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Founders: You should be sending a monthly update to your stakeholders. It's amazing to me how few actually do this. Here are a few reasons why this is so powerful: 1) Investors that weren't ready to invest before will see your momentum and some of them will be ready to set up meetings later. If you're not updating them this cannot happen. 2) It give you discipline around metrics tracking and keeps you honest to yourself about how your business is doing. 3) Since so few are doing this you will stand out as more competent and organized than other founders. Some templates you can use to get started: Techstars:  https://lnkd.in/gYEcAJAP Founder Collective:  https://lnkd.in/gs-bjKg6 YC:  https://lnkd.in/gGCQAhJZ

It was a packed house at TechCrunch Disrupt! Karthik Subramanian and I talked about one of the biggest challenges facing both investors and founders right now — a substantial amount of capital is locked up in growth-stage companies. So, what are the key ingredients a company has to have in order to go public in the near term? ✅ Hitting the Rule of 40 ✅ Growing at least 30% with 10% cash flow or 40% growth with cash break-even ✅ Ideally reaching $300-400 million ARR (a number that’s likely to keep rising)Despite the hurdles, we expect to see an uptick in tech IPOs next year as the market opens up for the best, most resilient companies. Big thanks to TechCrunch Disrupt for hosting us and to everyone who joined the conversation.#TCDisrupt24 #VC

Open source has become a prevalent business model for numerous tech startups, yet it is not without its challenges. As companies seek to uphold the principles of open source while also competing in a dynamic market, the tension between ideology and practicality becomes increasingly apparent. At Disrupt 2024, industry leaders including Accel Partner Casey Aylward, Docker CEO Scott Johnston, and Redis CEO Rowan Trollope will engage in a discussion focused on these complexities. They will share insights on how they navigate the dual demands of fostering open source communities and ensuring business sustainability. This conversation will provide valuable perspectives on the future of open source as a viable business model in an evolving tech landscape. #OpenSource #TechStartups #BusinessModel #Disrupt2024 ---------------------- Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ePutXN7q

🔥 Throwback to TechCrunch Disrupt: Unpacking the Biggest Tech Event of the Year - Hussein Yahfoufi: Using Chat GPT to drive business growth – real strategies, not hype. - Ray Fuentes: Private equity is no longer just for the wealthy. Find out how it’s being democratized. - Jeff Taylor: How does TechCrunch balance serving both startups and established giants? This episode is packed with actionable insights for anyone navigating the tech landscape. Listen Now: https://lnkd.in/eT75ziSs

When it comes to the most active accelerators, two names stand out: Plug and Play and Y Combinator, each with over 2,000 deals from 2020 to 2022. Techstars follows closely with over 1,600 deals. These three are veterans in the field, with Y Combinator pioneering the accelerator model in 2005. Their extensive deal volumes highlight their significant impact on the startup ecosystem, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship on a massive scale. Plug and Play, Y Combinator, and Techstars lead the accelerator space with impressive deal volumes, shaping the future of startups globally. #Startups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Accelerators #YCombinator #PlugandPlay #Techstars #VC

I asked our gener8tor's accelerator staff this question: In your experiences, what traits, characteristics, practices, skills, talents, etc. help founders get the most out of accelerator programs? What patterns do you recognize in your alumni founders that make significant progress in and after the program? And I got some great responses. Read 'em here! https://lnkd.in/g82PyzaY

Calling all enterprise founders! We have a🔥NY Enterprise Tech Meetup panel coming up — we expect to reach RSVP capacity and start a waitlist, so make sure your RSVP today! We’re bringing back an annual fan favorite — our VC Perspectives panel on “The Voyage Across Startup Stages." - Key thematic tech trends - What it takes to raise funding - How to think about milestones from Seed through growth With our panel of boss women: 🌱 Priyanka Somrah, Principal at Work-Bench Priyanka focuses on Seed investments across cloud infrastructure, developer tools and ML. She also authors the Data Source Newsletter on all things data infrastructure, analytics and tooling. 🌷 Grace Isford, Partner at Lux Capital Grace focuses on Series A investments in computational sciences – data, AI and ML infrastructure, OSS, network infrastructure, developer tools, vertical software applications and more. 🌳 Sarah Wang, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz  Sarah invests on the Growth team, focusing on AI and enterprise technology companies fresh off their new $3.75B Growth Fund. 📢 Moderated by Madeline Renbarger, Reporter at Newcomer

Why are scale-ups essential for a strong tech ecosystem? Discover the impact they have on innovation, jobs, and economic growth. Watch now to learn why scale-ups matter and how we can support them! 🎥👇 https://lnkd.in/gXmh92n7

The Pathways to Tech Recap: The Pathways to Tech event was truly an insightful event, as we had the pleasure to meet industry leaders and CEOs of successful startups and have them share their journey with us. A huge thank you to these incredible speakers for taking the time out of their day to connect with us and share their journey with us. • Dustin Beadle - Director at Lattice, Former Director at AMD • Logan Havern - CEO of DataLogz • Nabeel Alamgir - CEO of Lunch Box • Shariar Kabir and Miguel Acero - CEO and CTO of Ruby YC23 I had a longer post but LinkedIn won't let me submit it as it exceeds their character limit. So here's one key takeaway that summarizes the event from my perspective: One common theme I noticed among the speakers is how they spoke about failure and their experience with failure. Every single one of them has encountered failure and faced rejection and faced obstacles. What separates them from the rest is how they reacted to their failure and rejections. They were persistent on their journey and kept trying with different approaches. All it took them was one “yes”. So as they said, embrace failure, learn from your failures and grow from your failures.

🌎 ✨ Thrilled to have showcased EQBR Payment Solution for Enterprise at #Consensus2024 in Austin, TX! 👏 Big shoutout to Soon Kim for his dedication and hard work in representing us at #Consensus2024! His efforts on the PitchFest stage garnered significant interest, and we're eager to dive into further discussions. Also big thanks to our team at EQBR, partners CoinDesk, and #GoogleCloud for their support in making this happen. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and news in the coming months! 🌟 #EQBR #Blockchain #PaymentSolution