Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. you’re going to take some hits.

Technical Review 89

Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So Member Desk is a virtual and yet it can also be physical, literally sitting in the front of the co- working space inexpensive way to do that for pretty much any organization. Jason: Because you said premium digital media, so I didn’t get selling music out of that. ” or just retweet this one ). Jason: Right.

Cofounder 199

Cofounder Technical Review Chicago Technical Cofounder 199

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too. BA in economics.

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Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Thanks to Dave Munson, Saddleback Leather Co. ! #16- I also love that it’s a community, and how entrepreneurs help each other. Thanks to Katie Horgan, Giving Assistant !

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Entrepreneur St. Louis Florida Colorado 128

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. However, as we got involved in issues like clean drinking water, we realized we’re missing a big opportunity to rally communities around us.

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Marketing Sales & Marketing Home Marketing Basics Sales Online Marketing Finding Customers Social Media Branding Social Media Does Your Companys Social Personality Need a Makeover? This is the typical way that a founder determines sweat equity: foregone wages. Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

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Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Media and event company Women 2.0 Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday. has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 ”

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San Francisco San Diego Partner Founder 182

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. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I use my social media and massive amounts of public outreach to bring awareness to my program (my Instagram grew to 12,000 engaged followers). I was tired of reading about dog food company recalls every time I opened up the news or social media. I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year.

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Boston Community CTO Hire Cofounder 72

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Editor’s note: Local tech media company BostInno (a division of the American City Business Journals) hosts an annual Boston State of Innovation conference. Leading up to the event, they published an article listing questions VCs never answer , as submitted by the community.

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Boston Syndication Syndicate eCommerce 120

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

ranking it ahead of the noted startup hotspot of Boston. With over 60 member companies, the group has helped bring the Madison entrepreneur community together. But over the last few years, the city has gained a reputation as an emerging technology startup hub in the Midwest.

Wisconsin 149

Wisconsin Angel Investor Social Media Incubator 149

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Genuine VC

JANUARY 15, 2010

For the past five years, I’ve been organizing a regular event here in Boston called the Web Innovators Group (aka “WebInno”). Every couple months, 700-1000 web & mobile entrepreneurs, techies, startup junkies, and investors gather for one big meetup of the community. I use Constant Contact for the mass emailings. The details matter.

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Silicon Valley Boston DC Cofounder 208

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 149

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Every time he opens his mouth about founder diversity, he seems completely out of his league to address the topic. The biggest question I think VC''s face right now is whether or not, in the future, the best founders will look and act like the best founders of the past. What''s the coolest place to go to?

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Venture Capital Cofounder IRR Dilution 139

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? Im open to being the coffee and snack technician :-) On another note, I live in Atlanta and believe that we have a strong enough start-up community that would greatly benefit from your lessons learned. Would you be willing to link to the Master Class info page from your blog?

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

INTRODUCTION This past fall, I attended the 20th annual Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) conference in Boston, one of the best business school conferences in the world and the largest gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) graduate business school students in the world. there are many avenues.

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Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

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. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Brian Balfour, Founder & CEO of Reforge. Product Guild.

Operations 176

Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 29, 2011

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Opsware Inc. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Opsware Inc. From there, the tour goes through Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago, DC, and culminates back in San Francisco at the Commonwealth Club on September 27.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Los Angeles DC 158

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2012

You have the heady and sometimes arrogant but passionate founder. The uber-connected and overly caffeinated social media manger. The Community Manager. The Founder, for instance, does not always have to be the one giving PowerPoint presentations and reading The 4-Hour Workweek. The community manager is also the sales rep.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Cofounder Boston PR 60

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

One of the highlights of my trip was a startup dinner which included Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. Pivoting - Chris Dixon , June 14, 2010 My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far? Now I have.

Cofounder 175

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

Genuine VC

JANUARY 15, 2010

For the past five years, I’ve been organizing a regular event here in Boston called the Web Innovators Group (aka “WebInno”). Every couple months, 700-1000 web & mobile entrepreneurs, techies, startup junkies, and investors gather for one big meetup of the community. I use Constant Contact for the mass emailings. The details matter.

Silicon Valley 103

Silicon Valley Boston DC Cofounder 103

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The report details some of the high profile success stories in Vancouver: In the early days Slack’s founder estimated the market for the software to be $100 million, which they exceeded in just three years—and have now become the fastest growing business software of all time. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

Silicon Valley 83

Silicon Valley Canada Entrepreneur Startup 83

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The report details some of the high profile success stories in Vancouver: In the early days Slack’s founder estimated the market for the software to be $100 million, which they exceeded in just three years—and have now become the fastest growing business software of all time. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Canada Entrepreneur Startup 48

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Once I had a name, CompareNewTyres, I then checked social media and web domains. I launched my business on the south shore of Boston, MA—a tight-knit, coastal community filled with numerous small business owners who are making it happen, while eliminating the dreaded commute into the city. Photo Credit: Nina Pfister.

Naming 97

Naming Suriname Entrepreneur Sweden 97

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

And passionate players are often the backbone of game communities – especially online. We cultivated a passionate community that nurtured a skilled set of developers. Now consider a traditional media business. The value of the attention that the media company collects determines how profitable it is.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 29, 2009

If you were funded by VCs in Silicon Valley, Boston, or Bombay, it still paid to have your CEO and sales team have eyes and ears in NYC for two main reasons. Last night, I was at a dinner with the founder of one of the most promising cleantech companies in the country and he observed that in 2008, he visited China and NYC ten times each.

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New York Washington New York City DC 20

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

With ~1,500 startups, the Capital Factory community will be all over SXSW! A panel of hand-picked judges, comprised of technology industry experts, venture capitalists, and high-profile media, will select the product or service most likely to succeed in the marketplace. All of Austin is getting ready for SXSW- and that means us too!

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Mexico Silicon Valley Texas Austin 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. Take advantage of social media and emerging platforms such as AngelList.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Social Media. 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. But what of those eight members of the first Summer Founders Program; Y Combinator’s “First Batch”? Previous story. Daily Dose.

Cofounder 70

Cofounder San Francisco Programming Founder 70

Hearpreneur

APRIL 10, 2020

He is the founder of Dyson, which is a British technology company that designs and manufactures household appliances including vacuum cleaners. Thanks to Matthew Turner, Boston Turner Group ! #9- Thanks to Mike Falahee, Marygrove Awning Co. ! #11- Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 7-Sir James Dyson.

Entrepreneur 71

Entrepreneur Architecture LLC Software 71

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

Small businesses rarely have the time or resources to invest in outsourced customer service support, and some are finding it more efficient to serve customers via social media platforms: one LinkedIn study from 2014 revealed that 81 percent of North American SMEs use social media [5]. It’s exactly the same in social media. [6]

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Social Media Media Asia San Francisco 100