only $1,000 of the founders personal money & Rand was in severe debt when they started Moz?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

While compliance staff do not usually have the skillset to develop appropriate cybersecurity protocols, they can provide valuable insight into the firm’s regulatory requirements in this area. Further, compliance staff are often tasked with ensuring that these regulatory requirements are communicated to and followed by staff.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Today we’re excited to share the official launch of Replay , a browser that records all of the context that developers and engineers need to fix bugs faster. Nothing that I programmed ever compiled perfectly the first time. The output generated can then be used to help diagnose issues within the program.

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