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Tag: Founder Story
Stedi Simplifies the B2B Transaction Process Leveraging a Serverless-First Architecture
Stedi provides organizations with the ability to quickly connect and transact with trading partners without having to go through painful point-to-point implementations. Leveraging a serverless first architecture, the company provides a completely self-service ‘digital mailbox’ that organizations can use to exchange 300+ different commercial transaction types in standardized formats.
What Startup Founders Need at This Moment: It Starts with a Very Cool Head on Your Shoulders
No question the startup world has entered new territory. The good news? Today’s startups are designed for just these conditions.
HackerOne CEO on Innovation by Community
In March of 2020, HackerOne was ranked by Fast Company as the 5th most innovative company in the whole world for putting hackers to work. How is that an innovation? Read on to learn.
Navigating a Changing Fundraising Landscape with Entrepreneur First
Matt Clifford, co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, takes a global view when investing in people and their ideas. Not surprisingly, to hear Clifford tell it, there is practically no place on earth where startups and their investors are conducting business as usual. So, what should founders anticipate as they look to raise their next round, and whom should they place their trust in as they navigate the months ahead?
The Simplest, Yet Most Powerful Trait: Trust
Data practically runs through the veins of Steven Mih, CEO of opensource data orchestration startup Alluxio. He’s a serial startup CEO with more than two decades in the distributed data world. We recently sat down with him on the What Works podcast to learn more.
Inside Angel Investing: The Education of George Burgess
Serial startup founder, angel investor, and college dropout George Burgess founded exam prep startup Gojimo when he was an undergraduate student at Stanford. Burgess was seemingly living the founder dream, but as his dorm-room startup found an audience Burgess found it was too hard to juggle both school and building his company. So, he left Stanford, and that is where his entrepreneurial education really began.
Inside Angel Investing: This is Not Small Business Territory
Restlessness, resourcefulness, and an ambition to take on the world. This is how angel investor Richard Fearn picks founders from the crowd.
Building a Startup in Asia is Nothing Like I Imagined
8 Securities CEO and Cofounder Mikaal Abdullah, an E-Trade veteran, walks us through building a startup and raising a family in Hong Kong on our What Works podcast.
Inside Angel Funding: Fundamental Science, and Finding the Right Investor for You
2019 U.K. Angel of the Year, Sunil Shah, explains why doing your homework before you pitch an investor, and listening – yes listening – are the keys to getting an angel round done.
Stop Breathing Down Your Engineering Team’s Necks
Hire people who can take over your job. Sounds simple, but then you have to really let them do it, and that’s hard, especially a CTO used to getting her hands in every bit of code. Plus, how your marketing department can take a cue from agile development routines.