Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2019

I found that role validated and highlighted in a new book, “ Scale or Fail ,” by Allison Maslan, who has built ten successful companies from the ground up, and consulted with many more in her current role as founder and CEO of Pinnacle Global Network. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/20/2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Co-mingling personal and business funds and accounts creates legal risk and tax liability, and makes your efforts look like a hobby. You need to recruit advisors, key partners, and cofounders well before approaching investors. Execute a pilot rollout before attempting to scale globally. This is the time for pivots as required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2018

In my experience, the initial idea for a new product usually comes from a single entrepreneur, but the implementation plan for a new business requires a team, or at least a co-founder. As a mentor to aspiring business owners, I often get asked to find that partner for them, since founders are usually too busy with their solution.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

” – Marc Andreessen In the book “ Super Founders “, author Ali Tamaseb, studied 200 Unicorns, aka startups valued at over $1 billion, started between 2005 to 2018. The 7 Traits of “Super Founders” 1. They are able to stay focused on their goals, even in the face of adversity.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2017

PWC’s 2017 Global HR Technology Survey found that the areas HR finds technology most valuable include recruiting, learning management and performance management. For companies, this means a minimized induction effort and a faster, cost-effective onboarding process,” says Elena Carstoiu, Hubgets COO and Co-founder of Hubgets.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2017

She is the former Chief of Technology and Research at Manufacture NY and the Founder of Skinteractive Studio, a fashion tech studio working with startups including Thesis Couture, Dropel Fabrics, Kenzen, Mycoworks and Wonderwoof, and with past clients including Google, Intel, and Ringly.

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Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

Right from its inception in 2018, Argona Partners has been embracing the power of innovation to create value and success for its clients and communities. Argona Partners feels grateful to be part of this company working passionately to solve global challenges. Why is Argona Partners the Best Company to Work With?

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. I’ve seen people succeed as solo founders – but I think not having a co-founder makes an already hard journey that much harder. The rest is history.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Capital Factory is so excited to welcome the OHUB community to Austin during SXSW,” said Joshua Baer, founder & CEO. OHUB@SXSW | Opportunity Hub (OHUB) Thursday, March 7 Opening reception and fireside chat with Priscilla Chan, Cofounder, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 4:00 PM?—?8:00

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 19, 2018 To maximize success, sometimes it’s as much about changing entrenched mindsets as it is updating the tools. and we’re all co-conspirators, witting or unwitting. After studying 200+ companies, the global design firm IDEO has identified six essential qualities to drive innovation and creativity.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 31, 2018 At the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event , 50 diverse startups will face off before a panel of industry experts. The Dash wearable sensor turns field performance into FIFA-like stats to participate at competitions, challenges and paves the way to global recognition. We’ve got students!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

JD Weinstein , head of Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem in Austin; Karen Kilroy, entrepreneur and CEO of Kilroy Blockchain; Sabrina Wojtewicz, co-founder of Bunker Labs; and Sara Chapman, Director of Entrepreneurship Strategy & Partnerships at Dell will discuss how both startups and corporations can work together and find the right fit.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Tsai got the idea for Pani when he helped to install a water pipeline in 2018 that delivers clean water to rural areas to Nepal. After completing this project, he contacted his friend Blake Chandlee, president of global business solutions for TikTok/ByteDance. Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory. Background. Blake Chandlee.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 5, 2018 SXSW has announced 50 finalists for the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event. What does Pawame hope to accomplish in 2018? What kinds of people is your team looking to meet at SXSW 2018? Our CTO and Co-founder Majd Chaaya and colleague Hella Bennani are representing us there at the end of January.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I gained nearly 20 pounds during those two years, in part because of the growing frustration I felt when I would leave yet another meeting with VCs who I felt didn’t genuinely listen to, understand, or value my experience as a black founder and CEO. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

