Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery: A 25-year-old black man who was pursued by armed white residents of a coastal South Georgia neighborhood, and murdered while jogging. We can release a statement in support of the events that happened this weekend, working in consultation with our partners that are directly engaged in these communities. That is true now.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

For example, Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, always used to say he sold hope, not makeup. Referrals – Ask anyone you know who may have useful points of contact for you – your co-workers, friendly customers, your social media network – they may be able to connect you with perfect interview candidates.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. Many of you will know Robert as the founder of Soylent, which he started out of his kitchen and then grew into a nationwide phenomenon. I'm general partner at MarsBio VC and Director of The Corona Initiative.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

The combined company, which will be headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and will be called Fundtech, will be led by S1 Chief Executive Johann Dreyer. ICQ FOUNDER SELLS ISRAEL’S DOTOMI FOR $295 MLN. Dotomi founder Yair Goldfinger also co-founded ICQ, the technology known today as instant messaging. ValueClick Inc.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This particular challenge will focus on startups with a founder or executive leadership teams who are normally underfunded and underrepresented in the tech space including people of color, women, and those in the LGBTQ+ community. James, II , CEO and Executive Director of DivInc So what will it take to win?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 12, 2016

In preparation for the new fund, we have enhanced our enterprise team by adding two new partners through the draft and free agency. While at MIT, Ajay co-authored papers related to distributed systems, storage and secure processing. He had also cofounded two software companies – one of which commercialized his PhD research.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Flugauto Co-Founders (left to right): Frank Noppel , CEO, Gerrit Becker , CCO, and Alexander Xydas , COO. Georgia Tech and Stanford. Alexander Xydas , Flugauto Co-Founder and COO, talked about what the team is excited about, the quote he lives by, and why he loves his Apple wallet. Pick your partners wisely.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and immigrated to Austin, Texas, in 2002 at the age of 15. She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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Austin Startup

MAY 25, 2017

If you’re really trying to change the world, we will help you get started,” said Brett Hurt, CEO of data.world and founder of Bazaarvoice , Coremetrics, and Hurt Family Investments (and one of the angel investors backing the competition). “We 1 year of unlimited co-working at Capital Factory. You could walk away with $100,000!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 14, 2017

As a repeat founder I have made tens of thousands of startup business decisions and observed many times that number. You must be able to rally others around your cause — employees, customers, investors, partners, and even you own family. The most common mistake I see in the decision making process is losing sight of context.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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., The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc.,

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. So my team and I built it.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

Capital Factory Promotions, Opportunities and Gratitude for 2019 2018 was an incredible year for the Capital Factory community that introduced new roles and team members, expanded to multiple locations, and partnered with the US Army. Capital Factory is fortunate to have many co-founders and some that even joined a few years in.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

With Rob Majteles as a co-instructor, I started a tradition of teaching all my classes with venture capitalists as co-instructors. Instead the founders need to lead a customer development team. Then last month we partnered with NCIIA and taught 62 college and university educators in our first Lean LaunchPad Educators Program.

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