David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . 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. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 12, 2021

After graduating from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kene was working in healthcare consulting when he started his first company — an apparel business. It was a 2013 New Year’s Eve party in Atlanta. We are in the first cohort of ACT Tulsa with entrepreneurs who are working hard to build businesses in several fields.

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EntreWorks Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2020

Many such efforts also revolve around the development of kitchen incubators or commercial kitchens, where entrepreneurs can produce food products at scale, and learn the ins and outs of business development. This is the third such study, with previous releases in 2013 and 2016. An excellent new compendium, U.S.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

And still, only about 3% of venture capital goes to female founders—that number is even lower for BIPOC female entrepreneurs with an average funding rate of less than 1%. Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? In the third quarter of 2020, venture capital funding for female founders dropped to a three-year low.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). So we went for it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In 2013, when I started the company, I wanted to focus on a niche instead of being all things to all people. Having expertise in VA loans allows our loan officers to be advisors and consultants rather than salespeople just selling a mortgage. What would you share with other entrepreneurs contemplating bringing on a second-in-command?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

In contrast, entrepreneurs in most other fields risk a more significant portion of their own capital in their new venture , better aligning incentives. We wrote the first version of this research with Brent Beardsley , formerly a Partner with Boston Consulting Group. Contributors. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Obviously I’m a proponent of still working closely with your investors to make sure that they feel bought into your decisions which will matter a lot if you ever need their support in the future. And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

They want shootings to end, police defunded, police stepped up on their street, more mental health support, lower taxes, and don’t even get them started on school testing. Basically, if you can create a groundswell of support, you’re in the game. At this point in the 2013 race, de Blasio was a distant third being Weiner and Quinn.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Meaning I’m looking to be an entrepreneur, I got fired and I want to have a full time business like some of our friends, the Pats and whoever it may be of the world are. Shane Sams: What happened was, man, I had no training as an entrepreneur. In July we do our back to school sale, big launch, we make $15,000 in July of 2013.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. Angel and venture capital investments are made into women entrepreneur-led companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

According to Briter Bridges , another publication that tracks VC investments in Africa, only 3% of the total funding raised by startups in Africa since 2013 has gone to all-women co-founded teams. I think more female investors definitely means more female entrepreneurs, which is a great thing. Today, only 2.8% Jihan Abass, CEO, Lami.

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