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Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my Startup Advice series. So I’ve always had this in mind with me at startups. When we started our next company, Koral, Ryan was a co-founder. I think we started working together in 2003 when he was new in the UK from South Africa. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Startup Advice.

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Founder Interview: Michel Ruiz on Augmented Reality and Building the KaviAR Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

Here’s more from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview series. We interviewed Michel Ruiz, CEO and co-founder of KaviAR Tech , an augmented reality software startup headquartered in Paris. TSM: What is your favorite part of being the founder of KaviAR Tech? Michel researching South Africa.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Africa is a huge and diverse continent, and over the last few years, it has emerged as one of the world’s hotspots for startups. In fact, African startups secured almost a $1bn in investment funding in 2018. In Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

So when brainstorming ideas with my wife, a marketing guru, we settled on LEVEL PR because it a) echoed the company's mission statement (to level up the brand awareness of tech startups) b) reminded me of video games, which I love and c) included the name Lev, which is my son's name. White When my Co-Founders Leslie Alvarado and Dr. Aubrey J.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. Startup DNA. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. The idea immediately resonated. Media relationships.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

We wanted to share some other trends we observed; Countries have startups that play to their strengths. Brazilians like to fiesta and have a huge bar and restaurant industry, startups like our Rio finalist We Go Out are helping people to find the best parties and events to go to tonight by showing you where your friends are checking in.