TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

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. How Mixpanel got its startup groove back by focusing on its core product. Image Credits: Carol Yepes (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

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. Venture-backed: 42 years.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. What She’s Learned, And What You Can Learn From Her.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 21, 2015

throughout those cycles, venture capital has flourished from a cottage industry into $100B per year asset class. But, is there any observable relationship between the federal funds rate and the startup ecosystem? From 2000 through 2009, the federal funds rate and venture investment paralleled each other.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. You will present in front of hundreds of the most successful Angel investors and Venture Capital investors. Steve Case, former founder of AOL, Startup America and Revolution Ventures, has taken it a step further.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

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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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. million seed round , led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with participation from Whitecap Venture Partners, DVP, Grand Ventures and ID Ventures. Red Ventures.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.

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