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Founder Interview: Alejandro Russo, Building the Candela Spiced Rum Brand

The Startup Magazine

For the next entry in The Startup Magazine’s founder interview series , we are featuring Alejandro Russo, founder of Candela Mamajuana. After first working in banking and finance, Alejandro started and exited two other businesses before bringing his marketing and branding expertise to Candela. Alejandro: Just jump in.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I soon realized that I had as much passion for teaching as I do about finance and investment, and I knew that I had acquired the kind of insight that could help transform the lives of business professionals who were looking to survive in investment banking roles. Thanks to Mike Falahee, Marygrove Awnings Co. ! #7-

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Believe it or not, the state of New Jersey has been experimenting with a free beer giveaway to encourage Covid vaccinations. This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

mashable.com

It’s a pure-and-simple way of making design decisions that rely on real data rather than divergent and emotional opinions from co-founders and designers; after all, you can’t argue with facts. If the red button gets more clicks, the page gets a red button.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

“CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder. Founder community. I wrote a blog post on this.