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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

The first time, back in 2012, I joined as part of a mobile gaming company. Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run. In 2011, he founded Pota-Toss, a Kickstarter-funded iOS game, released on the App Store on October 2012.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will also be my last venture capital deal.

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Pangyo Techno Valley: Korea’s Prime Innovation Cluster Bolstered by Local Governmental Support

AsiaTechDaily

Robust Support for Scaling Startups: Local Task Forces in Action Seongnam City initiated a task force in 2012, tailoring support schemes that resonate with Pangyo Techno Valley companies’ requirements. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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Future First: Finding Opportunity in Global Challenges

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Like the EO members who are making an #EOImpact in their support of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , Alice believes that business leaders are in a position to solve the greatest problems facing our world today: climate change, resource scarcity and social dynamism. So, what could I do?

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Preparing for fintech’s second decade: 4 moves your firm must make now

TechCrunch

Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. His work has been cited in the media over 150 times. He also co-founded Dream Forward, which was acquired in 2020. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the fintech phenomenon.

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BeyondID grabs $9M Series A to help clients implement cloud identity

TechCrunch

BeyondID , a cloud identity consulting firm, announced a $9 million Series A today led by Tercera. Shrestha came on board in 2012 as the head of customer success. Tercera launches with $225M to fund cloud consulting firms. When he began, the startup was in early days with just 50 customers. It seems to be working.

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The Startup Community Way. and more from Maine.

EntreWorks Consulting

This new book follows up on Feld’s excellent 2012 work Startup Communities , which I still consider to be among the best guides to entrepreneurial ecosystem building. This new work digs deeper into the real life challenges facing ecosystem builders, with a focus on sustaining this work over the long term.