Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2019

Like Paul Graham , founder of Y-Combinator, said a long time ago, I see startups succeed or fail every day based primarily on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders. Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free.

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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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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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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Notes: None of the above should be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell Groupon stock. Author howerl.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2013

Like Paul Graham , of Y-Combinator fame, said a while back, I see startups succeed or fail every day based on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, certainly, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2017

Like Paul Graham , founder of Y-Combinator, said a long time ago, I see startups succeed or fail every day based primarily on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders. Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. 4 Winning Strategies for Social Media.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. 4 Winning Strategies for Social Media.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Before AngelList, investment dealflow was private and networks revolved around a few connected angels and VC?s. Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. To my surprise, VC? Bryce Roberts , a partner at O? Just look at AngelList?s

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Like Paul Graham says, I see startups succeed or fail every day based on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, certainly, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer. Look in the mirror.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. You are either bought for stock or for equity. Christin goes on. Think about it.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. Some of the entrepreneurs below stayed in school while developing and operating their business, while others dropped out in order to give their venture their full attention. Time Magazine. Insomnia Cookies.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. What we’ve seen in digital…’A mashup co-creation, mass customised society’… we will inevitably see in retail…. These founders are imbuing their new businesses with the values of our time. It’s about being there.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

We’re taking a slightly different approach to our second feature in the Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. In my third co-op term I got a job at RIM (now BlackBerry), I started in May 2007, about a month before the iPhone initially came out. Entrepreneur Inspiring Entrepreneurs LenovoInspire Profiles and Interviews'

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. Often as an entrepreneur, it’s hard to know whether your product is differentiated, because you don’t know what other startups are out there. This is why I don’t care to ask founders about their market size.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. Often as an entrepreneur, it’s hard to know whether your product is differentiated, because you don’t know what other startups are out there. This is why I don’t care to ask founders about their market size.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. On Sushi and VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. But they do small, seed like investments when they like the entrepreneurs.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. But stock indexes continue to slide and the unemployment numbers are getting worse. It’s hard to fire a developer with 10,000 podcast listeners, not because she might say bad things about the company, but because co-workers look up to her as an alpha-geek.

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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. . Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

I told the story about how Brant Barton, my Bazaarvoice co-founder, and I picked the name in Chapter 7 of my book “ The Entrepreneur’s Essentials ” (also available for free online). And if you are an entrepreneur in search of a business idea, search for businesses that are in huge markets that are dependent on bad profits.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. We need more.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. It’s free. Company : BricaBox.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. We don’t have to sell our stock.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” What is the True Sentiment of VCs? ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DLD 2011 (Digital Life Design) conference in Munich, which was co-hosted by Dr Yossi Vardi and Burda Media, a large German media company (for those who don’t know). Below are some of the best ones with the tag #DLD11: Avg hold time of a stock in 1970 was 5 yrs. Now it’s 3 months.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Currently Obsessed Joe Heitzeberg – Entrepreneur | Tech Geek | MBA Home About Me Joe Heitzeberg is an internet entrepreneur who has started and sold two companies. Entrepreneurs are generally too focused on pre-money valuation, and VCs know this. i never thought about it like investing in stocks before.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2019

John Jantsch: Today’s episode is brought to you by Break Through The Noise , the new book by Tim Staples, Co-Founder and CEO of Shareability. But typically, when we’re in these conversations, sales conversations, especially for entrepreneurs, we feel nervous. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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management.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks August 7, 2012: 10:57 AM ET. Despite the assumption that entrepreneurs act like arrogant babies, most exceptional leaders tend to balance their convictions with a healthy dose of humility. Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Business School.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The Co-Commerce Revolution – Well it isn’t really a revolution, more of a devolution. The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. It was anti-social in nature. You’ll find it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions. And now it is over.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. How did you go from VC to founder?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. Or as founder Joe Fernandez recently told me, “we’re building the ‘PageRank’ for people.” Not so on Twitter. million followers).

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Google Apps – Email, Chat, Docs Skype - free voice and video communication tool Campfire – team collaboration Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers Ning – Create your own social network Yammer – free enterprise social network Doodle – online group scheduling Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference (..)

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. ” 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. Social networking.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially, we got here by entrepreneurs having too much of a good thing. And because capital requirements are lower, entrepreneurs are holding onto more ownership, making it a lot easier to flip your company for less than, say, $30 million and become very rich. More cash equals more entrepreneurs who get to start companies.

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