The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

I happen to be from Estonia, a small, but fiercely proud country near the Baltic Sea, one with a burgeoning startup scene that’s full of driven, intelligent and hungry entrepreneurs. The startup attitude. But they haven’t quite made the leap across the Atlantic. Interpretations for failure. With just 1.34

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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. Even some of the most prominent startup household names in Silicon Valley saw their demise last year — and everyone entrepreneur and startup face this fear. Do Not Fear! This is an Opportunity!

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I’m thrilled by the companies we are investors in, as well as the founders that lead them. Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. NextView is our startup, and I often reflect on how things are going and what we could do better.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

Technical Review 84

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Their main investor was the husband of Anita Roddick (the founder of Body Shop), who passed away. The rent was due. Instead, I decided to package what I know about internet marketing and build an online course for small businesses in Estonia (that’s where I’m from). I sent an email after email after email.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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