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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

The biggest media attention in our industry went to the so-called “super angels&# during the 2009/10 timeframe and while I don’t believe there is such thing as a super angel I believe that much media attention was deserved. Amazon allowed 22-year-old tech developers to launch companies without even raising capital.

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Here Are the Details About Upfront Ventures’ Newest EIR – @Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. When you see pitch after pitch – what works and what doesn’t – you start to get a sense of patterns of business model approaches, go-to-market strategies and the like. Welcome to the family.

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Metropolis’ AI Platform Transforms Parking Experiences, Backed by $1.8 Billion in Financing

American Entrepreneurship

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out.

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Taiwan’s funP Innovation raises $3.12m to fuel smart retail, cloud drive into Indonesia

AsiaTechDaily

In a statement, FunP said that it will use the recent capital injection to develop and roll out smart retail and cloud services solutions for the Indonesian market and other Asia Pacific (APAC) countries, under its business unit cacaFly and in a partnership with Ennoconn.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. The next important group to spot the weakness in Techstars’ strategy was the investment community.

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Why Recessions Are a Good Time to Start a Side Hustle

StartupNation

In fact, according to a 2009 study by Dane Stangler for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation , more than half of Fortune 500 companies were started during a recession. When you’re not married to any business philosophy or mission statement, you’re free to create as you please and develop the strategies that work for you.

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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

. “Swyft is a new form of urban mobility, using autonomous cabins on lightweight cable infrastructure to solve transportation problems in densely developed areas including corporate campuses, airports, universities and tourism districts. This adds capacity into an area, allowing higher density and more profitable developments.