Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” Have they definitely de-risked every part of their business? Not a chance. HW: All fair points.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Paul Graham’s recent essay, Founder Mode , describes the mindset that founders need to adopt to navigate the early stages of building a startup, and how they’re different than ‘manager mode’ which is traditional management/corporate best practices.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 21, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. What are your goals for BehaviorMe in 2019? Help 300+ kids learn basic community life skills. Continue hiring an A+ team.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Building relationships with vendors and the local community. Word of mouth is no substitute for market research , says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation. In April, 2019, the brewery sold its majority stake to a larger organization. Finding a brewery location.

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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. I’ve seen many founders not fully grasp how the venture capital business works and what incentives investors have.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. Don Burke , digital architect for the Central Intelligence Agency. Don : Exactly.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2019

We’re proud to be working with local leaders to develop more consistent LGBTQ+ community events that extend well beyond Pride Month. He started off by acknowledging that 2019 is the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which jump started the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement as we know it. Check out our photo album.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

You’ll learn all the nitty-gritty details about how to create a company and meet mentors, investors, co-founders and sponsors ready about able to help you get started. Startup Weekend HackOut is being organized in partnership with Techstars , StartOut and Lesbians Who Tech.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

1- I credit my co-founder. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. The broad community of scientists discovered that there was a series of stars — similar to the sun — that were so massive and had so much gravitational pull, they were flattening the orbits of the planets around them.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. Placement is 90%!

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Noreen Sablotsky is the founder and CEO of Imalac , a revolutionary company in the breastfeeding world. eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. In the community, I have played many leadership roles. Before Imalac, Noreen began her professional career in the ?eld

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

SXSW 2019 may still be many months away, but the time to vote for panels is now! Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. Four successful female company founders?—?Shayna

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In the SaaS industry alone, it’s estimated that every company founded in 2019 had around ten competitors on average. It builds brand equity with its entrepreneur audience by sharing helpful resources and creating a community of like-minded business builders. This has produced an army of community advocates. Every day in the U.S.,

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Microsoft launched co-pilot vision , a tool that read your screen and act as a personal helper (US-only). Kol hakavod Dave Waiser and team Accumulator on raising $46M to help founders navigate illiquid wealth with an equity pooling platform ! Since 2019, OnlyFans has paid out at least $21.5B Well done Zohar H.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Bigfoot Capital. Key elements: .

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Austin Startup

MAY 13, 2018

Other Austin events for the week of May 14 May 14: Telemedicine Across Texas May 14: Co-Founders Wanted Austin Meet Up May 14: AustinRB Meet Up May 14: Austin Clojure Meet Up May 14: EFF Austin Meet Up May 14: PowerUp Austin! &

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As detailed in a co-authored book , Brian Halligan, a recent MIT grad in 2005, observed startups failing with “‘tried-and-true’ marketing techniques that he had seen work throughout his career; techniques such as trade shows, telemarketing, e-mail blasting and advertising.”. Without a product for your term, build a community.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

L to R: Tiara Zolniez (Co-Founder & Sales), Dr. Roshawnna Novellus (Co-Founder & CEO), Alisha Griffey (COO) The Forrest Four-Cast: February 4, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx.

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View from Seed

APRIL 3, 2019

Original research on gender diversity and fundraising amongst HBS founders. Historically, there has been a general bias against MBA founders — a skepticism around their grit and hustle. Gender diversity in entrepreneurship has been a high-visibility topic of late, in both the media and venture community.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams. Founder Nathan Barry launched in 2013 to help creators sell their books and courses but failed to meet revenue goals and eventually stalled. Image source.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Forrester reports that since the pandemic, buyers now average 27 interactions when gathering information (up from 17 in 2019). The company’s founders are in the video and in the brand’s Instagram content. Cornerstone Fellowship uses omnichannel marketing to build community. If you want to grow your business, build a community.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

19, 2019: I first met Brett Hurt over 25 years ago. I have found a CEO committed to building and developing talent, along with his cofounders. I have also found a leader who demonstrates a collaborative style, sharing responsibilities readily with his cofounders and other members of the management team.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Volo co-founders Nicola Donadini, Melissa Mitchell and Lotis Bautista The Forrest Four-Cast: February 18, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. What are your goals for VOLO in 2019?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Best Way To Communicate With And Convert Your Website Visitors written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Ben is the Chief Executive Olarker (CEO) and co-founder of Olark Live Chat. Real-time communication. He's the chief executive o Larker and co-founder of O LA Live Chat.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2020

If you are a venture capitalist, I strongly encourage you to join the Valence Funding Network to provide Black founders with direct access to VCs. Kobie Fuller at Upfront Ventures started Valence in the fall of 2019. Valence is upending this completely by bringing the top VCs to Valence to compete for the best Black founders.”

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6%

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 25, 2019

We’re already a full quarter into 2019, and as expected, it’s shaping up to be a busy year. Blockstack has a full lineup of community events across the globe – you can check out future events here. Blockstack was included in PowerToFly’s “Best Work-from-Home Companies of 2019” list. To celebrate their race to the 1.5

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

data.world is the sixth startup that I’ve co-founded and led. I’ve given advice in this area to many entrepreneurs, and I pose this lesson to you as food for thought (the right answer very much depends on the unique nature of the startup and its co-founders). SXSW is the place of startup launches?—?Twitter

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. What are your goals for UbiGro in 2019?

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

do they care about driving users to a personal website that doesn’t add to their community size or engagement? or would they rather engage with their fans/community on the platforms themselves? Founded in 2019 and raised $150K according to Crunchbase. The fragmentation of media creates a challenge for the creators.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In the summer of 2015, our co-founder/managing editor, Stephanie Choporis, was a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and tasked with the following assignment: develop an idea for a new media product. We’re also preparing to launch our app in spring of 2019. Co-Founder/CEO : Kathy Bartlett.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

Finding the right niche, and finding the community that this niche serves, is the way to make a small business a success. First Financial Bank, and Coastal Community Bank, and Neocova recently confirmed a series A funding round of $9.5m. In 2019, Pepper increased its revenue eight times over. Space exploration.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

On Friday, January 25, the entrepreneurial community at Chicago Booth looks forward to hosting their annual conference, SeedCon. Each year, SeedCon brings together hundreds of investors, founders, entrepreneurs and students from across Chicago and the country. SeedCon 2019. Investors and Entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2019

Today, Techstars announced a new initiative called Techstars Studio which will allow Techstars to source new company concepts from Techstars alumni founders, community leaders, venture capitalists, mentors, and corporate partners. The first Techstars Studio will be in Boulder, just like the first Techstars accelerator was in 2007.

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