Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board. Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2018

Unlike previous years where most internships were never paid, today some of the top companies in America are paying their interns salaries close to that of full employees of second tier companies. You also get to attend intern programs and activities where you get chance to network and build relationships. These companies include: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2013

Here are a few: Business networking. For entrepreneurs, effective networking is required to find investors, partners, and customers. It doesn’t work if you don’t follow up on networking opportunities, networking referrals, and ongoing networking relationships. Investor negotiations. Professional relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board. Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Social networking penetration by Boomers is now catching up with the other age groups, reaching nearly 90 percent across the board. Since new businesses are a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well. In the U.S.,

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2016

If you really want to make it, you need to go somewhere that allows you to network with the thriving tech community. Today, institutions like the Launch Pad University and Americas Venture Capital Conference mean that a city is a hot place for startups to get financed. With luck, we might even make some money doing it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Today’s topic was T he Challenges of Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare. The new technologies and capabilities that will be central to military advantage in the future – artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems, distributed networking, advanced manufacturing, and commercial space, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL. The Europe goal was shaped by three random things: My father is from South America and his native language is Spanish (although his father was from Romania and escaped oppression there). I wanted to do more of the former, less of the latter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2021

Helping And Inspiring Small Business Entrepreneurs All Across America written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. With events in over 45 cities around the country, the Small Business Expo has built a community that supports the growth of small businesses and brings people together all across America.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. With all of those companies gobbled up the market is now focused on the next generation startups like TasteMade, MiTu Network, StyleHaul and so forth.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. In both North America and Europe, many venture studios in non-major cities are funded by government agencies to stimulate local growth, at times with matching donations from companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Who will step up the way that Steve Case (founder of AOL) has done with Startup America to promote this initiative to politicians, business leaders and the press.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Today if college students want to give back to their country, they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Our primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in national public service. Stay tuned. Team AngelComms – Rescuing Downed Pilots.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week the White House announced Startup America , a public/private initiative to accelerate accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship in the U.S. Startup America is a mashup of very smart programs by very smart people but not a strategy. I got a call from a recruiter looking for a CEO for the Startup America Partnership.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For entrepreneurs looking to scale in North America, Canada and Mexico present exceptional opportunities. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union also allows startups to expand beyond North America. Mexico’s strategic geographic location, close to the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2014

In addition to job boards and classified ads, use social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter. Also, before you attend an event where you expect to get some job leads, prepare to network by brainstorming conversation starters. Utilize all available resources to find openings that relate to your specialty. Nail the Interview.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Graphic designers and illustrators are no longer considered a starving artist and computer network technicians are keeping the tech companies running. By 2017, the tech industry in Toronto became one of North Americas fastest growing tech market, per a CBRE 2 018 North American Scoring Tech Talent report. Websites such as 604jobs.ca

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Version One Ventures

MAY 6, 2014

it is not quite clear what problem Bitcoin solves for the North American consumer wanting to buy something online or in a store (credit cards actually work very well in this case), partly due to the strong existing network effects of current payment systems. This is partly due to the fact that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. At one company I work with it’s clear that our target user today is youth-oriented and middle America as opposed to 20-something and Silicon Valley or New York.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Take a look at your social networks. And before launching any campaigns, you should make sure your social networks are up-to-date and appropriately branded. Aim for consistency and coherency between the content, aesthetics and information displayed on your website and social networks. You choose an influencer based in Madrid.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board. Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South. Since entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, this should bode well for America, and for world economic growth as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. So can you successfully build a YouTube network? ” YouTube takes 45%.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

Like the saying goes, ‘networking is everything’ and it’s all about who you know. Start-up company ‘Blu Cigs’ was acquired by Lorrilard, one of the oldest continually operating tobacco organisations in America, for the impressive figure of $135 million for the merger. Build Strategic Partnerships.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. You have an authentic passion for startups and a deep respect for entrepreneurship.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

With a humongous 75,000-square-foot space in SoHo, WeWork bills itself as “the physical social network,” a place where people can get connected and work live and in person. Dogs are welcome in this welcoming, casual coworking environment, too.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2020

Networking. Another wonderful tactic in investor fact-finding is regular networking. As an investor becomes more well-read, certain facts gleaned from networking engagements will stick out with crystal clarity and further inform better trading decisions. In the current America-China conflict, stock prices have dropped.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2015

It was recommended by the project team to the CIO, that a separate 100M network (which is 10 times faster than the existing 10M one) be set up to transfer all the data. This was nixed, as the existing network had never had any issues and it would not have any now (according to the CIO anyway).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Consider that in America, women make up 47% of the workforce, and a 51.4% hold of managerial and professional positions. Network with big players. That’s fine when it comes to friendships, but you need to aim higher when it comes to networking. Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America. Still not convinced?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

They get data from traditional sources, such as analysts and industry publications, but they’re also connected with social media, peer networks and review sites. Companies as disparate as FireEye, Zuora, Virgin America and Salesforce.com have leveraged these breakthrough marketing changes to win over customers and become industry leaders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It’s up to you to constantly look for options inside and outside your own network, and be willing to make the adjustments to capitalize on them. Thus it’s clear to me that your journey from corporate America to being an entrepreneur does not begin with just an innovative idea, or an annoying dissatisfaction. Be prepared to experiment.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Although America has plenty of opportunities on widely used social media and marketing campaigns (for examples, LinkedIn and Apollo work at their best in the U.S.), You will find European manufacturers and distributors on Globartis, Enterprise Europe Network, Opportunity Network, and UpinSales.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

A disruptive innovation helps create a new market and value network. The innovation eventually disrupts an existing market and value network. Southwest Airlines and Virgin America reflected this by targeting people who weren’t flying as well as customers who were at the low end of major airlines’ value network.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Because of this, we are a multi-geography firm, and will invest in all the core innovation centers in North America. Indeed, this trend is happening across the world, but for now, we are primarily focused on North America. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

With consumer demand booming in inland Asian cities, however, road, rail and air transport networks will take on greater prominence over sea transport. While China’s highways and rail networks have facilitated efficient domestic logistics, gridlock is a major problem in most Asian cities. Coping with Resource Shortages.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre [Silicon Valley] –> Itself an outgrowth of the venture investing arm of the original Bank of America (based in SF), Merrill Pickard backed many startups that ultimately went public. But separate from mission creep / strategy drift is failure to keep up with changing waves of innovation.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

While we have expanded our partnership to two GP and have a bigger fund, our fundamentals stay the same: we invest at seed / pre-seed, in companies that leverage network effects, and across North America (hubs are SF, Toronto/KW, NYC, Seattle). and love marketplaces , social platforms , and Smart SaaS.

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