BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. To that point, we are most excited when our founders are able to go from slide deck to product-market fit and Series A and beyond. We are truly grateful for your support. First check to Series A?—?congrats

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2018, after two short years and $3 million raised in startup funds, recruitment AI company Ansaro shut down due to bad market fit. It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

Many startup myths threaten to hold back even the best-intentioned entrepreneurs. Let’s look at the essential facts and statistics to help you understand what being an entrepreneur really looks like, how you can increase your chances of success, and what you can expect once you start living that startup life. Biotechnology.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

Many startup myths threaten to hold back even the best-intentioned entrepreneurs. Let’s look at the essential facts and statistics to help you understand what being an entrepreneur really looks like, how you can increase your chances of success, and what you can expect once you start living that startup life. Biotechnology.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . In that unannounced meeting, Brett Hurt, our CEO and co-founder, laid it out for us. To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. Signal is a fundraising tool for founders run by NFX Guild, which identifies the most relevant VCs for you. . For the broader use case of helping startups execute their legal paperwork, Clerky is a focused solution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Carolyn serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Carolyn Rodz co-founded a free digital platform that connects business owners with the resources they need to launch and grow. She serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Alice started back in 2017. Marketing Podcast with Carolyn Rodz.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Darren Nix , Group Manager of the Assessments product team at Indeed and founder of the Y Combinator -backed startup Interviewed (acquired by Indeed), puts it this way: “Users can’t design your product for you. Hunter Brennick , co-founder and COO of Landing Lion , emphasizes humility and listening for product managers.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. Lore has also publicly commented that he plans to continue acquiring startups. Walmart’s $3.3B Scroll down to see the list. New Frontiers in Retail Tech.

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David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

Because of that insight, we co-founded the Venture Capital Access Program , focused on helping women and minority entrepreneurs raise capital from HBS Alumni Angels. New York, NY (April 3, 2017) – The US-MENA Tech Summit , the first investing conference of its kind, will launch in New York on April 25 th.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

by Thomas Smale, founder of FE International. What if there was somewhere you could go where you can be surrounded by founders just like you? Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Here are the top 10: 1.

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Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

For the workshops, I didn’t prepare anything, I just jumped right in talking about my experience as well as the pros and cons of bootstrapping vs. raising money in 2017. I was known as "the bootstrapper" for years and have written numerous articles about it, spoken on panels, and more, but 2017 presents a whole new set of challenges.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A post shared by Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) on Dec 20, 2017 at 8:06am PST When you're Ample Hills Creamery , the #1 rated ice cream shop in the country you can pretty much throw everything you've been told about fundraising out the window. Here's what I think everyone involved learned in this process. 3) Find a flexible lead.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ). My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). One of them is Alex Blumberg, founder of Gimlet Media.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Google realized that being the way to find the world’s information was a blitzscalable market, thanks to the network effects in its AdWords revenue engine. Paul’s track record as a serial entrepreneur was far more impressive than either Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick or Lyft co-founder Logan Green.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We million in revenue a year. .

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ). My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). One of them is Alex Blumberg, founder of Gimlet Media.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We million in revenue a year. .

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2016

My story of transitioning from a Columbia MBA to a chef & consultant was featured on The Huffington Post (in both written + video format), Bustle, Brit + Co, Swaay Media and the print books *Knives and Ink* (Bloomsbury) and *Amazing Women Entrepreneurs* (due March 2017). 7 – Over $1M in Gross Revenue.

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Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2017

Today I had the honor of congratulating the 2017 graduating class of the UT Austin Masters in Science and Technology Commercialization. This was the first time I’ve given a commencement speech, but my message is the same one I’ve had for student entrepreneurs since I first started teach Longhorn Startup many years ago.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ?? Billion in VC funding.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews, we sat down with Lee Thompson and Radha Vyas, the co-founders of Flash Pack , a lifestyle travel company specialising in adventure trips for solo travelers in their 30’s – 40’s. . Flash Pack’s co-founders and husband and wife team, Radha Vyas & Lee Thompson.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. 1) Manage the firm . 2) Market .

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 13, 2019

It’s common for companies to put a revenue figure on what it means to be successful in SaaS. But only 400 software companies have made it to the $500M revenue mark. Here are seven insights on SaaS metrics from successful founders and consultants. . Are you trying to grow an early-stage startup?

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Today, we are thrilled to have Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky with us. Not that we should have more committees.

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Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

Silicon Valley is on a tear, so it might seem like the US is teeming with startups. But, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research , the number of high-growth startups has been declining since the 90’s. After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

It is apparent that the United States has the highest performing entrepreneurship, but what is truly amazing is how women contribute the biggest growth in revenue, employment and financial efficiency. Here are some of the most interesting facts about female founders as well as startups. Background Image: Unsplash/Rawpixel.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 12, 2019

-This article was co-authored with my colleague Maxim Filippov and published initially on Tech.eu. In just the past couple of years, companies from our 2017 Top 100 list have raised $4.6 Out of 100 companies from our 2017 list, 10 have been acquired, the largest acquisition being Datorama (acq. As researched by Tech.eu

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. He was the founder of Ebay. So then what? I hope you will.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Today, we are thrilled to have Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky with us. Not that we should have more committees.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: Cultivate Trust and Nurture Loyalty – [link]. Small Business and Startups: Cultivate Trust and Nurture Loyalty – [link].

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