The global beauty market is predicted to grow from $432.7 According to Glossier co-founder Emily Weiss , “one of the things that we really rely on is our customers as co-creators and sort of co-conspirators of our company.” You can read more about this in Biggest Product Packaging Design Trends In 2018.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We argued extensively in our book, Blitzscaling , that these strategies and tactics describe why Silicon Valley Bay Area – which has a population of less than 4 million – generates such a massively disproportionate number of global technology companies. Here’s a list of eleven major co-working competitors in the United States alone.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. 1: SendGrid (2009).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2018

As the CEO and co-founder of my own company, I place immense value on a clear, purposeful mission and vision. I appreciate living in a city that fosters local technological advancement and also hosts massive events like SXSW to bring together global thought leaders across all industries. on March 23, 2018.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, famously chose Zug as Ethereum Foundation’s HQ based on Switzerland’s favorable regulatory environment at the time. Complete Newsletter linked here: The FPV Blockchain Weekly #9, February 4, 2018. The post Crypto is Global appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

This number will double by the end of 2018 as we invite new mentors from Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Partnerships with innovative global companies in major industry verticals provide unique opportunities for customer validation, pilot programs and strategic investment. Digital and technology startups are global from day one.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Guss is 28 years old and he is the co-founder of Octane Lending. Collison co-founded Auctomatic in 2007 when he was a teenager. In 2018, Live Current Media bought it for $5 million.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In the modern era, every company is a global company, said Arlo Gilbert, CEO, and Co-Founder of Osano. Most notably, the General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR, went into effect in May of 2018. It […].

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

By Danielle Ofek Before I was a banker, I was a founder. My journey over the last decade founding and leading startups has been a successful one, but it has also come with challenges, many of which are shared by other women founders and entrepreneurs. The numbers begin to tell the story. trillion to $5 trillion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers. but globally. I’ve seen many founders not fully grasp how the venture capital business works and what incentives investors have.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

He has served as a teacher for the Stanford ME310 Global New Product Design Innovation Program and has also been recognized as one of the top 30 Designers Under 30 in 2015 by Forbes magazine. The mission of Ling Technology’s founders was to create a “Ling” world with man and robot symbiosis. How did you come up with your business name?

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2019

In 2014, Pledge1% Global launched as a joint effort between Foundry Group, The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado , The Salesforce Foundation and The Atlassian Foundation which we helped seed financially and continue to support. And, the companies that have pledged 1% globally is remarkable.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Here are just a few of them: Tristan Walker – He is the founder and CEO of Walker & Company , which creates health and beauty products for people of color. He is also the founder of CODE2040, a nonprofit organization that aims to increase diversity in the tech industry. You may watch one of his TED talks here.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2019

I met the co-founder Laura Oden when I was in Anchorage last month to speak at the Accelerate Alaska event. She described how she met her founders at Techstars Startup Weekend in 2016. The founders loved where they lived and put together a support team of shoe experts and designers in Boston, France, and Portugal.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Dave Dowsett , Invesco – Global Head Technology Strategy, Digital Transformation, AI & Emerging Technology. Rasheed Sabar , Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Correlation One. Since their September 2018 event, 5 companies have announced raises in excess of $115 million and a 6th has been acquired.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

In fact, African startups secured almost a $1bn in investment funding in 2018. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus. It’s hardly a surprise then that according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, African entrepreneurs score very highly on the self-confidence scale.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 12, 2019

-This article was co-authored with my colleague Maxim Filippov and published initially on Tech.eu. Fast forward three years – Europe has proven that it can produce amazing global software companies. billion+ invested from 2016 to 2018). billion+ invested from 2016 to 2018). As researched by Tech.eu As researched by Tech.eu

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. In 2018, we launched in Dallas with the help of The DEC, the Dallas Regional Chamber, UT Dallas, Accenture, Deloitte, Varidesk and many other partners. Not many other investors can claim a half dozen Houston investments?—?and

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Hearpreneur

MAY 21, 2024

This venture is driven by a desire to create a global company that generates employment opportunities and drives positive change in the HR landscape. Growing up, my co-founder & I were avid BMX riders, and travelers, constantly seeking out new and unique spots to explore. Thanks to Quang Hung Nguyen, Interviewbox ! #3-

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