He shared
with other founders of Abstract Expressionism (Pollock, de Kooning, Rothko) the conviction that the source of art was in untrammeled inner reality, rather than in observed actuality.
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They shared the spotlight
with other founders from Statflo, SparkGig, Suncayr, Sampler, Medella Health and Plooto.
One night at the conference, another female entrepreneur says she visited a suite at the Shelbourne Dublin hotel where Pishevar had convened an after - party
with other founders and investors.
Many entrepreneurs are ditching traditional office spaces for more collaborative environments, where they can work side - by - side
with other founders.
Not exact matches
Launched
with an initial 100 «
founder kitties,» each specimen can «sire» a new kitten and sell it to
other users.
Rather than seeking
others to develop their ideas,
founders would provide their startups
with big benefits if they could rely upon their own fundamental coding skills.
Founder Zach Goldstein, an investment banker who formerly worked at JPMorgan and a private equity firm in Chicago, was frustrated
with the quality of
other lounge clothes on the market that he didn't feel comfortable wearing outside his house.
-- Michelle Kennedy,
founder and CEO of Peanut, an app which helps mobile - first mothers connect
with other like - minded women
I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist -
founders came up
with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and
other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.
Mesher says Tsai's relationship
with Alibaba's
founder, Jack Ma, is reminiscent of some
other significant tech industry pairings, notably Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, and BlackBerry's Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis.
The disappearing message app's $ 16 billion valuation may seem downright puny compared
with its
other top unicorn peers, but startup
founders everywhere admire
founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy's chutzpah when they swatted away Facebook's low - ball $ 3 billion offer in 2013.
Melody Biringer,
founder of the CRAVE company appeared on the Small Businesses Do It Better Show, episode 3 (watch the show on Ovaleye.tv) on Connecting
with Other Businesses to Grow Your Own.
Joe Gebbia, co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, talks about working
with the company's two
other founders and the management structure at the home - sharing platform.
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Founders Fund,
with participation from 8VC, Google's health - focused sister company Verily Life Sciences, and Fidelity, among
others.
However, the rule comes
with a caveat: A company must be structured so the company's board could fire the
founder, just like any
other employee.
During pitch competitions, entrepreneurs must go head to head
with other ambitious
founders to try and win a piece of the funding pie.
From investor Mark Cuban's dad telling him that there are no shortcuts to Lululemon
founder Chip Wilson's realization that people actually enjoy helping
others, we asked 12 successful entrepreneurs to share the best advice they ever got, discovering the lessons that stick
with them to this day.
Business is booming — SBI's
founder says that his company sells half a million pogo sticks a year — and competitors have sprung up
with other extreme pogo models.
This means you have thought carefully about your weaknesses as a
founder or CEO, and surrounded yourself
with others who can fill in those gaps.
Moreover, co-location
with other entrepreneurs breeds competition among business
founders, which pushes the companies forward more quickly.
Hamilton's inbox exploded
with emails from
founders and
others in tech thanking her for the post.
Greenoaks Capital will lead the funding,
with other investors including Thrive Capital, Primary Ventures, David Chang of the Momofuku empire, and Bonobos CEO and
founder Andy Dunn.
Through the work I've done at Growth Everywhere, I've been lucky enough to chat
with notable entrepreneurs such as Jason Lemkin (
founder of Echosign, which sold to Adobe), Mark Organ (co-
founder of Eloqua, which sold to Oracle) and
others who are constantly pushing the boundaries of business success
with their own companies.
«Airlines have started to charge for more things, but
with an airline rewards credit card, you can get things like your first bag checked free and priority boarding,» says Erik Larson, president and
founder of NextAdvisor.com, which provides consumer - oriented research on credit cards and
other products.
OneOne - described as a «super-secure version of Snapchat» by the
founder - was launched just over a week ago and allows users to send messages to each
other with no tracking or storing of data.
Together, their strengths will complement each
other and provide customers
with a richer and even more helpful experience,» Jeff Bezos,
founder and CEO of Amazon, said in a press release.
