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Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

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When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. The post Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it appeared first on 500 Startups.

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Cities Championing and Expanding Awareness of Entrepreneurship

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Society doesn’t understand the value of entrepreneurship. But most people are unaware of this and the enormous potential of entrepreneurship in their communities and society in general. They need to understand why entrepreneurship is critical for economically thriving communities.

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5 Questions with Ian Hathaway, co-author of The Startup Community Way

Ian Hathaway

As many of these benefits spillover into the broader economy and society, entrepreneurship helps drive economic prosperity and vibrancy for entire communities. In places where dynamism has been lacking, entrepreneurship can help provide a renewed economic vitality, sense of optimism, and upward mobility. The world needs entrepreneurs.

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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023

Entrepreneurs' Organization

She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation and serves as her chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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Unicorn Insider’s Co-Founder Recognized on International Women’s Day

American Entrepreneurship

Cilingir at the helm as CEO with Chief Revenue Officer Serhat Soyuerel and others co-founded the AI-native platform in 2012 that boasts a community of 200,000+ CX, marketing & e-commerce professionals. The post Unicorn Insider’s Co-Founder Recognized on International Women’s Day appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.