Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2019

To appeal to the digital natives born between 1996 and 2012 , it’s important to hire a marketer who understands the trends and values that are influencing this generation’s spending habits. Gen Z is mobile and tech/savvy, frugal, concerned about social and environmental issues, and less focused on brand prestige than previous generations.

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Hiring Technical Review Small Business Forecast 77

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

While the latter is not yet legal in the United States, the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in April 2012, mandates that the SEC makes it legal by January 1st of 2013. Crowdfunding is the process of raising capital by offering rewards to ‘backers’ by pre-selling your product or offering equity in exchange. You have access to more capital.

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SEC Equity United States Technical Review 146

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you look 5 years later at the 2012 vintage, top quartile TVPI is 2.29. The top quartile DPI for the 2012 vintage is 0.62. So, in a nutshell, this suggests that the 2012 vintage is appreciating in value faster than the older vintages but seem to be distributing out cash more slowly. That’s only 0.5X nearly the same as 2007.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I looked at this founder’s prior startup, which ultimately had a successful exit, and then was happy to connect with him again as he launches a new project. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

January 4, 2012. Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. And Why 20%?

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

sh and debuted on 2/10/10, today they’re at $20.53 (close 4/13/11) an increase of nearly 40%. Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. June 19th, 2012. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. June 17th, 2012. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. June 13th, 2012. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. June 10th, 2012. June 5th, 2012.

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Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 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.

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Equity Founder Technical Cofounder Cofounder 72

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2012

And in 2013, technology will increasingly enable this valuable economic sector to focus on establishing and nurturing client relationships, while automating and streamlining essential business functions, says Jerry Nettuno, founder and CEO of online appointment scheduling service Schedulicity. Monitor analytics on Twitter or Facebook?

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United States Social Media Mobile Technical Review 185

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

The concept is hardly to news to countless startup founders who find themselves facing intense pressuresto survive and grow their companies in extraordinarily challenging conditions. The ends justify the means, according to Machiavelli in The Prince back in the early 16th Century. Unhooking From My Non-Entrepreneurial Friends.

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Founder Bootstrapping Startup Early Stage 152

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

The three-day event starts on October 3 with an all day hackathon session, followed by a Demo Day for startup finalists on October 4 and ends off on October 5 with the Sparxup Conference and Award Night.

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Indonesia Japan Cloud Technology 176

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. What It Takes To Recruit A Technical Co-Founder. Particularly if she is at what is essentially a co-founder speed dating event.

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Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Kohnke , author of “ All Of The Other Marketing Books Are Crap “, is founder and CEO of the marketing firm House United LLC. She was the strategist behind the 2012 Effie award-winning campaign “No One Deserves To Die” for Lung Cancer Alliance. Respect their talents.

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LLC Marketing Lead Generation Equity 168

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2013

by Rohan Mathew, co-founder and executive director of The Intersect Fund. Take advantage of liberal deductions for equipment purchases made in 2012. This is in effect for 2012 and 2013. Rohan Mathew is the co-founder and executive director of The Intersect Fund. Make sure your records are in order.

Software Review 145

Software Review Cofounder Small Business Security 145

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

4- Easy to say and spell. Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. In 2012 I was approached to work as a publicist for a writing team; however, I hadn’t given much thought to a business name. ParamountQuote.

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Naming Entrepreneur Jordan Merger 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The hostess worked from 4-10pm so you had to call during these hours. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. Take OpenTable. In the old days we used to call a restaurant to book. I’d love to get some feedback.

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Development Team Review Los Angeles San Francisco Mobile 324

Agile VC

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. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? Thanks Lee.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. Startup founders typically invest some real dollars into their new startup as well as months or years of their time with no salary. Deep-dive meeting. Although the term may sound negative, it’s actually a very positive sign.

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Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. 60-70% for founders. As a founder you need to develop this skill very quickly. The road from being a founder, to becoming a CEO or a manager is a very long and bumpy one. 10-20% for employees.

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Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice. No Nonsense.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2017

by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com . Between 2012 and 2016, the number of people working remotely at least sometime rose eight percentage points from 39% to 47%. Anand Srinivasan is the founder of LeadJoint.com , an online lead generation tool for digital marketing agencies.

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Employee Bootstrapping Video Lead Generation 186

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

The concept is hardly to news to countless startup founders who find themselves facing intense pressuresto survive and grow their companies in extraordinarily challenging conditions. Christopher Kelly , NYC Conference Centers 4. The ends justify the means, according to Machiavelli in The Prince back in the early 16th Century.

Founder 78

Founder Bootstrapping Startup Early Stage 78

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

My co-founders and I wanted a name that would reflect the incredible ambition of our mission: “to build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world”. 13, 2012?—?I I was reading Chapter 4 of The Cluetrain Manifesto and it hit me?—?big As CEO, I stuck to my guns and, as co-founder, Brant did too.

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Naming Cofounder CTO Hire Vertical 48

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. 4: Zipline (2011). It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. 1: SendGrid (2009).

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San Antonio New York City Seattle Los Angeles 171

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2012

These addresses most commonly used in the Internet today are Internet Protocol version 4 (or “IPv4”), and there are a total of 4.3 He was also a founder of ARIN and served as its Chairman from inception through early 2009. billion of them.

Internet 228

Internet IP Asia Europe 228

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. The two founders, Lucinda Lent and Juliet Bodystun wanted to raise $150,000 in return for 15% of the company in order to franchise their concept nationwide.

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Covenant Warrant Southern California Los Angeles 161

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 1, 2013

Below is a list of my top ten posts in 2012 based on pageviews. You should also check out “ Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2012 ,” a solid compilation by Tom Eisenmann , Professor at the Harvard Business School, of the best startup posts in 2012 (including my posts below addressing convertible notes). Happy New Year!

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Finance Founder Entrepreneur Management 63

Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

“I realized in the early 1990s that there was no appropriate yoga for fitness professionals,” says YogaFit® founder, Beth Shaw. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So Nutritionist Stacy Goldberg says she tried a lot of things before deciding on the idea for her company, Savorfull , in 2012. Feed a need.

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Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 Valuation. I wanted to call out special attention to valuation in this debate.

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

The other day I was with the founders of Vidme – Warren Shaeffer and Alex Benzer – who are two of my most favorite founders to work with almost precisely because their behavior is antithetical to the frenzied market behavior. These days I find myself doing less. Year in, year out.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Will Zell , co-founder and CEO of Nikola Labs wireless power company.

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Silicon Valley Ohio Columbus Entrepreneur 120

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and the founder of PR 20/20, HubSpot’s first partner agency. He is the author of The Marketing Performance Blueprint (Wiley, 2014) and The Marketing Agency Blueprint (Wiley, 2012); and the creator of the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON). Is there a simple answer?

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Artificial Inteligence Marketing Cofounder SMS 90

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Phil Randazzo , is the founder of American Dream U , a national entrepreneurship and coaching program that helps transitioning soldiers find work or start their own business. Derek Andersen , is the founder of Startup Grind , a 200,000-person entrepreneurial community with chapters in 75 countries run by more than 1,000 volunteers.

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Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder Nevada 120

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. However, you would need to know how to sell $25 to $50 CPMs, because at $4 to $5 CPMs, there is no money for anybody, not for the network and not for the publisher. Social Contacts. It's just not worth it.

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Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

Austin Startup

JULY 7, 2019

how to help underrepresented founders As a female founder of color in my late 20s, walking into a room of investors is a different experience from the majority of founders out there. You know what that percentage was in 2012? 4 of which were men. Funding early-stage resources?—?how Yep, it was 17%.

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Early Stage Founder Austin Conversion 51