YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2016

By John Wechsler, Founder & CEO of Launch Fishers. This is the kind of message successful entrepreneurs and public figures share at Failfest, an annual celebration of failure that brings together entrepreneurs in Indiana. John Wechsler is the founder of Launch Fishers and an active advisor to entrepreneurs and startup teams.

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Indiana Jordan Cofounder Metrics 100

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 7, 2012

I do have piles of stuff to take: KILN IdeaKeg boxes , large mural paper, Post-it’s, iPad, iPod, Garmin, pocket knives, sunflower seeds, water, dirty bucks, and an Indiana brand guitar in a battered case. Gotto go Gonzeaux now, more later, on the Innovation in the State of Indiana. And a black leather motorcycle jacket.

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Michigan Indiana Detroit Offshore 99

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

CO Impact Days’ Founder Dr. Stephanie Gripne (recently written up in Forbes , Is This Wildlife Conservation PhD The Steve Jobs Of Impact Investing ) points out that we need to stop bifurcating our philanthropy from our investing and start treating our philanthropy as an investment. This conference is not just about Coloradans.

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Colorado Denver Seattle Cofounder 123

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 23, 2020

(Written by both my Bolster co-founder Cathy Hawley and me). Unfortunately, it turned out visitors to NY from Colorado and Indiana, the two states we were traveling from, needed to quarantine for 10 days when they got to NY. Both hold interesting lessons for how these kinds of events can work well.

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Indiana Colorado Cofounder New York 71

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 20, 2014

The word Indigan is a mash-up of Indiana and Michigan. Credit to the founders for not defaulting to Michiana. Founders include poet and consultant Roger Batton of Three Oaks, Michigan and nationally known storyteller and screenwriter, Daniel Waterhouse.

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Michigan Florida San Francisco Indiana 101

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

More recently, Jim and Vinny the founders of Yipit taught themselves how to code to get their service up and running, after working in investment banking. You can outsource your development to India, the Ukraine, Buenas Aires, or even Indiana. That's right--Indiana. Don't want to learn code?

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Indiana Incubator EC2 Ukraine 107

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 23, 2020

(Written by both my Bolster co-founder Cathy Hawley and me). Unfortunately, it turned out visitors to NY from Colorado and Indiana, the two states we were traveling from, needed to quarantine for 10 days when they got to NY. Both hold interesting lessons for how these kinds of events can work well.

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Indiana Colorado Cofounder New York 48

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

For Pushpins’ founders, one of the hardest parts of selling to corporate decision-makers was convincing them that using Pushpins would not cost them their jobs. This made for some interesting phone calls from Mom’s in Indiana.”. The founders warned of expecting a PR firm to be a magic bullet.

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Customer Entrepreneur PR Belgium 100

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

He gave me the opportunity to answer questions about our proposal, and share the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating job all over America, including the Senators home state of Indiana. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you?

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2012

“The investing community believes that the Internet is hitting edu­cation, that education is having its Internet moment,” said Jose Ferreira, founder of the interactive-learning company Knewton. And Courseload, the Indiana-based digital-textbook enterprise.

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Indiana Cofounder Chicago Venture Capital 54

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2011

Driving through Iowa, Indiana or southern Illinois, they’re pretty hard to miss towering and turning on the horizon. Recognizing the need for connecting contractors with buyers, the founders of PVPower recently embarked on SolarBear, a web platform for bringing the two together. through our website at pvpower.com.

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Small Business Iowa Indiana Chicago 67

Rob Go

MAY 21, 2014

One of my friends in Boston admitted that he had never heard of Simplisafe until “one of my friends in Indiana bought it and installed it (and loved it)” What are other companies that built huge businesses focused on regular people as customers? Ebay, Amazon, and Netflix come to mind.

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Boston Cram Down Indiana eCommerce 57

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 20, 2020

by Daniel Pigg , director of business engagement and an instructor at Indiana State University. Most young founders lack at least a few of those C’s, making debt financing only feasible under limited conditions (and with plenty of upfront legwork and planning). Short on cash but determined to succeed as a founder?

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Indiana Startup Bootstrapping Finance 165

www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. MOST READ on FOLIO: F+W Acquires Aspire Media. Merging Brands with Technology. Defining Mobile Opportunities and Strategies. Reports: Major Layoffs at Spin. FOLIO: Alerts & Newsletters. Sign up for our news alerts, special offers & feature updates: Your Email Address. Trade Show.

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Social Media Rhode Island Media South Dakota 40

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

I have a family member back in Indiana and she's my aunt and she's been on a respirator for. I think there's 250 beds in our county in southern Indiana, and I think there's 22 respirators. Carl Liebert : And I know, as a CEO, you want to put your head down in a founder and go execute. Today is day 10. She's a fighter.

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Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

So when we were coming up with business names for it, we tried all of the startup tricks- removing vowels at weird places, (Nsights) replacing similar sounding letters (Kontentmetriks, Serendipiti, Metrix), or even combining parts of my and my co-founder’s names (Brato, which was short for Brandon and Tony). Photo Credit: Joe Horan.

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Naming Suriname Entrepreneur Sweden 73

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 30, 2020

Emily Weiss is the founder and CEO of Glossier. I see Rand Fishkin, Co-Founder and CEO of SparkToro and previously the founder and CEO of Moz, at the top of his game. I see Rand Fishkin, Co-Founder and CEO of SparkToro and previously the founder and CEO of Moz, at the top of his game. Ryan Nouis, TruPath.

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Entrepreneur Indiana Dallas Cofounder 134

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. For Twitter Founder, Its Hip to Be Square Inc.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

David Teten

JULY 30, 2013

I met some time ago with Brad Wisler, co-Founder of SproutBox , and shared with him our research on portfolio value creation by venture capitalists. We seek founders who have expertise in sales, marketing, content, and organizational management and do our best to equip them with great products or platforms. Co-Founder of SproutBox.

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Portfolio Indiana Cofounder Operations 114

David Teten

JULY 30, 2013

I met some time ago with Brad Wisler, co-Founder of SproutBox , and shared with him our research on portfolio value creation by venture capitalists. We seek founders who have expertise in sales, marketing, content, and organizational management and do our best to equip them with great products or platforms. Co-Founder of SproutBox.

Portfolio 114

Portfolio Indiana Cofounder Operations 114

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

The founder had not thought about his go to market approach, he had not researched competitors, and he had not done any market testing because it wasn’t convenient for him (wrong time of year – too hot in Indiana, so he didn’t bother). Founders need to have the courage of their convictions. BEV BUCKLE.

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Silicon Valley Salary Dilution Indiana 161

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

Take the example of Indianas Passageways. Luckily for the rest of us, he was able to find his path to a green card, and now employs 24 Americans in West Lafayette, Indiana. For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. Take the example of Indianas Passageways.

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