The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Image credit: Ralph Orlowski / Getty Images.

Europe 127

Europe Programming Croatia Belgium 127

NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 16, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: DR.FABIAN LABRA SPRÖHNLE, Isidora Labra Odde, Myriam Odde Cattan Business: Noologica Founded: 2019 HQ: Tasman Can you tell us a bit about your business?

Estonia 59

Estonia New Zealand Turkey Artificial Inteligence 59

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 7, 2018

Now four years later since I first spoke to June co-founders Matt Van Horn and Nikhil Bhogal, June has launched their second generation oven and it’s better than ever. It can even cook up to a 12-pound turkey, not that I eat turkey. Not only did we invest in June, but I’ve owned a June Oven for over two years.

Turkey 70

Turkey Cofounder Founder Technology 70

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2013

Aunt Betty belittles your career choices over Thanksgiving dinner, so you carve her up like the turkey, angrily countering her criticisms and throwing in a few insults for good measure. A team member arrives late and unprepared for a meeting, so you berate him in front of the group for being inconsiderate.

Turkey 145

Turkey Vesting Conversion Leadership 145

The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Startup founders and investors across the world love The Next Web, and we love them right back. We’re teaming up with local partners who know the scene well – in fact we’re still looking for great partners in Ireland, Russia and Turkey. You can find a list of locations below.

Europe 126

Europe Web Ukraine Ireland 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2013

The number one reason is that the founder quits. The people around me are all turkeys.” There are a thousand reasons listed by pundits across the media, but most of them agree that the number one reason is NOT running out of money. Try bartering services you have for something you need. We all make people mistakes.

Turkey 252

Turkey Startup Bootstrapping Differentiation 252

99u.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

A large turkey walking on the ground is more likely to show up on the radar than an offer like that. 0.01% is where it gets interesting, 0.05% is where youre talking turkey. When you advise a founder/CEO, understand that they will only take a small fraction of it. Founder of VaynerMedia & Author of Crush It.

Turkey 40

Turkey Dilution Portfolio Exit Strategy 40

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2022

My co-founder AJ also had been in the business for years, so when we’d get together we’d end up talking about business ideas and the gaps in the industry that we noticed, just from working in it day in and day out. With bigger auctions, I’ll use the search to look for keywords like “Stitzel-Weller” or “Wild Turkey” to narrow it down.

Cofounder 93

Cofounder Turkey Chicago Curation 93

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2014

by Zeynep Ilgaz, co-founder and president of Confirm BioSciences and TestCountry. Originally from Turkey, Zeynep Ilgaz and her husband co-founded Confirm BioSciences and TestCountry , where Ilgaz serves as president. Your little business has been in the “cute stage” for a while now, and you love it dearly.

Turkey 245

Turkey Bandwidth Cofounder Reputation 245

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2012

“I was raised in the country and had the pleasure of jogging past and interacting with farmstands every morning growing up,” explains Todd Greenfield, founder and president of Stonington, Connecticut-based America’s Farmstand. That’s where America’s Farmstand comes in.

Harvest 150

Harvest Connecticut America Turkey 150

The Next Web

JULY 9, 2012

Later this year, you’ll be able to find The Next Web (more specifically, me) at the huge international Webit Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkey 122

Turkey Africa Startup Europe 122

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The number one reason is that the founder quits. The people around me are all turkeys.” There are a thousand reasons listed by pundits across the media, but most of them agree that the number one reason is NOT running out of money. Try bartering services you have for something you need. We all make people mistakes.

Turkey 229

Turkey Startup Bootstrapping Differentiation 229

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 15, 2013

Hamdi Ulukaya , CEO and founder of Chobani , recently talked about how he started Chobani. Ulukaya was born in Turkey and was an accomplished feta-cheese-maker.

Turkey 92

Turkey New York Hiring Founder 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2010

The number one reason is that the founder quits. The people around me are all turkeys.” There are a thousand reasons listed by pundits across the media, but most of them agree that the number one reason is NOT running out of money. Try bartering services you have for something you need. We all make people mistakes.

Turkey 239

Turkey Startup Bootstrapping Differentiation 239

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

But back to the blockbuster – Fred’s emphatic response that founders have a responsibility to go public and that liquidity is good for all stakeholder (employees, investors & the company). I agree whole-heartedly with Fred. But I’d also like to add one further thought. Leading me back to Churchill.

China 150

China United States Turkey Kansas 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Consider the case of Tradesy founder Tracy DiNunzio who could only launch her startup by giving up her bedroom for a year and earning $28,000 that allowed her to not have a full time job that year. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. It is open and empowering. Which leads to disenfranchisement. And rebellion. Collaboration.

Syria 361

Syria Marketing Libya Los Angeles 361

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

by Serhat Pala, President and founder of RhinoForce. Serhat Pala is the President and founder of RhinoForce , a full-service internet marketing agency that provides expertise to help its clients plan and execute their online marketing strategies. The United States is the Land of Opportunity for many.

United States 100

United States Turkey Green Demand 100

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It didn’t help that I was vegetarian (wait, didn’t Indians eat turkey…oh wait) and spoke a weird language to my brother at the bus stop. How my 5th grade classmates thought I was Native American and that I was making up stories when I returned (from my teepee, possibly?) Now, the present.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

aweissman.com

APRIL 5, 2012

But in the 1940s and 50s, he didnt have that name, and he didnt have access to people, blogs, incubators, accelerators, venture investors, founder meetups, lean start ups, minimum viable methodology or Skillshare classes to allow him to do more. Inventors and Entrepreneurs. A Google search for "entrepreneur" has 135,000,000 results.

