Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. learning and travel”) Eisenhower Fellowship, each person discusses their effort to create greater access to prosperity in a global economy and sustain diverse enterprises in education, economy, and civics. Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM 3:00PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. The companies are actively vetted, coached and advised by our network. In these partnerships with founders we strive to deliver high value help where needed.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). You can sometimes attract capital from farther away but typically harder to do at early stage.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by Will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. It can be a mobile app on a phone. Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 26, 2017

Urbanization is one of the most important global trends of the 21st century. Urbanization provides opportunities for social inclusion, equitable access to services and livelihoods, and engaging and mobilizing previously excluded populations. wheelchairs), as well as transit where possible.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. Enterprise. Smartphones.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. Back in 2017, Fred Wilson noted the strategic importance of the seed stage , writing: Seed is really hard. You lose way more than you win.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

As an investor in early stage startups in gaming and metaverse/web3 at Remagine Ventures , I naturally consume a lot of content on this topic, and this post also helps me digest and separate signal from noise. Now the mobile networks are good enough that it’s starting to be a lot more video. You can download a copy here.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Venture capital fundraising can be divided into three stages: seed, early stage, and later stage. According to the same report by KPMG, the median deal size is the largest for later-stage funding, at $26 million. The constant innovation thus drives development in technology throughout the region.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. As importantly, because of the rise of global social networking - Facebook now has 300 million non-U.S. Here’s why: 1. technology companies.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Meanwhile, Micro VC has focused on sweeping changes in technology and consumer internet adoption that have enabled dramatically reduced capital requirements for building new software companies, as well as accelerated access to customers via search, social, and mobile platforms. and no, we didn’t.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I’ve been exclusively focused on marketplace and network effect business opportunities for the past several years. While a big incumbent is stuck working on their existing core business and platform, early stage startups can focus on new platforms or niche parts of the market to build up initial traction.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

As the world’s first global generation, life is first and foremost about choice. They are highly educated and mobile centric. According to the Connected Life report by global research consultancy TNS Singapore, Singapore’s millennials spend an average of one day a week, or 3.4 hours per day, on their mobile phones.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. With Safari Yetu, you pay online or via mobile, receive an SMS reservation or ticket and go to the bus station once; the day you are traveling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies. Sounding good? We think so.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. Mobility really changes everything. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 9, 2015

But a very small number of global brands manage to withstand the test of time. What can you do so that you’re not remembered as a social network called MySpace or Google’s Orkut? It’s important to know which networks brands need to work on to connect, engage and be a part of a new conversation.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Irving is home to many companies like Exxon Mobil (#3 no Fortune 500), 7–11 (including 7-Ventures), NEC Corporation of America, and the Microsoft campus (one of the largest campuses in the country).

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. As VP of Product at Artsy, Fatma oversees the product organization responsible for product strategy, design, and development of its web and mobile platforms. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Go-to-Market Guild.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies. Sounding good? We think so.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. It turns out that there are many, many, many flavors of this.

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Eric Friedman

JULY 12, 2016

Previously, Eric was the Global Senior Director of Sales and Revenue Operations for Foursquare. Mike is an Associate at KEC Ventures , an early stage venture firm here in NYC. Being able to parse all this material on the go, via mobile, prior to even responding was incredibly valuable.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. What’s the impact for early-stage startups?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Lead Gen: I utilized my friends, professional contacts, and Harvard networks by sending out emails to list serves, reaching out to people, and getting referrals. I attended engineering-focused Meetups and networking events. After the group exercise, we were free to network some more and meet people outside of our group.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 13, 2016

We are now in the early stages of another major technological development called the blockchain. All transactions are part of a chain, verified in blocks via different nodes in the network (hence…the blockchain) – through mathematical algorithms which ensure that transactions cannot be tampered with once they are recorded.

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thebarefootvc

APRIL 13, 2016

We are now in the early stages of another major technological development called the blockchain. All transactions are part of a chain, verified in blocks via different nodes in the network (hence…the blockchain) – through mathematical algorithms which ensure that transactions cannot be tampered with once they are recorded.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Amidst an increasingly connected world, globalization is the order of the day. However, while the benefits are many (including more efficient communication and greater potential for collaboration), today’s digital age can put increased pressure on young businesses to expand globally — and to do so quickly. from France.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

The Food+City Challenge Prize is an international competition among early stage business startups encouraging innovation in the urban food system. link]  —  @jeffworr Social Maps and the Future of Location-Based Mobile users are becoming increasingly comfortable with sharing their location.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Have an account?

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