StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Are you an entrepreneur with a great story to share? Marcia Dawood: One of the things that angels bring is a lot of mentorship and expertise, and they bring their network. They need advice. They need mentorship. for the WJR Business Beat. Listeners outside of the Detroit area can listen live HERE.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

Invest in yourself, and your hard work will blossom.”. In the years since the YLAI Network team first spoke with Neish about the importance of entrepreneurs focusing on their health and well-being, Neish is taking his own advice and is concentrating on soon stepping back from the role of Executive Director at TransWave. “I

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This dynamic zone will feature IR pitches for investment attraction, conducted on a dedicated stage, and thought-provoking conferences. In addition, COMEUP has introduced an online business matching program, operational year-round, to broaden investment and collaboration opportunities crucial for startup growth.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Mentorship is a crucial ingredient to a student’s success. For Mentor Collective , a Boston-based startup founded in 2014, answers to the challenges and opportunities within scaled mentorship have taken time to figure out. Boyar initially started the company thinking that it would be a nonprofit. The more important milestone?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. While much remains unsure, I’m certain of one thing: I have to step aside and pay attention to the women who are navigating the complex world of investing.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Pursuing a second career after leaving the military can be challenging, which is why a growing number of veterans choose to become entrepreneurs. Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. She joined Mesa Global where she is doing both venture capital and investment banking. So we went for it.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Succeeding as a new entrepreneur might seem more challenging now than ever before. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, make sure to connect with the following five people: Certified Personal Accountant. CPAs identify and advise on how to best deduct and potentially even make end-of-year investments for the best outcome.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Investors have already been signing the dotted line without meeting entrepreneurs in person. When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions. Reconnect with impact investing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. In fintech, the problem is especially prominent: Women-founded fintechs have raised a meager 1% of total fintech investment in the last 10 years. of total investment dollars. More posts by this contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page. “We We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one Ours is: upfront.com/inclusion. Well, did you ask them to???”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. But that’s it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because it teaches her nothing of relevance, slows her down, and, in a world of readily available information, no longer gates learning resources like it once did.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

I never envisioned myself as an entrepreneur with a healthcare business. Clients who invest in themselves tend to have better outcomes because they have more skin in the game. . There is much to be said about the benefits of mentorship in medicine , including the ability to learn the “hidden curriculum” of the profession.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

The other day, Ron Conway said at an event that “ he hopes that any entrepreneur that has “the guts” to start a company gets funded.” Too many entrepreneurs start out their business endeavors with an investment pitch. That’s what makes venture capital such a risky investment.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair shared some of his thoughts about building a sturdy leadership team and drafted a thorough checklist for entrepreneurs who are putting a crew together. His initial advice? Are you even the best choice for CEO? “Investors love founder-CEOs, and founders are often fantastic candidates for this role.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. As a starting point you have to realize that investment firms (which a VC is) have management needs.

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Gust

JULY 15, 2012

For this, you should expect participation in monthly strategy and review meetings, and unlimited access via phone or email for questions, mentoring, and advice. Sharing of their experience with next generation of entrepreneurs. Meet new contacts that might help them in their own business.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2019

If you’re an entrepreneur or small business owner, and you’ve struggled at any point with mastering a new business management skill, you’re not alone. If you’re thinking of investing in new tech equipment or software or want to hire an expert consultant to support new projects – there are funding options available that can help.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? Elect 1-2 representatives and even invite a local VC to invest personally and sit on the investment committee or be an advisor.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2022

Instead, here’s a list of 12 things that have directly or kinda-directly helped me go from living paycheck-to-paycheck, to hiring my first ever financial advisor (because I now have something called savings and investments.) I didn’t hog my skills and knowledge When I get on a call with a potential new client, I don’t hold back any advice?—?even

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Oklahoma is very friendly to entrepreneurs. She began her professional career as a corporate loan officer with the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. Mentorship.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I get paid (well) for interesting people to come in and tell me how they want to change the world – Being an entrepreneur is like having blinders on. At least for the best entrepreneurs. Some people do the conference circuit too much, get involved in lots of side projects and attend every entrepreneur dinner. I love it.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. Supporting the growing roster of programs also required more administrative overhead to solve legal issues, track investments and support cross-program communications and learning.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

As a startup founder who is highly invested in our bootstrapped consumer social startup — “just ship it” comes with a number of caveats outlined here. Allowing myself to be okay with the fact that it’s unlikely that any of those will happen (except maybe “hit the market”) is part of what I have to struggle with daily.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? I could go on for a long time.

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StartupNation

MAY 13, 2021

With consumers spending more than ever online, it’s no wonder why so many entrepreneurs are joining e-commerce marketplaces in droves. Here are a few stories from entrepreneurs who overcame challenges to run profitable e-commerce businesses: Take time to educate yourself. Up to 30% of that shift is expected to be permanent, too.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This Guide is for the aspiring business owner and entrepreneur for the purpose of spuring thinking and investigation that will lead to the creation of a business plan followed by the business launch. By conducting a self-assessment of strengths and weaknesses, an entrepreneur is better prepared to meet the challenges as they arise.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Let’s get one thing very clear, not every startup has to raise investment nor it’s the job of a startup to raise money. Successful founders are not very happy when they raise a new round of investment, because they understand that they didn’t actually raise any money, they raised debt. If you don’t invest in yourself, why should I?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Bradley is the co-founder of Ureeka , a venture-backed mentorship platform for SMBs that pairs founders with experts and mentors. Bradley is also founder and managing partner of 1863 Ventures, a business development program that accelerates underrepresented entrepreneurs (a group Bradley calls the New Majority) into their hyper-growth phase.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. I usually ask somebody local who knows the local scene to invite out 10-15 local entrepreneurs who might be interested to meet up and I agree to pick up the tab. And went home with bruised ribs from diving. Launchpad LA.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

30:00 – Investing in yourself. I didn’t want to do a big commute, so– Yelp was a good fit there, and I just had such good mentorship that I wanted to come back full-time. Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 16, 2020

I also build products, advise clients, and work with entrepreneurs—through advice, mentorship, and investment. I’ve grown and sold my own business once and am in the process of building a new one for someone else for the third time. I still do research, but not as often as I should. I’m deeply grateful for both.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When an entrepreneur takes on investors who take equity (i.e. Local means more hands-on mentorship. I had the former head of Oracle, UK, Philip Crawford , on my first board and I found his advice and experience invaluable. not debt where they have to be paid back) they are actually co-owners in the business you created.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues. Make an “investment” decision. you sort of have to make your own investment decision. Look at the people who have invested in them.

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