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The Top 5 sexiest startup pages on Startupxplore
Having a complete company page with information about your startup is very important, it will help investors find you and know what your startup is about. And, what happens when investors find you? You should be attractive to them! And, how can your startup page be attractive? See these examples of complete and sexy startups pages, and after that just take 3 minutes to be creative and update your startup page to make investors have a crush on it!
How can startups ‘exit’ and investors make money?
How can startups sell their companies and investors get a return on their investment? What are the options available to investors and entrepreneurs? When is the right time to sell? We try to respond to all of those questions.
“Starting up a company is hard and has nothing to do with giving talks all day” Pepe Agell from Chartboost
Pepe Agell is the 'Head of International' at Chartboost, one of the leading companies when it comes to mobile game developers monetize their apps. In this interview we talk to him about the future of Chartboost, the current state of the Spanish startup market and Silicon Valley.
What are investors looking for in startups? 4 unmissable startup investors criteria
Investors are always looking for new startups to invest in, but to find the right ones they use a set of variables. In this article we take a look at those variables and explain why not every single startup should receive external funding.
Understanding differences in startup financing stages
The financing options available to startups vary depending on the stage they are at. In this article we take a look at the different financing options available and when startups should approach business angels, Venture Capital firms or other sources of funding.
Financing options for startups looking for funding in Europe
The startup financing landscape in the old continent is quickly changing: Europe is becoming a true hub of global entrepreneurship and investing in startups is evolving rapidly... and we want Startuxplore to become the best place to both things.
Five thoughtful tips for customer experience: get engaged and happy users
‘How can I get customers? How can I make them loyal? Should I give the best customer experience ever? How?’ If you’re a startup CEO I bet you ask yourself these questions kind of million times a day (not exaggerating…) We would like to share with you a selection from the posts we’ve been reading during September about customer experience, and the conclusions we draw from each of them. Enjoy!
The Spanish startup ecosystem continues to grow: €102 million invested in Q3 2014
Spanish startups raised €104 million in the third quarter of 2014, becoming the best month for the country's entrepreneurial ecosystem since 2013. We analyze these figures and highlight the most relevant deals.
Meet Simbiotika, the LinkedIn for Spanish companies
The high availability of capital in the past few years has changed the investment landscape significantly. Startups are taking longer than usual to go public and it affects those who are looking for relevant information from such companies. Privately-held enterprises don’t have to disclose any kind of financial information to the public, only to their local financial institutions, and this is a problem that Simbiotika sxplr.com/simbiotika is trying to solve in Spain.
P2P startups are attracting big money from VCs. Will it last?
P2P startups are all over the place. From transporatation to accommodation services, including the omnipresent sector of fintech. We take a look at the startups that have attracted VC investments in recent months.