Monthly Archives: September 2015

Amanda Bradford,CEO of San Francisco based dating app ‘The League’ talks funding,expansion,elitism,curated communities and differentiating in a crowded marketplace!


When I envisioned myself starting a company, I never dreamed it would be a dating app. First of all, the space is littered with graves of failed startups. Talk about a crowded space with a dearth of success stories! Second …

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‘The thing I worry about is that the Facebook movie and tons of seed funding have made it almost too attractive to get into entrepreneurship. Founders can live for a year or two on seed capital, have some fun and punch their lottery ticket. If things don’t take off immediately, they can simply move on’(David Cohen,Co founder of Techstars, quoted by Murad Ahmed, FT 2/9/15) | We asked 7 leading entrepreneurs if they agreed?


“It’s true: the likes of Dragon’s Den, HBO’s Silicon Valley, and podcasts like StartUp give the impression that building a business is as simple as having a good idea and finding some money to implement it. In reality, anyone who …

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From 3 people in a Copenhagen loft to an IPO (2014) | Morten Primdahl, CTO of Zendesk reflects on his journey!


Prior to launching Zendesk in 2007, I was working as a consultant for some of the larger organisations in Denmark. My role would typically be to come in and make progress in areas where the customer had stalled due to …

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