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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

In late 2018, the company raised $75 million Series C from Sequoia, arguably the top VC firm in the world. I’m pissed off that the startup ecosystem is supposed to be founder-friendly, supportive of trying really hard things, there for you even if they don’t work out as planned, but that this courtesy gets applied completely unevenly.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. The median seed round is $500,000 (above the global average of $494,000) and a median Series A round for a startup is $2.4 Digital health, education, B2B SaaS.

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Next Level Entrepreneurship: Investing in a New Generation of Startups

Entrepreneurs' Organization

With its innovative model for empowering rural women and youth, IndiVillage introduces balance to India’s ecosystem—where cities tend to grow exponentially while rural villages have few economic opportunities. “We It provides participants with opportunities to shadow a CEO, connect with mentors and exchange ideas with EO members.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

He started his first business aged 18 and received the New Zealand Angel Association’s Arch Angel award in 2018 as New Zealand’s top angel investor. Like all entrepreneurs, he looks for and takes advantage of opportunities while managing risk. These issues are discussed in the manifesto. “If

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. Founded in 2018 (and formerly known as Flugauto), Blueflite is a last-mile logistics startup that offers drone delivery services. After raising $10.3

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K-Startup Grand Challenge: The South Korea accelerator program that is ‘a gateway’ to doing business in Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The country’s focus on education, business, and innovation has made it the 11th largest economy and the fifth largest exporter of goods and services globally. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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9 investors, execs and founders discuss Zagreb’s startup potential

TechCrunch

Startups may not spring to mind when speaking about the beautiful country of Croatia. Indeed, the country is most popular as a tourist destination, and given that tourism accounted for about 20% of its GDP in 2018 , to an extent, its pre-pandemic focus was mostly on growing its share of the international tourism market. Agrivi, Repsly.

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