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Exceptional Startups Are Needles in a Haystack. So the Best VCs Build Needle Magnets.

Hunter Walk

So my general advice is as you’re building a firm, think about which magnets feel right to you and start investing in them early. Some force that pulls exceptional startups to you, directly or via intermediaries, in a privileged and sustainable fashion. What are, in my mind, some examples of needle magnet strategies that exist today?

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Moving trans advocacy forward in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

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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Why You Need a Business Mentor (and Where You Can Find One)

StartupNation

SCORE : More than 10,000 volunteer mentors work with entrepreneurs to provide free, confidential business advice to help them start and grow small businesses. In addition to mentoring, SCORE offers a wealth of free, on-demand business resources, workshops and educational services and in-person workshops through local chapters.

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Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire

Startup Blogpost

What advice would you give your younger self just starting out in the startup world? How did you identify your target audience, and what advice do you have for startups trying to do the same? Our advice to startups is to actively listen to your audience. Many of our readers are aspiring founders.

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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

Sandvik told me about her work and her new bootstrapped startup, how leaders should prioritize their cybersecurity efforts, and, what piece of security advice she would give that every person should know. Some of the work that I’ve done has sort of been workshops directly for the newsroom. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt.

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Specificity: A weapon of mass effectiveness

A Smart Bear: Longform

source My single best advice about writing⁠—whether for marketing copy, blogging, a sales pitch, an investor pitch, or even humor, is: BE SPECIFIC All done, you can stop reading now. Consider how much more abstract this article would be without the workshopped sentence! Because I have the power to decide when you stop reading?)

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Connect and collaborate with new founders at TechCrunch Early Stage 2023

TechCrunch

Startup ecosystem experts: They’ll provide invaluable information and actionable advice — that you can implement now — across the spectrum of core startup skills. Top early-stage VCs: They’ll share best practices when it comes to issues like securing funding and improving your pitch deck.