Angel Capital Association

JUNE 5, 2024

Kevin Learned Columbus, OH – At the 2024 Summit of Angel Investing, the Angel Capital Association (ACA) awarded its most prestigious recognition, the Hans Severiens Award, to Sage Growth Capital’s Partner and past member of the Angel Capital Association Board of Directors Dr. Kevin Learned.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

I’m a straight white dude who grew up in NYC and worked in finance. What’s that investor going to be like in a board meeting when you as a female founder need their support or worse, actually their vote? Would and should you take money from people who don’t align with your values—values like privacy and bodily autonomy?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. Of course we can’t.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

November 21, 2023) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved a new $20 million pilot program to support rising real estate developers. These predevelopment costs are necessary for the developer to incur before they can seek short-term construction financing. TRENTON, N.J.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Vienna, 10 November 2021 – As the Impact Hub Network continues to accelerate the transition to a more just and sustainable future, we are excited to announce an update on our leadership team. Gabriela will continue to support our Ambition 2030 as a Board Director focusing on developing partnerships and engaging in policy efforts.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Meryem Salman, EO Turkey, partner and vice chairman +partner, Finance & Insurance and founder, Buldan Foundation. This also gives me time to give back to my local community through several volunteer boards and EO. The EO Path of Leadership for both my local chapter and now region is both challenging and rewarding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Martin Bell, who sits on Arowana’s advisory board, founded 100tasks.com to democratize entrepreneurship and is an expert in launching and hyper-scaling companies. Finances, production, and thus investor confidence bounced back, allowing Musk to shift into hyper-scale mode. This hyper-turnaround quickly bore fruit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 24, 2017

Use a method similar to the SBI Feedback Tool developed by The Center for Creative Leadership. Just because you have a clear vision of your company and where you want to take it doesn’t mean that everyone else on the team is on board with it. Besides communicating that vision, in order to get them on board, you also have to live it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2023

To find a pace that works for you, refer to an internal, financeable rate of growth, based on your cashflow and profit. Contributed to EO by Erick Slabaugh , a long-standing member leader of EO Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board, who is a serial entrepreneur, board member and advisor. Don’t fix what isn’t broken.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

That flies in the face of numerous studies that show that women-led companies tend to perform better than those with leadership that is not gender-diverse. Our senior vice president of marketing and our director of finance are both women. By 2021, the bank will look for two diverse board members. is a woman. Certainly, it does.

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Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Managing Director will report to the CEO and have responsibility for guiding the leaders and integrating the work of the core areas of the business including Programs, Revenue Development, Marketing & Communications, and Finance & Operations - with direct responsibility for the latter. General Management & Leadership.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Management teams, boards and shareholders have had time to adjust to the drop in valuations and will be more amenable to an acquisition at a reasonable price. This research should include target financing, capital structure, leadership and industry reputation. Acquisition criteria. Target research.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2019

Start with a hard sell to get others on board. The one thing that reorganizations have going for them is that they are supported by company leadership. It’s up to product and innovation teams, however, to figure out how to channel leadership’s involvement toward the right initiatives.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2024

I want to thank Incyte’s leadership for their commitment to Delaware.” Incyte is a company with motivated leadership that is addressing complex health needs throughout the world. Incyte’s research makes a huge difference in peoples’ lives. Incyte was founded in Delaware in 2002 and has grown steadily over the last 22 years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

We’ve helped our portfolio companies with introductions with potential customers, board members, key employees, and advisors.” “Our membership includes a wide range of skill sets, allowing us to tap into our wider network. The beauty about being a leader is that you get to create a world where you can make a difference.”

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2023

In a statement, the startup said it will use the fresh funding to finance its platform’s technology development, personnel recruitment, and geographic expansion, particularly in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. everything.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

I was the first elected president of EO and the first chairman of the Global Board. I wasn’t the first female member, but I was the first of any gender to hold these important leadership positions—and I believe that says something important about the ethos of EO and how the organization sees everybody as equal and of value.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Finance for Founders – Alexa von Tobel, Inspired Capital. As a founder, you not only have to master your company’s finances, you also have to tackle your own personal finances. Leadership Culture and Good Governance – David Easton, Generation Investment Management.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Besides Riverwood, edtech-focused Owl Ventures (which led its $5 million Series A round last June), Endeavor Catalyst and Roble Ventures also participated in the financing. Federico Storani, executive director of Riverwood Capital, is joining UBITS’ board as part of the financing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The three co-founders of alternative financing startup Pipe are stepping down from their roles as executives of the company in one of the most dramatic management shake-ups seen in the fintech startup world in some time. CTO and co-founder Zain Allarakhia will remain on the board and serve as a senior advisor to the company.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

We are also planning to reinforce our technology and leadership teams, and to bring in new products and to improve existing ones,” said Betastore CEO, Steve Dakayi-Kamga , who co-founded the startup with Leo-Armel Tchoudjang mid 2020. MarketForce raises $40 million Series A, introduces BNPL merchant stock financing.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Within a three-month period of time, we were really able to empower our extended leadership team,” Kate explains. Kate spends about half of her time communicating and collaborating with her executive team, her extended leadership team. These are financing and data. It just needed more communication and empowerment.

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StartupNation

JULY 7, 2021

Financing a small business initiative by offering investors a percentage of ownership equity in your business is called equity financing. How can you tell if equity financing is a good fit for your business, and how does being scalable help you tell? They are looking for leadership. The post Is Your Business Scalable?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 31, 2022

The BBIF will offer financing to innovative technology-based startups and manufacturers in the City of Bradford, Borough of Lewis Run, Bradford Township, Corydon Township, Foster Township, and Lafayette Township. It was as true at the founding of ARG as it is today that Bradford is a town worthy of investment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. “The appointment of Lip-Bu Tan as the newest member of Sima.ai’s board of directors is a strategic milestone for the company. . “Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Collective , an all-in-one back-office finance platform for the self-employed, which has raised over $28 million in funding, is hiring for five roles across engineering, marketing and member services (tax, accounting). It’s great to see more women in leadership roles in the fintech community. It also is quite bullish on LatAm fintech.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 10, 2022

said Rajive Keshup, Director for Cathay Innovation in Southeast Asia and board member. He will work alongside co-founder of Igloo, Wei Zhu, who is on the company’s board of directors. We are incredibly excited for what is to come next for the team at Igloo.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team. What is a reasonable payback period and how quickly do we want to grow?

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meanwhile, FI senior leaders and board members are intrigued by new products like Microsoft 365 Copilot and how generative AI can automate their internal workflows (and improve their bottom lines). Taken as a whole, FIs are at an especially receptive time for greater software adoption.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

She’s been an entrepreneur, served on plenty of boards, is a contributing author at Marie Clare, has been a senior advisor to Bumble and worked as a consultant in marketing, business development and more. Operations: Finance for Founders (Alexa von Tobel, Inspired Capital). Building and Leading a Sales Team (Ryan Azus, Zoom CRO).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Logistics operators in Africa suffer from various problems, from inconsistent pricing, which stems from a fragmented supply-and-demand market, to paper documentation and little or no access to financing. The banks wanted us to ensure we charge the financing costs before they could touch them. They don’t want to touch drivers,” he said.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A ssets The facilitator asks your group what makes your organization better than your competitors Look at your people, relationships, equipment, financing, and other assets. Review the top ideas, and senior leadership can then make decisions on which ideas are worth pursuing further. