Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Mass Relevance today announced that it has been selected by Twitter (blog post) as the first curation partner officially licensed to re-syndicate Twitter content. Through this partnership, companies will be able to move beyond engagement and create new revenue streams around curated and integrated experiences into TV, [.].

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them. On Wednesday, April 18th, I gave a keynote speech on US Startup Valuation Trends for the 1st Irish Angel Meetup. We had a lovely time in Northern Ireland.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . See best practices in building financial models , a template financial model , and valuing startup employee options. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . See best practices in building financial models , a template financial model , and valuing startup employee options. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. The entire startup ecosystem is interested in the 1% of entrepreneurs who are fundable, have already defined strong market opportunities, and are already well on their way. Photo by tatlin.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. This is a relatively new term loosely applied to angels who invest their own money in a portfolio of startups (typically 20 or more) and are willing to lead multiple rounds, usually starting with a seed round. Startup incubator seed funding.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

Examples: free support for your startup from the Fortune 500 ; free money for your impact startup. Kevin Lee, Executive Chairman of Didit, emphasizes the importance of having a content syndication strategy alongside a content creation strategy. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns). 3) Documenting best practices.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I wish every blog used Disqus and I wish every website that syndicated content would create an integrated commenting thread the way that Business Insider does. Answers OnStartups- Shortly after I started blogging I noticed a website called “ Answers on Startups ,&# which I instantly loved and spent a bunch of time on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. A great solution is necessary, but not sufficient, to build a great startup. If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Angels are typically current or former entrepreneurs who want to bring more than money to your startup. angel investors entrepreneur funding startups'

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

He's been an SEO specialist to Fortune 500 companies and venture backed startups around the world for two decades. So I'm actually from my agency spinning up a syndication campaign that we'd done a while back where I'm not just publishing on my website or LinkedIn, but I'm also publishing on many other websites. This is John Jantsch.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Consistency is equally critical for startups. Depending on which channels you use in your marketing, this might include: Newsletters; Blog posts; Company social media channels; Personal social media accounts ; Influencers; Company and industry podcasts; YouTube; Paid ads (Google and social media); Messaging apps; Syndication platforms.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. Today, Lumos Labs is better known by their product’s name, Lumosity.com, which is used by more than 70M worldwide. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. Today, Lumos Labs is better known by their product’s name, Lumosity.com, which is used by more than 70M worldwide. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on The View From Seed.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer.

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VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. I don’t need to name companies for you to come up with your own examples. I don’t.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 4, 2013

So rather than going into the details about how the combustion engine works (which you can begin to read about on their product page ), better to share what they’ve already powered: Triple Lift has delivered successful campaigns for brands like Gucci , Martha Stewart, and Puma just to name a few.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2017

Every major carmaker is working on driverless car technology, as are a growing number of well-funded startups. He is a globally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post and the author of two other books, including “ The Immigrant Exodus “, which was named by the Economist as a 2012 Book of the Year.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

PR can do wonders for your startup or small business, but not all strategies have proven to be effective. Below, 16 entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) share the one PR strategy they think all startups and small businesses should stop using, and why. Over-the-Top Self-Promotion. Limited, Egotistical Content.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Objective Logistics is taking a pretty sexy approach to a less than sexy, yet massive problem… namely how do you optimize the scheduling of service industry workforces. Objective Logistics & Keeping Things in Perspective. December 5, 2011. Objective Logistics just closed a $1.5M

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. After all, our startup is on a fixed budget.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 11, 2014

The question I get asked most often is “would Homebrew like to invest in my startup” (and we do our fair share of chasing too -> “please let us invest in your startup!”). I know you don’t invest in social gaming startups but do you know any investors who do?” a) “Hi Hunter.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories. ” is indeed yes.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories. ” is indeed yes.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business. There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Your business name sets the tone for all that follows. Opt for a descriptive name.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 20, 2015

Today, Pillow announced their seed financing which we led in 2014 along with a great syndicate including our friends at Sherpa Ventures and Homebrew advisor Lee Linden. He thinks Pillow can help increase Airbnb listings by handling all the hassles for hosts.

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Brandanew

JULY 29, 2016

You’ve got sites like The Muse dedicated to it, which gets syndicated to Forbes & Mashable. For example, if you’re looking into ‘Marketing content for startups’, try terms like: Content Marketing. Startup Marketing. Startup Growth. Holding onto the most capable employees. Workplace disasters.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

their brands are less developed, so most people would struggle to name a show. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. StartUp Podcast by Gimlet Media on Apple Podcasts.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive, and notifies us that a new deal has entered the pipeline via Slack. to motivate their angel community to support their startups.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ClickFox , the Israeli-American startup developing optimization software for customer service centers, announced it has raised $18 million in financing from a syndicate led by Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP). JVP holds a 14.5 percent stake in Qlik after the sale. Voice biometrics company Persay has been sold.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds. The entire funding progression of startups pushed out to the right.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again. Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. We truly are an accelerator of the Austin startup ecosystem.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Startup outcomes tend to be very binary. I''m all for transparency, but won''t be naming names in this post as I don''t want to put some entrepreneurs in a difficult position. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

Both aren’t public just yet, so I can’t reveal the company names at this point.). This is why we typically recommend not building a huge syndicate during a pre-seed — you want everyone involved to be on the same page around what success does or does not look like. Sometimes that requires what others are calling pre-seed.

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