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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

It had been written that NYC was built by industries of zero sum games like finance and real estate, and that DNA wouldn’t work in the startup community. Startup founders always need help. It wasn’t until I helped Foursquare raise their seed round in 2009 that many outside VCs even took notice of NYC.

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Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha: I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now

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Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction. As a venture investor, I have invested in over 60 companies, and while many have gone public or been acquired, the journey has included pivots, near-death experiences and navigating through the 2008/2009 downturn. More posts by this contributor.

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

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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

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“Yoon has been a Venture Investor and strategic partner to many Silicon Valley startups/founders for 18 years prior to Muirwoods. “Gabriel is the Director of Innovation, focused on mobility and energy, for Elemental Excelerator, a climatetech accelerator founded in 2009 in Hawaii. ” Expert panel of judges.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

TechCrunch

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. Clicker, which launched at the TechCrunch50 conference in 2009, was acquired by CBS Interactive.

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

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Mixpanel’s reset, smart growth, $100K referral bonuses

TechCrunch

Inside Plaid’s plans to build a new, global finance network. Smart growth tactics can put account-based marketing within reach for startups and SMBs. How Mixpanel got its startup groove back by focusing on its core product. Thanks again for reading TechCrunch+ this week; have a great weekend! Walter Thompson.