VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2024

The rumours on the death of consumer startups have been greatly exaggerated, it seems. However, entrepreneurs have never really stopped building new consumer experiences and technology (in particular Generative AI) is unlocking a new wave of innovation in consumer startups. Enterprise seems to be all the rage for VC investors.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

To help with this, we’ve compiled a list of the top 4 industries that show the most promise for startups in 2020. As transportation becomes more intertwined with technology, there is a shift away from traditional services and towards startups with radical ideas. . Why tech startups are (still) trending. Transportation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

For example, you may have a product, but not a strong distribution channel. An alliance with a distribution organization enhances the value to existing and new customers of both your solutions. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/16/2018. Find ways to work with your competition. Don’t let it be yours.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Being a consultant is a role that works with big companies, but I have found that it doesn’t get much traction in small businesses and startups. I learned this the hard way, when I left IBM a few years ago to share what I had learned with the exciting world of startups in Silicon Valley.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

Over the years, the rapid growth of startup networks is seen in almost every sector. Although several startups were able to sustain themselves, others shut down within a few months of operating. economy, female-founded startups could raise only 2.2% of venture capital investment in 2018. Dealing With The Fear of Failure.

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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. Half of these startups will demo their talents on Saturday, March 10, and the remaining 25 on Sunday, March 11. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 14, 2020

That day, I wrote a post titled The Future Of Work Is Distributed. I had no idea that four months later, all office workers in the world would be working from home, and within six months, the idea of distributed and remote work would be a topic discussed daily. Distributed work is here.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Durant took his money from his carriage company and bought a struggling automobile startup called Buick. And a founder of Neuralink a brain-computer interface startup.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2018

After several years since the existence of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurs are seeing the benefits of adopting blockchain technology in their dealings this 2018, as the use of cryptocurrency can give entrepreneurs advantages in their chosen business. If you bought 100 Ethereum, you would be enjoying $2 million in 2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2018

Investors, for example, usually want short-term profit distribution versus re-investing for the future. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 07/24/2018. Ask for analysis and feedback based on long-term impact. Often, beneficial changes will have a short-term cost to achieve market growth or competitive advantage.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

Thanks to Chenell Tull, Hustle to Startup ! #4- It’s only our second year on the market and our biggest accomplishment of the year is launching the deluxe version of our LUCKY Life Planner 2018. So we’re excited to keep developing our little company and evolving our product line in 2018. 4- Hiring amazing team.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous. Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews, we sat down with Senior Software Engineer Carson Lv, a team leader from CouponBirds , a growing e-commerce company specialising in coupon code services and advertising. Nowadays most coupons are digital distributing online and many are delivered to highly targeted audiences.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2020

Big businesses have the means to bully fresh-faced startups into the red—permanently. To avoid infringing the marks of direct and indirect competitors, a startup should, before establishing its own mark, research the trademarks of established businesses. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2018. He earned his J.D.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

An eMarketer study estimated that, in 2018, 25% of U.S. In March 2018 , LinkedIn video ads became available to all companies. The B2B video examples below were distributed on LinkedIn or other social channels, as well as YouTube. The same video content likely works well in other channels. The growth of B2B video marketing.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

Talent may be evenly distributed but opportunity most definitely is not. We have some data on all of our members and more data on our Accelerator startups, but we know that it is incomplete. Diverse in this context means “not a white male,” members are coworkers in our community and investments are Accelerator startups.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 13, 2018

Since leaving the hospital, I have slept more than 5 hours every night which is fantastic but I’m told this may not last… On Diversity in Tech … Back in November, I gave a talk on Asian participation in the Austin startup ecosystem at a great event hosted by the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2019

With its generous tax benefits and DLT regulatory framework, Malta is a great destination for startups and entrepreneurs. Artur Hochberg of Malta takes a look at why the country is a good choice for startups. Traditional startup hubs like Berlin, London, and Paris have long dominated the European business landscape.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. More on that later. trillion in value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2018

You need to find investors for funding, vendors for volume manufacturing, processes for repeatable execution, as well as marketing and distribution to attract customers far beyond your pilot rollout. In fact, this is where your startup has to move from an initial project to a complex product business.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

If you want to increase your customer base in 2018 and beyond, read the following informative tips on how to acquire new customers. This means distributing leaflets, posting flyers in store windows, and embarking on a direct mail campaign. Many startup companies struggle to compete with their more established competitors online.

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View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Advances in technology and changing consumer preferences have long been transforming the way food is created, distributed, and consumed. The food supply chain has been rattled with distribution shifting from restaurants to grocery and with food production bottlenecks resulting from fewer employees at work. Dairy Alternatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee). definitely a big and expensive promotional bet for a “startup”. “We

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

The 2018 edition of CXL Live brought together 400 practitioners from 22 countries and everyone was “locked in” at a beautiful resort for a full three days. Julian Gaviria (@juliangav) March 30, 2018. Stefan Koenig (@koenigst) March 30, 2018. — Tom van den Berg (@TomvdBerg1) March 28, 2018. And we’re off!

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

The project failed in 2018. Cryptocurrency needs regulation, either by an independent organization or the government to ensure full disclosure and fair distribution of information. The post Making Sense of Crypto appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Is Crypto right for me? William Rice – Cryptobuxx Founder.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

I learned this the hard way a few years ago in a startup where customers loved our idea and the free prototype, but we couldn’t sell one for the full price needed to meet our financial projections. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/09/2018. Pivoting early, based on real customer feedback, is always cheaper than later.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2019

EFCO started as an experiment here in Boulder, not unlike Techstars and Startup Week / Weekend that got their start in our backyard. Pledge 1% Colorado has now distributed over $8 million back to various organizations in our community. We are pleased to be able to help expand the mental health resources in our community.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In 2018, competition across all artistic fields has risen, while the institutions that once supported these endeavors have either crumbled or undergone radical changes. Bands like Vulfpeck and Woods have established their own independent labels and models of promoting and distributing their output. Establishing Your Platform.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A Nielsen survey from 2018 shows that U.S The large investment flows into entertainment fuel advanced in technology to produce, to distribute and monetise content that educates us, relax us, entertains us, and so on. In 2018, CVC investments surged dramatically, surpassing traditional VC investment in the US ( see VC Cafe post ).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically.

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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 are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

First to market” is not sustainable with normal startup resources. I would expect to see specific plans for distribution, partnerships, and sales channels, as well as the use of social media and conventional marketing, with budgets for the major elements. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/11/2018.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Once every generation or so, a new window opens up for startup entrepreneurs who suddenly find themselves with an opportunity to create a profitable startup in a brand-new industry. Almost all of the early entrants into this industry were smaller startups. Entrants are not, as the earlier startups were, defining the industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2018

New and existing partnerships can provide new sources of revenue, distribution, and support. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/23/2018. Make sure everyone is willing and able to pull their weight. Negotiate alternatives with external partners and investors.

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