Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. 87% of funded founders are white, which is not too far above the US population of 77% white. More founders generally means more money.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 271

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2011

“There had to be a scalable and smarter way for people to handle and pay their bills, especially helping them to stop their paper bills, says co-founder Narulla. GreenPost has big ambitions in Asia and the Pacific. The Journey. “We think this is a greenfield market that presents enormous growth potential.&#

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

“We already have a strong and growing community of more than 250,000 users in Singapore, and we are excited to offer them a great way to take notes by hand, but still enjoy the accessibility of all their notes, memories, photos and more in their Evernote ‘external brain’,” says Troy Malone, general manager of Evernote Asia Pacific.

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Singapore Asia Cofounder Mobile 244

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. Moving into Southeast Asia, however, isn’t an easy task — as it is a hugely fragmented market.

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Asia Mobile Singapore Taiwan 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. 87% of funded founders are white, which is not too far above the US population of 77% white. More founders generally means more money.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

. Techventure , one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs, is back. which celebrates the vibrant developments taking place in Asia that have helped Asian corporations take the lead and capitalize successfully in many areas of technology. Innovation.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Online platform for Asia’s tech community Tech in Asia will round off its highly vaunted Tech In Asia Conference series for this year with Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015 , which will take place on 11 and 12 November 2015 at Balai Kartini. More speakers will be confirmed closer to date.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. I wondered what it would be like if the companies that purchased the coffee paid fair wages for the product and engaged in the developmental issues of importance in those communities.

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Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. Scott Lahman , Zack Norman & Austin Murray were the three co-founders of JAMDAT, the most successful mobile 1.0 I’m on record all over place saying that 70% of my investment decision is the team & 30% is the market.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2012

The partnership provided full scholarship grants – including tuition and expenses – for these young female leaders after receiving nearly 100 applications: • Cynthia Hellen (from NYC) is the founder of GIRLS WHO ROCK , a crowd-pleasing, change-making benefit concert fundraising for girls’ education worldwide.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

Organized by technology startup accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator – better known locally as JFDI Asia – the recent JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp saw some 11 local and regional technology startups undergo a tough 100-day program that saw them attempt to turn a prospective idea into a potentially sustainable digital business.

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Singapore Asia Startup B2C 145

YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2017

by Wang Tse, co-founder and director of Campfire Collaborative Spaces. There are top picks across the world and Asia is a vibrant, preferred destination , with destinations such as Chiang Mai lauded as the place to be. Are you leveraging the right resources and communities? Is your destination “digital nomad conducive”?

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Cofounder Asia Social Media Community 162

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. 87% of funded founders are white, which is not too far above the US population of 77% white. More founders generally means more money.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 182

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2017

by Alex Campbell, Managing Director, Asia, ‎ Xero. The supportive pro-business environment paired with forward-thinking government initiatives such as the Start-Up Enterprise Development Scheme (SEEDS) ensure that Singapore’s startup community is teeming with activity. Build a team. Don’t do it alone!”

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

“We take a very board view of what make a difference can mean, because we believe ‘doing good’ should go mainstream and sustainability should be an integral part of every business,” explains Rachel Chan, Convenor of the MaD Venture Fellows Programme and Founder and Chief Catalyst of InnoFoco. Building Silicon Valley in Asia.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

The SBAs are a key part of the [link] event which is co-sponsored by USC’s Marshall School of Business, School of Cinematic Arts, and Viterbi School of Engineering. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

September 25 in Asia), international Lean Startup experts Kevin Dewalt , Takashi Tsutsumi and Justin Wilcox will meet for a webcast to compare notes and hash out solutions. like Asia, is that the methods most of us are familiar with are actually pretty culturally specific. On September 24 in the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Viljakainen, founder of No Fear Community and author of “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “ Right now Samsung is the biggest technology company in the world. I was an idiot like so many others and thought Samsung’s strength is in its cheap, Asia-based production, but that can’t be it. by Pekka A.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. If you're in town Saturday night, you'll want to stop by Ignite: Lean Startup , a community-run event that features a number of new voices in the Lean Startup community. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, Tout.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Teams that just two or three weeks ago seemed to be foundering pulled off some amazing comebacks.

