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

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This is where venture capital comes into play. In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. What is venture capital and how do you get it? The average venture capital investment ranges between £1-2 million / $1.5-3

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

It was a happy accident when I got back into NYC VC in 2009 that I just happened to find the Ace Hotel--a space that was really conducive to meetings and founders working on projects. These folks could become clients, funders, or good places to connect and work over the long term. Venture Capital & Technology'

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

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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. At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female founders.

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

StartupNation

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. At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female 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.