Startup Blogpost

APRIL 21, 2023

We’ve gathered insights from 12 industry leaders, including CEOs, founders, and directors, to shed light on the top benefits that startup employees desire. Harry Morton , Founder, Lower Street Wellness Resources Since 2020, wellness has become increasingly important, and employees are more aware of its significance.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

GSEA delivers on its vision to empower student entrepreneurs to become the world’s most influential change-makers by supporting them with mentorship, recognition and connections to take their businesses to the next level of success. Joe started the company in November 2020 from his dorm room at Walsh University in Ohio.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

Early-stage founders, why not take a page from the old Doublemint gum slogan — double your pleasure, double your fun — and buy a dual-event pass for access to both TC Early Stage 2021 events? Founders, investors and other startup experts who’ve been in the trenches and done the heavy lifting. Don’t wait.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The report, titled Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories , was produced by VC firm Accel with heavy support from startup and VC data platform Dealroom. Unicorn founder factories: Cohort distribution Image Credits: Dealroom / Accel. Even failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Methodology. Second-generation unicorns.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

A total of nearly $63,000 in grants were made during 2020. SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. Did you know that Black female founders receive less than 0.5% SoGal is looking to change that with the Black Founder Startup Grant. Winners will also have access to resources and mentorship to propel their businesses forward.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

Launches Fellowship Grant Opportunity for Early Career Entrepreneurs Altitude Lab today announced that its incubating startups raised over $120M in early-stage funding since commencing operations in 2020. Learn more about Altitude Lab and apply for residency and the Founder Fellowship at altitudelab.org.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. TThe Incubator aims to cultivate a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem by offering tailored support and resources to women-led startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This program provides a unique platform for mentorship, networking, and investment opportunities for early-stage startups from South Korea and beyond. The COMEUP Stars program for this year involves 13 top Korean and foreign VCs and accelerators closely collaborating with 10 promising startups each.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Sopoong has closed on around $8 million (10.3

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

This year’s IWD falls on 8 March, 2020, and its focus is #eachforequality, which recognizes that equality is not a women’s issue—rather, it’s an economic issue. These networks will result in mentorship as well as greater interaction between female founders, giving way to new companies and even more innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

In an unprecedented work environment defined by distributed teams and virtual-only communication, two co-founders think their 2018 bet reigns truer than ever: mentors need mentorship, too. times from Q2 2020, and in the last five months, monthly revenue has doubled. Quarterly bookings have increased 3.4

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Impact Hub

JULY 14, 2021

In 2020 it expanded to Germany through Impact Hub Munich and the target audience for each location changed. . 2020-2021 New Roots participants in Impact Hub Munich. Then, check the 2020-2021 New Roots report for some insightful data!

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ventures with underrepresented founders will compete for share of more than $130,000 in cash grants, plus mentoring and connections. Prizes include cash grants from a prize pool of $130,000 along with mentorship opportunities and connections with potential investors and key influencers. WILMINGTON, Del.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Previously, we introduced the concept of flexible VC : structures that allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

The startup was founded by Tongayi Choto and Roger Roman in July 2020 and has offices in Harare and Los Angeles. Roger Roman (co-founder). “We’ve encountered the problems that many Black founders face, such as scarce fundraising sources. Image Cedits: AfriBlocks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

She started the company in 2020 to provide virtual data analysts for businesses. She then decided to drop out of school and focus on the company, which was becoming a service startup founders would use. The company raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding in 2020, and today announced $4.5 This is especially relevant as 1.1

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Impact Hub

APRIL 22, 2022

By promoting inclusivity and diversity between business founders, and increasing female founded start-ups. Improvements were also said to be made regarding the training within the masterclasses, as they replaced hard skills training with mentorship on real problems that the entrepreneurs face.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Copyright 2020 Lioncrest Publishing. YPO is one of several global organizations designed to help founders and CEOs. For the longest time, I couldn’t imagine why a founder or CEO would need a coach. Help doesn’t always have to be advice or mentorship. The following is adapted from “Mr. Get a professional coach.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. In November 2020, Llamasoft was acquired by Coupa Software for $1.5 In 2020, they raised $5.5 million in 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The program , held virtually , provided these startups with funding ($100,000 convertible note and $20,000 stipend), mentorship and access to its network. The accelerator also backed cross-border payment infrastructure company Fliqpay in 2020.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

