www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. 13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. What It Takes To Recruit A Technical Co-Founder. Passing On Founder’s Institute.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

Yoav Vilner is the CEO and co-founder of Ranky.co , a growth hacking and online marketing team. And as such, you are no stranger to guest blogging. Fast forward to 2011. Then, two years and lots of inner rage later, his blog post exploded and turned the blogosphere to an angry mob. Fast forward to 2014.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

-->. -->. -->. Blog. Founder Feedback. Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA. Founder Feedback gives you insights from the startup trenches. Applications to the Seattle Founder Institute are also due this Sunday, February 26th: click here to apply. on Feb 22, 2012.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event with Boston area founders. The next one is TechProm , organized by Dave Balter, the founder of BzzAgent. OnStartups: One of the largest online startup communities founded by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. University Resources.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

NextView originally invested in the company’s seed round in the spring of 2011 and we again participated in this latest round along with Atlas Venture. I haven’t blogged about GrabCAD much here at AgileVC in the past, but we’re excited to be invesetors in the company. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly More on Liquidation Preferences → Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin Here’s a chart of the day worth sharing.

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View from Seed

MAY 31, 2023

For example, a 2009 study conducted by Paul Gompers and David Scharfstein, “Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship”, found that failed founders have the same chances of success¹ as novice founders, but prior success does increase the odds of future success. I reached out to a dozen founders using the criteria of: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Today, September 13, 2011 is launch day ! A Conversation with Eric Ries Thursday, September 15, 2011, 7:30 PM 1855 Main St , Santa Monica , CA ( map ) Price: $30.00 /per person Eric not only created the term "Lean Startup", he has sparked a movement that is changing the way people think about startups. I'll be signing copies as well.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

You can follow him at @hertling or on his blog, williamhertling.com. In the last five years, I’ve managed to find the time to write, publish and promote multiple books, including two award-winning bestsellers , develop a web application, maintain a blog, and present at conferences. My blog posts, in turn, get repurposed into books.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

The founders were very sympathetic; a man, laid off from his job, and his very pregnant wife, who sold their house and investing $150k into the business and are working hard to make a go of it. At this point, the very pregnant cofounder was weeping. But in the end Robert came back in to join Lori. Daymond offered to be an advisor.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. You have secret doubts about your co-founder. It’s not.

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Altgate

JUNE 7, 2009

  It is also a lot easier to Twitter than to blog. .    It is also a lot easier to Twitter than to blog.   I've been wondering how the previous list of entrepreneur bloggers I posted maps to Twitter so I redid the list (order is now by Twitter followers which is the number in parentheses). 

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 3, 2011

Post on the White House blog titled Making It Easier for Immigrants to Start Companies in the United States by the Director of U.S. I’ve been working on this issue since I wrote the post The Founders Visa Movement on 9/10/09 (all my posts can be seen in the category summary Startup Visa on my blog).

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Feed Blog. ” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. Benjamin Hron ( bhron [at] vcreadylaw [dot] com ) is co-founder of VC Ready Law Group, LLC , located in Cambridge, MA.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 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. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. And read the blog post on Why Corporate Entreprenuers Are Extraordinary.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

05 percent CTR on Facebook in 2011. If anyone tells you products sell themselves, they probably want you to fail”, said Phil Libin , co-founder and CEO of Evernote. Since this change in the OpenGraph, both products have seen their traffic decline. Paid advertising channels follow the same pattern.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

Skype Founder, Niklas Zennström – words for young entrepreneurs – [link]. Core Peer Groups: How I Found a Co-Founder, Built a Prototype, and Raised $5M in 4 Weeks&# – [link]. 42 Fresh PS Tutorials In Early 2011 – [link]. Top 10 Tech Investing Trends For 2011 – [link]. – [link].

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

« Picking Ventures: Part 1 | Main. | » September 28, 2011.  Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an excerpt from HBS Professor Noam Wasserman’s new book, The Founders Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. On average, the founders who keep the most control over their company make the least amount of money. Lessons Learned.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

How to Find a Technical Co-Founder – [link]. What it’s like to be the SO of a start-up founder – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Six Social Media Trends for 2011 – [link]. What’s Next for Groupon’s Founder – [link].

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Thanks Lee.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

As time went on, I was a co-founder or member of the starting team for six high-tech startups…. These days I write a weekly blog about entrepreneurship. To be honest, I would have gladly done so. While I earned a good salary, I got up and went to work every day not because of the pay, but because I loved what I did.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

« Back to blog. cofounders. technical cofounder. March 10, 2011. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. The last two questions of the survey were added by Greenhorn Connect , and they will be discussing the results on the Greenhorn Connect blog soon. LaunchBit Home. Viewed times. Anny Deery.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. billion today as a public company (it went public in 2011). But I digress?—?this and I bet he’ll be back. It is worth $3.4 or break?—?the

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Then Act | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why – [link]. Internet Ad Revenues Rise to Historic $17 Billion in First Half 2012, Up 14% Over Half-Year 2011, According to IAB – [link]. Typographic Poster Designs 60+ Outstanding Examples | Tech Design Blog - [link].

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

One of Asia’s biggest regional technology and startup blogs just got bigger – Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) just announced its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based tech blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, entrenching itself as one of the leading English language blogs covering the technology scene in Asia.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

19, 2011: At 19, an enterprising young Georgetown University Chinese language major launched Nightly Noms, a bakery with delivery service catering to hungry students up late working. Watch this video with the site’s founder and CEO where he talks about how he launched everything solo and wound up with an entire company built around one idea.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Posted in Franchises 30+ days ago Ask a Question Ask Your Question Here Magazine On Newsstands: October 2011 Current Issue Past Issues Startups Magazine Startups Archive Subscribe Cover Story The Top 50 Entrepreneurship Programs Feature How to Buy a Fleet Vehicle for Your Business Video. Here are some tools for tackling the challenge.

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Altgate

JUNE 25, 2012

Re-posted from post co-authored with Prof. —————– Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. Founders and hires have always quit, after all, and their companies don’t always have a way to reclaim their equity.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 19, 2014

Not to mention, networking can help you land a job, earn a promotion, perhaps introduce you to your future co-founder and help you remain a valuable asset to your employer and industry. Feature members of your community as guest bloggers on your blog. Send a thank you note in the mail to stand out as truly appreciative.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. TackThis can be easily incorporated on websites, social media platforms such as Facebook, and even on blogs. billion in size. TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 16, 2015

A couple weeks ago my colleague Dimitri Dadiomov published a post on NextView’s “View From Seed” blog which answered the question “Should we take Harvard MBAs Seriously as Startup Founders?” From the group, over 260 founders have launched around 90 startups, raising more than $2.5B in capital. Quite the contrary.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

Penney corporation in November 2011, he received a warm welcome. See Also 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading. Reed Hastings, CEO and cofounder of Netflix, felt the public’s wrath in September 2011, when he announced that the DVD section of US Netflix would become separate from the streaming service and renamed Qwikster.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. You have secret doubts about your co-founder. I didn’t sleep much back then.

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Altgate

AUGUST 25, 2012

Re-posted from post co-authored with Prof. —————– Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. Founders and hires have always quit, after all, and their companies don’t always have a way to reclaim their equity.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc.

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