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How May Ph.D. Startup Founders Build for the Long term?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Given that only 19% of 2008/2010 doctoral graduates worked outside of research/education according to UK statistics , 14% of PhDs going into entrepreneurship looks impressive. For example, Entrepreneur First or Khosla Ventures may dedicate up to 46–57% of their annual deal activity to startups with at least one doctorate founder.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Non-profit organizations such as Asan Nanum Foundation , established by Hyundai Group, and D.Camp , as well as startup founders and executives, including the co-founder and former CEO of Krafton, Gang-Seok Kim , also joined Sopoong’s climate fund, Han continued.

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15 Years of Founders’ Co-op

Founders Coop

Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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What Everyone Should Take Away from Twitter’s 8% Staff Reductions

Both Sides of the Table

When you accelerate too quickly often a pull back is inevitable as you recalibrate. We have an entire generation of startup founders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005. When things are hard the best leaders have teams that will rally around them.

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

TechCrunch

Andy Areitio is a partner at the early-stage fund TheVentureCity , a new venture and acceleration model that helps diverse founders achieve global impact. So, I’ve decided to share the main lessons about VC that I wish I’d known when I was a startup founder chasing venture capital. Andy Areitio. Contributor.

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What Drives The University Of Michigan’s Entrepreneurial Success

HPA

The CFE is a unit of the College of Engineering and the Center has helped more than 30,000 researchers and students since 2008. Sara Spangelo, CEO and Co-Founder of Swarm Technologies – An industry-leading cube-sat producer that was acquired by SpaceX last year. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

TechCrunch

Soyombo is one of the few founder-cum-investors on the continent, despite his company not being the traditional VC-backed startup the world has become accustomed to. Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor. Some of its biggest clients include OEMs like Oracle.

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