Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners is thrilled to announce the upcoming Feed the Founders networking event, scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Feed the Founders is a monthly networking event designed for entrepreneurs who are building businesses based on novel innovations. PHOTO: WOVE MADE INC.;

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 The B2B payments company raised $200 million at a unicorn valuation in 2021. Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

With more than 875 million users across more than 200 countries, LinkedIn is a household name in the world of professional networking. Bhadange, a former product and UX designer, founded Peerlist in August 2021 with his wife, Yogini Bende. Now a young startup wants to disrupt that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Double down on essential exposure and increase your opportunities. Bring your team and increase your networking opportunities.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. Jonathan’s advice to fellow young leaders and network members is to trust the process and trust the journey.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

TC Sessions: Justice 2021 features an impressive agenda packed with interactive presentations, breakout sessions and panel discussions with some of the tech world’s brightest innovators, leaders and worker-activists. These folks are in the trenches, changing the world and creating exciting business opportunities. That’s a win-win.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing. 2023 promises to be another exciting year, with new educational opportunities, additional networking and community building events.

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Y Combinator

JULY 20, 2021

First Data Engineer at YC : YC Continuity is hiring our first Data Engineer to help us identify promising investment opportunities using data. Research Associate : YC Continuity is seeking a Research Associate to evaluate investment opportunities, lead market research, and help our portfolio companies grow. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of giving people the choice of booking lodging through a unique home-swapping model. Kindred is building a members-only network to allow people to essentially exchange homes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021. Early Stage events offer lots of opportunity for meaningful connection and, because they’re virtual, you can connect with early-stage founders and influencers across the globe. Contact our sponsorship sales team by filling out this form.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mobility mavens, June 9 will be here before you know it, and that means it’s time to get your strategy ducks in a row for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. You’ll cover more ground and discover more opportunities with your whole team at your side. Taking your team also makes you a highly efficient networking unit.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Individuals who had never considered launching a startup began creating businesses out of a combination of necessity and opportunity. That number is expected to go up in 2021. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021: November 8-14. Hear Network Building Strategies from Communities Around the U.S.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

As 2021 begins, we’re witnessing a fast-changing landscape. With YouTube, more work is required than with Pinterest in that you need to record and produce videos, but if jumping in front of a video camera is your jam, the opportunity to grow your brand is phenomenal. Network online. In fact, according to emarketer.com ; “U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Peanut , the maker of a social networking app for women, is entering into the investing space with today’s launch of a microfund called StartHER. “The assumption that founders should have networks able to invest in their businesses creates an unfair starting line for most groups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

If there’s one thing every early founder needs it’s information, and you’ll find it in abundance at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021. Attend both to double your knowledge, double your networking, double your opportunities. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Early Stage 2021 – Operations & Fundraising?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Startup Alley is ground zero for entrepreneurial opportunity. It’s where hundreds of savvy, exhibiting startups increase their brand recognition, connect with investors, grow their network, expand their customer base and garner invaluable media coverage. Ready to make a minimal investment for maximum opportunity?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark your calendar for TechCrunch’s annual celebration of the startup community — TC Disrupt 2021 returns this September 21-23! As always, networking will be front and center. Between the tools provided by our virtual event platform and curated matches, you’ll make valuable connections and expand your network.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

If you fit that description, we want you to apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. All competitors — win or lose — bask in, and benefit from, this global, equal-opportunity spotlight. Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

If you fit the description, apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at TC Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Then there’s free exhibition space on the virtual show floor, access to the CrunchMatch networking platform, complimentary tickets to future TC events and a free subscription to Extra Crunch. billion and generated 117 exits.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Data Engineer : YC Continuity is hiring our first Data Engineer to help us identify promising investment opportunities using data. Research Associate : YC Continuity is seeking a Research Associate to evaluate investment opportunities, lead market research, and help our portfolio companies grow. Learn more. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

We’re just days away from kicking off TC Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising on April 1-2. Early Stage 2021 is an intensive, one-stop entrepreneurial shop where you learn from seasoned experts, founders and investors. Build community and expand your network. Ever feel like you’re going it alone?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We love nothing more than highlighting notable early-stage startups, and you’ll find plenty of them in the spotlight on March 3 at TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference exploring diversity, inclusion and the human labor that powers tech. TC Sessions: Justice 2021 takes place on March 3. Founded by Laura Moreno.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

anyway), but it’s never too early to start planning for TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 , which takes place on September 21-23. What’s new and different about exhibiting in Startup Alley at Disrupt 2021? When you apply for a Startup Alley Pass , you stand in a giant spotlight of opportunity: Pitch it. Pitch it real good.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising provides early-stage founders with access to top founders, investors and subject-matter experts across the startup realm. Learn and develop the skills essential for startup success, avoid common mistakes, expand your network and discover new opportunities. Are you ready?

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. Now that everyone knows the stakes of a Facebook-like outcome, there’s more money looking to fund and fuel web-scale network-effect businesses. I am expecting a downturn at some point. Yet, I keep wondering, that even in some downturn, both the U.S. (on

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Your last chance to save $100 or more and attend both TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 bootcamps expires tonight! That’s exactly what you’ll get at TC Early Stage 2021 ( Operations & Fundraising: April 1-2 and Marketing & Fundraising: July 8-9 ). 10 Things NOT To Do When You Are Starting a Company.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of helping make traveling more accessible through a unique home-swapping model. The pair teamed up to start San Francisco-based Kindred in March of 2021. . “We And the network is invite-only. And they’ve raised $7.75

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 11, 2021

We’ve known that once the wave breaks on the shore, there will be enormous opportunities unleashed. What we have been looking for is the consumer opportunity to emerge. I’ve always thought the opening would be at the intersection of gaming, online communities, and social networks. Where enormous opportunity exists.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Vienna, 10 November 2021 – As the Impact Hub Network continues to accelerate the transition to a more just and sustainable future, we are excited to announce an update on our leadership team. This network is a community full of talent, drive and a genuine commitment to radically transform the way we do business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 28, 2021

The immersive, multi-week ACA Angel University is virtual , too, and will start on May 17 – and you’ll save if you sign up during your ACA 2021 – The Summit of Angel Investing registration. Plus, we’ll have virtual happy hours and crowd-sourced discussion groups for low-key and high-comfort networking.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

But, thanks to TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising on July 8-9, you don’t have to reinvent the freakin’ wheel. “Early Stage 2020 was a great opportunity to hear seasoned startup founders talking about their experiences and how they dealt with many of the same challenges I faced then and am going through now.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

This year in particular, many of these searches are coming from the millions of Americans who quit their jobs in 2021. Identifying and connecting the resources in one central network makes it easier for entrepreneurs of all types to find assistance for the hurdles they face.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. I always felt that, if I could have the opportunity to go out into those stars and explore and perhaps ask or answer, one of the biggest questions in mankind’s history — ‘Are we the only life in the universe or not?’ — I would take that chance,” Beck says. Bootstrapping in 2021 goes a long way.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

We’re only two weeks away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference focused on making diversity, equity, inclusion and labor as integral to tech as data, software engineers, startups and venture capital. Here are just a few of the outstanding presentations on tap — be sure to read the TC Sessions: Justice 2021 agenda.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

GoCardless says it will use the funding to accelerate its open banking strategy, which will see it combine open banking-enabled bank-to-bank payments with the global bank debit payments network it has already built out. Debut products will be launching in the first half of 2021. “We

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2023

Through education, we can provide women with opportunities to change their lives,” says 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellow Frissia Monsivais. In 2021 I had the opportunity to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and be part of a roundtable to discuss women’s issues in Mexico.

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