YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2017

When we look at successful startups we often focus on how the company has been successful with their end products or services but we often ignore what the founders went through and did to be successful. College is one of the best places for a business startup where you can be mentored and meet equally ambitious co-founders.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). So of course when he graduated, I convinced him come work with me at SneakerLabs (based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). This acquisition also made me think more about how threads and networks cross and connect.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). So of course when he graduated, I convinced him come work with me at SneakerLabs (based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). This acquisition also made me think more about how threads and networks cross and connect.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

Some people blame it on Justin Timberlake (playing Sean Parker) in the movie The Social Network, who famously said that one million wasn’t cool, one billion was. Sangha was a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and his first venture capital investor turned out to be an alumni. In the U.S., it’s often your alma matter.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Liz Dobrinska, founder of Innovative Images, joins Episode 6 of the Profit first Podcast. Liz Dobrinska, founder of Innovative Images, provides consulting, marketing communication, website and design services to a diverse number of clients including universities, private clubs, food service, manufacturing and technology companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. She is sitting now at Georgetown's Beeck Center, running a digital service's collaborative there and knew that she would have the right network and the right orientation for this. They co-founded it with former U.S. She served as the U.S. She said, "Yeah, yeah.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. work with the world’s leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device com.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 8, 2015

Business founders Scott Weintraub and Jennifer Dawn join us for Episode 31 of the Profit First Podcast. Scott shares his method of networking. Scott earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Cincinnati and is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. Also Available On. Show Summary.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. The phrase “reddit” came to RedditM co-founder Alexis Ohanian while in the library of the University of Virginia in 2005.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

8:30 Networking. Balloch earned a BS degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. She is the Founder and CEO of Volunteer Spot an online coordination app that facilitates volunteering. 6:30 Registration. Robert Dahl.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

It allows our founders to have a direct line to us, and lets us respond with urgency and engage with founders when, where and how we can be most impactful. Over the years we’ve had the privilege of working with amazing founders and helping them grow from infancy to IPO or acquisition in many cases. And it works.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

In 2005, he retired to focus on giving back, beginning by teaching technology entrepreneurship courses at Stanford, becoming a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania (which he attended undergrad), and funding cancer research with his wife. Andy Rachleff co-founded the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital in 1995. That's not it at all.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

As reported by entrepreneurship.org , even when women have the skills needed to run ‘high-impact ventures, the lack of strong networks can dwarf their growth.’ The pledge is simple “To empower, celebrate, and support women in business and build a strong network for change worldwide.”The Make the WOW Pledge.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’m not saying that VCs work harder than founders do, but they’re not slacking off either. And, even though I do enjoy meeting up with the founders in my portfolio for lunch every couple of months, the majority of the interactions with my portfolio founders still happens over email or phone. The Valley has that.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2015

Founders Workbench. The Founders Workbench has a variety of tools to help you get your startup off the ground. This online course, offered by the University of Pennsylvania, is an eight-week course designed to educate you on the healthcare laws. Networking. Networking for Professionals. Product development.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’m not saying that VCs work harder than founders do, but they’re not slacking off either. And, even though I do enjoy meeting up with the founders in my portfolio for lunch every couple of months, the majority of the interactions with my portfolio founders still happens over email or phone. The Valley has that.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 28, 2010

Found an interesting article on student entrepreneurs when researching Under Armour founder Kevin Plank. While profiling Maryland Grad and CrookedMonkey T-Shirts founder Micha Weinblatt, Rajan writes, Now 26 years old, Weinblatt owns a business that has booked more than $700,000 in sales during 2009.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. Join the Network for Magazine & eMedia Publishing. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. MOST READ on FOLIO: F+W Acquires Aspire Media. Merging Brands with Technology. Defining Mobile Opportunities and Strategies. Reports: Major Layoffs at Spin. Video Marketing.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

Pete Fader, Professor of Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, shares why in his book Customer Centricity : Not all customers deserve your company’s best efforts. Sometimes text messages can be delayed due to network issues—it's a pain. ?? Ellie Shedden, founder of marketing agency The-Oop , experienced this first-hand.

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