ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

Last September (2020), six months after the 1st lockdown, my co-founder Vladimir Blagojevic and I decided to run market research to figure out what challenges B2B companies face and how they solve them. Here is what their founder Leo Mirsky told us in the early beginning of the collaboration: Marketing was a mystery to us.

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The Next Web

APRIL 4, 2017

To kick this new series off, we had an inspiring chat with David Rodriguez, CEO and co-founder of CornerJob, a startup that runs a two-sided app for employment. CornerJob just landed the title of Spain’s fastest growing start-up in our Tech5 competition. But how did they manage to get there?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Ticketbis, a Spain-based online platform where users can easily and securely buy and sell tickets for every kind of event, such as concerts, festivals, theater plays, art performances or soccer games – earlier last month closed a round of funding worth US$6.6 million, making it a total of $12.7 million since its founding in 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

He’s a cofounder of startup studio Expa. Tommy Scott loved selling things when he was young and then discovered peach juice in Spain. He cofounded Nantucket Nectars. He cofounded Method products. He founded multi billion-dollar athletic apparel maker Under Armour. Hooman Radfar’s mom supported his passion for computers.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

On a macro level it has led some countries, like Italy, Spain and Portugal, into a vicious cycle, with billions of dollars tied up in overdue invoices. This is a last resort, and not advisable as it will brand your firm a poor paymaster and cause irreparable damage to supplier relations. Anthony Coundouris.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

Among them was a small company of two people in Italy called PostoInAuto (at the time, BlaBlaCar had only launched in France and Spain). PostoInAuto’s founder, Olivier Bremer, was terribly talented, but his business was not at a point where he could raise a significant investment. Thus it is not only about the money.”

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Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

1- I credit my co-founder. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. In the 90’s, there was a famous TV spot in Spain from Renault tagging the new young generation entering labor market. Her picture is my office as an added reminder of the woman I consider our real founder.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

No clear vision or purpose This should be the starting point for any startup founder, but it’s often overlooked. Whilst the tide is turning, there’s still a need to educate startup founders about the competitive advantage well-designed products and services can bring. Life’s too short to build something nobody wants.”

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. This never ends well.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2017

DR. CARMEN HIJOSA Originally from Spain, Dr. Hijosa has a track record in the design and manufacturing of leather goods, selling through her own company and supplying key retail outlets such as Harrods and Liberties in London. As Director of Talent at Interplay, Mia saw first hand what it takes to be a founder.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. In Spain I have large companies. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. I first did it for the founder.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness. There are opportunities to get a feel for running a team, validating an idea, choosing co-founders.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 29, 2018

Our name, Lubanzi, comes from a wandering dog that followed me and my co-founder on a 6 day, 100 mile trip hiking across South Africa’s remote Wild Coast. Navio, or nao in Old Spanish, was the primary ship used by the early explorers from Spain and Portugal during the Age of Discovery. Ironistic was born!

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2017

In the lead-up to Tech5 2017 – the annual competition organized by TNW and Adyen which celebrates Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies in The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain, France and Sweden– we’re launching a series of remarkable stories of businesses that experienced extreme growth. … This story continues at The Next Web.

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The Startup Toolkit

JULY 19, 2013

My friends were startup founders. So basically I now do a couple trips per month to London to keep business moving and then retreat back to Spain to give myself the head space to work on big projects. 1] My flatmate/cofounder had been deported for unrelated reasons. [2] ” Founders' I lived in a startup office.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout. Founder, Crowdvine. phdc Flip 'n' Learn Shivani Khanna.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Google App Engine is ready for primetime says Reddit/Hipmunk co-founder – [link]. crowdSPRING designer interview … 12 Questions: Meet Xavier (Spain) - [link]. The Nine Ingredients That Make Great Content | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Creative Halloween Makeup - [link].

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2022

It was supposed to be a light, positive announcement: Horizon Worlds, the company’s virtual world product that lets users create their own VR environments, was set to launch in France and Spain. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO. The updated Horizon Worlds graphics – much better graphics, but is it enough?

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 16, 2018

I remember when one of our executive candidates called me from Spain, where he was on vacation at the time, and said, “You weren’t specific about something?—?I Years after writing this post I was having lunch with John Mackey, the co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods. Note: this was originally posted on my blog at Lucky7.io

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Startup founders and investors across the world love The Next Web, and we love them right back. Says Patrick de Laive, co-founder of The Next Web: “Europe needs real entrepreneurs to put itself back on the map again. Vigour and drive, the willingness to transform and develop are what’s required.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 14, 2019

Micha Kaufman, Fiverr's founder and CEO What a great achievement for Micha Kaufman and the whole team at Fiverr, which made its debut on the NYSE today. They have built a company that is changing how the world works together, and which facilitate millions of transactions between buyers and sellers across over 200 categories.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Denis Duvauchelle is CEO and co-founder of Twoodo , helping your team organize itself using simple #hashtags. Here’s an early example: Tuenti launched in Spain as the Spanish social network when Facebook was only just allowing 13-year-old school kids on in the USA.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

This summer, I landed endorsements by Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup, master marketer Seth Godin, the founders of BNI and GreenBiz.com, and several others for my 10th book, Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World, forthcoming in March from Morgan James (and already available for preorder). #6 – Wonderful & Productive Summer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

We once took a “vacation” in Spain with Tania’s parents but we were in the midst of an M&A transaction so this photo is how my wife & her family remember me on that trip. Respect and develop a positive working relationship with his co-workers. office manager, finance manager and/or assistant if he has one.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv for handling the actual broadcasts. Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io domain also references “input/output”, something that Courtney Boyd Myers , founder of audience.io Cofounder of Greenhouse.io says founder Kellee Khalil. “These new.io and wrangler.io , says, “.io io” as well.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

(This post was originally published on TechCrunch and has been enriched with a few quotes from the Blablacar founders) International expansion is a challenge any globally ambitious company will face — some sooner than others. For example, in my experience, what works in France tends to also work well in Italy and Spain, but the U.K.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 9, 2010

Education and training for entrepreneurs worldwide is inadequate, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Special Report: A Global Perspective on Entrepreneurship Education and Training, released today at Babson College, lead sponsor and co-founder of the GEM project.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

by Pabla Ayala, cofounder of pFunk Media Is your holiday gift-giving list becoming longer and pricier than your current wallet can handle? Currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Liz is the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. She's the founder and c e o of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation is an entrepreneur, business leader. Liz is the founder of TransPerfect World's largest language solution company with over $1 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. Despite not having formal coding skills or startup experience, Pamela became a founder by using Facebook as her platform.

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Technical Review Cofounder Dallas LLC 51

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Liz Elting In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liz Elting, the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. Let's get started. (00:29): This is John Jantsch.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

Then – I have a burning passion to go live in Spain, I have Spanish blood in me. It took a lot of creative meetings between my co-founder and I before we came up with meaningful names. Many other agencies were incorporated based on the founders names or variations of that, and we didn’t want that.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

Building on my experience of being part of a team that did exactly that for Dropbox in Europe, I will attempt to demystify the process and hopefully give a starting point, from which any founder can start building a distribution engine that creates happy customers. Jason Lemkin’s best advice on dealing with long sales cycles is to “ Chill.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

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 “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0 ”

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 3, 2010

Im excited to announce the first six confirmed simulcast locations: Delft, Netherlands [link] Provo, UT [link] Boulder, CO [link] Chicago, IL [link] Barcelona, Spain [link] Vancouver, Canada [link] Please RSVP so our organizers can plan capacity accordingly. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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