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The 4 Types of Stories Founders Need to Tell When Fundraising

View from Seed

As an adult, I know the world operates on story first and logic second. Tiny Speck decided to sunset Glitch and began winding down its operations. I find it intriguing that species not only evolve against their environment, but their environment co-evolves simultaneously against them. A nice account of Stuart’s story is here.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. Feeling motivated by this realization, I connected with my brilliant Co-Founder Amy Yuan, who then built a massive database consisting of reviews, assessments, and scientific research related to skincare. No hassles.

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Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder

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cofounders. technical cofounder. Why you can(t) recruit a technical cofounder. We didnt put strict specifications on what "technical" means, but the general idea was people who may qualify as a technical cofounder of an internet/tech startup and in particular, those who have been pitched ideas before. Viewed times.

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I launched a startup with my mom

The Next Web

It was August 2013 when my co-founder at SportsManias called to tell me that we had raised $1 million in angel funding. Yes, I founded SportsManias with my Mom, and it continues to surprise friends, investors and partners. How many other startup co-founders can claim to have that amount of team practice?

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Hiring overseas virtual assistants solved the need to fill out the vacancies and accomplished the dream of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Both of our founders have struggled with mental health, and have found solace in counseling, journaling, and lots of self-reflection. After her death, I. 16- Changed from the original name.

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Cracking The Code: Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Cracking the Code

Bessemer was also heavily represented with David Cowan , managing partner and co-founder of VeriSign ( see his post about the event ), Rob Stavis , BVP’s New York-based managing partner who led our investment in Skype, Byron Deeter , partner and founder of Trigo and our COO/managing partner Ed Colloton.

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French Tax Law for Start-ups: Ringing the Alarm Bell

Cracking the Code

The first amendment relies on the definition of « founder » and imposes a minimal ownership of 10% of the company and a holding period of two to five years to benefit from a lower tax rate. The second amendment proposes to apply tax rebates on capital gains applicable over a six years period for those who cannot meet the founder status.

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