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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., Concurrently, the number of funds raised in the eight-year period up to 2022 was 2,700 , up from 883 in 2010.

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This Week in the New York Innovation Community – February 1st, 2010

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The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs.

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In My Words: Aaron Lee on How EO Accelerator Altered His Journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. In the summer of 2010, just after graduating into EO, I was standing on a cliff enjoying the amazing view in Positano, Italy, when it hit me. One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur.

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Next Level Entrepreneurship: Investing in a New Generation of Startups

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In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. “We The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level.

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Garry Tan is the next president and CEO of Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Michael Seibel was chief executive of Y Combinator’s accelerator up until 2020, when the accelerator evolved from a more traditional partnership to no longer having multiple CEOs. YC says that no one else’s role at the accelerator has changed with today’s executive shakeup. Ralston continued.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact. Population, though 97% of U.S.

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Small Groups and the Long Game at #SXSW

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In 2010, I funded his company, Backupify , which has gone on to raise over $19 million in funding and is set to have their best year of revenue to date. We connected around R/GA''s role in the tech community and here I am now, a mentor in the R/GA hardware accelerator. I didn''t meet Rob at a big flashy party. Just breakfast.