Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. 87% of funded founders are white, which is not too far above the US population of 77% white.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. Despite not having formal coding skills or startup experience, Pamela became a founder by using Facebook as her platform.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. Photo by 7rains. Discuss.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. 87% of funded founders are white, which is not too far above the US population of 77% white.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

We’ve also proven that giving new, underrepresented, and geographically diverse founders a dedicated, hands-on chance leads to follow-on funding and additional accelerator success across the board. What happens when you give new, underrepresented, and geographically diverse founders a real chance during a time of economic uncertainty? .

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010. Bcorporation.net.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. The recording of this roundtable can be found here. You can register for upcoming roundtables here.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. 87% of funded founders are white, which is not too far above the US population of 77% white.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2019

Stacey is the co-founder of Lez Talk and Managing Director of Contact Center Experience at Charles Schwab.  —  @CFStartupPride Charlie Lass , Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, focused on how to successfully navigate entrepreneurship and innovation.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

Before I end, let me also point you to an interview we're running on my blog with Naval Ravikant, founder of AngelList , which you may find enlightening. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Thursday, July 28, 2011: Register Here And you can sign up for the 1M/1M premium program here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

But until now, I’ve never seen a study of exactly how that plays out for startup founders for current venture-backed companies, specifically: race, age, experience and the number of founders per company. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. No surprises here. Marty Zwilling.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2017

Since then, Global EIR has grown to 13 university programs across the country, helping 42 international founders start companies. And there is still an overwhelming demand of visionary international founders that want to start companies in the US. These companies have created 123 new jobs and raised $29.9

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. Photo by nazreth. Discuss.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Nevertheless, there are literally thousands of other examples scattered around the country, each of which grew from a founder or two with an idea to a successful growth company employing scores, hundreds or even thousands of skilled employees, with the attendant benefits to the local and national economy. Healthcare Reform. Yes, really.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. I also invite you to join the 1M/1M mailing list for the ease and convenience of getting updates.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. I also invite you to join the 1M/1M mailing list for the ease and convenience of getting updates.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. Recently, Disney was seen scoping out space in Kendall Square to set up a research lab.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward. Greg Badros, Founder, Prepared Mind Innovations; Former Engineering VP, Facebook. Clayton Banks, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem. John Battelle, Founder/CEO, NewCo, Inc. Ayah Bdeir, Founder/CEO, Little Bits. Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix. Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward. Greg Badros, Founder, Prepared Mind Innovations; Former Engineering VP, Facebook. Clayton Banks, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem. John Battelle, Founder/CEO, NewCo, Inc. Ayah Bdeir, Founder/CEO, Little Bits. Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix. Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Did you know founders in Silicon Valley work longer hours than founders anywhere else? Here’s some other eye-opening info from the report, highlighted by Startup Genome founder Bjoern Lasse Herrmann. Boston, Massachusetts. (See the end of the story for the complete list.) Boston Is Sinking in the East.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

The founders, Sunil Guttula and Abinasha Karana, are experienced IT professional with 15 years of experience between them solving various enterprise IT problems. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thursday, June 30, 2011: Register Here. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Discuss.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Inspired in Zimbabwe The founders of Zimride were inspired by drivers in Zimbabwe, who pick up strangers and give them a lift for a few bucks. Thats real money."

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As the founder of the company, he has been steadily expanding the company’s reach through the building of new brewpubs and breweries in many Western cities. They have also begun to test the waters for distribution in Massachusetts. Their beer is currently shipped to Portland, Oregon, Denver, Boise, and Seattle.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) , an educational and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond, build $1 trillion in sustainable global GDP, and create 10 million jobs. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 25, 2019

especially in the North East in flagship markets such as: Massachusetts, D.C., Where do you see your business in the next 3-5 years? Continuing to expand nationwide. Having a strong brand presence within the U.S., New York and the Carolinas. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Recordings of previous online roundtables are all available here. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Tina Fitch , co-founder of Hobnob , an app that lets users send and manage event invitations via text message. Alice Brooks is the co-founder of Roominate.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Founded in Philadelphia in 2007 as CityRyde and now headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zagster helps property managers, hotels, businesses and universities across North America offer bike sharing programs to tenants, employees, guests and students.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. I also invite you to join the 1M/1M mailing list for the ease and convenience of getting updates.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. Discuss.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

by Allison Shapira, CEO and founder Global Public Speaking LLC and author of “ Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others “ I once coached a woman who worked for UNICEF who was preparing a major speech to potential donors and talking about UNICEF’s life-changing work on the ground in conflict zones.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond, build $1 trillion in sustainable global GDP, and create 10 million jobs. Photo by barunpatro. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. iFood.tv.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Most small businesses and startups do not have a dedicated human resource professional to manage the endless details of benefit plans, recruiting, payroll, and records keeping so those tasks typically fall to a founder or general manager. In the meantime there are also several private exchanges that operate in much the same way.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 18, 2017

I have seen cases where more than one founder has a visa issue and one is successful in the lottery and the other isn't. There are enough founder dynamic issues in startups that this definitely doesn't need to be part of the mix. Given the numbers in the chart above, this is huge for the immigrant entrepreneur.

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