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The Founder’s Playbook: Winning Mindsets & Startup Strategies

American Entrepreneurship

This article describes the entrepreneurial mindset behind successful startups, how you can develop that mindset, and the strategies to build your startup based on that mindset. Many startups are founded with great ideas but fail because the founder lacks the adaptability, problem-solving ability, or grit to push through setbacks.

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Resilience in Entrepreneurship is the X Factor for Success

American Entrepreneurship

Hear from those who have overcome common challenges, how they have persevered to build their startups and how you can build an entrepreneurship mindset of resilience. For those engaged in the highly competitive and fast-paced startup ecosystem resilience is more than a soft skill—it’s a strategic advantage. Ask “What did I learn?”

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Private Debt Financing for Small Business: Fast Capital, Real Costs

StartupNation

Since the 2008 financial crash, banks have been steadily retreating from small business lending. Private debt is often viewed as the nimble entrepreneur’s shortcut to capital. However, its growing popularity reflects fundamental changes in how businesses access financing, particularly as traditional lenders pull back.

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From Lawyer to Local News Innovator: Michael Shapiro’s Journey to Building TAPinto

Jason Malki

In 2008, while living in New Jersey and practicing law in New York City, I learned that my one-year-old son needed open-heart surgery. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe? Shapiro is a graduate of Rutgers College, Rutgers University and Stanford LawSchool.

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Announcing the 17 New Startups in Dreamit Ventures’ SecureTech, HealthTech, and UrbanTech Programs

Dream It

Press Release The venture fund and growth-focused accelerator accepted the cohort from a field of nearly 2,000 pre-Series A companies NEW YORK CITY, NY — April 2, 2019 — Dreamit Ventures, an early stage venture fund and growth-focused accelerator, announced its latest batch of startups this week.

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. While some level of stress is inevitable if you are running a startup, times like this can ramp up the stress factor considerably. Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] Importantly, what does this all mean for startups? As I argue in the same video above – startups are better off by the “right sizing&# of the VC industry. The top quartile funds have performed well.

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