by Xavier Flores | Jun 11, 2021 | Inspirational
The majority of the world’s companies are closed due to the current pandemic. A historic event during our lifetimes. During Phase 1 of the response to this pandemic we saw the implementation of the current stay-at-home policy and closure of non-essential businesses. Phase 2 will be when stay-at-home policies are relaxed while maintaining social distancing, some non-essential businesses re-open, and non-essential travel may resume. Phase 3 is when congregation and travel restrictions are mostly lifted albeit with strong observance of protocols to prevent resurgence of transmissions. These all applied to Quinta Roo.
As governments all over the world are busy dealing with the deadliest pandemic in recent history, many are putting in place measures to re-open economies, commonly understood as the Phase 3 of the action plan. However, this will be particularly drawn out for economies dependent on the pursuit of leisure and subject to disposable income, i.e., travel and tourism. After millions of people have lost their jobs, dip into their savings for survival or take on debt to stay afloat, getting back to the “new normal” will take time.
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by Jace | Jun 2, 2021 | Statups
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca., June 2, 2020 /BUSINESS WIRE/ — Stateset Inc., a smart workspace for B2B eCommerce companies to optimize gross merchandise volume (GMV) directly on a global business network of merchants, retailers, vendors and lenders, today announced Vikal Kapoor, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Bank of America Securities 2020 Global Technology Conference.
Stateset Inc. is scheduled to present on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. PT (4:00 p.m. EDT) and will be available live via webcast, accessible from the Investors page of Stateset’s website. An archive of the presentation will also be available by request.
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by Jace | Jun 12, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
In this founder advice segment we go back to our European roots interviewing Yetunde Oshodi-Fraudeau, of Cook’n with Class. Cook’n With Class is a French cooking school that started in Paris in 2007 by Chef Eric Fraudeau a professional French chef with over 30 years of experience in France, the United States, Canada, & Mexico. In 2015, Chef Eric and his wife Yetunde opened a second school, Cook’n with Class Uzès in the South of France in a medieval city called Uzès on the doorsteps to Provence. The school offers day classes in French cuisine with market to table classes, French desserts, and baking classes, & wine and cheese tastings. We also host culinary holidays and tours for a full immersion in French culture and cuisine both in Paris and in southern France.
You can sign up to one of their virtual cooking classes here, and subscribe to their YouTube Channel to get a “taste” of what they do.
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by Jace | Apr 24, 2020 | Business Development, Entrepreneur MBA, Entrepreneurship, Statups
In 2002, Joan Magretta published a fascinating article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) titled “Why Business Models Matter.”
For years prior, the talk of “business models” was considered sheer poppycock by people in the tech world, but 2002 was right when the internet bubble burst. Investors were keen to stay away from anything and everything that had to do with tech. It was time to discuss business models.
Magretta made an excellent observation; it was that “good business models begin with the insight into human motivations” – basically a foundational element of what we today call human-centered design.
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by Jace | Apr 7, 2020 | Inspirational, Statups
I’m so incredible excited to be able to present this Founder Advice with Jessica Brondo Davidoff. I’ve now known Jess for close to seven or eight years, and it’s been an incredible journey seeing both our careers and families grow. She’s incredibly talented, tenacious, and has an acute sense of honing in on what a company needs most.
She’s exited a number of companies, among them Admittedly, and GolfMatch, and has recently shifted her skills to helping businesses meet the challenge of COVID19. I’m so excited to share her experiences with you, so let’s begin: Founder Advice with Jessica Brondo Davidoff.
How’d you get started as an entrepreneur?
Technically my first “business” was a nail salon in my parents basement where I would offer force my mom’s friends to get pedicures from my younger brother. I started my first adult business at 22, when after working for less than a year at an SAT prep company, I had a hypothesis that the ACT was about to take off, and so I quit my job, got a bartending job at night to pay the bills and spent 6 months writing ACT prep curriculum for my first company, The Edge. Fortuitously, the ACT started to become extremely popular and my company essentially blew up without any sort of marketing.
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by Jace | Dec 11, 2019 | Business, Entrepreneurship, VC & Investing
A big part of what we’re trying to build at f3fundit is an inclusive community of advice and information for founders. Because learning from others who have done it is one of the best ways to improve. We’ll be speaking with investors, founders, and others in the tech community to see what insight they can share from their own experiences. Today we’re very excited to present Brett Martin, Managing Partner of Charge Ventures.
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