YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

by Nick Frandsen, co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail. In doing so, it then ensures you will deliver an MVP that not only captures your market but saves you time and money in the long run by not building features that don’t appeal to your target customer or are not necessary for early-stage launch. It’s genius!

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2019

by Christopher Grey, co-founder and COO of CapLinked. Often young founders don’t think about basic concepts like unit economics, which is selling something for more than what it costs to make. Inexperienced founders often overestimate their own importance and don’t appreciate the importance of the team they build around them.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2013

One of the challenges for investing in startups has always been the lack of an established way for founders and investors to actually measure and decide on the valuation of the startup concerned.

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Pre-Money Valuation Web Technical Review Angel Investor 150

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

by Caroline Pegden, co-founder of TempaGoGo. Early-stage startups might want to consider local opportunities first before plunging into national awards! Every founder has a good story to tell! You will find below my top tips to win a business award. Choosing an award.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

In two of these three phases – the first and third – volumes of helpful information and numerous organizations are readily available to help guide and support founders of startups. These are the consultants and books that offer founders the tools and insights needed to “cross the chasm” ( as Geoffrey Moore put it ) and begin to scale.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Ideally, tech startup founders stay on till the very end. Without a contingency plan, companies that unexpectedly lose a co-founder find themselves in muddy water. Obtain a Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement as early as possible to make sure the IP is clearly (and legally) assigned.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2017

by Norman McBrien, co-founder and Head of Operations of GoConqr. The more team members you include in early stage brainstorming, the better. Norman McBrien is co-founder and Head of Operations of GoConqr , a social learning and business platform that offers free tools and content to help students, teachers, and professionals.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. When founders are wrong (which happens often), that initial seed round runs out quickly, requiring another round of funding — typically referred to as a bridge round.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2013

. “Our vision for crowdfunding is about helping people achieve their dreams – be it starting a new business, developing a new invention or creating a technology start-up – and leveraging the power of the crowd beyond just the funding event,” says Jason Graf, co-founder and CEO for CrowdIt. “We

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

by Les Trachtman, author of “ Don’t F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichés That Inhibit Growth “ Founders are often intimately involved in early customer relationships – building their custom solutions, personally involved in the sale, and answering support questions directly.

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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. When investors believe in the founders, products, or ideas they will provide companies with funding.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2019

As a startup founder with a fledgling business, the goal is to reduce/eliminate as many risk variables as possible in order to give your young startup an unimpeded runway to fly to new heights. The idea of risk keeps us honest and ensures we don’t make foolish decisions. In this regard, it’s a good thing. In this sense, risk can be deadly. .

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. For current founders, in our hyper-pressurized worlds of being incubated, accelerated, and constantly switching modes between pitching and executing, how do we successfully navigate the labyrinth to success? There is no time like the present.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2017

But the early steps you take in this area are crucial. TribeHR co-founder and CEO Joseph Fung said : “Ask any startup CEO to rank their greatest challenges, and inevitably human resources makes the list. These are legal requirements and sloppy organisation with keeping records will be costly.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Startup founders counting the days until break-even or actively seeking outside capital must focus on streamlining their development cycles. These five strategies are proven to work for early-stage companies in a variety of industries — including, perhaps, yours. They quite literally can’t afford to wait.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

It is my privilege to work with the next generation’s best and brightest in the early stages of their careers. It’s also important, particularly in the early stages, to hire people who can remain committed to the company through the ups and downs that startups experience. Leadership vs. Authority.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

The most pressing advantage for startups, in this, is an increased number of options when it comes to staying alive in the early days of the company. 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

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.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2020

by Pablo Listingart, Founder and Executive Director of ComIT. Even the IT sphere, well known for entry-level hiring and a never-ending search for talent, has shed a number of early stage positions in response to the COVID-19 virus. But for many companies, it’s a source of stress, and an area too often overlooked.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

By Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage co-founder and COO. In the early stages of a business, many entrepreneurs self-fund their ventures through personal savings or credit cards or by accepting capital from family and friends. Since co-founding Kabbage Inc. Be cautious before borrowing from family and friends.

