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Global startups emerge triumphant with funding activity and IPO market back to pre-pandemic levels 

The Startup Magazine

As 2024 closed with global venture investment activity returning to pre-pandemic rates , 2025 started with a welcome dose of optimism between founders and investors alike. Further, we can expect to see a number of major launches as founders respond to these newly warmed market conditions. billion in an IPO upcoming this July.

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Requests for Startups 2025 – Part 3

VC Cafe

2) More Design Founders Opportunity for designers to use AI themselves to launch their own products and build their own companies with taste. Designer-founders who deeply understand user experience can now independently prototype and launch beautiful, functional tools using AI.

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10 AI Startups Going Global in 2025

The Startup Magazine

With web, iOS, and Android software development kits and APIs, developers can easily leverage QuickBlox’s real-time communication capabilities into their applications, improving user interaction and teamwork. QuickBlox has kept a strong momentum since Nate MacLeitch founded the company in 2018.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. "I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it.

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How To Find the Right Co-Founders?

Steve Blank

How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? “After reading your post on Why Founders Should Know How to Code it looks like web/mobile startups have it easy. Trying to figure out what the right set of co-founders isn’t so clear. Are We Missing A Founder?

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.