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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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Don’t get me wrong--the mental and emotional well-being of startup employees is a serious issue. The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public.

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What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. I was out trying to save my startup by talking to as many investors as I could. While I am not exclusive to Brooklyn companies, it's fun to be a part of the growth of the startup ecosystem across the East River.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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East Ventures and SV Investment Inject $100m Fund to Supercharge Tech Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The primary goal of this fund is to promote investment opportunities and collaboration between Southeast Asia and South Korea, bridging the gap between the two dynamic tech ecosystems. East Ventures, established in 2009, has an impressive track record of supporting more than 300 technology companies.

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The Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: Resources and Information

Angel Capital Association

We’ll continue to support our members and their portfolio companies by discussing and breaking down that information via our articles, webinars and at Summit 2023. We commend the VC’s and angels that have rallied around their entrepreneurs to repurpose lessons learned from the 2008/2009 recession.

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Tory Burch Foundation launches tool to help women founders find capital

TechCrunch

The Tory Burch Foundation, which was launched in 2009 by fashion designer Tory Burch, has a long history of supporting women entrepreneurs. Regarding the landscape for women overall within the startup ecosystem, she said she hopes it will get better.

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Our Next Energy , or ONE, is a next-gen battery tech startup in Detroit that is creating better, safer, more efficient batteries for the future of electric vehicles. Signal Advisors creates technology that supports financial advisors in scaling their business in ways previously not possible. Signal Advisors. Apply now to Grand Circus.

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