ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Last up, Ashesh Patel from Oakland, California, pitched StyleShop247.com StyleShop247.com.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 15, 2018

The first-ever Austin Cannabis Entrepreneur (ACE) Conference comes to the Hyatt Regency on April 19–20, bringing two days of content focused on startup opportunities in this fast-growing market. Register now for the Austin Cannabis Entrepreneur (ACE) Conference on April 19–20 at the Hyatt Regency for just $75.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

Many entrepreneurs don’t consider acquisition entrepreneurship because it doesn’t seem as exciting as building something brand-new. I believe fewer entrepreneurs would start businesses if they thought they would max out at $650,000 in revenue. Buying then building puts an entrepreneur at an advantage to succeed and be profitable.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

Starting and running a successful and profitable business is the dream of every entrepreneur. Barrera is a partner with law firm Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP in Oakland, Calif. Barrera, partner with law firm Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP. However, one of the most important steps that can be overlooked is obtaining insurance.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2013

For a long time I’ve suggested that an interesting measure of entrepreneurial density would be ((entrepreneurs + employees of startups) / total population). The Connection Between Venture Capital and Diverse, Dense Communities. In it, he looked at Venture Capital financing (total dollars and number of deals) on a per-capital basis.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Innovators are not entrepreneurs. My contribution has been, “Why don’t we design classes more closely modeled to what innovators and entrepreneurs actually do.” .” The hard part is, “How do we deliver something?”. “Heroic innovation” within large corporations. End-to-end “Innovation Pipeline” process.

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Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

An entire entrepreneurial ecosystem was built up around this model including venture capitalists who would fund the big investments provided there was a big market, entrepreneurs who would start the companies and seasoned executives who would take over once the business outgrew the founders. In some cases dramatically less money is required.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 18, 2018

Learn more about this cutting-edge organic business at the debut Austin Cannabis Entrepreneur (ACE) Conference at the Hyatt Regency this Thursday and Friday, April 19–20. Register now for the Austin Cannabis Entrepreneur (ACE) Conference on April 19–20 at the Hyatt Regency for just $75.

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Business Plan Blog

JULY 18, 2013

As we can see, Boulder came in third behind San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (AKA Silicon Valley) and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. Business Funding Business Plan entrepreneur entrepreneurship VC Venture Capital' The map below provides a visual depiction of the chart above: Maps and statistics provided by TheAtlanticCities.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

When we see entrepreneurs come up with great ideas (and we see many), we hope that they also remember that while an idea is key, it won’t go anywhere without the right team in place. As entrepreneurs we need to recognize the importance of having a solid support system. be the manager and product developer).

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. The cat cafe business model is incredibly new, and as such, there is much less in the way of a road map for these entrepreneurs to follow. they are treading on very new ground.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Neither investors nor entrepreneurs like long sales cycles. Cities that are currently participating in the Startups in Residence program include the California cities of Oakland, San Leandro and San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Deals are cut and business is won much quicker in the private sector.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2010

The restaurant business, traditionally a hothouse for entrepreneurism, suffered greatly in the current downturn but is rebounding, with industry-wide sales trending upwards over 2009 and restaurants hiring again, albeit slowly. Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2010

The restaurant business, traditionally a hothouse for entrepreneurism, suffered greatly in the current downturn but is rebounding, with industry-wide sales trending upwards over 2009 and restaurants hiring again, albeit slowly. Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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Diego Basch

MAY 20, 2019

Why do we need to motivate potential entrepreneurs with “you can do it too”-style pep tweets? This is one, on 42nd St (Oakland). At the beginning of the post I imagined a universe in which the NBA believes there are not enough applicants, and this sounds absurd. Why do people believe this may be true of startups?

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Gust

AUGUST 8, 2012

I’m no UI/UX designer or product manager, but I do work with entrepreneurs daily. Entrepreneurs building new products and services are passionate about them, wanting more than anything to beat the pants off the competition and dazzle potential customers with their creations such that they willingly part with their hard-earned money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

So we are now very well-versed in being parents and entrepreneurs. So you might as well be tired both as a mom and as an entrepreneur." But you can't be an entrepreneur and a parent at the same time, that just it's too difficult. So I've had two little boys and Kir has had three little girls. You're going to be tired anyway.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

oWOW’s work is supported by many high-profile individuals like the former vice mayor of Oakland, California, Annie Campbell Washington, and Elaine Brown of the Black Panther Party. For example, the 674 23rd Street complex features an array of tenants spanning educators, artists, entrepreneurs, and people working for SMEs at all levels.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery. Until 2002 – when the Oakland A’s’ baseball team took advantage of analytical metrics of player performance to field a team that competed successfully against much richer competitors.

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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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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

When I first started as an entrepreneur in 2009, I was pretty scared. The name, Saranap dates back over 100 years when a commuter train cut across California, connecting Oakland to Sacramento. In return, the hunters offered some choice cuts for the birds. Thanks to Armando Gonzalez, RavenPack. #11 11 – Wisdom and Learning.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

One of my particular interests is looking for women & minority entrepreneurs in which to invest. I’m looking for non-traditional entrepreneurs because I’m a fiduciary. Most VCs are quite amenable to funding entrepreneurs in Quadrants I and II. My job is to look for new opportunities and new markets.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

on the Richter scale, but it severed the Bay Bridge, flattened a section of freeway in Oakland, and killed sixty-three people. A more urgent question may be: what might happen to San Francisco if current trends continue? The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 registered a mere 6.9 or the 1960 Chilean earthquake (approximately 9.5)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

When Glenn asked the crowd of more than 800 VCs, entrepreneurs and technology executives how many of them hated him or thought they hated him there were many raised hands. On typecasting the worst of our respective parties as the ones who wreak havoc, in Milo Yiannopoulos vs. Occupy Oakland … “There’s no good guys here.

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