But despite a steady increase in their share of entrepreneurial activity,
founders from Latino communities along
with those from
other minority groups — which made up 40 percent of the U.S. population in 2015 — still receive less funding and fail at faster rates than their white counterparts.
Websites such as
Founder Dating can pair you up
with other aspiring entrepreneurs.
Skills needed:
Founders need the technical know - how to develop the foods, or be able to collaborate
with others who do.
The
other night I was at an event
with a number of
other CEO
founders.
«I tell them, «If you are interviewing
other firms, ask them to give you the same [information] we can share
with you that assures you there will be no disruption in service,»» said Carson, a certified financial planner and the
founder and CEO of Carson Wealth Management Group.
In addition, Delta would have to deal
with the twin threats of increased government scrutiny on one hand, and Virgin
founder Sir Richard Branson's larger - than - life ego on the
other, outweighing any benefit that could come from such a deal.
«I would call it the perfect storm,» says Mike Stern, the
founder of MakeWorks, a new Toronto co-working space where entrepreneurs are busy melding web - connected sensors to pieces of hardware (an Internet - enabled hockey stick that reports back on the speed
with which it's handled, among
other things).
Unlike some
other pools, BitClub Network does not disclose its
founders, saying only that it is «run by a team of programmers, digital mining experts and entrepreneurs who have come together
with MLM experts from around the world.»
-- Jasper Nathaniel,
founder of the nutrition company Revere, which has raised $ 3.5 million in funding from Lerer Hippeau Ventures and
others and has been driving five figures in monthly sales
with zero paid advertising
Of course, these
founders also wanted to build their companies
with other people's money, just without the usual strings attached.
Analysts say the transition at Donki is a litmus test for
other retailers in Japan
with similarly charismatic
founders such as Fast Retailing, the operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain, and Nitori, a discount furniture retailer.
Educators and
other start - up
founders who believe in the value of education obviously disagree
with this view.
If
founders with accents are harder to understand, Graham and
other investors like him might want to listen more carefully.
-- Jill Johnson,
founder and creative director of AWE, a New York City - based jewelry line
with ambassadors including a three - time Olympian, a NYT best - selling author, a professional wakeboarder, a YouTube star who gave a TED Talk three days after reconstructive surgery, and
other survivors
He's still an entrepreneur, but his venture, Reboot.io, which he started in 2014, is devoted to helping
founders and C - suite executives manage the stress, anxiety, burnout and
other byproducts that come
with a demanding job.
Note: A Structure Capital spokesperson declined to share the number publicly, clarifying that each partner gives out their number to portfolio company
founders who can then share it
with colleagues or
others in the industry.
«You have large players like Amazon, Google, Facebook and
others with big pockets that can say «This is a space we want to own,»,» said Philippe Collard,
founder of Yabusame Partners, a management consulting firm specializing in the technology industry.
Along
with other female venture capital partners, Lee is launching Female
Founder Office Hours — a series of events at which investors will talk
with and advise women entrepreneurs in one - on - one sessions.
Nonprofits rarely are one - person operations, which means that
founders will be expected to share leadership
with at least one
other person, often in the form of a board of directors or an advisory council.
Customers who rank themselves as «completely satisfied» are worth three to six times more than those who say they are just «satisfied» or «dissatisfied,» says Jeffrey Henning,
founder and vice president of strategy of Vovici, an online survey management company that has worked
with Marriot, Cisco, and many
other large companies.
One observation that stands out, probably because it is rarely discussed, is how many
founders have relationship struggles
with their significant
others and families.
Founders always seem to appear as if they have all the answers, but if you find
others you can trust and have honest conversations
with, you'll find you're not the only one having challenges.»
In most deals
with convertible notes or value - added co-investors who «want into the round» the negotiation re-opens after the term sheet and this is a source of frustration at a point where the
founder and the lead investor should be feeling great about each
other.