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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

One is “tentpole company,” or a category-defining startup that helps put their hometown on the map, both for investors and future generations of founders. Internally, we’ve begun using the term “founder-market-geography fit” to describe this idea. What is Founder-Market-Geography Fit? Let’s get into it.

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8 Simple Strategies for Founders To Improve Startup Culture

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Leaders want more efficient workplaces, and founders are in the unique position to set the cultural tone of their organization. When founders invest in their team, it results in greater cohesion, performance, and a more supportive atmosphere. Learning more about other cultures (e.g.,

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Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $2.1M

HPA

Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M Aqua Cultured Foods is an innovative food technology startup that has developed the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood alternatives created through microbial fermentation. Congrats to CEO & Co-Founder Anne Palermo and the entire Aqua Cultured Foods team!

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Strategic Casting: How to Fish For Your Ideal Clients and Employees

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Without the right people in the right seats who live by your core values and culture, you won’t be able to deliver to your ideal client. I’ll say it again for emphasis: Ideal employees must live by the company’s core values and culture. And worse, you may only attract less-than-ideal clients. So, how do you fish for ideal employees?

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Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reels in $5.5M

TechCrunch

For example, one of the biggest venture capital investments into alternative seafood in 2022 went into Wildtype , which raised $100 million in a Series B round for its cultured salmon product. Today, Chicago-based Aqua Cultured Foods is adding itself to that list, announcing $5.5 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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The Painful Experience That Inspired One Entrepreneur to Greatness

Entrepreneurs' Organization

With the support of a friend who gifted her a van (she paid $1 for it) and a mentor in the dry cleaning business, she built a website and embarked on her entrepreneurial journey as founder of WashRoom Laundry. “I Through a scholarship from ScaleUpCLT , Saichelle had the opportunity to join EO Charlotte’s Accelerator (EOA) program.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

TechCrunch

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. “It yourprotagonist.

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