Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

So you’ve decided to enlist a technology incubator to help your new business get off the ground. You have a great idea and a strong business plan, and an incubator is just the partner you need at this stage. Luckily, there are a good number of incubators now available to burgeoning entrepreneurs. But don’t fret.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Miami’s close ties with Latin America has bolstered its appeal. with their startups growing by 81.2 Los Angeles.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

My experience has been this lever brings three benefits: it lowers origination costs because more founders want to raise capital from you; it enhances your leverage in negotiating with the CEO; and it lowers your failure rate. . – Incubating companies. – Technology stack. – Quantitative investing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

My experience has been this lever brings three benefits: it lowers origination costs because more founders want to raise capital from you; it enhances your leverage in negotiating with the CEO; and it lowers your failure rate. . – Incubating companies. – Technology stack. – Quantitative investing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Miami’s close ties with Latin America has bolstered its appeal. with their startups growing by 81.2 Los Angeles.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 8, 2018

This is partly due to improvement in technology that has helped scale their online visibility and allow ease of collaboration. As a female entrepreneur, I’m constantly blown away by the collaborative energy of female founders. Women entrepreneurs are on the rise. Gone are the days when it was an all-man’s business world.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I gained nearly 20 pounds during those two years, in part because of the growing frustration I felt when I would leave yet another meeting with VCs who I felt didn’t genuinely listen to, understand, or value my experience as a black founder and CEO. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . Conferences are a great way to meet industry professionals, explore the newest technologies and innovations in your industry and to receive tips and insight for your profession. TechCrunch Disrupt is one of the most anticipated technology conferences of the year.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

Entrepreneurs such as Figma CEO Dylan Field, fellow investors including Moxxie Ventures founder and general partner Katie Stanton, and Coatue Management partner Jamie McGurk pitched questions to the duo. One might be autonomous vehicles, which is clearly a transformative technology. You can listen to the podcast here. FULL TRANSCRIPT.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders sharing their experiences of what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me this week at the Stanford University studio were: Wayne Sutton , co-founder of BUILDUP VC. Dave Kashen.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. She is the Founder and CEO of Volunteer Spot an online coordination app that facilitates volunteering. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Dahl served as co-head of healthcare investment banking in North America at Credit Suisse First Boston. Robert Dahl.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. and Path Intelligence.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2019

That’s the story of Zima Media, and the co-founders, Michael Zima and Damien Bouvier. However, they’ve managed to create a thriving business through the beauty of technology. Growing today, there is a thriving community of entrepreneurs and incubators for young talent. I didn’t.

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Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

That means America needs startups that are really going to innovate, thrive, and create jobs. The University of Alabama at Birmingham points to the healthcare industry as being ripe for disruption through technology. See Also: Five Business Technology Trends for 2017. It’s time for a startup that benefits the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2011

Sajeeva and his cofounders have good domain knowledge of the retail business, but have not yet done sufficient validation of the idea. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The answer to that question, I believe, is the 1M/1M Premium Lounge. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

But you don't have any lords and masters to answer to and the pay out goes entirely to the founders and management team. Mixing metaphors, the attempt to accelerate the scaling process is a bit like asking a baby to be incubated in six months (dangerous). He is currently Co-Founder of CapitalMarkets.com and Editor Of SaaSInsights.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Technology Live. But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Jen Sargent, founder of entertainment news site HitFix, says she can get folks to work for her at much lower rates than the "inflated" fees being offered in Silicon Valley and New York. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs.

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