Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The accelerator, which counts Amazon CTO Werner Vogels among its startup mentors , will be showcasing its first batch of startups (see list below) in Silicon Valley on the 20th of September, followed by a panel discussion about “The Future of the European Startup Community” Sounds riveting!

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

How ‘Company Culture’ Became Overused written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Brian Gottlieb In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Brian Gottlieb , founder of Tundraland Home Improvements and author of ‘Beyond the Hammer.’ This is John Jantsch.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship. By the way, I think it is awesomely cool that the CTO of the United States blogs on TechCrunch!

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

However, it’s far from the only startup hub in the world, and it’s not even the only startup hub in the United States. Our platform’s ‘EQ’ is higher than mine”, as Ori Manor, Co-founder and CEO, once stated. Communities are powerful for entrepreneurs. This attitude is ideal for developing new tech startups.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

By Raj Narayanaswamy, cofounder and Co-CEO, Replicon. The access to some of the world’s brightest minds in technology, the proximity to some of the industry’s most influential brands, and the vast networking opportunities in both start-up and investor communities is hard to ignore. The Quality of Life is Superior.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This is potentially a politically sensitive question, but I would say that in parts of the United States people are using technology actively. Tell us about the No Fear community site that you’ve put together. You’ve been to around 75 different countries and experienced different cultures. He’s my neighbor.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” Do you think I should asterisk these types of posts with a “YMMV, if you’re a non-white male founder all these things will be harder?”

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. The post Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen appeared first on The Startup Magazine. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. TSM: Fantastic!

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Many angels are entrepreneurs themselves, or executives and business or community leaders. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. Too many founders tread the fine line between arrogance and ignorance.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. We started our alcohol delivery service in 2014 on the basis that alcohol is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States. 5- To offer consumers convenience.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. Edwards, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, and Trinity to name a few.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods. I'm the co founder and Chief Impact Officer at Revolution Foods.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hear more stories like theirs, and discover the extensiveness of Austin’s startup community by watching the entire State of Entrepreneurship at the top or the clips below. Thomaz - co-Founder, CEO - Diligent Robotics, Inc. Hurt - CEO and Co-founder - data.world | LinkedIn Dana M. LinkedIn Brett A.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Rossanna Ceccato is the founder of Redress, a disruptive clothing platform that helps women renew and refresh their wardrobes through dress swaps. billion pieces of clothing that sit idle in closets all over the United States while at the same time eliminating the tremendous amount of clothing and textile waste that ends up in landfills.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Will Zell , co-founder and CEO of Nikola Labs wireless power company.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. They may also contribute code to the community that comprises the backbone of their technology.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. Assault statistics for women in the United States went up by one, and I decided to do something about it. I originally provided pro-bono public relations services to artists and non-profits due to my love for the community and the arts. 2- Develop world-class vehicles.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 24, 2025

For example, the United States has seen a surge of women choosing the path of entrepreneurship. From innovative founders improving healthcare outcomes in mental health to the C-Suite executives leading ambitious programs, these 10 female executives are helping to accelerate action through the strength of their work in 2025.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Phil Randazzo , is the founder of American Dream U , a national entrepreneurship and coaching program that helps transitioning soldiers find work or start their own business. Derek Andersen , is the founder of Startup Grind , a 200,000-person entrepreneurial community with chapters in 75 countries run by more than 1,000 volunteers.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. Placement is 90%!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

Being an entrepreneur isn’t exactly rocket science, but in the case BlogFrog ‘s co-founder Rustin Banks, he literally is one. Rustin Banks is today the CEO of BlogFrog , a web-based platform that turns blogs into interest-based communities. The BlogFrog concept was born. million blogging members and their readers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 16, 2022

Rune is the co-founder and CEO of Mentorcam, a marketplace where people can access high-profile mentors for 1:1 advice. In this episode, I talk with the co-founder and CEO of Mentorcam, Rune Hauge, about how he’s redefining mentorship by making it easier for entrepreneurs to gain access to expert advice and support.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2015

This is just the latest incident contributing to Walmart’s ongoing negative image as a company that drains the resources of surrounding communities by providing insufficient pay and driving out independent business. They also believe this move leaves Walmart open to a possible class action lawsuit.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Take the gift card market, for example, is $110 billion alone for 2012 in the United States, with more than 276 million people exchanging these stored value cards. “We believe Giift.com has a strong value proposition for both users and business partners,” says Pascal Xatart, CEO and co-founder of Giift.com.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

I focused on what it is I do, I want to be approachable to the community and also I thought it important to express an idea of ‘moving with the times’, being fresh, consistent with modern practices and the such. I was brainstorming names with my co-founders CTO Jesse Forrest and CMO Matt Reilly. The Fabulize Shop!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

We were founded by a gentleman named Bob Young, who was the original co-founder of Red Hat, which is a massive software company. So that's the quick and dirty of our origin story is that, and Bob Young, by the way, is still the sole owner and founder of the company, and very much and involved in what we do on a day-to-day basis.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Paul area soon, and eventually, have garages represented from all over the United States. Co-founder, Jon, took some time to share these words with me: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? We chose to use crowdSPRING because we wanted a diversity of design ideas from the creative community.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. 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.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2017

Todd McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of startup incentaHEALTH and we had to the opportunity to hear from him about starting business, the future of the company and what entrepreneurship means to him. I am the co-founder and CTO of the digital health care company incentaHEALTH. Tell us your story:

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Initially launched in London by Dom Jackson and Rob Symington (both 28), Escape the City is a community that connects corporate professionals with information, people, and opportunities to help them find exciting alternatives to their corporate jobs. “Ultimately I lost trust in the whole financial system.”

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Founded in 2007, Wayne, New Jersey-based ConnectYard provides a platform for educational institutions that integrates their learning management systems with the social media tools students use to connect students and instructors for a more web-based community, and provide a better learning experience at the same time.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Although this is not typically how athenahealth is described, it is one way to describe what they are doing that mainstream members of the technology community might understand. I have found it pretty amazing that so few people in the tech community know their story or understand the scale and scope of what they have achieved.

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