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How to find the right cofounder

NZ Entrepreneur

If you’re scared about giving up on control or equity, then read on. I thought I could do everything myself and outsourced the development to a company in Romania through a freelancing website – big mistake! You can’t be everywhere, you can’t do everything and eventually you WILL need a team to grow further.

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How Crowdsourcing Can Function as Marketing

crowdSPRING Blog

Related posts: 12 Questions: Meet Emanuel Hărdăuț (Transylvania, Romania). The study verified that non-participants tend to have a higher awareness for crowdsourcing brands and tend to be more loyal towards them compared to non-crowdsourcing brands. Startup Marketing: The 4 Building Blocks of Brand Identity You Can’t Ignore.

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Startup venture and alumni funds

VC Cafe

Slack Fund (founded 2009) – with a market cap of $12 billion, Slack Fund is an $80 million fund, investing dollars for equity to startups developing on the Slack platform. The fund invests in equity and provides grants. In this post, I bring some of the most prominent startup and alumni fund examples. Startup Funds.

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Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

VC Cafe

In this time, as I said previously, we are looking to improve the valuations of our companies and get them ready for either a VC investment round (and an equity buy-out for us), or a strategic acquisition, such as Google’s acquisition of LabPixies back in April after 2 years of operating with just Angel capital.