Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Entrepreneur Ryan Hoover transformed an email list experiment into a venture-funded startup community with tens of thousands of active members. It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. Dave is at the helm of an experimentation story in the making.

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

Editor’s note: The NextView team periodically holds internal “shootarounds,” where we discuss a startup topic or trend and try to make sense of it for everyone involved: entrepreneurs, investors, and consumers. I think we’ve talked a lot about drones from the investor or entrepreneur perspective.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

AFWERX, who works out of Capital Factory’s Center for Defense Innovation, serves as a channel through which entrepreneurs can access the necessary resources to make their ideas a reality within the U.S. Since most of our lives are governed by maintenance, innovation becomes a form of deviating from the norm and creating constructive conflict.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. While foreign entrepreneurs wait for the Startup Visa to become a reality so they can go launch their startups in the US, France has quietly had a similar program in place for some time. billion online in the first quarter of this year.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. ” The Cost of Financing. .

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2020

Being an entrepreneur and setting up your own manufacturing business is a very exciting opportunity. We also look at five things entrepreneurs need to look at before starting their ventures. Challenges facing Entrepreneurs in the Manufacturing Sector. 5 Things Entrepreneurs need to know before starting a Manufacturing Business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Transcript of Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. And the SBA is basically a government-guaranteed loan that a bank will offer, and it will allow an acquirer, an individual, to buy a business that they couldn’t ordinarily afford. Back to Podcast.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 6, 2011

He points to innovations like Amazon’s ongoing transformation of the ecommerce experience – none of which would be considered breakthrough technology, but which in their aggregate have brought unprecedented consumer productivity gains. And thank your local, neighborhood entrepreneur. For it is he and she that are driving it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? As you'll hear, BA became an entrepreneur without expecting to have to address such questions, but that's not how it's turned out. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. What are institutions for? Can we build better ones?

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Earlier this year, I was pleased to learn that the UK Government was planning to appoint a Tech Envoy to the U.S. – Later, when I learned that Joe White would take on this newly created role, I grew even more excited about the positive impact this new position will have on fostering innovation and entrepreneurism on a local and global scale.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Very small funds may not have any large institutions as LP investors, just individuals, but even the largest and most established VC funds often have “sidecar” funds to enable a select group of individuals to invest in their funds (typically entrepreneurs the firm knows well). Insurance Companies. Should they care?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Sweden is one of the few countries in the world, where fathers must take at least two months off before the child is 8 years old to receive the government benefits. However, in India, any kind of government benefits are typically restricted to rural areas or towards liberal maternal leave policies.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

We now live in an anarconomy where entrepreneurs are making counter moves to disrupt the status quo so they can redefine commercial landscapes. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Very small funds may not have any large institutions as LP investors, just individuals, but even the largest and most established VC funds often have “sidecar” funds to enable a select group of individuals to invest in their funds (typically entrepreneurs the firm knows well). Insurance Companies. Should they care?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. Cohen asks. Impact Tech: the intentional use of technology and science to benefit people and the planet.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. Gurley’s been attacking this from another perspective, that of the entrepreneur.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

6:56) A look at how many biotech companies and non-biotech entrepreneurs have pivoted to work exclusively on COVID-19. (7:35) Obviously, I think that in a time like this, this is when we should have a government response, but I don't think there's been enough of a government response focused on funding the things that can get us out of this.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. Thus, the world’s scientists, medical experts, and governments are in new territory, determining what works and what doesn’t work as each country moves through the peaks and troughs of this pandemic.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

I also think it is a reflection of an entire generation waking up to the fact that they can create something themselves, and it is no longer about following a path set by our parents, the government or the declining industrial powers that be. In any case, all shareholders care about is the aggregate profit and ROI. Bring it on.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

I also think it is a reflection of an entire generation waking up to the fact that they can create something themselves, and it is no longer about following a path set by our parents, the government or the declining industrial powers that be. In any case, all shareholders care about is the aggregate profit and ROI. Bring it on.

