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BE 2.0: Self-Correction is Vital – Recognizing When Change is Needed

Paul G. Silva

Redesigning for Reality Once I accepted the brutal facts, we transformed the organization: We shifted our purpose : From helping sophisticated investors find deals to helping new angels learn how to invest successfully.

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Creator Ventures Raises $45M Fund II to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Internet Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Creator Ventures initial Fund 0, launched in 2019 as a $1 million investment club, now boasts over 4x DPI and 6x MOIC. A Growing Portfolio of Consumer-Focused Innovation The firm has already backed 30 companies since inception and posted standout returns. Its Fund I (20222025) already shows 0.3x DPI and 3x MOIC, exceptional for its vintage.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

At the same time, Launchpad@Stevens supports student innovation by providing mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Since launching iSTEM in 2019, weve seen remarkable success from a 95% retention rate to students raising over $5 million in capital, said Farvardin.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

And in around 2018, 2019, there was a strategic focus by the Board of Trustees to start looking at how can we more specifically support and service founders in the Greater Canterbury region to help them pursue their ideas. The network, the communication, the support that comes out of that day is just quite incredible.

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Back in 2019, I was running one of the most recognized travel companies in Chile. I started in clinical diagnostics, managing lab operations for a large hospital network. In 2019, while working full-time and raising a young child, my husband and I co-founded our company. We were in four cities. We had 50 employees.

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Announcing the 17 New Startups in Dreamit Ventures’ SecureTech, HealthTech, and UrbanTech Programs

Dream It

Press Release The venture fund and growth-focused accelerator accepted the cohort from a field of nearly 2,000 pre-Series A companies NEW YORK CITY, NY — April 2, 2019 — Dreamit Ventures, an early stage venture fund and growth-focused accelerator, announced its latest batch of startups this week.

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community. What is the Needs and Leads Speed Networking event?