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TheFunded.com News: The 5th Founder Showcase

Topics: Entrepreneur, Investor, Networking

| Posted by The Founding Member In just one year we've grown the Founder Showcase to be Silicon Valley's Premier Startup Pitch and Networking Event. The winner of each event has received funding from an investor they met at the event, and countless other presenting companies have received funding as well - over $2mm in total. The best part for us, however, is that all the companies presenting at the event and getting financed are members of TheFunded. The 5th Founder Showcase is coming up on Thursday, Oct. 21st in Mountain View, CA. We previously declared 2010 "The Year of…

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RISE #119: How Babbaco Founder Jessica Kim Creatively Used Online Video To Launch A New Baby Product

Topics: Copyright, Entrepreneur

Put yourself in Jessica Kim's shoes. You are the Founder of a unique company that creates baby products. And now you have a new product that launch called the BabbaMat. What do you do? Do you go the dumber, slower, expensive approach and hire a PR company and buy a bunch of traditional ads? Or do you go the smarter, faster, cheaper route and come up with something low-cost, creative, effective and fun? Well, as we know, Jessica is smarter, faster, cheaper (in case you missed her previous interview on RISE, which is one of my favorites, on how she…

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Ge Fired Up at BizTech Day: Join Me

Topics: Entrepreneur, Small Business, Termination

I'm excited to tell you about BizTechDay , which is coming up in 3 cities: Seattle - September 18, 2010 New York - September 24, 2010 San Francisco - October 23, 2010 I'll be attending and speaking at BizTechDay in San Francisco. I would love to see you there at that event. BizTechDay is an intensive one-day conference founded by Edith Yeung, a young entrepreneur herself. I met Edith in New York earlier this yearRead More From Small Business Trends Ge Fired Up at BizTech Day: Join Me

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Entrepreneur Corner: The workplace gender wars and 3 ways to improve success

Topics: Entrepreneur, Venture Capital

Here's the latest from VentureBeat's Entrepreneur Corner. Here's the best way to value your startup - While traditional mergers and acquisitions are more science than art, determining the valuation of a startup before venture capital enters into the picture is a more complex beast. Attorney Scott Edward Walker details how best to find (and create) that value. Freemium: A business model startups can't ignore - Giving away your product or service might not seem like a way to make money, but Jason Katz, founder and CEO of Paltalk, argues that the freemium model is the best way to build a…

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How to thought-leader your way to a million-dollar deal

Topics: Entrepreneur, Marketing

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rajesh Setty wrote a book - then used it to lure in customers, one of whom came through with a $1 million deal. Being a thought leader isn't just about marketing yourself as a thinker. It's about creating a bond with your audience and demonstrating genuine caring, Setty said at a recent speech at the Founders Institute. Watch for more lessons: The Founders Institute startup accelerator is taking applications from entrepreneurs through today for sessions in New York, Washington, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin. Companies: Founders Institute People: Rajesh Setty

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Entrepreneurs, Do You Actually Enjoy Risky Business?

Topics: Credit, Entrepreneur, Risk, Small Business

The answer to that question is: no . Not any more than the next person. They just like their business better. They took risks because they saw the goal. It was the dark side of building the company. They like to. But when it comes to savings and investment, no. Well, actually, the most correct answer to that question is: You can't generalize. Some do, and some don't. Entrepreneurs are a bunch of hard-to-categorize individuals, and who has good data, because all we really get are successful entrepreneurs. True story: An investment advisor noted once that my wife and I…

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