The Startup Magazine

JUNE 14, 2019

It is estimated that at least 80% of all startups rely on personal funds from their founders for operations, albeit in their formative stages. If you have been self-employed, you probably have had episodes where you cannot clearly differentiate between work and personal finances or time. Set obvious parameters. 1. Savings.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The most important factor for differentiation in CXL Live is its unique format. Gavin Braman, Co-Founder @ Drifting Creatives. Win beyond product : use a powerful narrative, positioning, messaging, content and differentiation strategy. Strong messaging, on the other hand, is differentiating and easier to sell and market.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

by Felix Winstone, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Talkative. As a startup co-founder with a growing team, here are the recruiting tips I’ve learnt over the last couple of years. Robert Metcalfe, co-founder and CEO of 3Com, says you need to think about it as “recruiting, not hiring”. Hiring = Sales. Be Specific.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We then help surround founders with other talent who want to join important causes but don’t have the startup idea themselves. We help founders through difficult moments, we help coach, we act as sparring partners, we help them resolve conflicts when they’re fighting with co-founders and we help them deal with adversity as well as successes.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

I am the CEO and co-founder of a dating app called So Syncd that is based on matching compatible personality types. Sure, every business may have their own world-changing differentiator but from the outside they all look the same at which point the main differentiator ends up becoming their brand. Photo Credit: Josh Stomel.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? 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. – What are your fundraising goals? AskAnything.VC

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The most important job for any founder, then, is anticipation — forestalling how and when your resources may degrade. The coolant is not the core of the reactor and the financing is not the core of the business, but in both cases, they are vital enablers for delivering the value. Predict feature fatigue. Don’t be a react-or.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

There is a myth among first time tech founders that product is everything. Here are five financial concepts that every startup founder should know to build an everlasting company. Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking. Asset valuation. million in revenue at the time. Alpha generation. venkatarag.

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Founder Valuation Dividend Startup 118

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees. So even after raising a $16 million A-round I still paid myself a paltry salary. So I did, in fact, invest in myself.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2019

Ali Mayar began his professional life in finance before moving on to his current role today. His work in the finance industry showed him how difficult it can be for business owners to secure the funds they need to grow their business, so he left his job to in order to launch a brand-new business venture: Platinum Rapid Funding Group (PRFG).

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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. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

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Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. It consists of a highly intelligent and opinionated founder – Nick Halstead. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. It is really working.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Our homeownership programs help people build momentum with their finances , and we hope to continue building momentum in our business for years to come! My business name „Finanzentdecker“ (Finance Explorer“) was created in front of the whiteboard in a long night full of ideas, that just weren‘t good enough. 10- From a naming contest.

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Naming Entrepreneur Jordan Merger 152

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The proposal also included proclamations from tech-world celebrities like Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, that the device might change urban life and could be as significant as the development of the personal computer. In fact, the secrets that have helped differentiate brands are far more enduring. The New York Times, January 2001.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The proposal also included proclamations from tech-world celebrities like Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, that the device might change urban life and could be as significant as the development of the personal computer. In fact, the secrets that have helped differentiate brands are far more enduring. The New York Times, January 2001.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Smart is simply not a differentiator. When you look at a deal so much of what you’re trying to understand are the skills, resiliency , work ethic, motivation and team dynamics of the founders. Nothing blows up great opportunities faster than founders who are constantly fighting. In fact, book smart can be a negative.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2020

For example, having a degree in economics gives you in-depth knowledge of statistics, an understanding of finance, and a strong understanding of risk and probability. The advantages of understanding finance stand alone. To make it simple, enrol in some online courses to learn about economics and political science.

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Entrepreneur Finance Differentiation Demand 240

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews series , we sat down with entrepreneurs Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa, the co-founders and owners of ServiceMaster By Simons. This philosophy is deeply ingrained in their company culture and helps set this husband and wife co-founder team apart as leaders and entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

So if you’re the founder of a startup, you may want to consider who you take money from. Is Your VC Founder Friendly? How many of their founders are still with their company? How many of their founders are still with their company? Will they tailor your vesting to your contribution as a founder?

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Founder Vesting Later Stage Early Stage 232

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

by Tuhin Bhatt, co-founder of Intelivita. Neal Taparia, serial entrepreneur and founder of various gaming sites explains how being user-centric can be a competitive advantage: “ If your competitors are not putting the user first, you can differentiate yourself by prioritizing user needs through pricing or product experience.

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Startup Cofounder Differentiation India 246

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# This is an interview you’re not going to want to miss, I promise. We can do better.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” The narrative of this discussion is something like this: I meet a 35-40-year-old founder with two kids and mortgage. I saved my main point for last.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

When co-founders Hannu Rajaniemi and Nikolai Eroshenko realized their work was applicable to a coronavirus vaccine, too, they changed direction immediately. How do we differentiate self from non-self? And I found a like-minded co-founder in Nikolai, Nikolai Eroshenko, whom I mentioned before.

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Founder Technical Review Leadership Software Review 60

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2020

by Art Saxby, CEO, Founder and Principal of Chief Outsiders. Shelve the hype on past successes and focus on creating new and differentiated offerings. A rt Saxby is CEO, Founder and Principal of Chief Outsiders , the US’s leading fractional CMO firm focused on mid-size company growth. Watch Operations, Plan Scenarios.

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PPC Differentiation Operations Framework 204

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

by Shishir Dubey , founder and CEO of ChromeInfotech. You then find out ways how to become a differentiator amongst all of those. Then you figure out all the finances. Shishir Dubey is the founder and CEO of ChromeInfotech , making mobile apps affordable and simple for small and enterprise businesses.

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Mobile Developer Social Media Later Stage 113

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust. Or, you can go straight to the source.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

The implications for entrepreneurs is that each of these (market risk versus invention risk,) require radically different financing models, a different type of venture investor, different timing for hiring sales and marketing, etc. are much more differentiating than technology.

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Vertical Silicon Valley Marketing Customer 162

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dan Primack, Axios Earlier this week I joined Dr. Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) to give a talk to her Entrepreneurial Finance class. Take copywriting for example. Jasper, Copy.ai Several VCs are warning of hype cycle investments in AI and compare it to the crypto bubble.

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Generative AI ChatGPT API Venture Capital 103

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

The sudden arrival of the global pandemic has shifted the playbook for founders and venture capitalists. As high-conviction, seed stage investors, we are inherently relationship-driven, and we value meeting exceptional founders face-to-face. I can have a wider reach and a higher volume of 30 minute meetings with founders.”.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Early Stage Seed Stage 352

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Check out the tips below from founders, CEOs and investors alike. Then remove half." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy. ." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy. Hiring Poorly.

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

The reality is lots of companies – many of them quite promising – have already undergone, or will be facing, next financings which “clean up” old cap tables. Lower performing VCs will disappear faster and new entrants will differentiate themselves. Whatever gets reported is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Portfolio Cap Table LP Valuation 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

To me, this is a logical step function, and confirmation that the right founders are always more important than the right product. Friends and family are quick to differentiate between a passionate hobby and a sincere effort to change the world. Review with an attorney to make sure the terms are fair.

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Elevator Pitch Equity Revenue Differentiation 215

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. It is very important to establish the finance function of the business before dumping money into ad spend. Unfortunately, debt financing for DTC is still somewhat nascent. How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM?

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Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2011

What started originally as how can VCs differentiate themselves to stand out, quickly became an Entrepreneur’s wish list from its VCs. Help with financing – not only in subsequent rounds, but also credit lines, etc. This is probably the weakest link of most technical founders.

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