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Founder Interview: Peter Agarwal Innovates with Green Lighting Solutions

The Startup Magazine

Here’s another from The Startup Magazine Founder Series. Peter leveraged his passion for quality and energy conservation into a growing green energy lighting company. LED Phantom has become a leader in customer service and product distribution of highly efficient green energy lighting products.

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Things To Expect As A Woman Founder When Starting A Tech-Based Company

YoungUpstarts

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. Over the years, the rapid growth of startup networks is seen in almost every sector. Although several startups were able to sustain themselves, others shut down within a few months of operating. economy, female-founded startups could raise only 2.2%

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Saturday Startup Spotlight: eCarra

Austin Startup

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series features intimate chats with some of the latest founders taking hold of the startup ecosystem today. As startup founders, what challenges are you facing as you navigate the entrepreneurial world? We’re returning this week with the CEO from eCarra : Rock Robinson.

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Love And Giving Aren’t Green: Startups & Corporate Social Impact

YoungUpstarts

She is currently the CEO and co-founder of Talk Session , an online counseling platform in beta mode, that will connect users with highly credible professionals for on-demand, mobile therapy and counseling sessions using proprietary algorithm matching and artificial intelligence.

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VC Funding in 2020: What Investors Look for in Startups

ReadWriteStart

Venture capital investment is one of the top places startups look out for when seeking funding for their business alongside other popular options like angel investing and crowdfunding. Therefore, startups can expect investors to make significant adjustments based on lessons learned last year, which are rather harsh.

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6 Sources Of Purpose To Drive Business Success Today

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, TOMS shoes inspired everyone by highlighting and effectively communicating a higher purpose from founder Blake Mycoskie of helping the needy by donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold. For Logan Green of Lyft, his international travel purpose helped inspire him to the creation and growth of an industry-altering business.

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Less Multi-Tasking, More Meditation: A New Model For Start-up Leadership

YoungUpstarts

by Michael Heinrich, Founder and CEO of Oh My Green. We’ve seen these kinds of benefits first hand at Oh My Green. Michael Heinrich is founder and CEO of Oh My Green , a concierge-style provider of healthy food and wellness services for corporations of all sizes.