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Cision acquires TrendKite (Dreamit 2013) for $225 million

Dream It

Founded in 2013 by AJ Bruno, Matt Allison, and Patrick Brannen, TrendKite participated in the 2013 Dreamit program. Between that time and now, TrendKite raised approximately $46 million in venture funding. Startups participate in one of Dreamit's three industry verticals: UrbanTech , HealthTech , or SecureTech.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. A HUGE network enhancer.

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How One Entrepreneur Utilizes Visualization To Promote Living Organ Donation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The honorees will also either throw out the ceremonial first pitch from donor to recipient, deliver the game ball, or announce “play ball” to signal the start of the games. My diagnosis occurred on October 21, 2013, one day after I ran the Detroit Free Press Marathon.

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Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’…

Jason Malki

GoAhead’s Managing Partners met through their respective Stanford networks. Takeshi “TK” Mori and Clancey Stahr met in 2013 at a cafe on Stanford’s campus and worked together on various investment projects before deciding to launch GoAhead Ventures I in Q4 2014. This was very insightful. Thank you so much for joining us!

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The competition has $50,000 in cash prizes.

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Towercutting with goTenna

This is going to be BIG.

It is a small piece of hardware that syncs up with your phone, freeing it from the carrier network and enabling point to point communication. I was scanning the SXSWSocial network for anyone that had tagged themselves "Brooklyn". — Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) March 9, 2013. But handy isn''t why I backed it. million.

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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

Both Sides of the Table

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Come to entrepreneur pitches.

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