YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

The good news for fintech entrepreneurs, though, is that we are well past the time when investors might have viewed fintech as a fad that would pass. I think that most investors have come to understand that fintech is here to stay. One lesson I’ve learned over the years is that successful entrepreneurs must be persistent.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

For now, the title is “ Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City.” If you are a leader in your entrepreneurial community and have something you want to add , email me 500 – 1000 words. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Led By Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Almost as good as the blog itself is the thoughtful and intelligent community that posts hundreds of insightful comments on a daily basis. What do you get when a successful entrepreneur becomes a VC and then starts blogging about his experiences? Andrew Parker is a VC with Spark Capital in Boston. Above the Crowd. The Gong Show.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. Follow Ben on Twitter @FederalLamm #ArtificialIntelligence #CEO #Space #Science #TomorrowingToday Brett Hurt is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in Austin. Edwards University.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Harvard iLab.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

ranking it ahead of the noted startup hotspot of Boston. RWW's Never Mind the Valley series: Since early 2009, Capital Entrepreneurs has held a monthly meet-up for entrepreneurs. With over 60 member companies, the group has helped bring the Madison entrepreneur community together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I often feel the frustration of someone trying to build a startup in the wrong place and time, and wrongly attributing their struggle to personal limitations. I saw these addressed well in a new book, “ The Startup Community Way ,” by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Furthermore during this economic downturn, we’ve heard a crescendo of voices lamenting the lack of startup funding, as communities finally recognize that new companies are the key source of job creation in this country. Total angel funding in 2010 was up somewhat, but has ranged from $15 to $20 billion for several years.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

(Warning:   the following blog post will seem parochial for all readers outside of the Boston area. Dear Boston-area student, Welcome (back) to the Top City of the Global Innovation Economy ! So here’s a little advice for you – do us all a favor and plug in to the community that surrounds you.   DART Boston.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application phase” dominated by the three C’s: content, communications and commerce. Think about Facebook had it stayed in Boston.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

As readers of this blog know, I’m a huge fan and supporter of TechStars (and, along with my Foundry partners , an individual investor each of the TechStars programs in Boulder, Boston, Seattle and now New York City). The New York program will be run by David Tisch – a well known local entrepreneur and angel investor.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

We typically lead or co-lead these seed round with other co-investors including other seed VCs, large lifecycle VC firms, and angel investors. As I’m fond of saying to entrepreneurs, startup fundraising isn’t about convincing the skeptics but rather finding the true believers. Best of luck. PMarchetti.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The first Angel Bootcamp happened several years ago. The goal was to mobilize and educate the angel community in Boston to become more comfortable and more active investing in early stage internet, mobile, and software companies.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets. You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur - Steve Blank , June 10, 2010 Who is an entrepreneur really? Yes, even bootstrappers.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Since then, Ive been involved with creating and funding hundreds of companies both as an angel investor and a VC (now at Foundry Group). entrepreneurial community, which was vibrant but small. We decided to write a book by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Boulder’s population is just 100,000.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

A little under a year ago, we hosted an event called Angel Bootcamp that was a primer for folks thinking about getting into angel investing. It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Why Invest?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

A little under a year ago, we hosted an event called Angel Bootcamp that was a primer for folks thinking about getting into angel investing. It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Why Invest?

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VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The NY Times is reporting today on the question of entrepreneurs paying to pitch their companies to prospective investors - “Should Start-Ups Pay to Pitch?”. To be clear on my view of this: THERE IS NO CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH ENTREPRENEURS SHOULD PAY TO PITCH THEIR BUSINESS TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS. END OF STORY.

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onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Home About Resources Answers Speaking Community Top Blogs. This site is for entrepreneurs. From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels (1 month ago). 5 Reasons An Angel Investor Will Walk From Your Deal (1 month ago).

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India. But I think its fair to say that the Dutch post-World War II welfare state isn’t exactly breeding the young and hungry entrepreneur you find in Turkey, Romania and Estonia.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

We still have some collective scar tissue: the idea conjures up the hordes of dot-com hopefuls that descended on VC’s and angel investors with little more than a business plan. One of my beliefs is that such a theory should be addressed to entrepreneurs and the people who hold them accountable. Are we making progress?

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.   You are all the future of job growth, wealth creation and better communities. .   You are all the future of job growth, wealth creation and better communities. It was bootstrapped.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. Angel groups using Gust. At ffVC, our primary origination strategy is to provide a high level of services to entrepreneurs, and then let word of mouth spread. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley.

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Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

With ~1,500 startups, the Capital Factory community will be all over SXSW! Despite regularly being named the “Best City to Live” and attracting 150+ new residents every day, Austin’s tech community lags its coastal peers in both investment dollars and successful exits. All of Austin is getting ready for SXSW- and that means us too!

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As an entrepreneur with multiple startups I founded; as CEO or senior executive of several small companies that either were public or went public; as an investment banker for dozens of small business clients; as an angel investor in various startups and small business opportunities. Not using professional help.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2013

Take a look at the most recent TechStars Boston class. TechStars Boston has tried in recent years to focus at least parts of its classes on companies that may not fit the typical notion of a tech startup, looking for companies, ideas and founders that have intimate knowledge of how disrupt an industry that others may ignore.

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onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Home About Resources Answers Speaking Community Top Blogs. This site is for entrepreneurs. From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels (1 month ago). 5 Reasons An Angel Investor Will Walk From Your Deal (1 month ago).

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2010

No, it wasn’t how good my angel investors were or how much I could afford to pay her. Entrepreneurs really underestimate how much it takes to motivate someone to change jobs. So, if you just drop into the tech community out of nowhere, with a new startup, don’t expect everyone to jump on board right away. #4 I knew her.

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