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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. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school. 1) Your school.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . We had a specific goal in mind. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype

TechCrunch

Grant Easterbrook Contributor Share on Twitter Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. Algorithm-based buy/sell/hold advice for investment portfolios Fintech must remember that the average consumer doesn’t like thinking about money and often wants someone else to take care of it.