View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program. As we’ve shared, we intentionally wanted to flip the traditional Accelerator model on its head and offer a unique offering for entrepreneurs at the earliest of stages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Since the 90s, Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has been making his mark in the media industry, working in areas that include television production, film, marketing and advertising. We sat down with Eldon Mascoll to get his insight on becoming a successful entrepreneur and what guidance he can provide other aspiring entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

During this week's roundtable, one of the questions that I answered was about the One Million by One Million program's plans around supporting social enterprises. Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 million financing round for.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them. The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

During this week's roundtable I addressed a commonly held critique of the 1M/1M program: that we're focusing on the basics and stating the obvious. I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. Please try to understand why.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

Dale has spoken at industry conferences, led corporate training events, and serves as an entrepreneur in residence at the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Organization. He speaks at industry conferences, leads corporate training events, and serves as an entrepreneur in residence at the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Organization.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 30, 2012

Thanks to the Entrepreneur Enclave, we have compiled 22 unexpected places where you will find your next great employee. Thanks to Kenny Jahng of Big Click Syndicate LLC. I met my first assistant in a mentoring program for college students started by my local chapter of Women in Communications. Going To School? Your Hired!

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2017

A key ingredient of Techstars accelerator programs is our experienced and engaged mentor community. It’s a chance to learn by teaching, and engage with a new generation of entrepreneurs. Our first two pilot funds will be the 2017 city programs in Austin and Boston, launching on January 23rd. And it’s fun.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2021

We have published six best-selling books, including Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine , and The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur , and will release a seventh, The Ultimate Marketing Engine , in fall 2021.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. startupcto

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

As with any marketing effort, a podcasting program should start with a foundational alignment to marketing or business objectives. podcast directories) pick up and syndicate your podcasts for free via RSS feeds. One of the most effective methods is to optimize and syndicate your podcast to podcatchers. to support the show.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. Any entrepreneur would be lucky to have one of these mentors in their corner. This is another big week for us at Bolster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Most investors won’t touch a first-time entrepreneur at this stage. million and is normally syndicated from one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 10, 2010

At the moment I’m going through the process of hiring new full time workers, plus John Reese is launching his Outsource Force program and giving away free videos on how to outsource, so this subject is a bit in focus for me right now. affiliate program. - affiliate program. programming. customer support.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Harvard Business School is featuring an article about the Venture Capital Access Program on the website of the U.S. In the article, I discuss why we think that smart early-stage investors should target women and diverse entrepreneurs, and why we think HBS Alumni Angels in particular is well positioned to be very successful.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. conference happened at the end of 2004).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging. Lower-Than-Market Value. Above-Market Value.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2015

Run a reward point campaign or a loyalty program. Managing third-party reviews can get a little twisted if you do not have an automated services like Yotpo , which will syndicate all reviews in one dashboard and give you a chance to monitor and reply them instantaneously. For the hesitant ones, incentivise the review process.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. What They Do: Deeply discounted coupons (often 50% off redeemed value) for local merchants.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. Who should come on the bus? This is going to be an amazing trip. and around the world.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

This is an awesome situation – for us and for entrepreneurs – and something I’m extremely excited about. We summarize this as saying to entrepreneurs that if you’ve raised less than $3m so far, we are a target for you; if not, we aren’t. So – what do we do?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

Many firms do it in a way that can be more detrimental to entrepreneurs. We’ll probably end up paying more than we’d want to because we want to take the investment off the market and the entrepreneur will likely feel they should get a higher price if they shopped it broadly on the open market.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked that question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment.

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Genuine VC

JULY 30, 2012

In theory, there are three levels of pricing for an entrepreneur to potentially signal to a prospective investor: Lower than “market.” This approach is almost never a good idea. By definition, all entrepreneurs should think that their endeavor is truly exceptional. Above market.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

This is the feeling you get from watching the venture capitalists talk about the entrepreneurs and other investors in the film. I''m all for transparency, but won''t be naming names in this post as I don''t want to put some entrepreneurs in a difficult position. Startup outcomes tend to be very binary.

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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. The University of Houston has the number one undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country and Rice University has the number one graduate entrepreneurship program in the country.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Comcast’s Internet Essentials program ), education, and non-profit initiatives a broad swath of the American public now has a broadband connected computer at home. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. It was only in 2000 that a majority of of US homes had a computer. Author howerl. Read More ».

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

But let’s make this more concrete in the context of an entrepreneur raising a round: How NextView Approaches Pre-Seed Rounds. This means that we have resisted the temptation to create a “pre-seed program” or some structurally different approach to investing in different sorts of companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

When I was working my first programming jobs, I was introduced to the following maxim: "time, quality, money - pick two." When I first encountered agile software techniques, in the form of extreme programming , I thought I had found the answer. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I know many super experienced entrepreneurs who don’t understand the basics of how fund size and age can affect them so I thought it was worth establishing a baseline. In a world of The Funded, VentureHacks and entrepreneur blogs this kind of informations spreads like wildfire. Let me explain: 1. And they don’t.

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Rob Go

MARCH 10, 2012

Syndicate diversification. So for the most part, we try not to be too dogmatic about syndicate partners. We just look for syndicate partners that are very committed to the companies they are investing in, and we’ve naturally seen a pretty even split between rounds with large VCs and only seed and angel investors.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Texas is one of the only places where we can run a single Accelerator program across multiple cities.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Build a specialized outbound origination program. The largest practitioners of these programs – including Battery Ventures , Great Hill Partners , Insight Venture Partners , Platinum Equity , Summit Partners , TA Associates , and TCV — typically have between 0.75 They are typically among the top quartile performers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

But if you look at their investment in content, the six and a half billion that they’re putting into things like all their original programming, they’re looking at that as a marketing cost in order to sell more Prime memberships, which of course is about buying things. They wanted to do a show daily.

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