TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive. In the long term, there needs to be foundational change to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Young aspiring entrepreneurs apply for Y Combinator in the hopes of receiving seed funding, mentorship and networking opportunities to help create the next unicorn. The best advice is followed by those who give it — only then do you know it is battle-tested. two Stanford MBAs, a Stanford J.D.,

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. So we went for it.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It offers different programs based on different needs but mainly focuses on scaling mentorship with executive advice hailing from Airbnb, American Express, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Netflix, the Obama White House, Oatly, Slack, Twitter, Virgin Group and others. Over 200 people are in the community to date.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. It will do it by providing more opportunities to access venture capital, corporate mentorship, and strategic connections. In the middle of the pandemic, Ross says it’s time to actually buckle in and accelerate.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2019

Following relevant groups and hashtags (like #socialmedia, #accounting, #smallbusiness) can help connect you with expertise and insight, not just from your existing network, but from industry leaders around the world. While there are lots of great ways to upskill, sometimes improving an area of business management can require extra capital.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Mentors can be a great addition to a startup, as they provide wisdom and advice to emerging businesses. This kind of closed network is great for forming close bonds.

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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. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Like a VC firm, it vets the startups and startup founders it works with, so the engineers that come to Commit know that these are serious companies with at least some prospect of raising funding and allowing their engineers to shape their trajectory and grow into what is potentially an early leadership role.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2019

These are women who have fought against all odds, made a mark in the business world and crafted their own brands of leadership. Her platform has given many women in tech access to support, resources, networks and shared experiences. I hope these women entrepreneurs can give you the same dose of motivation that they gave me!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Local means more hands-on mentorship. you can build that with your personal peer network. I had the former head of Oracle, UK, Philip Crawford , on my first board and I found his advice and experience invaluable. Otherwise, I value involvement over brand. Local means likely more time.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Software can be licensed to corporations to benefit employees and uses behavioral science to understand the reasoning behind financial decisions people make and to help democratize financial advice for the masses. PlainSight is a new networking app. Apply now to Pocketnest. Apply now to ToDoolie. . FutureBank. PlainSight. Love crypto?

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