Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

It should help some entrepreneurs to better access early-stage capital and should allow some angel investors better access to deal flow. In Jason’s mind half of the VC industry will now disappear as entrepreneurs flock to him and to Dave Morin for their money. Helpful to Entrepreneurs – The most obvious.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. You can get more findings from the report.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Over the years, we've had entrepreneurs from all over the world attend and pitch, and I'm delighted to see that we're propagating the methodology and the platform far and wide. With that, let's look at the two entrepreneurs who pitched today from Costa Rica. We have done that in 1M/1M.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs. What this meant for entrepreneurs and VC’s was simple– the gold rush to liquidity was on. What Do VC’s Do?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. The post 25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names appeared first on Hearpreneur. Those 6 KRIs are Confidentiality, Human Resources, Integrity, Character, Availability, and GOld.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Almost every entrepreneur I met was using VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Aggregate America’s startups. in aggregate commitments. All of our regional leaders are serial entrepreneurs who are thinking about giving back. There are 1.4m-1.6m We’re there to help them.

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America DC Startup Aggregator 144

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What tech trends are you watching closely in the second half of 2012? Look out for more products that aggregate and organize existing accounts and automatically scrub your inboxes, feeds and social media connections. Christopher Kelly , NYC Conference Centers.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The beauty of the new landscape is that niches that were previously underserved can be targeted and aggregated effectively, and enthusiasm and notoriety of a brand can be built in a fraction of the time. The rapid growth of companies like Allbirds or MM.LaFleur is indicative of this. Potential Challenges.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

I previously touched upon the Passion/Product Fit of an aspiring entrepreneur. Once the answer is found, the entrepreneur needs to do serious research on the market he/she will be addressing. For e.g. platforms, market places, aggregators, advertising networks… chances are you are a B2B2C company. This is by no means easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

In fact, I encouraged my favorite IM aggregator client, Digsby , to go the opposite direction and become a Twitter client also. Actually, the latter could be a reasonable strategy for super technical entrepreneurs who can sustain themselves without big financing needs (see: Atebits, owner of Tweetie).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

A few weeks before the Stanford class began, the teaching team went through their Rolodexes and invited entrepreneurs and VCs to volunteer as coaches/mentors for the class’s teams. I put on my best game face and watched the seats fill up in the classroom. Privately I feared we might have more mentors than students.)

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Most people under estimate the challenge of winning “share of mind” the least understood concept with tech entrepreneurs. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? Everybody thinks if I build this cool app people will come and use it. In 6 months? In 3 months?

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Yet like passionate entrepreneurs, the team ignored our advice and pressed on. (To The Nine Teams Present. The first team up was Autonomow , the robotic mower farm weeder. This team spoke with 10 more customers and potential channel partners.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. While foreign entrepreneurs wait for the Startup Visa to become a reality so they can go launch their startups in the US, France has quietly had a similar program in place for some time. billion online in the first quarter of this year.

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

However, I find that none of this is really the case, and entrepreneurs face especially tough challenges in the very beginning of their process of finding that second company to start. But some of the most successful serial entrepreneurs realize they have unfair advantages in markets they know and just keep coming back (e.g.,

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We asked 10 founders to share what they think the future of personalized shopping holds (ecommerce entrepreneurs, listen up!). Amazons product suggestions are great because they have so much aggregate data. If they did, I could get an amazing aggregate view of whats relevant to me based on a more complete profile.

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eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

Writes Blank, “ Great entrepreneurs don’t just have a Plan B, they have Plans B through ?.” And yet when they started startups, they decided to build recipe sites, or aggregators for local events.” .” In other words, the model is not fully baked. ” Schlep Blindness.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Listeners should also check out Vin’s blog for entrepreneurs, ViniciusVacanti.com. Subscribe on iTunes , SoundCloud , or Stitcher.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

You may choose some where your customers aggregate, others where you hope to find biz dev partners & still others where you want to meet investors. Be very targeted in which events you attend. Plan out your most important events to attend. Many startups get caught up in the conference circuit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Almost every entrepreneur I met was using VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

Here’s another great resource for entrepreneurs – Tony Karrer ‘s StartupRoar ( www.startuproar.com ), which aggregates and filters entrepreneurial content from thought leaders such as Ben Yoskovitz , Vinicius Vacanti , Jill Hubbard Bowman and Steve Blank.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

This article is excerpted from “ The GuruBook: Insights from 45 Pioneering Entrepreneurs and Leaders on Business Strategy and Innovation “ Pascal Finette heads up the Startup Program at Singularity University , where he grows startups tackling the world’s most intractable problems leveraging exponential technologies.

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David Teten

JUNE 14, 2011

Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. As part of my new role, my mandate is to continue the institutionalization of the Firm, accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies, and look for great entrepreneurs and companies with which we can work.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio 122

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As entrepreneurs with a passion for helping others, they’ve built a company that is vastly accelerating the ability to deliver healthcare to the most needy global communities. TSM: As wife and husband and hard-working entrepreneurs, please describe your roles in the company. What do each of you focus on?

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Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 125

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Serial entrepreneur Samar Singla is the founder of Click Labs , a technology solution provider with 5+ years of industry experience in developing enterprise grade solutions with focus on mobility. Lucintel forecasts that the beauty industry globally will grow at a rate of 3.4 You can find Samar on Twitter and LinkedIn. .

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Demand Software Review Technical Review SMS 138

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

So the average returns of the venture industry don’t have a meaningful impact on either GPs or LPs, and in reality they probably have little direct impact on entrepreneurs. But even though it’s episodic, the ecosystem seems to pay more attention to average VC industry returns than is probably warranted.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting American Electric Power in the launch of its IlluminationLAB global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. Companies, entrepreneurs and startups from around the globe are encouraged to apply.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2018

But that’s the conclusion of a provocative research paper, Asymmetric Information and Entrepreneurship , that explains a new theory of why some people choose to be entrepreneurs. The authors’ conclusion — Entrepreneurs think they are better than their resumes show and realize they can make more money by going it alone.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Major webshops like Amazon also have their own affiliate program which you can sign up for, while parties like VigLink and Skimlinks help aggregate affiliate programs. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' Image credit: JMiks / Shutterstock.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? To what extent might proprietary IP rights be undermined by antitrust laws ?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2011

I review these, as well as contribute entries occasionally for entrepreneurs and startups. Blog aggregators. One of my favorites in this category is MyAlltop , run by a well-known name with entrepreneurs, Guy Kawasaki. Other popular aggregators include TheHuffingtonPost and BusinessInsider. LinkedIn groups news links.

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Entrepreneur Aggregator Email Search 242

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There are designs to be done, and these designs are simply an aggregation of tasks by different engineers and architects on the project team. The very nature of construction projects means they have a start and end dates. Construction has to start with conception, move onto the design, then construct and complete.

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United Arab Emirates Engineer Software Review Architecture 126

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. Founder of Duncan Capital LP , Joe Duncan is a FinTech entrepreneur, with a strong background in Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence. We need smarter humans than we did.”.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2014

Somewhere below this list is another tier of questionable potential startups, including more calendar sites, blog aggregators, Craigslists, photo sharing sites, music sharing sites, or more instant messaging sites. business entrepreneur investors old ideas startups' The rewards are greater and longer lasting, and it’s a lot more fun.

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