Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. Carlos stirred his coffee. Accelerators don’t sound like a fit for where I am at in my career,” he offered. “I

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder series , we sat down with award-winning entrepreneur Elizabeth Colón. We partner with healthcare organizations, government services, and corporations nationally to proactively enable growth through proper compliance, improved communication, and increase human connection. Elizabeth Colón.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 12, 2020

Brian Kornfeld is President and Co-Founder of Synapse , an innovation hub for entrepreneurs, investors, and governments in the state of Florida to share ideas, solve problems and ultimately provide an ecosystem that ensures everyone from pre-seed startups to exciting unicorns continue to flock to, grow within and re-invest in the Sunshine State.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

That’s great, but founders should understand what’s the follow on ratio for those seed investments. In the UK, the Chairman (or Chairwoman) for example, work closely with the companies and can be mentors, introducers and companions to the founder. Nothing new here, but good reminder! Diversity is key.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. A study shows that female founders fear that they are less capable of running a business than men, and therefore, fear that they will lapse into chaos. Over the years, the rapid growth of startup networks is seen in almost every sector. Dealing With The Fear of Failure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. Celine Halioua , founder of a company called Celevity that is developing drugs to extend the lifespan of dogs, also played a key role. I didn't have any team.

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View from Seed

JULY 5, 2022

Founder: Connor Cash. Connor Cash (CC): ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) has become a crucial part of corporate strategy, yet companies lack the tools and resources to collect and track this highly scrutinized ESG data. Get to know the founder. RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2020

by Shaun Djie, Co-Founder & COO of Digix. Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 14, 2023

Since the middle of last week, there has been extreme stress on founders, startup leaders, and the extended startup community. While this de-escalated on Sunday night after the US Government took decisive action, the level of stress and anxiety, especially for first-time founders, was extreme. Much will be written about this.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ari Ioannides: A distinguished board member at Park City Institute and founder of BoardDocs, Ari provided unique perspectives on integrating AI into both nonprofit and educational sectors, supported by practical insights from his own experience. What is our governance and mitigation strategy?”

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. They wanted ERA to get its government customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. The most valuable organizations are able to govern their work environment through innovation, to cope with the increasing pace of change in culture and the marketplace. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

governance token. This t oken launch empowers ether.fi’s growing ecosystem to participate in governance and chart the path forward for the protocol. with participation from Figma Ventures and founders of leading engineering-driven companies. And like most starts to the year, this one was full of great launches and announcements.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

In spite of this, the federal government has kept doing business with the startup, saving it from certain doom. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the financial situation of Canoo as well as the efforts that the company is making to collaborate with the federal government. Q: How has the federal government helped Canoo?

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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. While the city is small in comparison to other major European destinations, many successful startup founders have ranked it among the likes of London or Paris.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. There are certainly some people who are publicly saying that VC-backed businesses shouldn’t take government money. shouldn’t I?

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David Teten

MARCH 31, 2012

I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. Spright is a spinoff of the Singaporean government, which will leverage their proven expertise and technology to run other cities, states, and nations globally. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health. If your business is a success you are a success.

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

Experts discuss DE&I in mission-driven organizations Each of our experts brings a unique perspective to the importance of diversity and inclusion within organizations and on governing boards. Organizations with DE&I policies have real impact. Far beyond corporate strategy; it’s about fulfilling missions effectively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

He seemed to ignore the fact that hungry people rarely have money, and governments are very unpredictable customers. Unless you have a co-founder or two with the business skills to complement your technical ones, you need a friendly Advisory Board. The cost of a co-founder is usually fifty percent of your equity.

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Board Effect

MAY 18, 2023

As straightforward as that sounds, nonprofit boards must be aware of the rules and restrictions that govern nonprofits to continue operating legally. The federal government describes the types of nonprofits exempt from federal income tax in the 501(c)(3) section of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 24, 2013

George Arison is the founder of Shift , a platform to bring convenience and trust to the used car market. to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees (education that is in part supported by all Americans, even in private schools, as schools get huge tax breaks and are often funded at least in part by government grants).

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View from Seed

JULY 8, 2020

Over the intervening years, we’ve heard continued and consistent feedback about the value of it for seed stage Founders in providing both strategic thought and tactical help in assembling their post-financing investor communications. Again, we’ve put together the full template here for founders to utilize.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

He seemed to ignore the fact that hungry people have no money, and governments rarely pay. Despite all these challenges, and the angst that comes with them, almost every new venture founder, failed or successful, interviewed by Eisenmann and myself insist that they have no regrets, and can’t wait to do it again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Here is my perspective on the highest risk elements, from my years of working with investors and watching startups come and go: All the co-founders are first-time entrepreneurs. Products requiring changes to government regulations. A strong team has one or more executives who have run a startup before in the current business domain.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

by Joseph Meuse, Founder and President of Business GPS. Some businesses are open, while others are closed but trying to reopen while the remainder are waiting for the government to allow them to reopen. The majority of businesses owners do not full advantage of the programs the government is offering.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 On Launching and Finding Early Traction.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

The size standards are different for each industry and are defined by the government body established to oversee such matters. What you need depends on your location, business activities, industry, and government rules. Develop a founders agreement. According to the U.S.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm. This would arise as a result of a founder improperly “moonlighting” (i.e., Any IP created by a founder (e.g.,

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Founders, who are already under immense pressure from many directions, now have to contend with that dynamic for themselves in an uncertain business environment, connected only by video conferencing and email to their teams, investors, and customers. Local and state governments are under economic and functional stress.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman. The result?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. Underpinning this growth is good governance. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward. Startup founders are driven to solve problems and make a difference – many want to literally change the world. Risk and reward. Accountability.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Many company founders are also directors of their own companies but often don’t understand the distinction between the two important roles. In this informative discussion KP helps illuminate the obligations that founders take on – and should know about – when becoming directors. What is governance?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. Anecdotally, one founder complained to me that this has shorten his runway by 30%. Several discussions on social media have founders asking if they should hedge their FOREX risk. Global tech correction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. The most valuable organizations are able to govern their work environment through innovation, to cope with the increasing pace of change in culture and the marketplace. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

we are calling on government officials and other business leaders to restrict large group gatherings, including in the largest entertainment venues along the Front Range. Our actions alone will not be enough, and we cannot wait for our government agencies and elected officials to mandate these restrictions. Every hour counts.

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