YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Today, Mark Attanasio gets to flex his full range of expertise and interests as co-founder and Managing Partner of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, a Toronto-based merchant bank focused on early stage and mid market growth companies. So mining, in and of itself, is a great area to be focusing on.

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Partner Technical Review Management Due Diligence 104

YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2019

Sweden is popular for the recycling and sustainability measures taken throughout the years. Being born and raised in a country where recycling and sustainability are at the core of the society, Johannes Herrmann, the co-founder at Airinum , knows exactly how valuable fresh and breathable air is. And start-ups are no exception.

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Sweden China India Cofounder 104

The Next Web

MAY 24, 2018

For the fifth year in a row Adyen and TNW teamed up to find the fastest growing companies in Europe’s six hottest startup ecosystems: the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden. The winner, mattress business Emma (Germany), was announced tonight at TNW Conference Founders Dinner in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

United Kingdom 162

United Kingdom Netherlands Europe Germany 162

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2013

Åkers Styckebruk is a tiny village of just under 3,000 inhabitants located in Sweden’s Strängnäs Municipality, a region with a diverse and dynamic range of industries such as tourism, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, logistics and education. ” Feature Story alcohol entrepreneur liqueur Rhuby spirits Sweden Ylva Binder'

Sweden 243

Sweden Global Advertising Distribution 243

The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. When I started my first company in Berlin, I lived and worked in my apartment with one of my co-founders. As founders we all have a ton of new product ideas, each and every day. He started Skype in Sweden.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Cofounder Germany Europe 125

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

Agile 99

Agile Software Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 99

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything. I say this as a founder: the contribution of founders is always overestimated. The danger here is that new founders, looking at existing founders, will think that theyre supermen that one couldnt possibly equal oneself.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. Techniques from lean manufacturing can be part of a startups innovation culture.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 132

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Digital is now the majority of revenues in markets such as the US, India, Norway and Sweden. Tim Westergren, SCO and founder of Pandora Radio, the most widely used internet radio service, says “Internet radio has gained its footing as connected devices are ushering in a whole new era of personalized listening.

North America 155

North America Norway Sweden Japan 155

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2014

5 Mistakes Every Startup Founder SHOULD Make – crowdspring.co/1pNJ2R1. Interesting experiment in Sweden (6 hour work days, with a control group) | Fast Company – crowdspring.co/1unc4cV. [Customer] Retention is King (good insights on measurement) – crowdspring.co/1haiyJt. 1nOxHTM.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Software Review 94

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Otherwise it's a great idea.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Product Lean Continuous Deployment 168

The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

At last week’s The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, Liam Boogar from TNW media partner Rude Baguette moderated a panel discussion on ‘Hyper Growth from Europe’ with a pair of Swedish entrepreneurs, SoundCloud co-founder Alex Ljung and Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth.

Europe 115

Europe Video Sweden San Francisco 115

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2019

Take a look at the student climate strike that a 16-year-old girl in Sweden started. Brad hanging with some Dream Tank kids (and the co-founder, Heidi Cuppari) at the Techstars Sustainability Accelerator Demo Day. We are oppressed by the now, rather than inspired by what could be. Kids see things in a different way.

Programming 112

Programming Sweden Cofounder Matching 112

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

Software Review 141

Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As the founder of the company, he has been steadily expanding the company’s reach through the building of new brewpubs and breweries in many Western cities. During the festival, beers are shipped overseas to South Korea, Japan, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Los Angeles 101

Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Wyoming 101

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean 94

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone).

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Founder DC Washington 150

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

5 Key Talents of Successful Startup Founders – [link]. As Sweden Goes, So Goes the World: The Beginning of the End of Cash – [link]. Why Youth Has An Advantage In Innovation & Why You Want To Be A Learn-It-All – [link]. Never Make Counter-Offers – [link]. Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5 – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. Substantial research shows that immigrants play a key role in American job creation.

San Francisco 121

San Francisco Indiana Lean Startup 121

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

I know of at least five former employees that went on to become startup founders. My experience (3 time founder, 6 startups, 1 IPO, 5 colossal failures) is that we spend too much time looking for what we do wrong, when in fact, we may have done nothing wrong. And what happened with this ill-fated company?

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment 150

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

One last suggestion, which is a technique I learned from my IMVU co-founder Will Harvey. There was one notable exception: Sweden. One last suggestion, which is a technique I learned from my IMVU co-founder Will Harvey. There was one notable exception: Sweden. Almost everywhere, I spoke to rooms full of (mostly) men.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. The response was surprisingly positive. He was unconcerned about transparency, noting the good have nothing to fear.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 119

San Francisco Management Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Instead, we do everything possible to validate the founders belief. Most people cant sustain more than a few of these iterations, and the founders rarely get to be involved in the later tries. In order to do this, we have our customer development team work hard to find a market, any market, for the product as currently specified.

Customer Development 168

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 168

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

Software Review 68

Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Wondering how do I get in touch with you - I am founder of a company here in San jose, CA and would like to invite you to be part of our advisor team. Your thoughts resonate and I enjoy much your writing style. I will come back for more. March 28, 2009 12:44 AM Krishna said. Please share your thoughts to krishna at ntroduction dot com Thanks!

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

Its also frustrating how some founders see ANY form of struture/approach as limiting and go to the total reverse of waterfall by just doing what they were told by "their wifes friend" This is great and practical stuff.will make sure I pass it on and use in my discussions (giving credit to you!)

Lean 115

Lean Video San Francisco Continuous Deployment 115

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

Audience 119

Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

Agile 76

Agile San Francisco Software Review Continuous Deployment 76

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 142

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 142

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2017

In the lead-up to Tech5 2017 – the annual competition organized by TNW and Adyen which celebrates Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies in The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain, France and Sweden– we’re launching a series of remarkable stories of businesses that experienced extreme growth. … This story continues at The Next Web.

Hockey Stick 60

Hockey Stick Netherlands Spain Sweden 60

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Luckily for me, my co-founders eventually prevailed and we went on to build a product that customers actually wanted. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

San Francisco 98

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 98