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MARCH 19, 2015
If you’re in the tech startup industry today, you get the sense that every one of your peers wants to take on the entire world. ” Startups launched around seemingly mundane, insular problems glow about their abilities to change the world. ” So I left Google to do another startup, Agitar Software.
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MAY 21, 2020
Fundraising for startups is a mix of selling both promise and reality. And the earlier stage the startup, the less capital that’s gone into it, the small amount of time spent to date, leaves a blank canvas to paint a vivid and promising vision of the future. How hard should CEO Founders lean into this reset story?
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FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Since joining NextView, we’ve talked often and excitedly about the New York startup ecosystem. As a further mimic of its host city, New York tech stands tall and stubborn, with a never-say-die presence through flush times and lean. Buzzfeed, Vox, Vice acquired 14 startups and raised $1.5B Median round size of $2.1M
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JULY 19, 2022
Stelios Kapandais (SK): eCommerce retailers have historically leaned on paid digital marketing channels to acquire new customers. After graduating from UF, I moved to NYC, where I worked for various startups, fell in love with the city, and have stayed close to it ever since (recently moved to NJ). Get to know the business.
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MARCH 1, 2016
All of these stories are useful for recruiting, internal alignment, and business development—they really serve as analogies for different types of startups. If you can tell these stories well, it will be a huge weapon in your startup’s arsenal. Ultimately, your startup is a hypothesis you’ll build into a theory. then go do X.
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MARCH 8, 2016
He and his firm are widely applauded for their work with high-growth startups, particularly those with a consumer focus. Unfortunately, too many startups come to us way too late. Can you still operate in some kind of lean or scrappy way and launch a brand that resonates with the market? Who owns the brand at a startup?
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APRIL 2, 2015
.” So it’s no wonder that one aspect of an early-stage startup’s existence can be perpetually up for debate: their graphic design. But startups need to make tradeoffs, so the question is really, Does polished design matter, or should we focus on other things for now? What a great thing to happen to a startup!)
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