The Next Web

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Italy may be a latecomer to the booming startup scene but it’s fast becoming a hotbed of new tech talent. But the government is now on a mission to cut down barriers, launching several new initiatives focused on making it easier to grow hi-tech companies, including the Italian Startup Act and Visa scheme.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

While there is much discussion about VCs starting to pull back on their investments into startups, the LPs we surveyed don’t expect to slow the pace of investment into VC funds themselves – at least for the foreseeable future. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The Startup Magazine recently featured two of the FUND Conference Top 3 Exhibitor winners, Happenstance , and Digs. The top startup at this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois was Balodana , a fashion purchasing platform disrupting the women’s e-commerce fashion industry. We’ve saved the best for last.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Latin American startup scene is attracting more and more attention and investments. Here’s a look at what’s fueling startup investments in Colombia. Colombia is not new to the startup scene , but it is beginning to garner increased attention from foreign VCs. A growing, increasingly connected consumer base.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

While lawsuit loans are a risky investment, the industry is full of successful startups with millions of dollars in available funding. According to the New Yorker, the legal financing industry had more than $3 billion in assets in 2016. This is the Best Time to Consider a Legal Financing Startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Building a startup business is not the same as corporate executive experience, so prior titles in a big business may actually be seen as a negative. On the other hand, having failed in an earlier startup may be an advantage, if positioned properly, and some learning is evident. Focus on prior results, not titles.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2016

To find out, I turned to WalletHub’s report on the best (and worst) cities in the United States to start a business in for 2016. Grand Rapids is also home to StartGarden, a startup accelerator with the goal of turning Michigan into a flourishing business ecosystem. Louis is a growing hub for startup activity. Lincoln, NE.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. In the U.S.,

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We discussed whether 1) that was true or just anecdotal 2) if true, was it the same in other research universities, 3) why it happened (software startups are getting funded at obscene valuations)? [Please watch the video, review the slides and blog posts]. Optional Rebecca S. Not required for class.] . Not required for class.] .

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

as startup funding for Carbanio. According to Crunchbase, Dilip Raghavan and Prashant Purker invested 60 million in Chemarc as startup money. Chembid was established in 2016 in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, by Chembid GmbH. was established in 2016 in Princeton, New Jersey, by Joseph Naaman and Ralph de Haan.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Others narrow down its meaning to just startups that aim to disrupt incumbent financial systems. in 2016, and is expected to raise $46B of annual funding in 2020. Payment Backend (raised $10,5B in 2016). Despite discrepancies, however, everyone is certain of this – FinTech is huge. The industry reached $15.5B

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

In fact, investors recognize that founders usually learn more from mistakes than from success, so a well-explained startup failure can improve their odds of funding the next time around. As an active angel investor and startup advisor, I’ve seen many of the same stumbling blocks repeated all too many times.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2018

However, the latest moves on the Danish business scene also reveal another key strength: the eagerness of local startups to embrace the circular economy model. Notable Danish startups that set an example. The nation’s goal is to become 100% carbo-neutral by 2050 and many startups align their mission statements to this goal.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Source: Luke Price New Immigration Rules There are greater restrictions on migrants from the European Union looking to come to the UK since a new immigration law was implemented in the wake of the Brexit referendum result of 2016. The new rules ended free movement of people between the UK and the European Union or the European Economic Area.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

One of the myths I often hear as an advisor to many entrepreneurs is that their lifestyle would somehow be better if they could more easily find other people’s money to build their startup. Usually it pays to move a startup slower rather than risk relationships. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 06/01/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. This term is currently applied to recent startups who profess a current valuation which exceeds $1 billion. Could your startup be the next one? Sweat equity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2018

Around this time Moore was introduced to lean principles through The Lean Startup and urged CEO David Meyer to consider them as well. “We Within a short time, Moore instituted a biweekly, mandatory “Lean Startup” meeting, where the entire organization was required to meet for an hour-long discussion of specific principles.

