Steve Blank

MARCH 2, 2011

Honour and recognition in event of success.&#. Honor and recognition in event of success. “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Attributed to Ernest Shackleton. This would be one of the most heroic journeys of exploration ever undertaken.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups. Data Collective has already made 46 investments from its first fund, which it calls “comparable with other seed and early stage funds” (Ocko and Bogue wouldn’t reveal fund size.). Upcoming Events.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the early stages, it isn’t uncommon for businesses to bank their earnings on a handful of customers (or sometimes, just one). As such, business owners need to ask themselves if they are still as implicated now as they were in the early stages of their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Planning for the future must be a regular activity, not just an early-stage or once-a-year event. Strategic planning is a required ongoing investment. If you wait for a growth crisis to kick off your next step, it’s probably too late. Change happens every day, and it takes time and effort to prepare you for the next step.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 13, 2023

2- Placing more emphasis on corporate events Photo Credit: Brandon Blackwell In the new year , we hope to pivot to place a greater emphasis on corporate events. While we have always catered a mix of weddings, corporate events, and parties, and we will continue to do so, we hope to reach a larger corporate audience in the future.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

Unfortunately, there is no recipe for success and you often hear of startups failing in the early stages after failing to hit the ground running and encountering financial issues. It is certainly important to create a strong online presence, but you should not forget about raising awareness in the local community.

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David Teten

AUGUST 29, 2012

a pitch event featuring ten early stage tech startups, Tuesday night , September 4 at Microsoft’s midtown office at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. I’ll be a judge for IGNITE!, Presenting Companies. geekli.st. A place for geeks to share what they’ve done, who they did it with and connect with great companies and communities.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

And while there are currently there are seven incubators under the program, including Neoteny Labs and Plug and Play , the effort to boost the pool of investors and incubators should see more early-stage, high-tech startup companies in Singapore get nurtured. ” Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 8, 2018

Many early stage CEOs and board members have asked for some guidance regarding pay and time commitments for board members. Pay early stage board members of companies that are not lifestyle businesses one percent of the fully diluted equity in the form of an option that vests over four years of service.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Some quick VC math : If a VC invests in ten early stage startups, on average, five will fail, three will return capital, and one or two will be “winners” and make most of the money for the VC fund. A liquidity event means that the equity (the stock) you sold your investor can now be converted into cash.)

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. The seed stage is focused on building the core team, product optimization, exploring avenues for monetization. ? Early-stage. An early-stage investor usually looks at a return of 10 to 15 times.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 14, 2012

At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable. My two big data points are: What's happening in the Los Angeles Startup Events such as popular events like LA Demo Day. Ben Kuo just posted on SoCalTech: Are the good times for startups back? It has gone from 2 or 3 a week about a year ago to more than 5 per week.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 8, 2014

Community isat the center of what I do, from planning in-person events (rap cyphers, book clubs, happy hours) to creating online and scalable communities (rapt.fm,Product Hunt). The post The 7 (mostly free) tools Product Hunt used to build its early-stage community appeared first on The Next Web. Its our lifeblood.

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VC Adventure

MAY 10, 2021

It’s Boulder Startup Week and there is a great lineup of events happening all week. I was really grateful when Dave Mayer from Technical Integrity suggested I consider an event during BSW to highlight some of the trends around diversity that we write about in The New Builders. This event will be held on May 18th at 1pm MTN.

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View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

Similarly, I’d argue that the early-stage venture “product” has elevated across the board. Standing out with things like content, terms, speed, events, etc is harder and harder, even amid the most recent market correction. A lot of offerings that were innovative at one time are table stakes today.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The one and a half day regional event, organized by e27 , will showcase selected Malaysia startups even as it explores Malaysia’s role in the global technology industry and help connect the Malaysia startup ecosystem with those from the rest of Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific. Key Event Features.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

They are actively organizing annual and quarterly activities to bring the portfolio and Fortune 500 decision makers together– in both large events and one-on-one visits. Ventures that are further along and now executing their business model are no longer startups, they are now early-stage companies.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