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Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. In 1942, President Roosevelt worked with Congress to pass the Stabilization Act of 1942.

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The Next Web

JUNE 17, 2012

There’s Muchbeta , a nicely named Web applications company that is building a nifty news aggregation app for the iPad called Niiiws. I learned about initiatives like government-funded business incubator Startup Lisboa , Beta-i and the Lisbon Startup Pirates.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In the UK, the theme this year is Make a Job, Don’t take a Job and the events enjoy heavy government support. Research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK team in a survey of over 1,000 entrepreneurs shows the following key findings: SUPPORT - 77% want the government to play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In the UK, the theme this year is Make a Job, Don’t take a Job and the events enjoy heavy government support. Research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK team in a survey of over 1,000 entrepreneurs shows the following key findings: SUPPORT - 77% want the government to play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In the UK, the theme this year is Make a Job, Don’t take a Job and the events enjoy heavy government support. Research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK team in a survey of over 1,000 entrepreneurs shows the following key findings: SUPPORT - 77% want the government to play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs.

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Advisory Board Europe Aggregator Startup 74

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb describes “Sell More Faster” as the indispensable guide for entrepreneurs seeking product-market fit, building their sales team, developing a growth strategy and chasing accelerated, repeatable selling success. “I ABOUT TECHSTARS: The Techstars Worldwide Network helps entrepreneurs succeed. Also on Sept. MT / 11 a.m.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid Idea?

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2016

It aggregates various U.S. Government datasets and makes them easy to search and use. See Also: Practical Market Resources for Entrepreneurs. For the U.S. market, here are my favorite resources for gathering market data: Data USA: A collaboration between MIT and Deloitte, this is an excellent starting point for U.S.

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Startup Company Lawyer

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides a powerful online tool that provides clean technology entrepreneurs and companies with a searchable, easy-to-use source for federal and state government funding opportunities and guidance on how to apply. Users are able to search by industry sector, as well as by state-by-state resources.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

We met a number of policy makers from the White House and State Department, and had a solid Startup2Startup all about government policy and entrepreneurship. In a previous post , I asked readers for suggested topics that the US government needs to know about startups and entrepreneurs, and got some really interesting responses.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

While Uber has had several problems with both, governments and passenger based complaints, Grab decided to improve on both fronts. Grab also works closely with governments and their policies, with the Malaysian Public Land Transport Commission giving them extensive support. Co-operation and Synergy.

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Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

That might be OK, but it also might be a rock that will not always be floating above your head… Because the current world of venture-backed exits remains dramatically and asymmetrically skewed to the advantage of the acquirer, the aggregate statistics in the SRS report reveal a landscape pockmarked by buyer-friendly terms.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 7, 2010

This comment made me wonder if Shane had ever been an entrepreneur. The truth is that growth as Shane likes to see (as in high growth, high potential firms) is just not every entrepreneur's idea of a good time. Nor does it need to be for them to make an aggregate impact on economic growth. data - but most don't grow at all."

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

A combination of government incentives and high oil prices have made projects like this one feasible and profitable for the companies that build them. can often save a company hundreds or thousands of dollars every year and, in aggregate, can have a meaningful impact on the collective energy footprint of the small business community.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

The vast majority of business owners and entrepreneurs aren’t business experts. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make in their business plans is stating that they don’t have any competition. Accommodate your investors, and keep explanations of your product simple and direct, using terms that everyone can understand.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

But what I remind them is that great grades and successful founders/technology entrepreneurs have at best a zero correlation (and anecdotal evidence suggests that the correlation may actually be negative.) Nothing makes me happier then to see my students getting great grades (and as they can tell you I make them very work hard for them.)

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

A huge cleantech boom occurred and battery companies like A123 went public along with biofuels companies like Amyris, Gevo, and others, though in retrospect this was more of a bubble driven by unsustainable government subsidies (A123 is bankrupt and the biofuels companies trade at a fraction of their IPO valuation). So at a fund level (e.g.

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