Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Naïve cofounders have found themselves squeezed out in some recent cases, including Facebook. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/28/2014. The CFO may have a major financial background, but might be a minority owner. But don’t get greedy.
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. The scandal over Tinder CEO Sean Rad and CMO Justin Mateen sexually harassing fellow cofounder Whitney Wolfe ended in a million dollar settlement and horrible publicity for the company.
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Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2018
Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. She is committed to improving representation in Austin’s technology landscape.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 16, 2012
Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. At its current 20-25% revenue growth rate, TripAdvisor will join Akamai in the billion dollar revenue club in 2014. Comparing TripAdvisor with Akamai.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 10, 2017
But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. In 2014 he launched what was the first cryptoasset venture fund, the Dapps Fund. But we never lost the finance bug. We’ve been investing in cryptoassets since 2013. The fund returned ~8x in 24 months.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. These Women Entrepreneurs Created A Fake Male Cofounder To Dodge Startup Sexism.
Up and Running
MAY 12, 2015
Tim advises asking potential investors to sit in on a “pre pitch” before the formal pitch session, a strategy that worked well for Dune Sciences, which won the 2014 Willamette Angel Conference investment. We always used advisors or mentors to vet numbers and the block and tackle items within a pitch.”. Where do you find a mentor?
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