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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

Standing here today in a city that has had many multi-billion dollar IPOs and has clearly cemented itself as a world class startup city, especially given that we’re still thriving in the pandemic and that reports of our total demise in a Zoom world have been “greatly exaggerated”, I’m happy to share some of what I’ve learned. You need both.

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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. What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? I have looked at tech from both sides now (h/t Joni Mitchell ), as a three-time entrepreneur and as a venture investor through two downturns. More posts by this contributor.

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

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Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Yoon Choi — Muirwoods Ventures. Earlier in her career, Yoon was one of the founding members at Samsung Ventures.” Victoria Beasley — Prelude Ventures.

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

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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)

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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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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

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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. Global startup funding has soared this year, but a number of exits and large funding rounds are drawing new attention to India’s startup ecosystem.