The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

In 2010, Kranthi was hired as a full-time software engineer by International Technological University (ITU), the Silicon Valley industry-oriented school where he had earned his second MS degree. In 2013, ITU funded Kranthi’s proposal for what is now known as the Education Management System (EMS). Looking to Solve Problems.

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

You’ll interact with every VC in Texas and those from Silicon Valley who are investing in Texas and every startup CEO who gets funded. Capital Factory has been the most active early stage tech investor in Texas since 2013. We invest in startups that get funded by all of the top venture capitalists in Texas and Silicon Valley.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2013

2013 was busy for Version One. And in 2013, Version One got its first analyst, with the hiring of Angela Tran Kingyens. This not only doubled our size, but also bolstered our physical presence in Silicon Valley. These new investments bring the total number of portfolio companies to 14. Today and tomorrow.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

Examples of some leaders in this space include Mike Maples in Silicon Valley and David S. Venture capital dispensed quarterly to startups actually declined again in the first quarter of 2013 to $6.3 I see now emerging a new wave of investors, popularly known as “super-Angels,” micro-VCs, or “super-seed” investors.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2013

And to capitalize on its meteoric challenge to Silicon Valley as the alternative location to startup up in the United States, the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) will be presenting its annual INGENUITY conference on October 15, 2013. Despite the challenging US economy, the New York startup scene is burgeoning.

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David Cohen

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It will begin in March of 2013 and conclude in June with two investor demo days; one in Portland and one in Silicon Valley. The application deadline is February 3rd, 2013. Silicon Florist. To apply, go to www.nikeaccelerator.com for details and applications. Accepted companies will be notified in late February.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

Keep in mind that tech businesses are successful all around the nation, not just in Silicon Valley. 50 percent of consumer packaged goods growth from 2013-2018 came from sustainability-marketed products. This demographic is historically neglected by more traditional banks. billion by 2021. How to stand out.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley.

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SiliconHills

MAY 18, 2013

Bob Metcalfe, University of Texas’ Professor of Innovation, Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise, delivered this keynote address Saturday to the 2013 graduates of the Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program. The post Bob Metcalfe Wants Austin to be a Better Silicon Valley appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley and Who Will Win. Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. The Future of the Digital Living Room.

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David Cohen

MAY 17, 2013

Patriot Boot Camp 2013 is made possible by our generous sponsors: SoftLayer , Kauffman FastTrac , Slice of Lime , PivotDesk , Silicon Valley Bank , SendGrid , and George Washington University. We are also grateful to all of our speakers and mentors for graciously volunteering their time and expertise.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Dan Allred – Silicon Valley Bank (@dgallred). Nick Ducoff – Boundless, InfoChimps (@nickducoff ). Dave Balter – BzzAgent (@DaveBalter). Mike Troiano – Actifo ( blog , @miketrap). Aaron O’Hearn – Starup Institute (@aaron0). Sarah Hodges – Intelligent.ly (@hodges). Sheila Marcelo – Care.com ( blog , @smarcelo).'

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog|Co.Design – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again | Businessweek – [link]. Webbmedia Group 2013 Tech Trends – [link]. The Can’t-Miss Social Media Trends For 2013 | Fast Company – [link].

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. My question: how do we know there isn’t a female founder outside of Silicon Valley that can build a business that’s 10x of what we’ve seen before?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. We also sat down and talked about what the big challenges for 2013-2016 would be for the company and we are in the fortunate position of our major issue being how to handle growth. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2014

By 2013, just 11 percent of salaried workers qualified for overtime pay, according to a report published by the Economic Policy Institute.”. An editor pulls back the curtain on Silicon Valley bro culture. The Abu Dhabi skyline at dusk. It can be unwelcoming, and sometimes even hostile.

