Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

I met Innocent Moranga, the founder of the Founder Magazine , at a round table peer group at CEOWorld. Having a great idea is just the beginning, the execution, network, funding and the support are key. All this inspired Innocent Moranga to found the Founder Magazine. Johnni Kjelsgaard Founder and CEO at GrowthAfrica.

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Kenya Africa Incubator Cofounder 45

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. Boris Wertz.

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Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor Portfolio 90

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship: While the exact title and contents of this class may vary depending on the business school you attend, as a first time founder, it’s incredibly important to understand all of the legal considerations around starting your own company (e.g., See Also How to Find a Business Partner.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event with Boston area founders. The next one is TechProm , organized by Dave Balter, the founder of BzzAgent. Bostinnovation : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. University Resources.

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Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event that has featured Boston’s BEST founders. Online Resources and Newsletters: Bostinno : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. Olin College Foundry Program. MIT Start Lab.

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

My visit took place courtesy of the Young Transatlantic Innovative Leaders Initiative (YTILI), a State Department program implemented by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn’t be about the money.”

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2017

Think social media, loyalty programs, discounts and freebies, contests, and so on. Attend networking events and get to know other business owners in your industry. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has referred to Warren Buffet as his mentor and credited his success to him. Connect with other businesses. Get a mentor. “A

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Software Review Social Media Search Cloud 96

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. Our Chairman and co-founder Alex Allegue pitched Pawame in the global finals of last year’s Harvard Business School New Venture Competition, Pawame having already won the Africa category. The founders?—?Alex

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Africa Kenya Startup CTO Hire 48

Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Getting feedback on your pitch is a great idea; the more people evaluate your pitch before your investors see it, the more chances you have to catch any errors in reasoning, assumptions that are unclear to your audience, or things that just simply don’t make sense or flow well. See Also 5 Sure-fire Ways to Bomb Your Investor Pitch.

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Angel Investor Software Review Technical Cofounder Due Diligence 60

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Teaching and research on entrepreneurship : SOM’s Program on Entrepreneurship , Kyle Jensen’s courses. Specialized alumni tech networks : Accelerate Yale (which had merged into it YaleFintech and Yale Tech), Yale Science & Engineering Association.

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Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Working in the Valley, I took for granted the constant and real time networking opportunities, the volume of deals, and the ability to access nearly every corner of the tech industry – no surprise to anyone who has spent any time in the Valley. Founders Pad. So I helped develop the Computer Science program at Oregon State.

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Silicon Valley Oregon Lean Venture Capital 320

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. How do you meet them?

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was happy to do my part and present on fundraising both Monday at Austin Ventures as well as Tuesday along with panelists from CTAN (the Central Texas Angel Network). The teams are made up of founders who are dramatically younger. The good thing about young founders is that they don’t know what’s not possible, Wood said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

I also owe a great debt to Kent Beck, whose Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change was my first introduction to this kind of thinking. (So For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. our startups are getting funded by angel investors and we’ve attracted many new Dallas investors in our fund. Not many other investors can claim a half dozen Houston investments?—?and

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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. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard. Who’s next?

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

David Cohen

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Kaplan will host ten companies focused on education technology and product innovation for an intensive three-month program in New York City this summer. The program will be housed just a few blocks from our TechStars NYC office in the West Village-SoHo neighborhood from June to September 2013. Education needs to be schooled.

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New York City Angel Investor Cofounder New York 115

The Next Web

JULY 6, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. Everywhere I look I’m amazed at the companies I find in really unexpected places,” says Nate Olson, a specialist in entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and co-founder of 1MillionCups.

Community 153

Community Kansas City Kansas Iowa 153

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Values – who and what founders and customers hold dear – were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. 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. Lane Merrifield.

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Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 151

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Conference 2012.

Cofounder 47

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

This is a generalizable principle: you get higher returns where other investors are not. Because of that insight, we co-founded the Venture Capital Access Program , focused on helping women and minority entrepreneurs raise capital from HBS Alumni Angels. Kashmir, Board Member and Screening Co-Chair of HBSAANY.

New York 60

New York Africa Cofounder Egypt 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Like many cities that foster thriving startup communities, Madison benefits from strong university and government support (the latter in the form of a 25% tax credit for angel investors and a 2% forgivable loan for startups), as well as a number of entrepreneur-friendly events organizations. Local Programs to Develop Entrepreneurship.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Social Media Incubator 149

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? They hadnt yet reached out to their massive user network. Every type of business has their own meetings," says Martin Zwilling , founder and CEO of consulting group Startup Professionals.

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Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. The concept our Guilds is simple: We want to bring together small groups of Product and Go-to-Market experts to lend their time to support our portfolio company founders and key operators. Go-to-Market Guild.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors.

Cofounder 101

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 101

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Values – who and what founders and customers hold dear – were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. 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. Lane Merrifield.

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Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

There were prominent founders of business like PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills and MyLife. We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Los Angeles Stealth Securities and Exchange Commission Southern California 276

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

8:30 Networking. Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Start attending networking events and leverage people in your network to connect with a mentor. Many cities have innovation labs or mentoring programs that can help you get your idea off the ground. You never know—you may just get a potential investor out of it like Michael Litt , co-founder of Vidyard.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Angel Investor Campaign 135

Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2018

In addition to desks and offices to rent, being part of this community will bring access to the Capital Factory network of mentors in Texas and the global Union network. Like our downtown location, meeting space will be provided at low or no cost to non-profits and community organizations, but unlike downtown there is free parking!

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Non-Compete Austin Texas Denver 54

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. This Tuesday we’ve chartered a Von Lane bus and are coming to San Antonio with 24 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for San Antonio! .

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San Antonio Texas Dallas San Francisco 48

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. We give you free rent, free hosting, a lot of other free stuff to make that $100,000 last as long as possible,” said Joshua Baer, founder and Executive Director of Capital Factory.

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Dallas Texas Cofounder Hosting 48

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). The build “implicit social networks.&#

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