Running a business will likely mean simultaneously juggling between different projects, especially during the early stages. This is especially true for countries like Australia, where recent events have forced a majority of companies to increase their online presence. Project planning. Web development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Events for enthusiasts, formerly called Maker Faires, now stretch across the USA and into many other countries. They have also become great networking events for meeting other like-minded entrepreneurs. They come at the early stage while a startup has no revenue or valuation, so professional investors are hard to find.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. I'm with Tony and Cliff about the drawbacks of networking at events. I've known Farida for quite a while.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This Maker Movement has now spread across the world, spawning hundreds of events and companies, including Maker Faires, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces, and Maker Film Fests. This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2013

. “Our vision for crowdfunding is about helping people achieve their dreams – be it starting a new business, developing a new invention or creating a technology start-up – and leveraging the power of the crowd beyond just the funding event,” says Jason Graf, co-founder and CEO for CrowdIt. “We

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

Early-stage startups might want to consider local opportunities first before plunging into national awards! Dedicated to early-stage companies, there were over 15 categories to choose from in the 2018 edition, including, inter alia: B2B Business of the Year, Crowdfunded Business of the Year and Export Business of the Year.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

When Jay joined our team back in 2014, we were the first early-stage VC in Boston to have a dedicated head of platform and one of the first handful in the country to do so. Internally to our portfolio, platform means developing “products” to help our portfolio companies get from zero to one on their most critical seed stage priorities.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

When Jay joined our team back in 2014, we were the first early-stage VC in Boston to have a dedicated head of platform and one of the first handful in the country to do so. Internally to our portfolio, platform means developing “products” to help our portfolio companies get from zero to one on their most critical seed stage priorities.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Digital.NYC hub (an “Ecosystem Hub” as we call it behind the scenes) features every resource and insight for the NYC tech and startup scene including news, jobs, courses, events, blogs, and even available workspaces. For Gust, Digital.NYC represents a new paradigm for connecting the early-stage ecosystem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

Talk to thought leaders at relevant industry events. Getting to know leaders at these events will get you visibility and credibility, as well as valuable feedback on your strategy and solution. The right investor also changes as you move through the different startup stages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Outside of work, it’s important to join a club, do volunteer work, and help at local events. Both should be thought of as in perpetual motion, so finding your sweet spot is not a one-time event. In the difficult early stages of any business, it can also seem like you are leaving some things for others that should be in your pocket.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

If so, check out “ Office Hours Revealed With Jeffrey Paine “ Jeffrey Paine is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures an early stage technology incubator based in Singapore with a $10 million fund to invest in the region. Ever wondered what a venture capitalist does and what that means for a startup seeking funding?

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

We are also actively looking for potential sponsors of our first event. Prior to joining ffVC, I co-founded an early stage fashion messaging startup, and joined a TechStars NYC 2011 company as first engineering employee. We envision over time the Meetup may organize formal conferences around this theme.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

million early-stage raise that involved pitching to over a dozen PE firms, which took months to negotiate. Takeaway lesson: There’s a reason that private equity companies tend to concentrate their early-stage investments among Ivy League graduates in Silicon Valley, and that reason is reduced risk. That’s a mistake.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

In order to gain recognition, you must establish great local visibility during the early stages. From supporting charities to participating in community events – you’ll show that you actively care about your town. Raise Your Local Visibility No one can visit or use your service if they don’t know it exists.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Organize events in your vertical. Particularly when events are all virtual, this is an easy and low-cost way to build trusted relationships with the leaders in your space. Real Ventures , an early-stage, Canadian-based fund, runs a two-day Founder Camp every six months. Celebrity Relationships.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Each gathering showcases early stage startups in their infancy, not as a capital-raising pitch, but rather as a way to show off their product to peers for both exposure and feedback. And the number of tech networking events available on any one given night is exciting (and tiring if you were to try to attend them all).

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

Not sure how I’ve come to know about ZURBsoapbox events, but I decided to go to my first one a few weeks ago. I will be returning to more ZURBsoapbox events. Slew of Eventbrite-like companies , focused on making it easy for anyone to start selling tickets and organizing events, addressing longtail, 25% of business outside the US.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Over time, and in the interest of self-care, here’s how I’ve approached my own expectations and behaviors at events, especially day-long or multi-day conferences: A. And you know what, the types of early stage founders we tend to resonate with most substantially aren’t on the conference circuit either.

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