Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2017

Starting a new business is not a job, but an adventure into the unknown, similar to Columbus setting out to find the New World. You have to enjoy working with people -- partners, customers, investors and more -- as well as products to start a business. Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

The BMW Financial Services Collaboration Lab accelerator program provides entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small businesses in fintech and other fields with the opportunity to partner with BMW to develop and realize innovative solutions and game-changing new technologies. Collaboration is where innovation and implementation meet.”.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2015

Take a look at Whence, an Ohio-based startup that specializes in same-day delivery in the Columbus area. In other words, Whence has built—and grown—its entire business on partnering with local companies. See Also: How to Find a Business Partner. they spend hours every day chauffeuring their kids around).

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 29, 2024

And so when we invest in time as we make these choices, whether it's understanding what the admissions office wants or understanding what our partner wants or understanding what the customers for our locksmith company want, it's all the same thing. It's do we see the game? Do we see time? Do we see systems?

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 9, 2021

Partnering With Other VCs To Get This Done. I call it “Columbus’ing” – the tendency in tech for individuals new to spaces already inhabited to pronounce “look what I discovered!” And we’re all LPs (investors) in the fund itself, which means we have skin in the game.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I hope you’ll join us at the upcoming NYEBN Startup Pitch Series 5 at Samsung Experience, Columbus Circle, next May 26. Panel: David Teten – Chairman @ Harvard Business School Angels New York & CEO @ Navon Partners. Peg Jackson – Managing Partner @ Cava Capital.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And so when we invest in time as we make these choices, whether it's understanding what the admissions office wants or understanding what our partner wants or understanding what the customers for our locksmith company want, it's all the same thing. It's do we see the game? Do we see time? Do we see systems?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2015

Starting a new business is not a job, but an adventure into the unknown, similar to Columbus setting out to find the New World. You have to enjoy working with people -- partners, customers, investors and more -- as well as products to start a business. Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Columbus is the fastest-growing city in the country for Startup Activity, and we’re seeing first-hand the growing number of entrepreneurs in the Midwest. By Tom Walker, president & CEO of Rev1 Ventures. But as any small business owner knows, it’s not just about the idea, or even the product.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

I wanted to create an agency that would be a strategic partner to our clients, and most of all, I wanted to bring clarity to everything we did. In addition, we continue to give back to sea turtle conservation, as with each desk that we sell, there is a contribution made to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Save the Sea Turtle fund.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

Today’s spotlight is Geben Communication , a PR and communications firm located in Columbus, Ohio. I know that our best clients are the ones who see us as a partner – an extension of their team. – Instead, I want this to be a celebration of women who go out, start their own businesses, and get exactly what they want.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 28, 2012

I was in a cab on Monday heading to the Columbus, Ohio, airport and the cab driver was telling me how he wanted to quit his job and start a company. So often people forget to focus on the things they are really great at and instead fall into the expected path, the one laid out in front of them that they think they have to take.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. Initial developer: partner or hired? Especially if you need to quickly choose someone. Do something together.

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