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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

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We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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How May Ph.D. Startup Founders Build for the Long term?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

. % of founders with a doctoral degree out of all founders associated with companies backed by selected investors annually It also appears that when the right supporting infrastructure is in place, more PhDs start their own companies. Startup Founders Build for the Long term? How May Ph.D.

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WJR Business Beat: Hot Regional Startups To Watch In 2022 (Episode 338)

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How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. Good morning, Paul!

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Alumni Ventures launches Women’s Fund 1

American Entrepreneurship

Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Non-profit organizations such as Asan Nanum Foundation , established by Hyundai Group, and D.Camp , as well as startup founders and executives, including the co-founder and former CEO of Krafton, Gang-Seok Kim , also joined Sopoong’s climate fund, Han continued.

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Nigerian founders-turn-investors are now running syndicate funds

TechCrunch

Syndicate leads are often experienced angel investors or successful startup founders. They have a wealth of knowledge from playing different roles in the building of a startup ecosystem. Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africa’s new largest tech hub.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

The Artemis Fund : founded by Leslie Goldman Tepper, the firm leads seed rounds for diverse tech founders with wild ambition in fintech, commerce, and care building the economy of the future. military veterans, LGBTQ+, and the permanently physically disabled.