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

Both Sides of the Table

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. So it’s probably worth pointing out that LA is a town built upon entrepreneurship even if not always underpinned by technology.

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No Limits: Looking Back with GSEA Finalist Carlos Rivas

Entrepreneurs' Organization

He didn’t win the global competition that year, but Carlos went on to participate in GSEA in a variety of roles—first as a special guest in the 2013 finals, then as a jury member in the 2015 semi-finals in Thailand and, most recently, as a jury member in the 2017 semifinals in Germany. In this way, we started a new industry in El Salvador.

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Working in Corporate Provided the Education She Needed to Become an Entrepreneur

Smart Hustle Magazine

But Anika didn’t just fall into entrepreneurship — instead, she used her years of working at a large corporate fashion brand to learn everything needed to go off and be successful on her own. in 2013 to work with brands of color and bring their items to customers here in the US. . “I Anika opened her first store in D.C

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Our Newest Project Octane: “A Path to Purpose”

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DB/ “I knew at a fairly young age that I had a knack for entrepreneurship. DB/ “Growing up in a working-class family, I always believed that entrepreneurship was the journey of an outcast. While my friends were working as employees somewhere, I was navigating this journey called ‘entrepreneurship’ by myself.

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Your deal flow is not diverse enough

TechCrunch

Alisee de Tonnac is co-founder and co-CEO of Seedstars , a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars group is present in 90+ countries with activities that include the largest entrepreneurship competition in emerging markets. -->.

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Do entrepreneurs really have common character traits?

NZ Entrepreneur

So, in trying to understand the factors that lead to successful entrepreneurship, should we continue to fixate on certain character traits being one of them if the research cannot conclude anything concrete? Kolb & Wagner, 2015).The

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Big Cabal Media, parent company of TechCabal and Zikoko, raises $2.3M seed funding

TechCrunch

BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013. Cabal Creative , for instance, is an in-house content studio that has produced content for global brands such as Google, Uber and Coca-Cola. MaC Venture Capital led the round while VC firms Luminate, Unicorn Group, Future Africa, and several angel investors participated.

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