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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses. Facebook, Google) to a large market opportunity then you had better have enough resources to compete.

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OMERS Ventures, Turner Construction team up to build the construction tech startup of their dreams

TechCrunch

Founded in 2011, the firm presently has about $1.6 An Entrepreneur-in-Residence program that would serve as an incubator for founders to prepare them to launch their new software companies. . Founded in 1902, it notched a reported $14.4 billion in revenue in 2020. billion in assets under management.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Bloomberg New Economy Forum Solutions.

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

TechCrunch

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. They testify to the growing realization that accelerators increasingly compete for capital and opportunity with other established, institutional VC firms. building companies in-house) or incubator (e.g., Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.

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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

Impact Hub

Q: In preparing for our interview, I loved reading about how you want to give more power and opportunities to women, who carry the burden of day-to-day work but are under-recognised. All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! Rut Turró, Founder of Moving Mood. Stay tuned!