Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are ten common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors. There’s a reason that Silicon Valley and Boston are hubs for high-tech startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). . To some extent – of course they are. It is different. Structural.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are ten common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Network to find co-founders just as you network to find investors. There’s a reason that Silicon Valley and Boston are hubs for high-tech startups.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

” In many respects, technology acts as the great leveler, opening up global trade that was once the exclusive preserve of large multinationals. Servicing a global customer base means overcoming problems such as time zones, and language and cultural nuances. Knowing this, we share relevant content and grow distinct communities.”.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Prior to Jet, Fatma was Director of Product Management at Rakuten and spearheaded key global initiatives including universal checkout and cross-border ecommerce. Jessica is VP, Marketing at Notarize and Founder of Girl Capital, a network for aspiring female angel investors. Jared holds a B.A. degree from Northwestern University.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

She is the CEO & General Partner of the investment firm Street Global. Her online radio show: Global Fireside Chats, brings together global industry titans to share insights on our fast-changing world. It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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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! If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Time: 12:30PM?—? Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2020

In addition, these are both localized (in a community), at a state level, a national level, and a global level. I lived in Boston, one of the cities where HIV / AIDS was visible, and the social dynamics, politics, and stigma around it were front and center. Oh, and the emergence of startup communities around the world.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It also implies that you will have the opportunity to have a positive influence on the community. In my opinion, it's tempting to want your product to be the next instant global brand, but you need to remember to start small. Don't forget that Facebook started in a Boston dorm room. 8- Mapping your networks.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

brevsin : CEO of CampusLive.com Boris Revsin discusses the startup life and his love for Boston. brian_wong : Follow Brian Wong, founder and CEO of Kipp, a rewards network for virtual achievements. corbett3000 : Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategyLabs discusses engaging communities through innovation on @corbett3000.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

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.). Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

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.). Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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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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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. These funds use a combination of cold-calling, travel, firm networks, paid expert networks, and technology to identify investment opportunities outside of their neighborhood. They are typically among the top quartile performers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Is Boston short of angels or good companies? Unilever to crowdsource content for 13 global brands – [link]. Dish Network Looking to the Crowd (about crowdSPRING & Dish Network) – by Stuart Elliott, NYT – [link]. Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

However, as we got involved in issues like clean drinking water, we realized we’re missing a big opportunity to rally communities around us. Goal: tap into power of developers to solve community problems. Network for Good, Global Giving, Mission Fish (behind ebay’s GivingWorks). We wanted to direct some of that energy.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Come network with your friends and share your secret parties, plan your conference sessions, and discuss whose undiscovered indy band is cooler. Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm Location: Hilton?

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Clients typically use it to create and strengthen local community initiatives: bake sales, barbeques, political organizing, etc. . Why is that?

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 15, 2013

I talk more about this and lots of other topics in my recent book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. . We ran the second program in 2008, expanded to Boston in 2009, and adopted a funding strategy for each local program which we continue to use to this day. All of this is privately funded.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

His clients include global brands such as Citizen Watch, ExxonMobil and bva. We might be the only clinic in this neighborhood in Boston, and we treat the types of folks that live in that neighborhood, whatever that means. (19:30): So he's able to tap into those networks to show Google that he's gaining traction and all of that.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

This includes companies that would meet most institutional definitions for impact investing (women, minority, and veteran owned/run businesses, including LMI (“Low to Moderate Income”) and CRA (“Community Reinvestment Act”) qualified companies.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2023

By strategically managing communication and information dissemination, PR helps businesses establish credibility, trust, and positive brand perception. PR generates positive publicity, increases brand visibility, and fosters a favorable image through engagement with media, influencers, and online communities. Sales skyrocketed.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . link] leehower.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

INFOGRAPHIC] Social Media Marketing By the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] Social Network Wars: How The Five Major Platforms Stack Up [INFOGRAPHIC] The Rise of the Mobile Workforce [INFOGRAPHIC] Computer Vision Syndrome: Do Your Eyes Have It? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

They’re looking for guidance on building the company, the ability to tap into a VC’s network, and help with potential business opportunities. but globally. We’ve been active within the regulatory community - as have you of course - to try to address this; I think it’s a critical issue to get right.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The founders loved where they lived and put together a support team of shoe experts and designers in Boston, France, and Portugal. While Alaska is not a shoe capital, it is now headquarters to a shoe company addressing a global problem. Every shoe sale generates a donation to the Lymphatic Research and Education Network (LE&RN). .

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday. has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. Media and event company Women 2.0 To date, Women 2.0 ”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 8, 2021

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking alone. As a Boston resident who works in restaurant marketing, I’ve found that there are many entrepreneurs like myself who are in the same business. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Entrepreneurs!

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2017

A key ingredient of Techstars accelerator programs is our experienced and engaged mentor community. Our global network now consists of over 5,000 mentors, including many successful Techstars alumni. It provides an outlet for mentors to engage in their local startup communities and keep a pulse on emerging technologies.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

When we started TechStars in 2006, one of our premises was to help build a strong startup community in Boulder. I also believe that the best way to accelerate core technologies like what Nike has worked on is to build significant startup communities around their core products and technologies.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

When you outsource…at least in the early days…it matters little wheter you pick a local bank or a global one. In the valley or in Boston, lawyers will often *defer* up to $25K until funding in return for 0.5%-1.0% you should be able to find many options for an ad sales network. PR/Marketing.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Cartoon: Five people are sitting around a conference table discussing city planning and community engagement. Opening or releasing data sets provides an opportunity for cities internally and the developer community externally to use the data to build web-based and smartphone applications. Do you really know what your residents want?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore.

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