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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

2017 was a bad year for some and for some it was a great year. In the last few days of 2017, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- I had my 8 months expenses saved by May of 2017 and put it my two weeks notice at that time. 1- Top rankings.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

2017 Recap. 2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. Before diving into yet another year and list of predictions for enterprise in 2018, we’d like to recap a few thoughts and moments from 2017. — BOLDstart Ventures (@Boldstartvc) June 16, 2017.

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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.

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SXSW 2017: Connecting The Great Disconnect

Austin Startup

Every person is a friend, a citizen, a member of a global community. We forgot that when media platforms were democratized that platform was given to the good guys and the bad guys who were all empowered by validation. It is why we at Consensus are embarking on building a community around what we call Next-Gen Consensus.

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ProductCamp Austin 2017 — a few lessons

Austin Startup

ProductCamp Austin bringing the product community together. link] ProductCamp Austin 2017 — a few lessons was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. I personally am a conferences nerd.

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10 Signs That The Age Of The Entrepreneur Is Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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We’re Programming Around Your Needs: Highlights of Lean Startup Week 2017

Startup Lessons Learned

Livestream - Because we’re all about community building, we invite you to host or join one of our free livestream meetups. Apply for a Bootstrapper Pass here. Get details here. You get all the mainstage talks and the most popular breakouts, along with access to live Q&A and moderated chat.

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