Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

According to TheStreet , US IPO market results in Q2 2020 posted a strong bounce-back from Q1 with 58 IPOs, after a slow start due to the Covid19 pandemic. Yet I believe the trend will continue at least flat as entrepreneurs become more aware of other considerations that make the IPO route less and less attractive.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

We’ve also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the future trends entrepreneurs see in their industry and here are the responses. #1- The housing demand has far outpaced the supply in 2020 and this will continue into 2021. 3- Two trends.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. In early 2020, Sutton set up meetings through cold and warm outreach over email, LinkedIn, and networking through angel and tech start-up groups. It’s innovative, combining new tech with a growing appetite for subscription automation in SMEs.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

In our societies and business, there’re entrepreneurs who have demonstrated exceptional personalities and demeanor to pull it through business. Here are the entrepreneurs and business owners, other entrepreneurs considered to be successful. #1- Jessica Livingston is one of the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

While Stanford does a formal survey of student reviews of the class, this year we wanted more granular data on how remote learning affected their class experience. Steve Weinstein 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. Student Feedback. He runs H4X Labs.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

by Hema Crockett and Jamie Jacobs, co-founders of Gig Talent . With the continuous advances in technology, it’s easier than ever for businesses to get work done remotely. It’s safe to say organizations experienced massive disruptions and pivots in 2020. Larger Talent Pool. This greatly narrowed the talent pool.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2017

by Julian Lee, founder and CEO of Ambi Labs. billion USD in 2020. Along with due diligence for glowing reviews, users should be aware of the security concerns that arise with turning your home into a smart home , giving hackers different avenues to breach. With projections in smart home market growth from $20.38

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Pete Martin , founder of CEO of Votem , and classic rock drummer The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Paging Iowa elections officials! One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Votem is a revolutionary election management company that aims to give democracy back to the people. What is your top goal for Votem for 2020?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. I've never been around this many Latinx in tech.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To do it for myself. I did a lot of technical interviewing. 2- To help entrepreneurs become financially independent. We noticed a clear need for an evolution of wallet styles and technologies and ran with it. I led projects.

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David Teten

JUNE 10, 2020

SOP’s founder is David Teten , previously a Partner with HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital and a serial fintech entrepreneur with 2 exits. David is also Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast. The firm particularly has interest in fintech, edtech, and salestech.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Sapient’s Sam Parks and Martin Koch have developed a smart outlet system for commercial deployment The Forrest Four-Cast: January 28, 2020 If Sam Parks , CEO and co-founder of Sapient Industries , weren’t working for his startup, he’d be working as a scientist, using his background in nanotechnology as an applied physicist.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time to take steps to start your business in 2020. Like many fledgling entrepreneurs, you might be thinking that you’ll need to wear not just multiple hats , but all the hats, when you’re first starting out. It might seem easier to put off thinking about your first essential new hires.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

s founder is David Teten , previously a Partner with HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital and a serial fintech entrepreneur with 2 exits. David is also Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast. The firm particularly has interest in fintech, edtech, and salestech. Expertise/skill sets sought.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Covid changed many things for the post-pandemic world and brought on digital tech advancement, one of the major advancements was in AI , especially in the field of con versation. Founders face multiple challenges when they are in the initial faces of a startup. Convin was founded in 2020 in Bangalore, India. But that’s not it!

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

The LexSet Co-Founders (left to right) CEO Francis Bitonti , President Leslie Oliver Karpas , and COO Azam Khan won $250,000 in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 LexSet serves AI engineers, especially those with limited resources, with a better way to annotate photos.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Imagine VR/AR/MR systems that truly understand how users think and feel. One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Looxid Labs is working on that, serving VR companies in gaming, healthcare, commerce, and education. What’s your top goal for Looxid Labs in 2020?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

End of Year Update After officially announcing Breyer Capital Austin earlier this year after two years of active planning and due diligence, I received a humbling number of gracious emails and messages from Austin-based leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 12, 2020

These two approaches will define our lives behind 2020. Governments shut down the long-awaited innovation programs to invest in healthcare technology – the industry that is getting the most attention nowadays. Or the coming two years will be shaped by social distancing due to possible pandemic comeback? Now it is here.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

On Monday, September 23, Austin Startup Week had an impressive kick-off at Capital Factory where over 400 women and allies gathered at the 3rd Annual Women in Tech Summit! Although she spent her early years studying to become an astronaut, she realized that becoming a founder was her new calling. Women leaders from across the U.S.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 Seattle-based Syndio has a bold ambition: to eradicate unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 12, 2020

These two approaches will define our lives behind 2020. But the lockdown has also created a few niches for startup founders that no one thought of before. Governments shut down the long-awaited innovation programs to invest in healthcare technology – the industry that is getting the most attention nowadays.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners of a word that could represent their business in 2019. Lastly, I have also grown through significantly more networking in 2019 and have met amazing female entrepreneurs through several networking organizations. Here’s what they had to say: #1- Consistent. Photo Credit: Josh Swisher.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

During today's roundtable, we opened the session with a discussion of the existential crisis in media and how talented bloggers and journalists are facing a tough time sustaining themselves due to lack of business models. I met Ram Kumar during my visit to Chennai and advised him to look at the Bioscope project in my Vision India 2020 book.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

We have done almost 90 roundtables so far and, based on this extensive experience of learning directly from entrepreneurs about their core issues, 1M/1M has just launched a new assessment tool for entrepreneurs. Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Covid changed many things for the post-pandemic world and brought on digital tech advancement, one of the major advancements was in AI , especially in the field of con versation. Founders face multiple challenges when they are in the initial faces of a startup. Convin was founded in 2020 in Bangalore, India. But that’s not it!

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Female entrepreneurs are also successfully tapping into alternative funding options—such as accelerators, competitions, crowdfunding , grants, and specialized lending programs. 13 RESOURCES FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES OWNERS. Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) . Black Female Founders.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It is particularly satisfying for me to work with these entrepreneurs because I have long believed that India needs to diversify out of pure labor arbitrage. But in the end, I believe, we have arrived at a better place as an industry where Indian entrepreneurs are thinking beyond outsourcing. IRTEX: Indian Road Transportation Exchange.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 20, 2021

As nonprofits faced one challenge after another in 2020, boards have been tested and challenged like never before. Has your board taken stock of the impact of the many crises on your nonprofit that occurred in 2020 yet? Board’s had to make swift decisions about investing in technology.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3 a.m. after a 24-hour journey from California. At 11 a.m.,

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. We invited entrepreneurs considering joining the 1M/1M premium program to the Stanzr chat room and did a one-hour Q&A session. Please note that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. We thought it was very cool! I thought that was brilliant.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. As Abhishek Rungta from Kolkata pointed out today, "Entrepreneurs do not work out the details of their ideas." They simply need the diligence and work ethic to learn and to implement.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

Firm founder Kirsten Green has an amazing analytical mind combined with empathy for the consumer. Every aspect of our lives are being disrupted with technology (specifically the mobile phone) and not one category will go untouched. How do you convey to founders why your backgrounds are valuable to them?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Over the years, we've had entrepreneurs from all over the world attend and pitch, and I'm delighted to see that we're propagating the methodology and the platform far and wide. With that, let's look at the two entrepreneurs who pitched today from Costa Rica. We have done that in 1M/1M.

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