The Startup Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

We interviewed Bill Walsh, CEO/Founder of Business Coaching / Venture Capital firm Powerteam International. He is an innovator with a remarkable ability to determine and dictate success strategy to seize global market opportunities. In 90 days, as we have just witnessed, the entire market can shift dramatically.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

The initial concept and start-up work for Max-Wellness began in September 2008, at just about the same time as the market started to tank. Availability of capital almost instantly dried up. After opening initial laboratory test stores in Florida and Ohio, a national roll-out is now underway.

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David Teten

MAY 14, 2013

Recruit “A” performers; Accelerate sales and marketing. Keynote speakers include David Britts (Managing Director, Co-Head of LatAm Private Equity, Gramercy) and Jean Pierre Lacombe (Chief Economist, Global Markets, The World Bank). Negotiate deal. Gain insight into counterparty’s negotiating style, motivations. Improve operations.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. “CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. Everyone wants to work in tech startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

It’s a lot like investing in the stock market — once everyone else starts jumping on the bandwagon, you’ve missed the window. He is also CEO of Max-Ventures, a venture capital and retail consulting firm, and cofounder and CEO of Max-Wellness, a comprehensive health and wellness retail chain that launched in 2010.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Hurricane Irma had a major negative revenue impact on one whose fall book of business was mostly in Florida. Venture funds are often measured against the median returns for their vintage, and, while we may have performed better than most, one can only beat the market averages by so much absent a lucky unicorn in the mix.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Throughout that development process the marketing team kept pressing, leading the company to 50,000 influencers over the Summer, which made us the largest warm contact influencer network in the market. I knew all the time I’m not that type of person to give in ever, regardless of difficult situations in life and in business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2012

This is not true in all sectors – for example, women are being nearly completely left out of the venture capital game. Not surprisingly, California, New York, Texas, Florida and Illinois are the top five states with women-owned businesses in 2012 (the top five hasn’t changed in 15 years).

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2015

So, yes, they''re conceding the market of parents who have enough time to scan hundreds of pieces of artwork a year. I don''t think that''s a big market. :). She''s a mom herself and her family is a big part of why she lives down in Florida. Venture Capital & Technology'

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David Teten

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For example, I developed a training for executives on “ How to Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds “, which helps leaders of all backgrounds grow into executive roles or board seats at private equity and VC-backed companies. World Economic Forum of Young Global Leaders. Provide more career support for alumni.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

There have been a number of thoughtful "early warning sign" posts in the past few days including one from Fred Wilson ( Storm Clouds ), one from Mark Suster ( What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common ), and Roger Ehrenberg ( Investing in a frenzied market ). Tags: Venture Capital angel seed VC.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and professional services firms in other verticals, allowing them to reach new partners and new customers and to grow margins to facilitate M&A that allows them to capture market share.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. » More.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

It's the term proposed by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in a proposal last October ( PDF available here ), and this week it will be codified into law. Jay Ritter of the University of Florida's prestigious Warrington College of Business Administration. This argument raised objections from Prof.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Build your own Startup Death Clock - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , November 1, 2010 A few months ago I created a fun device at WPEngine to focus everyone's attention the most important thing. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2011

At OfficeMax, when we had to move from mind to market and implement must-make changes, I didn’t have the luxury of time to build consensus and sway everyone over to my position on what would work and what wouldn’t. After opening initial laboratory test stores in Florida and Ohio, a national roll-out is now underway.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Markets. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

I hypothesize that unlike bubbles in other sectors – tulips, Florida land prices, housing, financial – tech bubbles create lasting value. Our financial systems (banks, stock market, credit cards, mortgages, etc.) Filed under: Family/Career , Secret History of Silicon Valley , Venture Capital. exist as bits.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

Once they found a profitable business model they realized that scale required external venture capital to fuel rapid expansion. With venture capital came accountability to board members, forecasts, and other people’s agendas. At the end of 1980, IBM decided to compete in the rapidly growing personal computer market.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

That being said, success is largely dependent on finding the right niche in a fiercely competitive market. So, if you want to be successful, you’ll need to put a great deal of effort into your market research, branding, and marketing. Are you seeking a loan or investment from an angel investor or venture capital firm?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

As an entrepreneur, though, you should look no further than Fab.com as a cautionary tale of venture capital. It made risky bets in untested markets and tried to grow bigger than its customers were ready for. The Drawbacks of Venture Capital. If VC were the key to success, then Fab would have had it wrapped up.

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David Teten

MAY 4, 2015

One of the core functions of a VC is to identify the next generation of disruptive companies. I presented last month to a Microsoft senior executive offsite on how large corporations can do the same, to inform their investing, M&A, and competitive intelligence.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com. The cost is only $10 per month, and they hope to attract the SMB market which currently isn’t served by Cisco or Juniper. Sixscan alerts publishers on security problems before hackers discover them themselves.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2013

We''ve certainly witnessed recent real estate bubbles before--but they tend to be more pronounced in places like Nevada and Florida where there seems to be tons of land AND tons of excitement about that land. I think the key is understanding which of these markets are worth being early to. Is there a North Brooklyn real estate bubble?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The latter is the domain of venture capital, but the former is what we need to build the foundation for Capitalism 2.0 Petersburg, Florida, presented Happy Grasshopper , an online service helping sales people keep in touch with their prospects via email. on a global scale. Happy Grasshopper. Dan Stewart, from Tampa/St.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff. As a result, it is a common marketing practice to offer things “for free” in order to impact customer behavior or encourage customer loyalty. That’s why it is a tried and true marketing scheme. Warren Buffet, 1997. You know what customers like more than free stuff?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

And while many of the people bringing you the great applications and infrastructure you now rely on are benevolent, there is of course an inbuilt incentive for these companies to use their scale advantages to continue to dominate the markets they’re in, making it harder for upstarts to compete. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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