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

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Here are four startup myths that hold innovation back. 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. Diverse startups are the key to innovation, creative thinking and growth, which is now more critical than ever before.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

I''ve always believed that investors make great community glue because they have a huge incentive for their local communities to thrive as places of innovation. Existing businesses need to understand the mutual benefit of innovation happening around them. Venture Capital & Technology'

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

StartupNation

Here are four startup myths that hold innovation back. 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. Diverse startups are the key to innovation, creative thinking and growth, which is now more critical than ever before.

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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. The next logical step was to go up-market and look for financial “partners” among the many corporations struggling to keep up with the pace of technological innovation during the go-go ZIRP years.