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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

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Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. What is a founder to do?

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Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one

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An injury or an illness can cause someone to use the internet differently on a temporary basis. Despite this, the relative universal appeal of accessibility as a principle does not mean that it will be as easy as explaining the need and getting people on board to make major organizational changes. You have the why.

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The Magic Midnight Mind Meld

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I hold true to form and follow my own advice. I turned around and there was StockTwits founder (and my favorite Tweeter) Howard Lindzon. Nobody has family duties, board meetings, full schedules. As my college buddies used to say, “you could blindfold me with dental floss.&# Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

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I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. I like that.

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Lessons for raising $10M without giving up a board seat

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Henry Shapiro is the co-founder of Reclaim.ai, an intelligent calendar assistant platform used daily by over 14,000 companies. As a startup founder, you have no shortage of voices to listen to. My co-founder and I started Reclaim.ai My co-founder and I started Reclaim.ai More posts by this contributor.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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Local investors tend to invest 50% to 90% of their fund into local startups, “but we do look at deal flow in all Nordic countries,” said one. Use discount code HALLO to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. What are the biggest worries of the founders in your portfolio? and Nomono. Also, Trump leaving the Oval Office.