YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

For aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s hard to resist the allure of Silicon Valley. You’d be forgiven for thinking that any budding entrepreneur should only look at setting up in Silicon Valley to be successful. One of the countries gaining momentum with the early-stage start-up community is Canada, and for good reason.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

Most early stage startups tend to do well in this area because entrepreneurs generally launch their startups believing they have a great product idea. What does this mean for their early stage investors? Weak revenue architecture poses the greatest near-term risk of failure for most early stage startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap? More non-professional investors will become angel investors and entrepreneurs will benefit from their domain expertise. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Among these opportunities, the chance to pitch an investor and secure funding is perhaps the greatest of all — at least in the early stages of your startup career — as it can ultimately determine the long-term fate of your company. All entrepreneurs must face adversity, no matter their background.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2016

The research also found that 13 percent of Canada’s working-age population is engaged or involved in various early-stage entrepreneurial activities. When speaking with young entrepreneurs, Telfer often recalls how a phone call changed his career aspirations and, in many ways, his life. Remain Excited.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Today, Mark Attanasio gets to flex his full range of expertise and interests as co-founder and Managing Partner of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, a Toronto-based merchant bank focused on early stage and mid market growth companies. I think that young entrepreneurs today are particularly enthusiastic.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2020

This is why marketing is so important for any business, great or small, and it’s absolutely vital in the early stages when trying to set-up your new company. You might have an amazing idea for your business, but even if the idea is sound, you still need to let people know about it. Don’t Overcomplicate It.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2020

Becoming a successful entrepreneur often comes with years of experience, so taking a leap into the business world can be extremely daunting. The good news is that by following the right tactics, you’re much more likely to start off on the right foot and limit your chances of failure in the early stages. Find your passion.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

One of the biggest problems facing any entrepreneur is how to convince people that your idea, product or service is as great as you personally believe it to be. As any entrepreneur trying to grow a fledgling company will know, such gilt-edged opportunities do not always come thick and fast. by Caroline Pegden, co-founder of TempaGoGo.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

But when it comes to that crucial second phase – go-to-market – entrepreneurs find themselves devoid of help and support. Most entrepreneurs have a solid product to offer, but in order to fulfill any dreams of scaling, they must first get their product into the market and generate initial awareness and interest.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

Millennial entrepreneurs are brimming with activity and energy. The Atlantic Council found that the early-stage entrepreneurial activity, which measures the rate of individuals actively involved in business start-ups, is highest in most countries for young entrepreneurs than for older ones.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The fundraising stage is vital for any entrepreneur, but you can’t wing it through your meetings and expect to be taken seriously. As an entrepreneur, your goal when raising financing is to get several term sheets — the documents describing the terms and conditions of financing. Do or do not — there is no “try.”

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2022

For early-stage startup entrepreneurs and small business teams, establishing a process to incorporate neurodiversity in the workplace will be imperative. The post Strength In Difference: The Power Of Neurodiversity appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2019

Many young entrepreneurs are focused on the superficial belief that the more money they raise, the more successful their business is going to be. Young innovators especially, though it applies even to more experienced entrepreneurs, tend to lack self-awareness of their own weaknesses. Raising funds does not equal success.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2013

“The reality is that there has not been a reliable, simple, or cost-effective way to calculate an early stage company’s valuation – which is why so many entrepreneurs and angel investors get it wrong,” says Alan Lobock, co-founder of Worthworm.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2013

CrowdIt ( www.crowdit.com ) aims to take a different approach to crowdfunding by building an online community, as well as incorporating elements of mentoring, peer review and business networking for inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs and other associated dreamers.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

Like most entrepreneurs, you’ve probably mapped out the business plan, dreamed up the layout and you’re already snapping up domains and emailing developers with your plan. You envision your business as the next Uber or Spotify, yourself as the next Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, reaching that prestigious ‘unicorn’ startup status in record time.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

To outside investors, the future of early stage and startup companies can be murky. Many of these companies are pre-revenue and in the cash burn stage as they try to establish their technology and market. by Michael Gallaher, Audit Associate at Sensiba San Filippo .

