The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2019

Data published by US-based venture platform CB insights reveals that blockchain startups have captured over $822 million USD in venture capital funding in the first half of 2019, with 279 separate ventures successfully executing an initial seed funding round. . Source: Pixabay. Advanced Blockchain AG.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

SXSW 2019, “ GovCity Showcase ”. In this session, we will walk through the 2019 Landscape and our method of inclusion/classification. We will cover changes to this Landscape and present findings on which segments of EdTech are under the greatest pressure to change, and which are likely to have growth in 2019.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. 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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar. She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. She is the co-founder and CEO of E webinar. This is John Jantsch.

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View from Seed

APRIL 3, 2019

Original research on gender diversity and fundraising amongst HBS founders. Historically, there has been a general bias against MBA founders — a skepticism around their grit and hustle. Gender diversity in entrepreneurship has been a high-visibility topic of late, in both the media and venture community.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

19, 2019: I first met Brett Hurt over 25 years ago. His success allowed Brett and his family the resources both to give back to society, as well as the ability, through their family office, to further stimulate entrepreneurship through angel investing in other intriguing startups and venture capital funds.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Startup founders will work with Google engineers and receive mentoring from over 20 teams at Google, as well as outside experts and local mentors. Notley Ventures. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. And he and his co-founders Ziv and Ilan made it happen: Melio’s now processing multi-billion dollar payment volumes less than two years after launch.

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Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Company is a great fit: they host, advise, mentor, lend a shoulder, and provide a place to founders and teams. These things are right up my alley because it’s what I love doing and align with my goal to be the best advisor to early-stage founders. And all in the heart of NYC!

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s become fashionable among some entrepreneurs, and even some venture capitalists, to badmouth the venture capital industry. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, venture capital is the worst method for financing scaling startups except for all the others. All seven raised venture capital.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group. In the venture capital world, it’s similarly staggering, with 4.2% Currently, they’ve raised $19.1m

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. I’ve seen people succeed as solo founders – but I think not having a co-founder makes an already hard journey that much harder. The rest is history.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 28, 2019

And, with that warning, I offer to you what I believe to be the big, consequential forces driving trends in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2019, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. In 2019, Microsoft hit that milestone, and Google isn’t far behind. 4/ The Trillion-Dollar Network Effect.

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VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2022

What’s happening in the venture capital world? The WSJ confirmed what we already know: Q2 venture capital investments declined both in size and in valuation. Venture Capital Feels the Stock Market’s Pain, Wall Street Journal. Declining investment: U.S. VC funds invested about $47.5 How bad can it get?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

SXSW 2019 may still be many months away, but the time to vote for panels is now! Of the thousands of submissions, our team has poured through and highlighted a diverse grouping of Austin startup focused panels that we think deserve to be at SXSW 2019! Four successful female company founders?—?Shayna By: Tom Hadfiled, CEO @ M.io

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 19, 2019

2019 will be our most dynamic, varied conference yet, and because all the events are under one roof, you’ll have tons of chances to meet up with fellow attendees, speakers, and experts to share and connect in informal settings. Arlan Hamilton , Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, built her company while homeless.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

This year, The Startup Magazine is proud to sponsor the entrepreneurship and venture capital conference, SeedCon, run by the Chicago Booth business school. Each year, SeedCon brings together hundreds of investors, founders, entrepreneurs and students from across Chicago and the country. SeedCon 2019. Event Focus.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

He had previously invested in Tastebud, which Tsai co-founded and served as vice president of product. Cerberus Interactive, an Austin-based game development studio, acquired Tastebud in 2019 for an undisclosed amount. Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory. Brett Hurt, founder of Bazaarvoice and Data.world.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

This list needs no explanation: 1) You need a technical co-founder. 6) This is projected to be a $54 billion dollar industry by 2019. This list needs no explanation: 1) You need a technical co-founder. 6) This is projected to be a $54 billion dollar industry by 2019. Venture Capital & Technology'

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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. Nominations are now open for the 2019 Accel Euroscape, the annual list of the top 100 cloud companies originating from Europe & Israel. You can apply HERE – applications will be open until 6 th September 2019.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

Venture Capital ?—? Elon Musk SXSW 2019 Schedule Activations Some of the best things at SXSW are the technology demonstrations and interactive experiences that expose you to the latest trends and connect you with the most interesting brands and people. Here are some examples that are all linked to the corresponding search?—?

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. 40 of the 120 startups that joined the Capital Factory Accelerator in 2019 came from Dallas?—?that’s Texas entrepreneurs shouldn’t need to fly to the coasts to raise funding or meet customers. It’s working?—?40

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Austin Startup

APRIL 8, 2019

Click here to watch Arlan Hamilton’s interview with KC Ifeanyi from Fast Company at SXSW 2019. The Forrest Four-Cast: April 8, 2019 Did you miss something at SXSW 2019? Hamilton created Backstage Capital in 2015 while she was homeless. Want to relive the magic? Entrepreneur, and Quartz. Entrepreneur, and Quartz.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

There’s a reason why Austin has been named the top tech city in the US in 2019 and 2020 by CompTIA. Beereaders is one of the many examples of amazing founders and leaders continuing to build the impressive and diverse tech hub that Austin has become.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Who’s next?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As the company is still growing, we can easily guess that in 2019-2020 time frame, Airbnb will be delivering around $50B per year to home-owners who were previously sitting on highly underutilized assets. Instawork was cofounded by Sumir Meghani in San Franciso and was a member of the 2015 Y-Combinator class. based teachers.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. 5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. In the second quarter of 2019, the West Coast received 38.3 The City of Brotherly Love cracked the nation’s top-10 venture activity regions in 2018 when $1.4 Image by David Mark from Pixabay. But the noise is getting louder.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

& Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. Hybrid “is the most far-reaching, in-depth program for early-stage ventures led by Arabs in Israel. Apply here.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 15, 2020

- This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on Tech.eu. In the past 9 months, the 100 companies from the Accel 2019 Euroscape and the 13 “Champions” have raised c. $3B, The Accel 2020 Euroscape will be presented at SaaStock in October.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

- This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on Tech.eu. In 2019-20, this number has grown to $330 million. The founders refocused their foundation to help fight COVID in Romania, achieving a massive impact. Is the sky the limit for Cloud public stocks?

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. I met [Kraken co-founder] Jesse Powell here. ? Many European founders wonder where to start their company - move to the US or stay in Europe.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

culminating in an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! June 4–6, 2019. Hear pitches from startups, investors, and partners Develop relationships between local and visiting investors so we can start to co-invest together VC Reverse Pitch What will do we do in each city? Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin?—?culminating

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As detailed in a co-authored book , Brian Halligan, a recent MIT grad in 2005, observed startups failing with “‘tried-and-true’ marketing techniques that he had seen work throughout his career; techniques such as trade shows, telemarketing, e-mail blasting and advertising.”. An eponymous book (e.g. Drift grew positioning into a philosophy.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I wasn’t privy to the financials at the time, but by the end of 2019, I had penciled out a guess that they were at a $50 million run rate—or at least on a clear path to it. Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn. So, what happened?

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