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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends. Techstars and other accelerators have also become major network hubs in the NYC ecosystem, bringing investors together from all across the country. When communities lack a critical mass of fulltime investors, you get a lot of inefficiency.

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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

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What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. Are there up and coming investors that you should be introducing to endowments and institutions now so that when they want to start the first VC fund or accelerator in X place, they know where to get funding?

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Venture Atlanta 2023 “Startup Showcase Live” selects Enrichly as $500K Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Now with the winning $500,000 investment in hand, Jordan’s youth development startup will accelerate its mission of tackling the current teen self-esteem crisis. “Since its first iteration, I knew that the personal development education that Enrichly offers would change lives.

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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking. I would like to know how to best measure and track entrepreneurship and economic development in a non-traditional way. and abroad between February and September 2020. Denisse Rodriguez. Mara Hardy.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Next, entire accelerator programs were created on behalf of corporate partners, promising them access to cohorts of world-class founders eager to listen to their needs and use their APIs.