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Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 218

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Today we send out an inspiring notice about a young leader in the startup community who is truly making a difference with his high energy in bridging startups with investors and selfless pursuit of innovative solutions. Tianyi is also a co-founder of West Suburban Angels , a prominent angel investment group in the west suburbs of Chicago.

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Illinois Chicago Entrepreneur Cofounder 109

Austin Startup

MAY 9, 2018

Water conservation was an especially big deal at our house, perhaps due to my parents’ upbringing in an agrarian-based economy in Asia. Charity: water works with local NGO’s on the ground to deploy capital and resources to directly impact those in need in rural communities. Right: Umesh, Founder of NEWAH.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2020

He changed the way we perceive parenting by giving prospective parents the chance to meet others who are interested in co-parenting without the hassle of a relationship. Since 1971, Patagonia owner and founder Yvon Chouinard has been a bona fide maverick in the business world. 5- Sara Blakely, the founder and inventor of Spanx.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Naming Asia 139

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This means knowing that a move made in Asia could potentially checkmate one’s opponent across Europe – something MBA programs facilitate by equipping their leaders to adapt and thrive in diverse business environments. The post Impact of MBA Education on Global Business Practices appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Global Programming Non-Compete Agile 148

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2015

Jeffrey Paine, Founding Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, Sayanee Basu, Curator of We Build SG and Mohan Belani, Co-Founder & CEO, e27. Judges for BattleHack Singapore 2015 include John Lunn from PayPal & Braintree_Dev.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Collectively (the founders & investors) agreed that it would be sensible to recruit a CEO to lead the next phase of the company so that the main founder could stay focused on the product where he excels and is passionate. You want somebody who can do handset deals in the US, Europe & Asia. Founder: “Yes.

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Leadership CTO Hire Technical Review Cofounder 363

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

1- Sam Walton the founder of Walmart. I consider Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, is a successful entrepreneur. 7- Sumizeit’s founders. Pooja Kaul is Co-founder of Organiko, an Indian company that utilizes donkey milk. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Jonathan Bass.

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Entrepreneur Egypt Cofounder Asia 84

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Teams that just two or three weeks ago seemed to be foundering pulled off some amazing comebacks.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 120

thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I remember writing a blog post in 2008, post-financial crash, on how the recession was going to re-vitalize the city’s tech startup community, which would eventually help diversify the NYC economy. Talent and domain expertise in NYC’s large industries such as financial services and media, would free up.

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Silicon Valley Ghana Venture Capital India 69

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2019

That’s the story of Zima Media, and the co-founders, Michael Zima and Damien Bouvier. Growing today, there is a thriving community of entrepreneurs and incubators for young talent. Ever imagined working successfully with a person you’ve never met? Now, they will be meeting in July for the first time.

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North America Entrepreneur South America America 87

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Asia. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., and Verizon Communications Inc. Asia/Pacific. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. WSJ Classroom.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. That something the Kik CEO found to be “personally devastating”. The deal that saved Kik.

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

5-My co-founders’ wife came up with it. As much as I would like to take credit for the name it was my co-founders’ wife that thought of it. The thoughts were LI Shades Co, Island Shades, things like that. 11- Inspired by the most beautiful Doe’s (Deer) from Asia. performance.

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Naming Entrepreneur Mexico Cofounder 143

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The Startup Arena competition, part of Penn Olson ‘s two-day Startups in Asia Singapore conference, saw nineteen startups from all over Asia battle it out, with Singapore-based social collaborative learning platform Teamie emerging victorious.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Ning Communities. On-line Communities. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Founder Equity Issues. Google Groups.

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Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

Now more than ever, we have to step up as a community, as citizens, and as people to support each other. It was this email exchange between Sam and Dustin, and I remember- Eric Ries : You're talking about Dustin Moskovitz, the Asana co-founder, Facebook co-founder. This is Out of the Crisis. How did it happen?

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Romania Silicon Valley Matching Cofounder 60

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. Like a parent, Y Combinator protected and guided a group of eight applicants who were chosen to be part of the Y Combinator Summer Founders Program.

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