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Startups and Venture Capital: What Do They Spend Their First Round On?

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As the e-commerce industry continues to boom and work from home remains a trend amongst the corporate sector, more entrepreneurs are using their funds to create new digital startups in a number of niches. In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009.

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

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Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. According to a recent Crunchbase study , the number of companies founded by women doubled from 10 percent of global startups in 2009 to 20 percent in 2019. This narrative clearly disregards some great examples of successful mom entrepreneurs and startup founders.

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

StartupNation

Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. According to a recent Crunchbase study , the number of companies founded by women doubled from 10 percent of global startups in 2009 to 20 percent in 2019. This narrative clearly disregards some great examples of successful mom entrepreneurs and startup founders.

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What went wrong at Techstars

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Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.