VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2024

From licking its wounds following the dot com burst, Israeli entrepreneurs have been making indelible marks across a multitude of industries. The contrast is stark when I think about the state of mobile technology back in 2006 compared to its dominance today, or the explosive growth and influence of social media and most recently, AI.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 3, 2006

I just got back from a week in Israel having spent some time in Jerusalem for an Answers board meeting and then making my way to the Ohalo Resort on the Sea of Galilee for Kinnernet 2006. Before I go there, I would flip the question and ask what do entrepreneurs do? All that being said, the numbers are still against the entrepreneur.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 30, 2020

Smart Simple Marketing helps B2SMB marketing professionals gain market share, drive engagement and deepen loyalty with small businesses, women business entrepreneurs and minority business entrepreneurs. What you’ll learn if you give a listen: What it means for Sydni to be a 4th generation Entrepreneur.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Neil has been trying to make money as a businessman and entrepreneur ever since he was a teenager in high school. As you can see from his success as an entrepreneur and consultant over the years that followed, he learned pretty well. On the contrary, he puts his mistakes in the public eye so that everyone can learn from them.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 22, 2018

Second, I have been an entrepreneur my entire life. Easy, I have been known regionally as Steve “The Hurricane” since 2006. As for the Small Business coaching, I love seeing entrepreneurs thrive and again, when we launched the pilot feedback was staggering. How did you come up with your business name?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. Part 1 outlining the program is here. The origin.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. Part 1 outlining the program is here. The origin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. But this measurable difference in outcomes, however significant, is not stopping aspiring entrepreneurs from building businesses where they live today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. But this measurable difference in outcomes, however significant, is not stopping aspiring entrepreneurs from building businesses where they live today.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

AWS officially launched in 2006 and provides scalable compute power, content delivery, database storage and more to businesses of all sizes all across the globe. Entrepreneurs are flocking to this one of a kind service as a way to enter the market and build their business from the ground up without the fear of high-priced tech expenses.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Support families. Like many surprise entrepreneurs, I had struck upon a market that hadn’t been previously acknowledged–coupons. That was 2006 and still going strong at the start of 2018. Photo Credit: BJ Nickol.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 7, 2014

Someone just linked me to a Paul Graham essay from 2006 titled The hardest lessons for startups to learn. This advice is spot on, and I can’t count the times when I’ve found myself cautioning entrepreneurs not to be too optimistic. All seven lessons are great, but the last one really struck a chord with me: 7.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Need for a better renovation. In 2008, I became an entrepreneur. Today, I share that same knowledge and insight with entrepreneurs daily — when you become successful, it’s important to help others get there, too. Photo Credit: Dan Meyer.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It was late 2006 and I was serving old media as a national editor at an entertainment industry trade publication, plus freelancing for an alt-weekly and writing a book. But for entrepreneurs, there are practical implications to naming their business. Our tag line is why age gracefully when you can age youthfully? 3- Simple way.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

In 2006, Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey founded Revolution Foods to help ensure quality food access for all children across the nation. Together, they founded Revolution Foods in 2006. I co-founded Revolution Foods with Kirsten Tobey in 2006 to ensure quality food access for all children across the nation.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Neil has been trying to make money as a businessman and entrepreneur ever since he was a teenager in high school. As you can see from his success as an entrepreneur and consultant over the years that followed, he learned pretty well. On the contrary, he puts his mistakes in the public eye so that everyone can learn from them.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2016

And for years, entrepreneurs struggled between their desire for the perfect name and a rapidly diminishing supply of.COM domains. But perhaps most importantly, new domain extensions offer SMBs, entrepreneurs, and startups an opportunity to flex their creative muscles.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Good entrepreneurs have discipline. Yet there is a quieter characteristic that separates great entrepreneurs from good ones. And human problem solving is what entrepreneurs who have a long-term impact do best. More importantly, it sparked a whole new generation of social entrepreneurs. You’ve heard it all before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. But this measurable difference in outcomes, however significant, is not stopping aspiring entrepreneurs from building businesses where they live today.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

The practice of legal financing dates back to the early 1990s, but it didn’t take off in the United States until Credit Suisse Securities launched a litigation lending program in 2006 that later became its own company in 2012. This makes it easy for entrepreneurs to start legal financing businesses and obtain investors.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it. For aspiring startup technology entrepreneurs, “ Things a Little Bird Told Me ” provides a great insight into what it is like to live and breathe a startup.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

I’ve been working with large retailers and fashion brands since 2006, and I recognized almost immediately that this industry would get disrupted sooner than later. The winners would be the large technology platforms that aggregated and empowered these entrepreneurs — the losers would be the big, slow-moving brands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With the current volatile economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. This approach is thus not viable for entrepreneurs already out of money. Increased jeopardy and less fun for the entrepreneur. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

However, the 2016 Peace Deal with the FARC , among other efforts, changed its international reputation, leading to a 300% increase in foreign visitors since 2006. The government creates programs to help entrepreneurs. Colombia suffered decades of violence, instability, and corruption.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Irony, hey?). Her response?

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 12, 2021

When David Cohen, David Brown, Jared Polis, and I started Techstars in 2006, we could have never envisioned what it has become. In 2006, an accelerator was a new idea; today, it is an integral part of the global entrepreneurial ecosystem. David Cohen led the growth of Techstars from inception in 2006 to about 30 people.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

And if you are an entrepreneur in search of a business idea, search for businesses that are in huge markets that are dependent on bad profits. 19, 2006) Blockbuster is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol BBI and is a 21-year old company with 8,500 stores located in 29 countries. 18, 2006, Dec. 6, 2006, and Jan.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Share Being an entrepreneur is the road rarely traveled. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they got into entrepreneurship. #1 I decided to become an entrepreneur because I was not fulfilled working for others. As an entrepreneur, you need to make things happen and you’re judged on results.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

By Trevor Blake, author of “ Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life “ I have found that many entrepreneurs struggle with the same basic difficulties. It is only when we revert to selfish gains that we neglect the most important entity of entrepreneurism, which is the customer. Fourth is your purpose.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

But those same words could easily be applied to the Singapore-based technology entrepreneurs present at Techventure 2011. The hope is to get even more experienced investors and entrepreneurs to invest in local startups and provide them with systematic management guidance and mentorship. Singapore Innovation.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In 2006 we decided to start a blog to help other writers, and of course we called it The Renegade Writer. We tossed around titles with words like unconventional, rule-breaking, etc., but then my partner’s husband piped up, The Renegade Writer. It was perfect! Alliterative, compelling, and it said exactly what the book was about.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

With the current strong economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. This approach is thus not viable for entrepreneurs already out of money. Increased jeopardy and less fun for the entrepreneur. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Known as India’s first ‘Wi-Fi City’ after the Unwiring Pune project was instigated in 2006, the city’s Wi-Fi coffee shop culture and affordable standard of living add to its entrepreneurial appeal. Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion Lists' Nicosia, Cyprus?.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Many entrepreneurs have a great product but have difficulty coming up with an equally great story to sell. Award-winning tech writer Chris Smith created The Campfire Effect to teach entrepreneurs how to be amazing story-tellers. Original art is a timeless, one-of-a-kind gift that never goes out of style. https://seatgeek.com/.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Business ventures build on top of one another like Lego towers — they don’t spring Athena-like from the foreheads of entrepreneurs, no matter what some may claim. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept. Anyone with a strong idea, a lot of luck, and even more hard work can succeed in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.

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