It is not uncommon for a startup to replace a visionary founder with a corporate veteran when it comes time to move beyond the startup phase.
For example, Vivek Wadhwa , a Duke University researcher worked with the Kauffman Foundation in 2009 to explore the anatomy of a successful startup founder.
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In a startup, the founder tends to make every major decision.
Ali serves as a mentor to Startup Labs-Syracuse and at Cornell University Ali is a junior and a co-founder of the co-working space: The PopShop.
"I was naive to think a startup could pull it off, " says founder Ashar Aziz, who is now the chief technical officer of N1.
It's inevitable that you will go through tough times, and that your idea will evolve a lot, but what differentiates you as a startup founder is the determination you have to stick with it, and your ability to adapt.
"Anything unique is discoverable, " said William Heath, chairman and co-founder of Mydex, a startup that allows individuals to hold their own personal data.
Making me rethink this conventional wisdom was a recent essay by Y Combinator founder Paul Graham about how to find startup ideas.
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After I learned about Bribin You, I had a chance to connect with Amit Klein, the co-founder of Startup Giraffe, who connected me to John Cihocki, the builder of Bribin You, to discuss the tool and other lifehacks he recommends.
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By working with partners like the Startup America Partnership, a privately-funded initiative to promote entrepreneurship headed by AOL founder Steve Case, the founders hope to bring the MassChallenge brand on par with other, more expensive accelerator programs.
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Lei provided startup capital for both companies after taking a shine to David Zhao and Chen Nian, the founder of Vancl.
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"The accuracy of tweets is a major concern, " said Zeid Barakat, co-founder of Flyberry Capital, a startup that uses high-speed strategies to trade commodity futures around news events.
Nicole Kekeh is the founder of The Dora Kan Group LLC a startup and strategy firm dedicated to affecting change in Africa by leveraging the power of business innovation and by working with emerging businesses and industries in Africa and connecting them to ideas and solutions, to grow.
Many entrepreneurship and startup resources talk about founders, but most of them seem to assume that everyone knows what a founder is.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes launched his newest venture, a web startup called Jumo, on Tuesday to the public.
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