Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

With industries from banking to transportation being transformed and, in some instances, undermined by new business models and technology, executives are smart to wonder, “Are we next?” To support the three Cs, ING has also developed their own iterative practice named PACE. Not, ‘what's the technology?’

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2016

For a firm to become truly innovative, Gary Hamel and Nancy Tennant suggest in their recent Harvard Business Review article all employees should be taught to think like innovators. Brand extension and market growth can be aided by a family name in ways a non-family brand name cannot. By Robert J.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Mobility really changes everything.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. Want to start up in France?

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Digital Technology Remains An Unharvested Field. The potential, much of it, lays in digital technology. The combination, the mash-up, of digital technology applied to challenges could lead to the innovation that saves you. The pandemic shifted many of our businesses towards digital technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. David Cohen deserves much credit for building TechStars into an internationally recognized brand name for innovation. The ingredients are all here.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth. Investors will look first to a summary , and then a pitch ; but if you get through that screening, they’ll want to see a business plan for the process of due diligence.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 21, 2014

Satya and I believe in “ measuring what matters ” (as the management cliche goes) and our dealflow sheet includes data such as how the company reached us, reason we passed, names of founders and so on. Perhaps we should mentor at female-focused incubators or speak at Women 2.0 Is It Actionable? Is It Accurate?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled workforces that can support tech startups. . The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. In 2010, the city had six times more high-tech startups per capita than the nation’s average.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD enabled this innovation with safer, cheaper, and more reliable quantum dot technology that it’s licensing from M.I.T., I truly believe this is the year where quantum dots make a name for themselves in agriculture, and so its about marketing, sales, manufacturing, and generally about traction in the market. You can see our dots!

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Last year, Her Campus was a winner and named Best All-Around Team in MassChallenge, the world’s largest start-up competition. I participated in Teens In Tech, an amazing accelerator for teens. It’s important to understand the difference between an accelerator and an incubator. Do Your Due Diligence.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The name of your company, Every Two Minutes, reflects that every two minutes in the United States, a person is sexually assaulted. Also, far too many lives of my former classmates, friends, and family members have been disrupted, and their educations and careers interrupted, due to sexual violence. I wanted to do something about this.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. Thanks to Ryan Niddel, Ryan Niddel Strategies ! #9-

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub. Sam Gichuru CEO at nailab.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Israeli incubators are predicted to increase their investment volume (but not size) in 2010. That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. In 2009 incubators invested in 81 new ventures. Technology. via TheMarker ). via theWadi ). Miscellanous.

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Transformify

AUGUST 29, 2017

A growing body of research shows we make a bunch of snap judgments starting just with people’s names–and continue from there. One widely cited study found that candidates with white-sounding names but otherwise identical résumés were 50% more likely to be called in for an interview.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Five international MBA programs also boast Unicorn founders, namely INSEAD (France / Singapore / UAE), IIM Calcutta (India), Vienna University (Austria), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and University of Otago (New Zealand) (Please note that I only included MBA programs, and excluded Masters in Science degrees). have reached unicorn status.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. MONOCLE MAGAZINE NAMES HAIFA INVESTMENT HOTSPOT.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In Moscow, we attended the twelfth annual Congress of the European Business Angel Network , held April 23-24, at the Digital October technology entrepreneurship center. On May 2nd and 3rd, I led workshops for about thirty Estonian investors on syndication, due diligence, valuation and the post-investment relationship with entrepreneurs.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content. what’s hot? MobileBeat.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

Due to this abundance of opportunities, planning A to Z is a better strategy than just planning A to B. Make a list of startups you have interest in and Google them to find out what they have been up to – sites like TechInAsia and e27 report on tech startups in the region frequently. Find a lot of startups you like. Having your No.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. The concept, if technically as compelling as it sounds, could become a standard in building safety all over the world.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

I also sit on several Atlanta boards and participate in multiple technology incubator / start-up accelerators in hopes of helping Atlanta leave its stamp on the national tech scene. Even how the name of Atlanta came to be. Candler Park, Woodruff Arts Center, Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd, Inman Park, etc. Thank God for that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. In 2010, the city had six times more high-tech startups per capita than the nation’s average. Los Angeles.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2016

Ranked third by WalletHub, Oklahoma City has also been found to be a great city for STEM professionals, entrepreneurial women, and small tech businesses. Low housing costs, a plentiful and talented workforce, and access to science and tech businesses have been cited as reasons for St. See Also: Starting a Business Guide.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Launch48 is a new kind of micro-incubator taking place over the course of a weekend, which enables entrepreneurs to pitch their concept in one minute, in order to find team mates who are interested in pursuing the idea. For example, you may point out that there is a company with similar technology, but different application/market.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). ATI is a traditional incubator that helps form and grow up to 30 startup companies at any given time and counts over 200 successful launches over its 20+ years. said Edgar Figueroa, CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2020

If you’re an entrepreneur in the health and wellness industry, Austin is the perfect place to make a name for your business, attract more customers, and grow your brand. Oftentimes, health and wellness entrepreneurs try to compete with big-name brands right away. Everyone loves supporting their hometown products and services!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

In-between class sessions, we reviewed each team’s mission model canvas and sent them a detailed critique of each of the boxes on the right side of their canvas. What we’re trying to prevent is to have teams give the DOD/IC yet another great technology demo. See all the H4D posts here. Beneficiaries equals all the stakeholders.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 25, 2016

In-between class sessions, we reviewed each team’s mission model canvas and sent them a detailed critique of each of the boxes on the right side of their canvas. What we’re trying to prevent is to have teams give the DOD/IC yet another great technology demo. See all the H4D posts here. Beneficiaries equals all the stakeholders.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. Ressi, Wilson Sonsini and a top-tier accounting firm (which preferred not to be named) have been working on developing this set of documents for some time now, says Ressi. Also on AOL Tech.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Prabhdeep Singh: Ask any entrepreneur about their most valuable resource when they’re making tough decisions, and you’ll hear the name of someone, not something. We kind of bring it all together.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

You can subscribe to Smart Bear Live on iTunes (please review the podcast as well!) … and if you’d like to appear on a future episode of Smart Bear Live, send an email to Patrick.Foley@microsoft.com to schedule a recording with Jason. What’s the name of the company? Dan: The name of the company is Member Desk.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. A name like 500 Startups says it all.

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