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Most impressively, there seems to be a thriving startup of every flavor, with many more joining the list of Pillar Startups on the Guide in 2016 compared to 2015. And although they’re not a startup, GE’s decision to move its global headquarters to Boston is a positive sign. To name a few: 1.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2019

Below, The Startup Magazine provides an essay from Anna Svirelkina, Chief Operating Officer of BlockShow, the global blockchain technology conference. Svirelkina’s background as an entrepreneur and product manager give her helpful and unique insights of how we create and lead successful startups. Winning startup qualities.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

However, this number quickly grew, and by 2016 there were over 100 exchanges in operation. The post Role of NFTs Trading in Serbia’s Economy appeared first on The Startup Magazine. NFTs trading first began to take off in Serbia in the early 2010s. At that time, there were only a handful of exchanges operating in the country.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

According to the World Health Organization , in 2016, more than 1.9 The prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. Milis Bio began in May of 2016, in the RebelBio accelerator program run by SOS Ventures. I would love to work with a startup accelerator, if not on my own startup. At least 2.8

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Whether the widely reported statistic that eight out of ten businesses fail in the first 18 months is accurate or not, few will disagree with the fact that most startups fail. Despite this fact, owners of startups often think with an old-school mentality traditionally reserved for charities: purpose rises above money/profit.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2019

New Age Meats cofounders Brian Spears and Andra Necula The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. In Austin in 2008, I cofounded Sixclear, and led it until 2016.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

And the narrative for 2017 is OLD ECONOMY COMPANIES WANT TO BUY YOUR STARTUP. Largely yes, but the pot of gold might be more modest than some of 2016’s notable transactions suggest (Jet, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club). So, is it true? Satya likes to describe the trend as “outsourced R&D.”

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 12, 2016

Fresh off a week of vacation, I’m rolling into the annual joyful madness that is Boulder Startup Week. If you don’t know the history of Startup Week (now owned by Techstars), it was founded by Andrew Hyde in Boulder in 2010 and subsequently begat the overall Startup Week program (powered by Chase) happening all over the world.

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2017

Back in December 2016 I had the idea to develop a startup pledge for diversity and inclusion here in Austin and since have informally been working with some folks to develop the idea. This is similar to something we did at Austin Ventures to encourage startups to make a donation to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 6, 2016

I’m thrilled to share that Brandanew will be hosting its first digital marketing and brand storytelling trends 2016 workshop on January 15 in Delhi. This will be a good way to start 2016 on a creative and fun note! Theme: Global Digital marketing and Brand Storytelling trends 2016.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 15, 2018

This competition is designed for startups (as well as established companies) that have a product, a service or an app that will launch in the first quarter of 2018. 2016) and Honest Dollar (2015). So if you are wanting to leverage the SXSW platform to build buzz around your new release, then make sure to apply.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. Of course sentiment can swing wildly with new information but I set out to take the pulse of the market as we enter 2016. State of the Market. How do I know?

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The number of startups that has sprung in the country in the last decade is beyond expectations. Most of the startups in the tech industry, however, are centered around software. Ukraine has never had a lot of investment possibilities for hardware startups. Ukraine is a country rich in talents in the technology industry.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 1, 2017

data.world – This startup, which launched in July with $14 million in venture funding, seeks to solve the problem of making data fast and easy to find online. The company is founded […] The post Five of the Best Austin Startups that Launched in 2016 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

James DeBacker, Bongsu Kim and Jovita Ezeokafor The Forrest Four-Cast: February 12, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. work in 2016. I have been to SXSW Interactive to showcase the result of my Ph.D.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 26, 2023

Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup community builder or are interested in startup communities. The post Book: Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide appeared first on Brad Feld.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

He stumbled across “Volley,” a startup we had never heard of before, but appeared at the top of the search results (for the query “Toronto”, “no known funding”) and had a high momentum score. This was the beginning of 2016. By the summer of 2016, Volley was now Ada.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Half of these startups will demo their talents on Saturday, March 10, and the remaining 25 on Sunday, March 11. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. Tell us more about the tech/startup ecosystem there. What do you like best about the startup experience?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2022

The Swiss city of Zug has been dubbed the “Crypto Valley” due to the large number of cryptocurrency and blockchain startups that are based there. The post Bitcoin Developments in Denmark appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Switzerland is another European country where bitcoin is popular.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Our last thoughts on the VC funding markets heading into 2016 was published here and I followed up with a little more context on the resetting of the venture industry , some thoughts on how startups are valued and how to think about burn rates at startups. VC survey data 2016 from Mark Suster.

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