Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 20, 2023

Building An Event Strategy That Connects With Your Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Isaac Watson In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Isaac Watson. Key Takeaway: Events can serve as a powerful strategy for building a community around a business or brand.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

By Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. Here are three megatrends that all businesses should be aware of, as well as some tips that will help them better engage with customers and grow their businesses globally. Consumer behavior and the way people shop are changing.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

This was my fourth year at SXSW with my company.CO, and while some are doubting whether this geek spring break can sustain the Austin takeover for many years to come, 2014 bubbled with smart people, big ideas and tons of energy. Having some fun with the community.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 28, 2018

billion in sales in 2014 to $3 billion in 2017. A 2017 report forecasts a global growth of the e-cigarette and vaporizer market by 20.8% Since this market is relatively new, there’s room for ongoing improvement, and the vaping community will always pay for upgraded products. billion in mods and eliquids.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. TL;DR: The best analogue for Bitcoin itself is a global settlement layer like Fedwire (run by the Federal Reserve for interbank settlements with an average transaction size of $2 million).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Prior to Jet, Fatma was Director of Product Management at Rakuten and spearheaded key global initiatives including universal checkout and cross-border ecommerce. Mike Volpe is the CMO at Cybereason, a cybersecurity SaaS startup which has raised $189m and grown to over 300 employees globally. Jared Cluff, CMO at Blue Apron.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. We started our alcohol delivery service in 2014 on the basis that alcohol is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Since starting the business, it has allowed us to home school our children while providing great value to the healing crystal community. I fell in love with the blogging community, traveling, and cooking (plus eating) new foods and flavors. We started our business in 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Across the world, work spaces, maker spaces, incubators, and accelerators are opening, expanding, and making an impact on their communities, and beyond. The Endeavor Miami group is one scaleup accelerator that is overcoming those challenges and having an impact on both their community and the broader world. Scaleup Challenge.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2015

We’ve gathered up some of the worst fails of 2014 and included some helpful tips on how to avoid them yourself. This is just the latest incident contributing to Walmart’s ongoing negative image as a company that drains the resources of surrounding communities by providing insufficient pay and driving out independent business.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2014

InnovFest - organized by the University of Singapore and NUS Enterprise - is likewise one of the festivals that put together innovation-focused activities aimed at boosting investments, technology transfer and partnerships within Asia’s academic, business and technology communities.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2014

As Boulder Startup Week 2014 comes to an end, I have been reflecting on the power of startup communities today. When I wrote Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City , I made some assertions about how to build startup communities and what the impact of them would be on society. 501 cities.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

So when Paddy asked if I would come to a big event in the US they are now throwing called Collision (May 13-14th, 2014 in Las Vegas) I agreed right away. As I said when I wrote about startup communities in the past – even one person can make a huge difference to a company or a city if he or she takes initiative, dreams big and is persistent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

The following is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe and Ritika Puri from The Lean Startup Conference team Wondering what’s new in the Lean Startup community? With hundred of thousands of global practitioners, the supply of ideas and best practices is endless. Here are some of our favorites: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The one and a half day regional event, organized by e27 , will showcase selected Malaysia startups even as it explores Malaysia’s role in the global technology industry and help connect the Malaysia startup ecosystem with those from the rest of Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Boulder, CO. million dollars. Seattle, WA. Chicago, IL.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

If these new entrepreneurs decide to continue with their newly found business, they’d be an addition to a huge community of entrepreneurs and I, as a business owner myself who started in humble beginnings, is proud and ready to welcome them in the entrepreneurial world. Thanks to Bruno Pešec, Pesec Global ! #14-

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

Innovation is a driver of many businesses globally. In 2014, Vitalik was named one of The 10 Most Influential People in Blockchain by CoinDesk and one of The 100 Most Influential People in Fintech by Apcexplorer. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Loredo Rucchin, Jukebox ! Tell us in the comments below.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 30, 2014

I’m here for the UP Global Summit and then our UP Global board meeting on Sunday. Instead, it was a result of being inspired by Boulder Startup Week 2014. Andrew Hyde, the original creator of the Startup Week concept, came back to run BSW 14 and then joined UP Global to roll out the Startup Week concept around the world.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

These programs don’t run in isolation – rather they are part of a horizontal scaling strategy based on a premise that you can build startups, and a startup community, anywhere in the world. Techstars growth from 55 employees at the end of 2014 to 131 employees as of today is happening on both horizontal and vertical dimensions.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small” community. In 2018 the number of active non-AI companies reached its peak and then started to descend. At the same time, active AI companies continued to grow, reaching a peak in 2022. Small Israeli presence but large US presence of LPs and GPs. Read my takeaways.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. million dollars.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2013

How to Honor Your Most Important Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing One of the things that technology has surely enabled is the ability to build a truly global network. photo credit: weeviraporn via photopin cc. Call your mom today!).

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

It's difficult not to include Steve Jobs at the top of that list; he established a brand in Apple that altered global habits and elevated the importance of design in our daily lives. It was launched in 2014, and its idea was that sustainability shouldn’t only be limited to wealthy or middle to upper-class communities.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Fund Details We identify the most promising use cases for cryptoassets and within those use cases we vet the teams, projects, and communities. Our investment thesis is simple: Blockchains will impact trillions of dollars of economic activity across many industries globally.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Agency I started back in 2014 and still run, is named Neparno 10, which on Serbian language means Odd 10. I’ve been a member of the North Face global athlete team for over 10 years. Teuko is now the lunchbox community that empowers families who pack lunches. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2019

Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, you name it. So they’re in-person, but it still kind of had that community feel that we still have online today. So it is an increasingly global community. So it has become increasingly global over the years.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

UP Global just released a great new white paper titled Fostering a Startup and Innovation Ecosystem. As you might know, I’m on the board of UP Global and think they are doing amazing things for startup communities around the world. Fostering a Startup and Innovation Ecosystem from UP Global.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis had a major adverse impact on the global economy. The pace accelerated during 2014-2018 with growth rates of 6-7%. billion in global remittances. The World Bank projection for 2020 is that global remittances will decline by 20%. They are the only source of savings for a multitude of communities.

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Up and Running

MARCH 6, 2015

Our data isn’t going to tell you exactly what business to start (that would entirely take the fun out of things) but it will tell you what business plans were most popular on our site in 2014. In 2014, our most popular sample business plans—by download—included: Bakery Business Plan. The most popular business plans on Bplans.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

For the market size, he states, “For my base case valuation, I’m going to assume that the primary market Uber is targeting is the global taxi and car-service market.” He then goes on to calculate a global estimate for the historical taxi and limousine market. The global market would obviously be much larger.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. But by 2014 much had started to change. Accelerators have been great for our respective communities.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

He was at Circuit City on 9/11, he led Home Depot through the response to Katrina, was at 24 Hour Fitness during, what we used to call, The Great Recession, and led USAA as COO and president, starting in 2014. We have companies now who have every store, globally or in a whole country, shuttered. How do we get out of the crisis?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. WhatsApp became one of the most popular apps for social media by 2014. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 14- Polaroid.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2019

The PSI-Pay Company started being functional in the year 2007 as it helped the business community in the world. It is a company that is proud of their efficiency, transparency, and clarity that has helped them become a company that is trusted globally.

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