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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

In that prior post, I had offered Y Combinator as a positive example, but I didn’t break down exactly why. This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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5 Types of Investors for Startups

StartupNation

Peer-to-peer lenders. Peer-to-peer lenders are individuals or groups that offer funding to small business owners, Time reports. To work with these investors, entrepreneurs must apply with companies that specialize in peer-to-peer lending, such as Prosper or Lending Club. 5 types of investors.

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Blockchain startup Fetch.ai grabs $40M to provide monetization and other tooling for AI-generated information

TechCrunch

Up to now, a large part of the work Fetch has been doing has been in the area of IP and technology development (it already has a number of patent applications and patents issued in the U.S. CEO Humayun Sheikh said in an interview that he also believes there is a role for Fetch.ai and Europe). and Europe). The capital behind Fetch.ai

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SaaS leaders: Use customer insights to accelerate growth during a downturn

TechCrunch

Buying decisions have also become more self-driven as businesses refer to multiple sources to research software. Buying decisions have also become more self-driven as businesses refer to multiple sources to research software. But businesses are changing where, how and why they invest in technology.

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Defending your organization from misinformation with neuroscience

Entrepreneurs' Organization

It probably felt strange and disconcerting, perhaps with a tone of outrage, as in “I don’t believe things more if they’re repeated!”. Reading the second sentence did not inspire such a strong reaction. Your reaction to the third sentence was tame by comparison. It feeds into their fears, which is a very cognitively fluid part of our mind.

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EO Global Speakers Academy grads share transformational results

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Marina Byezhanova , an active member-leader within EO and a member of EO Canada Bridge chapter. An entrepreneur, global speaker and university instructor, she is on a mission to inspire entrepreneurs to stand out, speak up and be radically authentic. Entrepreneurship is a blend of many skills.

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How EO has impacted my life and grown my business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I feel fortunate to have attended three high-level learning opportunities through EO: I attended EO with Harvard Business School Executive Education : Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy, with 95 other members from around the globe to develop groundbreaking strategies and skills in analyzing industry evolution that helped our businesses grow.

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