Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

My previous startup was bootstrapped, easy, fast, and 100% control. Since then, I’ve raised 5 more times for my companies and also advised various VCs and accelerators on tens of deals. Fundraising is different for each startup, and it’s also very different in each stage of that startup. Still no new email. Refresh again.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll cover six realistic ways startups and entrepreneurs can fund their business , including: Incubators or accelerators. Funding from incubators or accelerators. A business incubator or accelerator is an organization that provides resources, mentorship, and connections to startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. government minister and a former MD of Microsoft for Startups U.K. and CEO of Code First: Girls, among others.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. TThe Incubator aims to cultivate a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem by offering tailored support and resources to women-led startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Robust Support for Scaling Startups: Local Task Forces in Action Seongnam City initiated a task force in 2012, tailoring support schemes that resonate with Pangyo Techno Valley companies’ requirements. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The NJIEF is unique to New Jersey because of its self-sustaining model, designed to create a continuous loop of investment and mentorship,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Under the NJIEF, the State acts as an equity investor in startups, deploying up to $600 million into companies alongside professional venture capital groups.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

The startup has today announced closing a $3 million pre-seed funding to accelerate this growth. Qureos was founded in August last year by Alexander Epure , Mehrad Yaghmai and Usama Nini in a bid to make mentorship more accessible to individuals that are starting out in their careers, or are looking to switch jobs.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

Startups are a lot like plants. An entrepreneur sows a seed in the form of a startup idea , takes care of it and nurtures it with internal and external aid till the startup grows, reaps fruits, and sustains itself. Startup aid usually comes in the form of funding and capital investment. Sources Of Seed Funding.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Established in September 2023, the DFAB works to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups, providing knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs. million in income replacement grants, as well as mentorship and training.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There is nothing more inspiring than the journeys of Oklahoma’s advanced technology startups. Bison Underground is one such company, an ag-tech startup that launched about a year ago in Norman, OK. Here are five strategies from the Bison Underground playbook to help a startup start right: Mission. military veterans.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. So they created Workit Health. million in 2020.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Now many Detroit startups are on the fast track to growth. Whether it’s new funding, expansions or IPOs, it’s been an eventful year in Detroit startups. Here are the top Detroit startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Small Detroit startups to watch in 2022. Next year is looking even better. Apply now to Autobooks.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Business is booming in Latin America: Startups raised $9.3 As Latin America bathes the startup spotlight, players there need to consider how its startup growth can translate to self-sustaining economic and social development across the board. of GDP, while revenue from VC-backed companies accounts for 21%.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

As the early-stage, biology-focused accelerator arm of SOSV, IndieBio gives the companies in its program $250,000+, mentorship and full access to a biology lab to bring their ideas to life. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic. Leaving the $3.2

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Inaugural Survey Report ‘India – An Impact Startup Nation’ released at the TiECon 2021. . Inaugural Survey Report ‘India – An Impact Startup Nation’ released at the TiECon 2021. . They launched the Impact Startup Support (ISS) initiative in India as they unveiled. finance, transforming India into an Impact Startup nation.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Andela , a New York-based startup that helps tech companies build remote engineering teams from Africa , was one of the first to publicly announce it was going remote on the continent. It also helped developers improve their skills via training and mentorship. What is Andela, the Africa tech talent accelerator?

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OurCrowd

MAY 26, 2022

Startup of the Week: Convizit: Making user experience a snap. Here in Davos, two major issues dominate the agenda at the World Economic Forum: the rapid acceleration of climate change and the threat of global inflation-starvation, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Stream the full event here.

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

Larissa de Moura, a Brazilian social innovator based in Spain, has experienced first-hand the challenges of being a young, migrant entrepreneur and developing her startup on her own, in an unknown country. Q: You have been doing consistent work to promote social, inclusive and sustainable business models with INMI and ALDEA.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. We support and foster the creation of solutions, teams, and environments that are striving towards sustainable change. 5 years of impact. Our birthday was 3 days of events filled with unique experiences.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Research included in the report demonstrates that “regions and local economies with strong entrepreneurship bases achieve faster and more sustainable economic growth.”. I recently attended the Startup Champions Summit in Des Moines, and was amazed to learn about many new and pioneering entrepreneurship-led economic development efforts.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

6) SoGoal Foundation Black Founder Startup Grant. It is a funding source that is only applicable to startups owned by black women or black nonbinary entrepreneurs. Subsequently, it provides an opportunity for sustainable growth of minority small businesses that are underfunded. Acceleration Grants. Acceleration Grants.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The planet-loving folks at the Sustainable Ocean Alliance started an accelerator a couple years back focusing on very early stage companies, but this year they’re expanding the program to accept those who have already closed their first round. Ocean Solutions Accelerator’s third wave tackles a new set of aquatic challenges.

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