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7 conversations with YC founders about their entrepreneurial journeys

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It’s YC Demo Day week, which has us nostalgic for the conversations Found hosts have had with founders who have been through the famed accelerator program. Unsurprisingly, when a YC founder comes on, the conversation often touches on how their time in the accelerator was a formative experience for their company and them as leaders.

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This Article About Andy Dunn and Bonobos is the Blueprint for Founder Storytelling

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I just read an article about Bonobos --or was it a press release. That's what should be pretty obvious about getting good press: You can't get other people to tell your story unless you know how to tell it first. It sucks being the 20th journalist to write about Pokemon Go. I'm not completely sure. Otherwise, who cares?

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YC batch shows founders remain optimistic about fintech

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And yet, taking another look at the recent cohort of startups that went through the American accelerator Y Combinator, you wouldn’t really be able to tell that fintech had lost much of its founder favor. YC batch shows founders remain optimistic about fintech by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch.

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What I wish I’d known about venture capital when I was a founder

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Andy Areitio is a partner at the early-stage fund TheVentureCity , a new venture and acceleration model that helps diverse founders achieve global impact. Fundraising is distracting for founders and can even hurt their company in the early days. Founders tend to make a series of classic mistakes when raising funding.

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Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that will help founders control the narrative

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Founders should think of three primary documents as their “holy trinity”: the deck, the strategy memo and the forecast model. Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that will help founders control the narrative by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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Authenticity is your core strength – Fujin Tree Group Founder Jay Wu talks about taking local brands overseas

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What connects these two brands is that they were both elevated to overseas success by the same person, Fujin Tree Group Founder Jay Wu. Focusing on seed stage investments, Cherubic aims to be the first institutional investor of the next iconic company and back founders who dare to dream big and change the world.

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Veteran to visionary: What I learned in the marines about being a fintech founder

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According to the SBA, veterans are roughly 45% more likely to form their own business compared to people who haven’t served in the military. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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