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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. Andrew was head of North America and international head of licensing meaning he knew how to take these characters and blow them out into the endearing franchise that they became by extending the brand to the physical world and then ultimately to the big screen.

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My Advice To Entrepreneurs: Consider Canada For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

By Raj Narayanaswamy, cofounder and Co-CEO, Replicon. But a slowdown in venture capital financing and questions about a technology bubble have led to many entrepreneurs and startups considering other avenues for growth. Photo credit: Canada flag from Shutterstock. By contrast, San Francisco, the top ranked U.S.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

I am the CEO and co-founder of a dating app called So Syncd that is based on matching compatible personality types. 24- Personal finances awareness. Thanks to Josh Stomel, Turbo Finance ! #25- This will be a trend in the finance industry in 2021. Podcasts are a great way to occupy time while sitting in traffic.

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Foodee CEO on Unlocking $210 Billion Online Food Ordering Market Potential

Hearpreneur

I spent the next ten years in finance, eating office catering in Canada, the US, and the UK—and it was always the same tired platters of slop. When I made the leap from finance to entrepreneurship, I went back to food. We can then attract partners, customers and co-workers to join in the pursuit of those ideas. Be an expert.

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From humble beginnings to market leadership: UiPath rings the NYSE bell!

Cracking the Code

It was a difficult time of exploration and iteration, as many founders experience, and it took 10 long years to build the company from $0 to $1mm in revenue, a difficult phase. In early 2017, while the company only had single-digit revenue, it was already operating in North America, Europe, India and Japan.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore.