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18 investors fueling Latin America’s SaaS superstars

SaaStock

One of those was 2008/2009 when 5 funds were started. The company boasts high-level investors and advisors who assist portfolio businesses with their extensive know-how in sales, technology, business development, entrepreneurship, as well as with networking connections. Founded: 2009. e.Bricks Ventures. Founded: 2013.

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Subscription60: Tuesday, March 19th

ProfitWell

He lightens up the number-crunching side of entrepreneurship and explains the basics of VC in an easily digestible way. I'd like to reach people who are interested in venture capitalism and entrepreneurship -- people who might be familiar with the basic concepts but want to watch something fresh, with a new perspective.

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Data on the “seedpocalypse”

Tom Tunguz

Macroeconomic factors, namely the challenging job market for young professionals, are pushing people towards entrepreneurship. If our assumption about the data quality is correct, then it’s reasonable to conclude that the volume of seed investment has either remained constant or slowed since 2009.

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Avoiding the Ten-Year Stock Option Trap (and Other Stock-Option Considerations)

Kellblog

Let’s demonstrate it via an example: Say you joined a startup in September 2009 as an early employee and immediately received a stock-option grant of 400,000 shares with a strike price of $0.10 In this example, your option was granted in September 2009 which means that by October 1, 2019 that option will be expired. when you joined.

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PODCAST 121: Lessons From Survival Mode: How to Kickstart Your Business with Matt Rizzetta

Sales Hacker

His wife was pregnant with their first child, and he went out on a limb to try his hand at entrepreneurship. What we’re going to be talking about is, of course, entrepreneurship since you started on North 6th. Matt Rizzetta: It was late 2009. Revenue Collective is actually a client of theirs. Matt, welcome to the show.

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How To Make Your Niche Small Business Stand Out

Backlinkfy

This startup formed in 2009 and operates Greenfit Homes, a construction business, and JobFLEX , an app development company. Create a concrete plan early on with creative content to effectively stand out to your target market. About the author Kim Phillipi is President and owner of Building Science Academy, LLC.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

User Pilot

Sima Banijamali : “I started in tech in 2009, and in 2010 I moved to Sweden from Iran and started studying. Melissa : “If you don’t have a partner that empathizes with entrepreneurship, it’s gonna be a very hard relationship. I made my way to operations, and then into product.” Just try to be a sounding board to what they need to do.”