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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. Patrick Collison , self-made billionaire founder of Stripe. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft. Choosing a co-founder, and hiring the early employees is key to building a successful company.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. It details a landscape founders like me are excited to sink their teeth into? Of course not!

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. The French government has translated the JEI program into English as the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative , an annual competition run by the French Embassy to the US. The Big Players. The Funding.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. The startups in Southeast Asia were traditionally focused on offering services to individuals and followed a B2C scheme.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Digital transactions are now moving beyond B2C transactions & venturing into B2B, P2P, cross-border remittances, & more. With government support and continued technological innovation, the renewable energy industry is poised for rapid growth in the coming years. Thanks to Max Benz, BankingGeek ! #17-

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Startup Shootaround: Inside a VC Team Meeting on the Drones Hype

View from Seed

Obviously, not only does this not scale efficiently, the rise in drones has caused a backlog that the government can’t really handle — I think I even saw this notice on the FAA website. We’ve seen two camps of founder types, and their converge or not will also be interest. So how do you invest behind that?

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My Thoughts on the Current Market: on 20-Minute VC

Both Sides of the Table

B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? Paying close attention to the psychology of founders. That’s a decision every founder gets to make. In short: No.

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