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Fueling Founders, Scaling Impact: Inside Keshia Theobald-van Gent’s Investment Philosophy

Jason Malki

programs at German Accelerator, specializing in global startup expansion and cross-border growth. My path wasn’t exactly linear, but it was definitely intentional. operations for the German Accelerator, helping European startups expand into the U.S. Keshia holds a Master’s from the University of Groningen. From there, I ran U.S.

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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

StartupNation

Note: Fines can definitely cost you more than your startup budget of $100. In 2016, our ETC team weighed all the options and decided to go mobile with AMP (accelerated mobile pages) to see a rapid jump in sales (and we saw it!). No “dark” practices! In 2024, it generated $6.7 million in revenues with stable year-to-year growth.

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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

It definitely required patience (and often self control), but the sheer volume of problems to be solved in startups allows for lots of opportunities to grow and take on stuff which is not in your direct domain. There were other year’s where I felt the company was making bets on me to figure out problems which I had no experience to solve.

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HPA Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company Simple Mills by Flower Foods, Inc.

HPA

Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels ( HPA ), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills , has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods , Inc.

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Is an accelerator still worth doing for your business in 2025?

Founder Bounty

If its a top tier accelerator like Ycombinator you should definitely do it. For example pilots you need with corporates 3) Access to investors the negatives: 1) taking your time 2) The equity you have to give up Conclusion: If you have to build remember it would be a good idea to build with a top tier accelerator.

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API documentation: What it is and how to write it (with examples)

The Zapier Blog

Bring the magic of automation to your users Expand your product's reach, deliver better user experiences, and accelerate growth with our suite of partner tools. The steps are clearly defined, key info is bolded, and each field has a brief definition. Think instruction manuals, but for connecting applications or data sources.

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The 8 best vibe coding tools in 2025

The Zapier Blog

It's definitely helpful if you have some programming experience, but it won't tank you if you don't. After some pleading, Memex made the car move better than expected, with a really nice turn rate and actual acceleration, not just jumping from speed = 0 to speed = 60 instantly, giving this a nice touch. Guardrails.