Not exact matches
McKeown says another common mistake he sees is
startups over-investing too early: «Inexperienced
entrepreneurs, especially first - timers, often
think starting a business is like a pro baseball game.
In the end, the best assassins and the best
entrepreneurs know that preparation, adaptability and responsiveness, coupled with self - preservation and someone in your corner, are the keys to survival, whether you're killing people, or killing an old way of
thinking with a brand new
startup.
There's an old Haitian expression that translates roughly to: «beyond the mountains, more mountains,» which I
think should be the everyday motto of all good
entrepreneurs because it's a spot - on description of the basic fact of life in a
startup.
Early - stage business incubator and
startup accelerator
Think Big Partners has been assisting
entrepreneurs since 2008.
Looking back to the early days of my first
startup attempt, I
think something that kept me going was that I continually read books about
startups and
entrepreneurs and watched as many interviews of founders as I could find.
As a
startup advisor, when I suggest cooperating with competitors, most
entrepreneurs initially
think I'm crazy or suggesting something illegal.
We bring the top
thought leaders in American
startups together to evaluate the ideas of
entrepreneurs who are pitching their businesses.
I must admit the buzz around the title social
entrepreneur immediately makes me
think I need a board of directors, bigger budgets and big goals — three key elements that are missing from many
startup companies.
Since neither
entrepreneurs nor investors are known for right - brain artistic
thinking, this article aims to provide some tips for left - brain thinkers to make sense of
startup valuation.
Viewed on the Discovery Channel, we might
think entrepreneurs are solitary animals on the
startup level, growing to be the Alpha of a pack when their companies grow in size and scale.
Blank says he initially
thought the lean
startup model wouldn't work in healthcare, but then he realized the prototypical customer had changed to the point where
entrepreneurs could indeed learn something by surveying their markets first.
All three fin - tech
entrepreneurs provide advice for those
thinking about launching a fin - tech
startup: Know your bank contact; talk to your customers early; and be smart about seeking advice.
Before you
think of incorporating your
startup in a «tax haven» state, here is what young
entrepreneurs need to know.
Jaime Tardy, author of The Eventual Millionaire: How Anyone Can Be an
Entrepreneur and Successfully Grow Their
Startup,
thinks she has this knack for millionaires.
Entrepreneurs: Eric Stackpole, a former NASA intern who
thought space exploration was going to be his career, and David Lang, who managed a San Francisco - based sailing school before joining a crowdfunding
startup that later flopped.
An
entrepreneur whose goal is to take his
startup to the red planet discovers the virtue of
thinking big.
Entrepreneurs who are trying to build a
startup should actively talk with a killjoy or two to sharpen their
thinking writes W.P. Carey's Kerri Susan Smith.
«If you have a
startup, and you
think it's highly scalable, it's a place to network, meet other
entrepreneurs, engineers, programmers and investors,» says the 28 - year - old Puerto Rican who now lives in Miami.
I've worked with
startups and I've invested in real estate and worked with some small businesses, but... over the last nine months I just realized the kinds of tools that should be made available [for new
entrepreneurs], the kind of
thinking that should be made available, and most importantly, the network opportunity.
Clearly, as a populace we're ready for any idea that might improve the overall economic picture, and the folks at the Kauffmann Foundation
think they have one: Getting members of Congress to get off their butts and pass a
startup visa to help bring more immigrant
entrepreneurs into the country.
If every
entrepreneur thought of himself as a
startup founder, there would be a lot more successful
startups and a lot fewer failed
entrepreneurs.
Lately I keep running into young
entrepreneurs who
think the secret to
startup success is to find a business concept no one has
thought of before.
As for advice, though, I
think every
entrepreneur should know what they're getting into, that there are moments of extreme stress and pain that aren't so obvious sometimes when you read about
startups in the press.
This is a gem for all the young aspiring
entrepreneurs out there that are
thinking of working on a
startup or already in the process.
«This forward -
thinking initiative is expected to draw innovators,
entrepreneurs and business
startups from around the world to St. Louis and to provide us with important insights and technologies to deliver long - term value to our customers and the communities we serve.
At the third level are experiential rewards — opportunities to meet with leading VCs,
thought leaders and
entrepreneurs who are having a huge impact on the
startup landscape.
When aspiring
entrepreneurs think of the field they're stepping into, it's often the glamorous San Francisco / Williamsburg / Silicon Valley
startup offices equipped with their own napping pods (thanks, Google).
With more peer - to - peer mentorship and greater access to talented
entrepreneurs, the
thinking is that early - stage
startups can get ahead on launching a product and earning a profit by starting out in a coworking space.
Think Big Coworking isn't just a space for
entrepreneurs,
startups and innovators.
Entrepreneurs thinking through potential exit value for their
startup should understand these values and how a financial buyer might value the business.
This is a
thinking pattern and a culture which all
entrepreneurs needs to instill and nurture in every
startup team member.
When you're just beginning your
entrepreneur adventure and are trying to establish your
startup, the
thought of hiring employees can seem quite daunting.
I
think entrepreneurs and
startups are building solutions that enterprises need,» Coolbroth noted.
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And struggling
startup founders may
think that's a nice idea for later on... Something they can
think about after they scale but I'd argue that the best scale
entrepreneurs think about their social impact from day one.
Additional value outside of legal documents — Most lawyers who work with early stage
startups secretly want to be
entrepreneurs but they earn too much money to quit — the golden handcuffs; — RRB - I've found that the best of them
think like
entrepreneurs, though, and hang out at
startup events.
Three years and a couple Bitcoin
startups later, the
entrepreneur found himself frustrated with the
thought of wasting an entire afternoon setting up an account on a Bitcoin exchange to
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Before joining Twitter, Ross worked very closely with developers and
startups, insisting that some of the best
entrepreneurs in the tech world are game developers because they
think that scalability, universal fit and commercial viability of their products in at exhaustive way before going to the market.
We
think this is going to be the new normal for the blockchain FinTech
startup ecosystem in New York City, and will influence not only the goals of the next generation of
entrepreneurs in this space, but will eventually change the way we purchase and interact with goods and commodities forever.
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