Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Due to the rapid growth of influencer marketing , influencer tracking systems, such as Traackr or Pixlee have emerged as reliable tools for brands that employ influencers to track conversions from their sponsorships. Commit to and communicate a higher-level purpose. Use them to find your relevant influencers.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

I spent yesterday sifting through the most recent lessons learned and results from a series of accelerators BMNT is running for the intelligence community. Connectors – who will help teams rapidly grow their networks to gain new insights from unique partners not yet discovered.

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

Mission-driven organizations strive to serve their communities and constituents with integrity and purpose. Consider this: When boards embrace diversity, the pulse of our communities strengthens, and our impact magnifies. Far beyond corporate strategy; it’s about fulfilling missions effectively.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 26, 2023

Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup community builder or are interested in startup communities. Chris became an extensive thought partner with Ian, and we eventually decided to write two books.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

She launched her financial practice, FARO Associates LLC (Latina/woman-owned/Minority Business Enterprise), and new fintech project, SHENIX, on her culturally-relevant financial services research and community needs. I knew this was not unique to me and was happening to other Latinas per conversations. My own experience.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As part of Lean Startup Week’s “Future of…” series, we asked Kelly to tell us more about the future of how city governments work with and relate to their communities, what a civic MVP looks like, and why she so badly wants to disrupt how we think about local government. This interview is part of a “Future of….”

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2015

You don’t have to do everything yourself—a partner can be an asset to your business. For this reason, you might consider working with a business partner. But, how can you find and cultivate a business partner relationship like that? Here are several places to find the perfect partner for your business.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

The same goes for your sales conversations; why did new leads seek you out, and what objections do you hear during the sales process? Data sources include the publications, competitors, influencers, podcasts, and communities that your audience engages with the most. Go into each conversation with a broad set of questions.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We’ve recently partnered with one of our favorite Austin-based startups, Favor Delivery , to make sure that Texans have opportunities and pathways to thrive in a technology-fueled economy. Share Dream Corp TECH with your employer as an opportunity to invest in surrounding underserved communities! Interested in getting involved?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. Placement is 90%!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. He had joined a young startup in LA called HauteLook and was interested in getting to know the local tech community. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Community builders.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

Two hundred angels, entrepreneurs and members of the startup community attended this inaugural event. It was organized by Diane Roberts of Xcell Partners and held at the StartupBaseCamp accelerator in Dublin. Audiences totaled over three hundred and eighty entrepreneurs, investors and members of the startup community.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2020

A Healthy Dose – Bessemer Partners Podcast. My advice in all of these conversations? It’s the impact you make serving God, your family, community, and country. Get to know who they are. Some of the Life Science VC blogs and podcasts: Rock Health News – digital health VC news. LifeSciVC – Bruce Booth Atlas Ventures.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Small retailers are the bedrock of our communities, and consumers will still choose to shop retail when the experience is worth it. Local delivery has also been a saving grace for a lot of retailers with close ties to their community. A community connection, and as Troy Burch puts it, a much needed reminder of their WHY.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

We’re hopeful that by sharing our story, others in the tech and philanthropic world can get some ideas for ways they can use lean principles to help their communities through this trying time. How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money. Just because you didn’t intend for something to get taken a certain way doesn’t mean the conversation stops there. Three teams have African-American founders. Three of the founding teams are married couples.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

Similarly, conversion optimization moves quickly. Conversion is expanding beyond just the core user experience. Similarly, it helps to have a unified view of conversion optimization to help you approach every avenue of optimization – from product to communications and call centers to landing pages and more.