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

These people exist and they are called ‘Serial entrepreneurs.’. Serial entrepreneurs are those who understand the complete concept of a startup lifecycle and benefit from that. In this article, we will discuss why it is important to understand the whole startup stages concept before you start a business to get the most benefit.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

It is never smooth sailing for an entrepreneur who is just starting out or still at the early stages of establishing a brand that the market will love. For you, as an entrepreneur, this burden falls squarely on your shoulders, and there must never be any compromises when it comes to how far you can go to realize your dreams.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The tortoise and the hare is a great bedtime story, but also proffers some advice to every young business owner and entrepreneur alike. That early experience inspired my passion as an entrepreneur and started me on the path toward becoming a real estate investor. Leverage your access to capital. Stay focused.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

As an industry, VC essentially acts as a broker between investment banks, who can’t invest in risky startups due to laws on loan interest, and entrepreneurs who desperately need capital. This can even include angel investing, and platforms like AngelList and Crowdfunder have put new vigor – and hope – into early stage startups.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2017

Moy is eager to pass on his knowledge about tech startups to young entrepreneurs who are just as captivated by the field as he has always been. Jonmichael Moy]: I’ve personally found that today’s tech entrepreneurs are so much more advanced compared to when I was working in Silicon Valley.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

But early-stage investor and entrepreneur Bred Feld, the co-founder of VC firms Mobius and Foundry, as well as startup accelerator TechStars , thinks trying to be Silicon Valley is a fool’s errand. That entrepreneurs must be the ones who lead the community (as opposed to, for example, governmental forces), 2.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Billions of dollars are being poured into companies that have yet to clear the value chasm, as entrepreneurs use early traction that isn’t necessarily financially-oriented, but shows a certain level of uptick or success, to raise capital and convince early stage investors that their horse is the one to bet on.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2018

However, most entrepreneurs don’t have the luxury of having a full-time accountant on their team. Where others might see a problem, an entrepreneur will see an opportunity. With that in mind, here is a crash course in accounting for entrepreneurs, this will give you some insight on what to look for when working on your next big idea.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

By Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. With new crowdsourced fundraising operations like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , entrepreneurs are finding that they might be able to rely on the kindness of thousands of strangers who are willing to invest in their ideas. It’s the paradox of the modern startup.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

If followed, we believe it can help startup teams navigate the critical early stages of development – and avoid joining a majority of early stage companies that end up on the entrepreneurial scrap heap. Read on to discover why successfully traversing the Traction Gap is critical to early stage companies.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

As an entrepreneur, when you’re heading a startup in the early days, you are likely a team of one. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), there is double the number of entrepreneurs with no employees as compared to entrepreneurs who have employees.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2018

Being an Entrepreneur is tough! Deciding to be an Entrepreneur means long hours, low pay and a small chance of success. With the explosion in startups across the globe and a desire by more and more people to work for themselves it seems like everyone wants to be an Entrepreneur or Startup Founder these days.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

I love it when entrepreneurs start a pitch with a “Big Vision” and end it with their how their idea will achieve “World Domination.” However, equally important is the ability for entrepreneurs to break down that path to world domination into realistic milestones that line up with funding rounds. Think baby steps.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

To get your new business on a solid footing at an early stage, your online marketing strategy needs to be supported by the twin pillars of content and social. Instead of draining your time and money on strategies you’re not sure of, use this time to understand how online marketing works.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In spite constantly catching global attention as far as quality of life, safety and being a forerunner in the pharmaceutical field for many years is concerned, Switzerland’s role as an entrepreneur hub has mostly been overlooked. Another very important plus point for new entrepreneurs is the high quality of life in the country.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2019

by Christy Wilson Delk, author of “ Adventures in Franchise Ownership: 4 Pillars to Strengthen, Protect and Grow Your Business ” Before I started teaching future entrepreneurs diligently earning their business degrees, I thought most entrepreneurs were performing super hero acts in order to be successful.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

But those same words could easily be applied to the Singapore-based technology entrepreneurs present at Techventure 2011. The hope is to get even more experienced investors and entrepreneurs to invest in local startups and provide them with systematic management guidance and mentorship. Singapore Innovation.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

Entrepreneurs interested in starting a fintech or digital currency business or looking for related funding resources, would be well advised to get to know Vancouver’s Michael Patryn. Entrepreneurs with VC funding gain more than funding, they gain a team of partners. How would you suggest young entrepreneurs get into the market?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

Over the years, the Truss team has worked with several early-stage startups, and noticed a consistency in inter-series problems (regardless of the industry). Entrepreneurs have a strong sense of self-reliance, and so the idea of asking for help isn’t on their radar.

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