Their three-week lockdown in April 2020 caused GDP to fall by an estimated 27.9% Despite a minimal increase in GDP by the 4th quarter, the Nigerian economy suffered a -4.20% decline in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. during that period and an additional 12.23% ( 3.8

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 24, 2021

Since its creation in August 2020, the app has facilitated over 600 consultations. Amos Narh, one of its co-founders, lost his father due to medical malpractice in Ghana. Since its launch in 2020, the platform has enabled more than 500 consultations and onboarded more than 25 healthcare providers.

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

Generation Z (2001-2020) = 5%. To help baby boomers succeed, employers should create specific goals and deadlines, offer mentorships roles and take a coaching-style feedback approach. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Generation X (1965-1980) = 33%.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, there are principles that every founder should know before raising, and we will talk about them from the very beginning of the startup to later stages. Successful founders are not very happy when they raise a new round of investment, because they understand that they didn’t actually raise any money, they raised debt.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

At a YC startup, you’ll jump into fast-paced, mission critical projects from day one, work directly with founders and early engineers, and build real-world software development skills. As a program participant, you’ll have access to: Invite-only events with YC partners and founders , including select YC S20 founder dinners.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

In February 2020, as the world was shutting down, and as businesses downsized on account of the Covid pandemic, John Kamara was busy establishing another new startup Adanian Labs in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. And so, swimming against the tides, he set up the venture studio in partnership with co-founders Irene Kiwia and Bendon Murgor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But having a diverse cluster of big tech companies helps the ecosystem by providing more resources, including mentorship and early funding opportunities, say Singapore-based investors. This means startups will have to compete more aggressively for talent. Timing was also crucial. “All those dovetailed nicely during that time.”

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StartupNation

MAY 13, 2021

Consumers around the world spent $900 billion at online retailers in 2020, according to report from the Mastercard Economics Institute. With consumers spending more than ever online, it’s no wonder why so many entrepreneurs are joining e-commerce marketplaces in droves. Up to 30% of that shift is expected to be permanent, too.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

At the beginning of each mentorship, goals and objectives were established with the ambition of following a defined plan of action. ” Beatrice , El Shaddai founder of My Helper. . Impact Hub Munich began the same initiative with thirty mompreneurs in July 2020. Impressions & Outcomes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, which first invested in the company in its $16 million Series A in 2020, also participated. Co-founder Euan Blair (who happens to be the son of the former U.K. This is what really attracted the investors, said Joel Cutler, managing director and co-founder of General Catalyst.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

KSGC selects 60 promising startup teams from across the world every year and gives an all-expenses-paid mentorship/networking opportunity in South Korea. In 2020, despite a turbulent economic condition and the impact of COVID-19, KSGC attracted 2648 applications from 118 countries. And what we are doing is a really new technology.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In 2020, TIME listed Guardhat’s smart hat as one of the best inventions of the year. Pocketnest was founded by a woman, Jessica Willis, who is a fantastic mentor to local founders. They were founded in 2020 and have solid VC backing, recently raising $2 million, raising their total funding to $4.4 Apply now to Trustpage.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These successful business founders and Advisors in The Oracles share the most common mistakes they see from aspiring entrepreneurs and explain how to overcome those mistakes. Marla Beck, co-founder and CEO of Bluemercury , which was acquired by Macy’s for $210 million; creator of M-61 Skincare and Lune+Aster cosmetics.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Founder, and former President and CEO. For 25 years, Salyer led Accel Financial Staffing, until the sale of the company to key employees in the 3 rd quarter of 2020. On September 30, 2020, the long-term employees acquired the business, ensuring a bright future for many years to come. Q&A with Meg Salyer. Get started!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

There are two kinds of restaurants where the majority of our focus is on — the bukkas [local restaurants] and the small restaurants, for instance,” Orda co-founder and CEO Guy Futi told TechCrunch in an interview. With its cloud-based software, Orda wants these businesses not to rely on manual ways of managing their businesses. .

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