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Board Effect

JUNE 25, 2023

Donors, volunteers, and partners support nonprofits because of their missions. They want to help nonprofits achieve their goals, whether those goals are creating a community feeding program, raising money for scholarships , or cleaning up a local waterway. Honesty and transparency go a long way in building trust.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Phone Etiquette: Assess active listening skills and relationship-building abilities during phone conversations. Platforms like LinkedIn and sales-oriented communities such as Sales Hackers, Revenue Genius, and SDR Nation are valuable for posting job opportunities. Monitoring no-shows helps refine your processes to secure attendance.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2019

This first appeared in the Boulder Community Health Foundation Summer 2019 Magazine in an article titled Taking On The Mental Health Stigma. I’m fortunate that my wife, business partners, family, and friends are helpful to me when I’m depressed. My business partner Dave was supportive, even when he didn’t really know what to do.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Q1 2020 marks Reset ’s two year anniversary, from when we had our first conversation about how we could help distributed teams find affordable space to meet and work. Your partner matters To all those solo-founders out there?—?kudos kudos to ya’ll. Our biggest example of this was our pivot from B2C to B2B.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 5, 2020

Capital Factory House at SXSW canceled Out of an abundance of caution for our team, our members, our partners, our guests, and the City of Austin, Capital Factory House at SXSW is canceled due to circumstances outside our control surrounding Coronavirus. Safety is our top priority. We are so thankful for their efforts and their acumen.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2024

I’ve been coaching a lot of non-partner VC professionals and their number one challenge (besides taking obligatory meetings that their GP throws over the fence at the last minute—GPs, why do you do this? What good is hiring someone whose only conversations with rising stars happen because they just joined a fund?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2019

Partnering with individuals who have Communication, Empathy, or Includer as top strengths. I learned the importance of this attribute through a conversation with colleague and fellow leadership mentor Valerie Zumwalt. Connecting with people in your community to seek advice and remind yourself that you’re not alone.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. All content is developed and delivered by the Real Ventures partners. AskAnything.VC Advantages.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. Jonathan Siddharth .

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2017

As mentioned above, business seminars offer open, friendly environments that allow attendees to feel comfortable enough to join in on conversations. When doing so, you will be practicing your interpersonal and communications skills. Find Business Partners. These opportunities will allow you to present your ideas to the experts.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

We are excited to announce that Chris Moody is joining Foundry Group as a partner. There would be no generational planning, no transitions to younger partners, and no senior partner hold-outs who would hang onto economics well after they had stopped working. For a while, the only name on the list was Lindel’s.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2018

by Quint Studer, author of “ Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America “. Every community wants to be a great place to live and work. Vibrant communities happen when many different forces intersect in the right way. Vibrant communities don’t just happen. People are moving away.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the details of these tragedies unfolded, the incidents opened up a national conversation about the need to take a serious look at the issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion within every organization and walk of life. As it should, it also prompted attention to the lack of diversity in the nonprofit sphere.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Capacity Capital, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Indie.VC, Reformation Partners, UP Fund, Versatile VC. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Of the Inc.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

In an effort to reduce miscommunications, this platform helps start a conversation by dropping a comment on anything seen on-screen, and sharing a private link to start a conversation – in the context of what is seen. Next47 and American Insight Partners VC, demonstrates growing trust in its current and future business model.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Old and new friends have reached out to welcome us to their community and share ideas about how we could play an impactful role in this remarkable city and state. Even in 2020, a difficult year by any measure, the Austin community has surpassed all of my expectations. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 14, 2023

Since the middle of last week, there has been extreme stress on founders, startup leaders, and the extended startup community. I had many 1:1 conversations, emails, and messages with our portfolio company CEOs, along with several open Zoom lines where people could ask questions and just commiserate and feel part of a shared community.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 9, 2020

I’ve broken them into three buckets: A) Voting and census; B) Push media companies to inform Americans accurately; and C) Outreach to your employees and community. Nudge your employees, customers, and community to complete the census. Organize volunteer days with the Census to help get communities completion rates up.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

Taking Care of Your Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Brian Clark and I have been friends for a really long time and they have certainly set the standard on how to build a business, how to build a brand, how to take care of a community. This is June of 2017 when we’re having this conversation.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

To overcome these challenges, leaders will need to keep people at the center of our conversations, and organizations will need to help their employees build emotional intelligence and expert people skills. Conversational AI has been here for a while now and it’s constantly improving. Conversational AI can help businesses achieve this.

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