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

StartupNation

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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San Diego Angel Conference Opens 2024 SDAC VI Fund to Angel Investors, Applications for Founders Seeking Funding Closes on Dec. 19th

American Entrepreneurship

in 17 startups since 2019. They learn how to assess startups’ products, management, market opportunities and business models; how to perform due diligence, evaluate an investment pitch, and make informed investment decisions. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M

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How to manage uncertainty with Habi and Inspired Capital on TechCrunch Live

TechCrunch

Brynne leads the hot real estate startup out of Colombia, which reached unicorn status last year with a $200 million raise. As Brynne put it to me, startup founders manage uncertainty — uncertainty in the financial environment, uncertainty in debt lines, and geopolitical uncertainty. The topic is uncertainty.

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Take your shot and apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at TC Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

Startup Battlefield , the world’s preeminent pitch competition, has launched hundreds of startups over the years — 922 if you want to be a stickler about it. TechCrunch vets every application and will select roughly 25 startups to compete. GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Realize you are up against an outdated system. These discussions then bring further biases to the surface.

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Indy VC firm Sixty8 Capital launches $20M fund aimed at underrepresented founders

TechCrunch

It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. That led to the development of a startup incubator focused on Black founders and later a pitch competition.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. And then Day Two is that traditional day of inspiration.