The Startup Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

Equity distribution among co-founders may be a complex procedure while starting any business. How you split founder startup equity can be even harder for a tech startup due to different roles and contributions from the founders. You can utilize a co founder equity calculator to properly divide equity amongst co-founders. .

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2021

If you don’t know what is conversation intelligence, you must be living under a rock. Founders face multiple challenges when they are in the initial faces of a startup. Let us tell you what conversation intelligence is and how it can help your startup. What is Conversation Intelligence? Wondering how?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? She started by sketching her business model canvas on a napkin, but somehow the conversation quickly shifted to what was really on her mind. Trying to figure out what the right set of co-founders isn’t so clear. ——-.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2019

by Manish Dudharejia, President and Founder of E2M Solutions Inc. Making the most of your business reviews is a great approach to attract new customers and increase your conversion rates. Brands that focus on incorporating visuals into their marketing tend to outperform their competitors in terms of conversions and engagement.

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VC Cafe

MAY 17, 2023

But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains” Steve Jobs (from Chapter 8) I got to meet Uri Levine, the founder of Waze and Moovit, through his involvement in the Zell Entrepreneurship program at Reichman University. It starts from how founders pitch their startups.

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2020

Whether you are selling goods, a subscription service, or online tools, finding ways to maximize your conversions is an ongoing task that you can’t afford to ignore. Any of these aspects, if not optimized, can mean the difference between conversions and lost sales. Test price comparison tables. Reformat old school customer forms.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Nowhere is the politics more difficult than with co-founders, which is why for years I’ve spoken publicly about “ the co-founder mythology.” ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes. Equity for the future? We discussed it as a group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2022

Why Great Leadership Starts With Open Hearted Conversations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Edward has been coaching and advising start-up founders, Fortune 10 executives, and heads of state for over 15 years. By leading with heart and sparking authentic conversation.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Or those special little bombs of a phrase like “enjoys playing founder more than being one” and “tells a good story but no follow-through.” For an investor, partnering with Difficult Founders also comes down to how you both think about relationship building. Sketchy would be one. Unmotivated another. Do you trust them?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). I like technical founders so this wasn’t an issue.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2024

Now we were in discussions with the potential buyers who had the corporate checkbook, and they were ready to have a “next step” conversation. Our conversions of demos into orders went through the roof. A few critical internal recommenders and technical evaluators gave our concept the thumbs up.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 6, 2022

My Favorite Podcast Conversations From 2021 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In this episode, I’m taking a look back at the most popular episodes we aired and some of my favorite conversations in 2021. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch. I chatted with some incredible guests in 2021.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Dates/times for posting?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Your user experience can delight your customers, pushing them to spend more or increase your average conversion across your website. . In this article, we’re going to walk through these tips to leverage user experience and increase conversions across your website. David, Founder at Firstclasspostcodes. Observe & learn.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

When talking to startup founders or other innovators, we always ask questions to better understand their business as a core. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators. What does the business do? How does it meet customers’ needs? And most importantly, how does it make money?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

founders, marketers, investors?—?and This is accomplished through aggregated, anonymized competitive benchmarking, market-level performance data across the major social and ad platforms, and curated news and conversation from industry leaders. Founders, marketers and growth leaders?—?join Why Did I Invest in Trust?

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Here’s another from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series. Our goal is to eliminate the friction between individuals by ensuring that people are empathetic, good listeners and speak the truth in a diplomatic manner, leading to clear and appropriate conversations. Another aspect that we focus on is scaling culture.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2024

Stop wasting your team’s time and a founder’s time. is trying to figure out how to get in front of the best founders with a title like Senior Associate or, potentially worse, Investor, which everyone assumes means Senior Associate. What successful founder wouldn’t reach out to me to brainstorm strategies and potential first hires?

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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. While this de-escalated on Sunday night after the US Government took decisive action, the level of stress and anxiety, especially for first-time founders, was extreme.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. This is not a conversion problem. Most startups fail. This is a customer development problem.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

The funny thing about stats is that you can basically come up with a stat to justify any argument or position--and the whole female founders in tech conversation has a ton of numbers that people put out there as various types of proof and justification, or blame. First time founder friendly. later in their careers.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you. Find your niche.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Conversational AI market is growing dramatically, training new large generative models, expanding the technology stack, and bringing more advanced products to the market. The technologies behind conversational AI products are becoming more complex as well. . Unleashing the Advantages of Conversational AI to Startups.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. It’s been a while since they’ve updated their RFS list and it captures all the buzzword’s of today’s tech world: AI, defence tech, climate, spatial computing, etc.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

However, as a founder of a small business or startup, you’re juggling many things. KPIs Every Founder Should Track. Cost per conversion or acquisition: represents the total cost paid for an advertisement in relation to its effectiveness in generating a conversion. . “What gets measured gets done.” . Sales KPIs.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In From the outset of the conversation, Boris was careful with his words, collected. Version One Ventures does not look at founders in a gender specific light. The founder drives the culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2019

Whether you are trying to motivate your team, close a deal with a customer, or get funding from an investor, a casual conversation is usually a waste of your valuable time. These result is a founder who is always “too busy,” but never seems to get the business done and the team moving. Conversation for creating new possibilities.

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Gust

MAY 16, 2017

Today we’re proud to release an updated Co-founder Equity Split tool. We released the first version back in November to help startup founders divide the ownership of their startup fairly and rationally among their team. Since then, we’ve been collecting feedback from founders about how it could better help them with their decision.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In navigating the transition from founder-led sales to a structured approach, the pivotal question arises: when to hire a Sales Development Representative (SDR) or an Account Executive (AE) ? Phone Etiquette: Assess active listening skills and relationship-building abilities during phone conversations.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Good initial conversations should never be turned into debates or political platforms. It’s important to do your homework and appear knowledgeable on relevant subjects, but a good impression will turn bad if you interrupt every answer with a correction, or can’t stop talking about any given subject.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2019

At the Forum, local leaders, entrepreneurs and tech professionals engaged in important conversations on inclusion— sharing powerful insights on their experiences throughout the day. Stacey is the co-founder of Lez Talk and Managing Director of Contact Center Experience at Charles Schwab. Check out our photo album.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

If we’re supposed to optimize what’s closest to the money, what is the value in optimizing for micro-conversions? Many blog posts have espoused this as a way to incrementally increase revenue and final conversions, but does tweaking stuff unrelated to purchase actually assist your bigger goals? What Are Micro-Conversions?

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Founders, who are already under immense pressure from many directions, now have to contend with that dynamic for themselves in an uncertain business environment, connected only by video conferencing and email to their teams, investors, and customers. The post Founders Mental Health in the Time of Covid appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There are some founders who see predictions about the future as a kind of promise—and so they hesitate and get uncomfortable around the idea of insisting that X, Y, or Z will happen. It’s a more complete answer in the mind of an operationally focused founder. that same founder will give the most unequivocal, most confident “Yes!”

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

And if you’re the founder of a successful startup and you’re not named Mark Zuckerberg, there’s the day when you’re replaced as CEO. He’s learned to see the founder pink slip’s silver lining. “An But other founders are more like, ‘This is my baby and there’s no way you’re taking it away from me,’” Feinleib says. There’s death.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

If all that wasn’t enough, you have the problem of model hallucinations, where the conversational UI offers an answer that is well articulated, but completely wrong. where rather than sift through noise to find an answer, users will generate a specific result to match their needs.

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