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Startups For Students Guide

Y Combinator

In the past two years, we’ve met over 6,000 students during our virtual outreach tours. We compiled a list of the questions they most frequently asked about startups, and created this Startups for Students Guide. Below is the introduction, and you can read the full Startups for Students Guide here.

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From Plan to Benevolent World Domination with the KISS Canvas

Paul G. Silva

[This is part of a series on the KISS Canvas ] For over twenty years I’ve had the pleasure of co-founding a handful of ventures and mentoring hundreds of startup and intrepreneurial teams. A pitch deck template is great for telling a convincing story to investors, but not a practical guide for execution.

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Startups For Students Guide

Y Combinator

In the past two years, we’ve met over 6,000 students during our virtual outreach tours. We compiled a list of the questions they most frequently asked about startups, and created this Startups for Students Guide. Below is the introduction, and you can read the full Startups for Students Guide here.

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Fiveable lands $10M Series A to become ‘the hallways of the educational internet’

TechCrunch

And Fiveable , a Milwaukee-based startup, fits the growing demand. Fiveable began years ago as a free, online learning community for high school students with the focus of helping them pass Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Now, it is evolving to become a social learning platform that helps any student navigate high school.

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5 Proven Growth Strategies for Startups

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Startups often find themselves navigating a tough and competitive environment. By understanding and employing these strategies, startups can elevate their chances of long-term success and stability. Why Thoughtful Growth Strategies Matter for Startups of All Sizes The startup world is a battlefield.

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Why Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Is Essential for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Of paramount importance to our students’ success has been access to mentors—both in and out of the classroom. For example, an active mentor of WIFIPLUG, another startup at the 2017 Ameren Accelerator, found ways for the founders to demonstrate their products in front of Ameren employees—gaining both pre-orders and product evangelists.

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IdeaPAD case study: How do you define and build value for an existing product?

Paul G. Silva

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The Paul Silva built the IdeaPAD during years of working with students and companies in innovation and entrepreneurship. The PixelEdge] workshop and canvasses provided an easy structured framework to work through our evaluation and customer discovery process.

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