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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). Founder Labs in 2011, Everett pitched an idea to make calendars more useful for executive assistants. At Women 2.0

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

John Vrionis is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments. In addition, John is the founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Fellowship Program. How we are going to get to Paris, and how much money do you need to get there?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

A major reason for incorporating is to have the founders assign their IP to the company; it is far easier for a business to contract with a startup when the IP is owned by one entity. Incorporation also protects the founders from a liability standpoint. In addition, John is the founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Fellowship Program.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2018

Be very careful of them in the early stages. There will be lots of people who have seen your early success and want to come into your business through the angle that will make them the most money and opportunity. Nick Cioffi is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer for Rockstar Connect.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2020

by Michael Sipe, author of “ The AVADA Principle ” and founder of 10x Catalyst Groups. We are in the early stages of a depression that’s going to go on quite a while. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, small businesses have reopened across the nation but certainty and optimism are a long way from being restored.

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Merger Forecast Early Stage Small Business 205

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2017

I essentially left when the family chose to close Lakeview’s operations after the founder passed away and turn it into a trust for their future. But they have a tendency to wear all the hats during the early stages, and that often means micromanaging. I’m actually still with Lakeview on its Board of Trustees.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2015

However, this relatively simple principle is game changing for early-stage operations that often focus exclusively on the Big Hairy Audacious Goals of a decade ago. So, while world domination shouldn’t necessarily be your Day 1 objective, you CAN get there with the help of OKRs. Here’s how: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2015

by Ajay Kapur, CEO and Founder of Moovweb. Ajay Kapur is CEO and Founder of Moovweb , where he drives the company’s vision, strategy and growth. Prior to founding Moovweb, Ajay was an early stage investor in startups and wrote apps for the very first smartphones. Is your brand ready?

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Mobile Software Review eCommerce .Net 100

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2014

Investors keep pouring money into startups and early stage companies. To be successful, the company needs to grow beyond the founders without losing its competitive edge. David Rose, Founder of NY Angels and CEO of Gust , says that the entrepreneur’s integrity is the first thing he looks for when considering a startup.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

”With a growing pipeline of exciting new tech start-ups in Singapore, founders will require funding, experienced mentorship and strong networks to build companies that can compete in worldwide markets. The NRF has identified these six VC firms after evaluating 32 submissions of which 18 were initially shortlisted.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2015

However, not every is lucky enough to early stage or seed funding, which makes most startups and small businesses obsessed with the words like low-cost and cost-effective. Crowdsourcing as a Solution. .

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Design Technical Review Early Stage Small Business 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

by Marc Pitart, founder and CEO of onlineresume.us. The experience of participating in these programs can vary depending on factors such as your work experience and career background, the stage of your company, as well as the industry you are attempting to disrupt. Make sure to read the program’s Terms and Conditions (T&C).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

by Les Trachtman, author of “ Don’t F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichés That Inhibit Growth “ Money. Just because you are a founder, does not mean you deserve to run an organization (unless you are the only employee). Founders who have this epiphany, may actually become good CEOs.

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Warrant Valuation Metrics Startup 195

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

by Melvin Wong , founder of Kodorra. This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. Both startup incubators and accelerates can provide valuable assistance in the growth and development of an early-stage business.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

If so, check out “ Office Hours Revealed With Jeffrey Paine “ Jeffrey Paine is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures an early stage technology incubator based in Singapore with a $10 million fund to invest in the region. Disclosure: Jeffrey Paine is an advisor to Young Upstarts.).

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Singapore Asia Incubator Early Stage 187

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

managing director Mara Lewis and founder & CEO Eric Mathews. “I’m looking forward to seeing this cohort of early stage entrepreneurs take the stage at the Orpheum Theater to showcase their work and share their experiences from the Summer of Acceleration with the community,” shared Mathews.

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