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 However, this has not stopped him from investing in companies all over North America and Andreessen Horrowitz very suitably calls him the “Nomad VC.” Boris Wertz. Do your research.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2017

First, if your vision is limited and you will be happy with a successful local dry cleaning enterprise or small restaurant around the corner, you are not the target for this effort to help entrepreneurs build great businesses that change the world. Please take what you can from these weekly posts. Many will apply directly to you.).

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 30, 2011

This is a guest post by Marc Andreessen, co-founder and General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Today I’m delighted to announce that legendary Internet industry CEO and executive Jeff Jordan has joined Andreessen Horowitz as our fifth General Partner. I say “legendary&# for two reasons.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2011

But just north of the border, the entrepreneurs in Vancouver, British Columbia insist that their city should be viewed alongside these other prominent West Coast hot-spots. In fact, the city's mayor recently touted Vancouver as having the highest number of entrepreneurs per capita in North America.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

One misplaced word, hand gesture, or even inaction can deeply insult your overseas customer or partner. When you know you’re going to be doing business in another country, you should spend some time on the internet learning the basic do’s and don’ts for the specific country to which you’ll be traveling. The handshake.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2015

One misplaced word, hand gesture, or even inaction can deeply insult your overseas customer or partner. When you know you’re going to be doing business in another country, you should spend some time on the Internet learning the basic do’s and don’ts for the specific country to which you’ll be travelling. The Handshake. Girard, Jr.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. What was it, and how did it come about?

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

Like any motivated entrepreneur, I started a company (in this case, an investment platform), to fill the gaps – which I also believed FPV was uniquely capable of filling. I am thankful to all of FPV’s early LPs, advisors and entrepreneurs who are an indispensable part of FPV’s mission and success to date. Below is a recap.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Like any motivated entrepreneur, I started a company (in this case, an investment platform), to fill the gaps – which I also believed FPV was uniquely capable of filling. I am thankful to all of FPV’s early LPs, advisors and entrepreneurs who are an indispensable part of FPV’s mission and success to date. Below is a recap.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they they are all chasing talent. Something is different now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig. Before discussing the merits of low rakes versus high rakes, let us first take a look at current examples of different rakes across the Internet. All of which leads us to two very interesting rake examples that are front and center in today’s Internet – Facebook and Apple.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Key Takeaways In this insightful episode, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba, renowned authors and entrepreneurs, introduce the transformative concept of unfair advantages in the entrepreneurial journey. 10:02] How do you respond to the notion of creating your own luck as an entrepreneur? [13:20] They're award-winning authors and entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

They both are award-winning authors and entrepreneurs. 11:41] Some people are purely lucky, but I would say a lot of entrepreneurs have come to the realization that they make their own luck, and that’s something that is earned as opposed to something that’s an unfair advantage. Who should you partner with?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

We have created a company where the customer is not just a ‘number’ but we think of them as friends, partners and even as a part of our team. ieCrowd was founded by entrepreneurs with a mission to unlock the potential of untapped life and health innovations developed in research institutions from around the globe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

In addition, Battery’s partners showed their commitment by putting more money into the fund themselves than in its past funds, among other moves, he said. Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The most common question entrepreneurs ask me, is “how can I improve my marketing with no or little money?’ Establishing a presence on the Internet even if you have a physical store, is critical. Statistically, 3-out-of-4 Internet users live in North America, making exposure on the web critical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

I realized they can, and the answer is e-commerce (buying and selling on the internet). The cologne and perfume industry is approximately a $25 billion industry in North America that is forecast to grow exponentially. My intention was for either me or my partner to meet with him face-to-face at some point, which never happened.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, popularly known as “glocalization.” Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. The communication revolution and the advent of the Internet has brought about a new age of globalization.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. ” Gary Messiana, Bessemer Entrepreneur-In-Residence and former CEO, Netli. Cracking The Code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

We're a technology company headquartered in Fresno, California, and together with the Kapor Center in Oakland have partnered to deliver Onward US, which is an initiative to put thousands of Americans back to work. Irma Olguin : Well, it's not glamorous, but the first I tried as an entrepreneur, it was out of necessity. I talk nice.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yair Geva is a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman , one of the leading Israeli law firms that has helped facilitate some of the major exits and deals in Israel within the past few years. His company raised significant funds and has strategic partners in China. “My Asia Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' billion in 2030.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. How can I best partner with the large public saas vendors? Prove your business in North America first. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. internet. (6). Cracking The Code.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

We aim to sell through direct internet sales. We will partner with existing vendors of dev-test suites and obviously cloud providers. Today I know that any entrepreneur that believes in his idea, should be able to develop it into a product and bring it into the market on his own before going out to raise capital (if ever).

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Happy Look Like an Idiot on the Internet Day. If your desire was to make yourself look like an ignorant internet troll … I believe you have succeeded.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Aerotel Medical Systems is a world leading manufacturer of modular, home and mobile telecare and telemedicine solutions designed to transfer essential data over the telephone, mobile phone and the Internet. Flash Networks’ Harmony Content Control enables safer, more productive mobile use of the open Internet for consumer or business use.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In November of 2015, I posted a tweet that declared Benchmark was interested in discovering Internet healthcare investments. So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? Gurley’s been attacking this from another perspective, that of the entrepreneur.

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