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Business Plan Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Seed deals in 2013 have seen a massive push towards the mobile sector with a contraction to the online sector. Seed funding to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley reached over $192M across 242 deals in the first half of 2013 alone. Seed funding in the San Francisco area appears to be on pace for another record year.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

6 Emerging Trends In Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link]. 20 Awesome Fonts for 2013 | Vector Diary – [link]. Design Trends 2013 – Flat and Minimal | Abduzeedo – [link]. Page load speed matters for the success of your online business – [link].

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

The Innovation Culture of Silicon Valley. To me, what’s most interesting about this story is the light it sheds on the clash of values between Icahn’s Wall Street world and the culture of Silicon Valley. The reality of Silicon Valley is that innovation takes time. billion in 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And production is where Hollywood beats Silicon Valley. I know it should go without saying that in 2013 you should be thinking about building a global business. But the networks also fill the airwaves with shows that they didn’t produce themselves, which may actually have higher overall margins due to no production costs.

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Early Growth Financial Services

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Outsourced financial services firm ranked in top 50 of fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley. As Silicon Valley Business Journal notes, in Silicon Valley, “it takes explosive growth to get noticed.” billion in revenue for 2013, and company growth for 2012 to 2013 came in at 62.69%.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When Slack opened its private beta in 2013, it did so with 8,000 people ready to try it. One of these colleagues happened to be author and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki. 3 growth hacking examples from brands that achieved early success. On its official launch in 2014, it had 15,000 daily users. ConvertKit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2013, the Q1 increase marks three consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I was wondering what ever ultimately happened to that group of OG unicorns, so I looked back at her original post in TechCrunch from November 2013. To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Of the ten startups in the inaugural 2012 class, four have raised follow-on funding to date, and one even reached the break-even point and expanded to Silicon Valley. ” Applications for the second year of the Rockstart Accelerator program are open now through January 20, 2013.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Why Bravo’s ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ Is Bad for Entrepreneurship - [link]. Native Ads In 2013: Scale, Headlines As Banners, Mobile, Samsung, And Yahoo | TechCrunch - [link]. Apple investing ‘over $100 million’ to bring back some Mac production to the US in 2013 - [link]. The Series A crunch is hitting now.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two How little we all knew how ironic that term would become but has nonetheless endured.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2017

The Dallas Entrepreneur Center, a 501c3 non-profit has been serving entrepreneurs since 2013 through offering education, training, mentorship, events/programs, access to capital and promotion to thousands of entrepreneurs across North Texas. Entrepreneurs from Austin will drive to pitch Fortune 500 companies in Houston and Dallas.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

The main prize of oDesk’s competition is a trip to the Silicon Valley with guided tours to the offices of major Internet companies, including Facebook, PayPal, Autodesk, and others. “Our own engineering team working for oDesk is made up primarily of Russians and Ukrainians. Have laptop – will freelance.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. In order to have a reasonable population of companies to assess, we tweaked Aileen''s definition.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 26, 2012

That’s why ReadWrite turned to famous and fearless tech prognosticator Paul Kedrosky , a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation , focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and the future of risk capital, to ask him his predictions for the startup world in 2013. Kedrosky predicts the talent gap will be closed in 2013.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

“When we think about successful and innovative projects, we automatically think ‘Silicon Valley’. The 20 selected startups will go first to Lausanne to participate in a 2-days bootcamp at EPFL university – ranked 8th in the engineering and technology field in the world (2013) – to learn how to perfect their pitches.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In June of 2013, as I was putting together my thoughts for the K9 Ventures annual meeting, I decided to sit back and reflect on what I thought was happening in “Venture Land”. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. It is published here in relatively raw form. Comments and feedback are always welcome.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

. “The range of business ideas and the level of expertise we see on our doorstep here in Asia is truly impressive and our metrics show that the startups we accelerate do as well as any of their peers in Europe or the US outside Silicon Valley.” To date JFDI.Asia startups have closed funding offers over S$4 million.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Segnit and his wife Amy launched the MAGFAST Family brand and line of products in 2017 after designing and road-testing a charger that Segnit invented to rein in the mess of tangled charging cables in 2013.

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