YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

But it doesn’t have to be that way, as the co-directors of Startup Weekend – Marc Nager, Clint Nelsen and Franck Nouyrigat – can attest. Startup Weekends , which takes place in many cities around the world, are a great place to meet similarly charged but differently-skilled people who can one day be your startup co-founders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2019

Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have no idea how dramatically your own role has to evolve as you develop a solution, start a business, and expect it to scale into a successful self-managed company. Here is an outline of the stages that we both see: Envision, implement, sell, and manage every step.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Today the it’s a global real-time communications platform used by over 400 million monthly users – of which around 200 million are active – and processes a billion tweets ever 2 and a half days on every conceivable topic. Books & Reviews Biz Stone book book review startup technology Twitter'

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

by Blake Heron, founder of Skills Co. A booming global economy, advancements in technology, and easing international trade policies have opened gateways to an array of new opportunities. Modern employers analyze your profile beyond experience and technical skills to find the right person for the job. Communication.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2017

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , and author of “ Sales Recruiting 2.0: A recent survey from Career Builder , which polled 3,200 full-time workers and 223 human-resource managers, found that only 35% of women feel confident that compensation is dispensed equitably between the genders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2019

Examples include the Theranos failure brought about by Elizabeth Holmes’ inability to work with her team, the early Apple setback due to differences between Steve Jobs and John Sculley, and the travails of Uber under Travis Kalanick. You have to manage your business with more people not like you, as well as a more diverse set of customers.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio , co-founder of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, has years of significant experience with advising clients on mergers and acquisitions raising capital and navigating the landscape of general capital markets. In 2017, he embarked on a new venture, founding. Hillcrest Merchant Partners with Donato Sferra.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

by Kenneth Coats, founder of eKnowID. It’s imperative to perform a due diligence check before entering into any business relationship — especially for an entrepreneur. For example, according to ADP’s 2009 hiring index , 46 percent of résumés reviewed showed discrepancies. Research shows they’re not alone.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technology makes a lot of things in business more efficient and engaging, especially HR, where you can lost in stacks of papers for days if you don’t stay on top of organization. There are many ways to use technology in HR, recruiting process to organization. by Jessica Thiefels, owner of Honest Body Fitness. are engaged? Onboarding.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Our categorization is not a technical one. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. We were discussing both sides of the table and the relationship between founders and VCs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Technical debt works the same way, and has the same perils. I won’t pretend that there aren’t teams that take on technical debt for bad reasons.

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Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

From envisioning an idea to transforming the idea into a successful business enterprise, Argona takes charge of every process with utmost diligence. Argona helps businesses, from startups to large enterprises, accelerate their growth and minimize the complexity of managing business processes.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 7, 2020

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Reviewing financial & operational performance. Founder’s perspective.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. But, thanks to today's digital platforms and technical infrastructure, it's becoming more typical to be able to create a billion-dollar business in less than a decade. 6- More Opportunities.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

by Nick Candito, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Progressly. From ramping a new employee across a department to managing external vendors and even compliance risk management, business processes drive how every employee works across major industries and how companies measure their efficiencies. 4 Redundancy.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Adriana Rozo-Angulo, founder of international consulting firm MAS Connections and author of The Buoyant Business: How Simplicity Can Keep Organizations Afloat in a Stormy Economy. It invites you to embrace the change management process.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression. Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

We asked a team of global experts from various areas to share insights on the benefits of DE&I in their organizations and on boards. These include increased employee satisfaction, better volunteer and donor engagement, stronger collaboration as well as added creativity and innovation.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Understanding and managing cash flow will be crucial to riding the growth curve. If an overseas customer is not able to settle an account due to liquidity problems, sourcing local finance to bridge the gap is an option. Singapore Business Federation, Singapore: Your global Asia Hub. Reasons why we pay late. Anthony Coundouris.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Endeavor Miami was the first US office of the Endeavor Global organization of worldwide scaleup accelerators. For acceptance at Endeavor Miami, scalable businesses don’t have to be technology companies. Led by former Apple project manager Brian Brackeen, Kairos set up an Endeavor-facilitated advisory board.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2017

I am so excited and honored to announce I will be speaking on a panel at SXSW entitled Sustainability and Ethics in Fashion Technology alongside 3 other incredible women. Carmen Hijosa of Pinatex, Amanda Parkes of NYC Fashion Tech, and me, Melanie DiSalvo. everything from bodega owners to million dollar tech start-ups?—?and

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Innovation is a driver of many businesses globally. Rossanna Ceccato is the founder of Redress, a disruptive clothing platform that helps women renew and refresh their wardrobes through dress swaps. I have been continually impressed by Sarah Hawley, the founder of Growmotely. Thanks to John Li, Fig Loans ! #3- 5- Brian Chesky.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Summer is always the time when large numbers of new participants in the tech ecosystem arrive and start to get their bearings. It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. Greenhorn Connect: Excellent collection of BOS tech events and resources.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

JD Weinstein , head of Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem in Austin; Karen Kilroy, entrepreneur and CEO of Kilroy Blockchain; Sabrina Wojtewicz, co-founder of Bunker Labs; and Sara Chapman, Director of Entrepreneurship Strategy & Partnerships at Dell will discuss how both startups and corporations can work together and find the right fit.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

Not only is he a visionary thinker who was ahead of his time in terms of understanding the potential of technology, but he's also an incredible leader and motivator. A very successful entrepreneur and one that is inspiring to me for many reasons are Micheal Dubin, the founder of Dollar Shave Club. 6- Muhammad Yunus. 7- Oprah Winfrey.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window. National Demographics: Mailing Lists.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

We’ve also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. Thanks to Olivia Summerhill, Summerhill Wealth Management ! #2- I am the CEO and co-founder of a dating app called So Syncd that is based on matching compatible personality types. 1- Use of cheaper online divorce tools.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

I did a lot of technical interviewing. We noticed a clear need for an evolution of wallet styles and technologies and ran with it. 4- Due to lack representation in the skincare industry. The traditional thinking of “one solution fits all” is not today’s tech-driven business believes in. Photo Credit: David Moise.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Salon DE Third Coast: Can Austin Be The Next Big Tech City? Does the city adequately support growing tech businesses?

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. This is already happening, but there will be an explosion of rolling funds, operator angels, and micro investors who want to co-invest in friends, companies, and cohorts they are a part of.

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