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11 angel investing lessons

Venture Hacks

Spearhead asked me to write a post on angel investing when they first launched. Charlie Munger says investing requires a latticework of mental models. Here are 11 lessons for your angel investing lattice: If you can’t decide, the answer is no. The hard problem is getting your money into the startups you want.

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

TechCrunch

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups. Chroma did.

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. Register for the free virtual event here.

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From VC to DeFi: 6 Realistic Ways to Fund Your Startup in 2022

StartupNation

The way people fund their business has also been evolving and, in 2022, the traditional ways like angel investment and VCs will walk hand in hand with new and emerging blockchain-based options that offer loans outside the traditional banking system. Angel investment. Funding from incubators or accelerators.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay). Europe and globally. .

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., the free YC Startup School courses). Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

And as far as the local startup scene goes, the U.K.’s With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Toyah Warnock , co-founder, Lane 44.

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