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SaaS leaders: Use customer insights to accelerate growth during a downturn

TechCrunch

Caroline Hogan Contributor Share on Twitter Caroline Hogan is senior director of vendor marketing at Gartner Digital Markets , where she helps software providers accelerate growth. SaaS leaders: Use customer insights to accelerate growth during a downturn by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

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10 Signs Your Company Needs a Business Accelerator Program

Entrepreneurs' Organization

By Lauren King, Director of the EO Accelerator Program. As someone who’s dedicated her career to helping small-scale entrepreneurs grow their businesses, I’ve heard many skeptics say a business accelerator program is just a cover for startups looking to increase capital. This is normal, but it doesn’t have to be!

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years. Not just Y Combinator and TechStars but a host of other accelerators across the country. There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Expert Networks.

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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

The program includes learning modules, expert coaching, peer networking and a marketplace of tools and solutions. We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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I consulted and trained dozens of local economic developers on entrepreneurship ecosystem building efforts, developing a unique understanding of the stereotypes and challenges associated with rural economic development and entrepreneurship ecosystem building. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . Right here. In my book, I collects all the best scholarships, fellowships, and other programs for high-achieving young people. .

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