Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! Much has changed since Edison’s day, but sweat equity is still the most effective kind of startup capital. Starting up a business requires a lot of different steps. Practical ways to get started.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

The platform has raised over $225 million through equity and debt financing to date. Customers can choose from a variety of curated packages, which include everything from beds and sofas to TVs and refrigerators. Furlenco is a Bengaluru-based furniture and appliance rental service that operates in more than a dozen cities across India.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Contributors include dozens of TechStars mentors and founder alumni, including Dharmesh Shah the founder and CEO of HubSpot and the curator of the OnStartups blog and community. More excerpts from "Do More Faster" Title chapter: " Do More Faster " by David Cohen How should we split the equity? Can any of us be fired? For what reasons?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Grant and I were thinking of the name for our company, we knew we wanted to include the word “equity” because that’s what we’re working to achieve through our innovative use of Virtual Reality technology to combat implicit bias. As soon as the name Equity Commons came to us, we knew it was perfect. White, Equity Commons ! #4-

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Employee Equity: How Much? Content Curation: It’s Going to Be HUGE – [link]. “Most businesses… don’t need more cash, they need more brains.” – @mcuban , [link]. Products that are features are going away – [link]. Unconventional startup wisdom by @mlevchin – [link]. – [link]. Ask yourself why?

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2017

This article from early this year echoes the trends in the Bloomberg Barometer, and notes that VC deals in 2016 “required founders to give up more equity in exchange for less money than they did last year.”. Startups Going for Loans Rather Than Venture Capital. Small Business Borrowing Drops.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. Wednesday, March 13 Every day 10:00am-5:00pm.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

This community of practice, in fact, our investors who bought half the company, the growth equity firm, they came to attraction community event. (04:51): You can either curate content, like summarize content from experts in your niche or be the expert for your niche yourself or do a mix. (21:07): So that is the third thing.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Harness the power of curation. Curation is the ability to bring people who should know one another together in an intimate setting so they can share meaningful conversations and build the foundation for a strong relationship. It’s truly connecting the dots at a higher level for those being curated.”. Be concise.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2015

Jeffrey Paine, Founding Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, Sayanee Basu, Curator of We Build SG and Mohan Belani, Co-Founder & CEO, e27. ” “Unlike many other hackathons, we are not looking to take equity in their companies or influence their work in any way. .

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

If you’re building a startup, the Startup Tools tab on the top of this page has curated links to hundreds of startup resources. They don’t ask for equity and charge just enough to cover the costs of pizza and the room rental. Free: Startup Tools. Specific links are: A list of startup tools is here. Sign up here.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2013

That’s why so many entrepreneurs try to leverage equity. StartupDigest , for instance, champions the Curator Model. The company finds talented individuals to manage or “curate” the digest for their home cities. The company finds talented individuals to manage or “curate” the digest for their home cities.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. Who needs the services you provide. Who can and will pay your pricing (or have an insurance plan that you want to accept). This patient would not receive the best care for their needs from Dr. Gardner’s services.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

This weekend, Polaris Venture Partners' Ryan Spoon wrote a post on his blog, offering with a curated list of "must-read" Quora threads for entrepreneurs. What percentage equity should an "involved" advisor receive? Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? How did Startup X get traction?

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 22, 2015

It seems to me there might be an emerging trend back towards human curation. LinkedIn’s new Pulse App features human curation, the same is true for Apple’s forthcoming news app , and Apple’s new music service similarly makes a big deal about it’s human editors, including former BBC Radio 1 favourite Zane Lowe.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Because the range is now very big there is too much choice for consumers and it’s critical for companies in this space need to offer quality curation. Without quality curation the customer experience will suck and the businesses won’t enjoy huge success. Generally that will mean not holding stock. These ecommerce 2.0

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 26, 2013

Note: for this article I am referring to equity crowd-funding exclusively. High quality startups choose their investors carefully, because they view their company’s equity as precious and they will only give it out if people can add value beyond just cash. Let’s look more broadly at later-stage equity financing.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2018

One of your most important roles as a business owner is defining and curating the culture of your organization. As a startup grows, the equity position offered to new employees goes down as the number of employees goes up. by Harold Hardaway and Shannon Hernandez, Co-Founders of Cardigan Communications Group. Recognition & Rewards.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2013

