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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.