Monthly Archives: June 2011

Highlights from our “Design a Healthy Startup” Event

Posted on June 30, 2011 by mariacamino| 3 Comments

Many you attended our event this past Saturday, “Design a Healthy Startup: Prevent Burnout” which was all about designing sustainable behaviors and company cultures for startup success. We heard from speakers who have experience in large corporations like Gopi Kallayil, … Continue reading →

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Recruit Top Talent Like Ari Gold From Entourage

Posted on June 28, 2011 by 500 Startups| 6 Comments

This post was written by Ethan Bloch. Ethan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Flowtown where he built the company to 26,000 businesses, profitability and a team of 8 in less than 11 months only to be faced with the … Continue reading →

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Startup Dad Gives Baby Up For Adoption

Posted on June 24, 2011 by 500 Startups| 1 Comment

Meet Professor X, aka 500 SuperMentor Hong Quan (@hongdquan). An entrepreneur and recruiter building cars and startups, Hong has even hired a real honest-to-goodness rockstar (#3 on Billboard charts).  He uses his superpowers of recruiting and abilities to read and influence … Continue reading →

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Never Been a Better Time for Women Entrepreneurs

Posted on June 22, 2011 by 500 Startups| 2 Comments

Meet Phoenix (Jean Grey) aka 500 SuperMentor Wendy Tan-White. Wendy is Founder of Moonfruit, a simple and powerful website builder for SMBs who expect better design tools to produce better designed sites. Moonfruit was founded in 1999, survived the Dotcom crash in … Continue reading →

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Why Working So Hard Might Be Doing Your Startup More Harm Than Good

Posted on June 16, 2011 by mariacamino| 7 Comments

It’s no secret that startups are unhealthy places to work. At 500 Startups we have observed all kinds of masochistic behaviors by founders and team members while they try to get their companies off the ground. Common pitfalls include: founder’s … Continue reading →

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Top Tech Connectors in Chile & Argentina: The GOAP Organizers

Posted on June 16, 2011 by 500 Startups| 2 Comments

Want to know how exciting Chile and Argentina are right now? Chile’s focus on entrepreneurship has strong support from the government and its Startup Chile incubator – in fact, President Sebastián Piñera, who was an entrepreneur himself, has made it … Continue reading →

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Top Tech Connectors in Brazil: The GOAP Organizers

Posted on June 15, 2011 by 500 Startups| 4 Comments

Want to know how exciting Brazil is right now? Brazil’s middle class is booming, their economy is growing steadily, and the 2014 World Cup & 2016 Olympics have made it one of the most attractive emerging markets worldwide. From April … Continue reading →

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Celebrate The Small Victories

Posted on June 14, 2011 by 500 Startups| 5 Comments

Meet Lion-O aka SuperMentor Brenden Mulligan (@bmull). Brenden founded ArtistData, a music industry startup that enables artists to easily keep their content up-to-date across multiple marketing channels and consumer touch points, which was acquired in May 2010 by Sonicbids. More … Continue reading →

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An Inside Look at the Secret 500 Accelerator

Posted on June 10, 2011 by 500 Startups| 5 Comments

In response to the accusations by Mountain View residents of accelerator participants emerging with third arms or combining within the accelerator to form shimmering/glowing super-startups, we can neither confirm nor deny these totally awesome side effects. However the Sith Lord himself sees … Continue reading →

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