Turkey 49

Turkey Entrepreneur Incubator Lean 49

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Actually, you don’t have to show up late to your child’s holiday play because you’re tying up a work project, or run off to check your email while the turkey gets cold. When you’re decorating the tree with your kids or putting the finishing touches on the perfect turkey, you’ll be so glad you did. Stay the course.

Turkey 150

Turkey Restful Social Media Cofounder 150

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 20, 2010

A year after leaving Smart Bear, having talked with dozens of startup founders about their marketing woes, I realized 100% of them needed the marketing-measurement engine I built at Smart Bear. Startup founders in my town of Austin were the most obvious target because it was easy to take them to lunch. There's the magic moment!

Startup 239

Startup Campaign Turkey Customer Development 239

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

management, founders, angel investors) get any money. Ready to talk turkey. It will usually be higher because the liquidation preference has a dividend so if the deal is long in the tooth assume that the liquidation preference might be $20-22 million. Issue off the table. So what option do you have? It has to be played subtly.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Dividend 289

ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

Compare that to views in other countries, like Turkey, which averages 1.13 For example, it was how Loom’s co-founder and CEO, Joe Thomas, responded to me when I asked for information about the platform: The platform uses Loom’s desktop app. Just 138 million video views happen in the United States despite a population of 329 million (0.42

Hosting 127

Hosting Video Technical Review Software Review 127

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2023

I don't wanna help you sell beef Turkey, So I kind of turned them down, but I told 'em the reason why. John Jantsch (08:30): You, you, you know, another type of company that I've seen over the years quite often is that company that is very founder sales driven. So, John Jantsch (03:24): Yeah. Oh, that was kinda the same way.

Channel 64

Channel Hiring Sales Marketing 64

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

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). Bringing macro back down to micro – there are Dutch techies and executives ‘ kicking ass and taking names ‘ around the globe.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

PostoInAuto’s founder, Olivier Bremer, was terribly talented, but his business was not at a point where he could raise a significant investment. He was intrigued, so I connected him to BlaBlaCar’s founders who convinced him to join the adventure shortly after. Thus it is not only about the money.”

Italy 59

Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. If you’re going to pay a hefty licence fee, you want to do just as much, if not more, research before you lay your money down, lest you buy a turkey! #6 Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. 6 Matt McGinnis on 08.11.09

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Transformify

APRIL 5, 2022

I am the founder of Kizlar Sahada, a social enterprise that trains over 500 girls in 14 different locations around Turkey between the ages of 9-24 for free to empower them to challenge gender stereotypes. I am also an avid reader, runner, and collector of memories. Besides that, I am a serial entrepreneur.

Turkey 52

Turkey Employee Retention Management 52

Software By Rob

JULY 15, 2010

I’m confident I could completely walk away from email cold-turkey without giving notice, for two weeks. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. 14 Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books | Software by Rob on 08.05.10 13 Rob on 08.05.10

Software Review 49

Software Review Entrepreneur RSS Software Developers 49

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2017

by Turian da Silva Bielschowsky, founder and managing director of Magma Translation. 4- Start it: Assuming you didn’t pay Google or Facebook for advertisement (I wouldn’t, not cold turkey like that), outreach may be necessary. In this 21 st century, having a respectable image seems to matter a lot.

Marketing 104

Marketing SEO Turkey Brazil 104

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. As we look at the categories, she’s not having ham sandwiches versus turkey sandwiches. Notice she’s averaging too. This is not a calendar. This is planning.

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

These are often 100% US-based at inception, but in my experience they are more likely to both open an office abroad and to sell abroad than a company without an immigrant founder. Determined Founders. Being an international founder is a significant advantage if you’re looking to sell abroad. They burnt their ships behind them.

United States 60

United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

These are often 100% US-based at inception, but in my experience they are more likely to both open an office abroad and to sell abroad than a company without an immigrant founder. Determined Founders. Being an international founder is a significant advantage if you’re looking to sell abroad. They burnt their ships behind them.

United States 60

United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2012

Drayton is the founder and current chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, an organization that is dedicated to finding and helping social entrepreneurs around the world. Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit loans to those in need to help them develop financial self-sufficiency.

Egypt 229

Egypt Entrepreneur Senegal Africa 229

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

New York City 60

New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 3, 2014

It’s like using a hammer to carve a turkey. That may explain why after he became Co-Founder and CEO of ACT!, Think about it, how many times have you marked an email “unread” just so you’d remember to do something about it? And how often does an attempt at one-to-many communication turn into what I call “Reply-All Hell”? and SalesLogix.

Email 61

Email Cofounder Turkey SBA 61

Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2017

out of state VCs Don’t rush a term sheet In assessing financing terms and interacting with their lead investors, most founders instinctively focus on two core things: economics and control. And some founders are quite good at it too. Background Reading: How to avoid “captive” company counsel Local v. Yes, this happens. It’s experience.

Term Sheet 48

Term Sheet Institutional Investors Technical Review Lead Investor 48