There’s a good post on Business of Fashion this morning which identifies four ecommerce models that are working in fashion: Social curation (which they helpfully define as ‘product discovery and connecting people to inspiration’). Collaborative consumption. Vertically integrated ecommerce. Online market places.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2016

They own the equity. A key characteristic of lifestyle businesses is that they don’t take significant outside equity funding. See Also: Cash Flow: A Curated List of Everything You Need to Know. You may end up deciding that it’s better to just do it yourself and enjoy the incremental cash flow.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The service promises personally selected ensembles curated by seasoned stylists for each individual customer. So not only were the customers happier with what they received for what was literally extra fractions of a penny per order, but the company’s brand equity got a boost from the reaction. Not sure there’s another way?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The service promises personally selected ensembles curated by seasoned stylists for each individual customer. So not only were the customers happier with what they received for what was literally extra fractions of a penny per order, but the company’s brand equity got a boost from the reaction. Not sure there’s another way?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The service promises personally selected ensembles curated by seasoned stylists for each individual customer. So not only were the customers happier with what they received for what was literally extra fractions of a penny per order, but the company’s brand equity got a boost from the reaction. Not sure there’s another way?

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Successful tactics include elements of human curation, striking visual design, and most importantly, a big focus on building great product. The need for efficiency in logistics doesn’t go away, at least not very often, but it moves from being prominent in the value proposition to somewhere in the background.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 23, 2014

Proprietary selection (aka curation) – e.g. companies that build their brand and community around their product selection like Nastygal and Modcloth. Andy Dunn from Bonobos wrote yesterday about the dominance of Amazon in what he calls ecommerce 1.0

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99u.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

It is best to have a contract that covers details regarding any form of equity grant or compensation as well as whether or not expenses are reimbursed. Browse Fresh Work Curated by Industry. As you identify areas of expertise that you lack, consider who might be able to help. State expectations up front. » Creatives Outfitter.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 22, 2016

More recently marketplaces have started operating more curated models with much less transparency and more control over pricing. Amongst our more recent marketplace investments Lexoo is a good example of a highly curated marketplace.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Walgreens, and Home Depot have each built strong brand identities and all benefit from powerful household recognition and strong brand equity. And, in the years since, they’ve carefully curated the brand’s offerings to ensure quality and customer appeal. They must be doing something right. What You Can Do.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 27, 2013

Influencers will get more prominent tools to curate beyond what Pinterest or blogs currently offers. Online stores will differentiate by offering more of the standard offering e.g. daily deals and include mechanics that are harder to replicate e.g. videos and live events with high production values.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

This is the list that we came up with: Product that is well curated and premium, different, or hard to get elsewhere. Phil Wilkinson, the founder of Kopi, is an old friend and we were discussing characteristics of good ecommerce subscription businesses over lunch yesterday.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2016

Their skills of supply chain management, curating a catalogue of product to fill their shops and in store merchandising are less important in the current online and omnichannel era. Today, inventory can be an order of magnitude larger and there are huge opportunities for curation and re-imagining supply chains.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Then the contents are amazing too, an incredible set of letters curated by Shaun Usher. I felt a real surge of pride when I was presented with a signed copy of Letters of Note at the Unbound board meeting this week. First off, the book is beautifully constructed. A real joy to hold in the hand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2010

We also reached out to companies that make products useful to accelerating your Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop, from cloud-hosted Selenium provider Sauce Labs (disclaimer: where I have equity) to ScrumPad (where I dont) and many in-between (a sampling is below, but you should really jus t click through to see the whole smorgasbord).

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Proprietary product or uniquely curated experiences. The pando article is actually a call for further investment in the sector, and they outline three characteristics that will be required to make the next generation of online retail businesses successful: Authentic brand. Operational excellence. I couldn’t agree more.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

SM is cheap, fast, flexible, powerful and, with an investment of sweat equity, can bring meaningful returns to a small business. Many small businesses have turned to a DIY approach to branding and have leveraged the social media as the foundation for their efforts. Better still conduct multiple polls with smaller slices of your customer base.

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