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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Recognizing this, The Veteran Fund announced the winner of its $100,000 Veteran Pitch Competition and the recent closing of its inaugural oversubscribed investment Fund I. With its inaugural Fund in place, The Veteran Fund focuses on early-stage startups developing critical, dual-use technologies addressing national and commercial challenges.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

Syed Balkhi , Founder, WPBeginner Showcase Real-World Impact and Metrics When pitching to investors, especially in the early stages, it’s easy to focus solely on financials — but in today’s landscape, especially in beauty and wellness, impact is a currency of its own. If you’re pitching impact, make it real.

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Fueling Founders, Scaling Impact: Inside Keshia Theobald-van Gent’s Investment Philosophy

Jason Malki

She’s a frequent speaker, startup advisor, and nonprofit board member. That’s really where I started developing a lens for evaluating early-stage companies — not just for product-market fit, but for founder clarity, business model resilience, and global scale potential. Keshia holds a Master’s from the University of Groningen.

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Puawai

NZ Entrepreneur

Since then, we’ve developed a beta version of the platform and already have paying customers on board, a solid sign we’re solving a real problem. One big takeaway was the art of the pitch. We wanted to build something that could guide and support that critical next step. No tall poppy syndrome in sight.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? Over time, the co-working space developed and there was a natural progression towards a lot of individuals starting new ventures coming out of that space.

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The unusual story of an unusual company – Melanie Langlotz and Geo AR Games 

NZ Entrepreneur

As the company looks ahead to celebrating its 10th anniversary later this year, we asked Mel about where it all began, and how she found herself – as a non-gamer and with no background in game design – on the unusual career path of founding a game development studio at age 45. I want to be a developer. I love AR.

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17 Common CRM Selection Mistakes Startups Should Avoid

StartupNation

Many CRM projects fail because people don’t take the time to get clear on their workflow or get the team on board. Matthew Franzyshen , Business Development Manager, Ascendant Technologies, Inc. We corrected it by developing a custom CRM, tailored to their specific workflow, emphasizing simplicity and intuitive design.

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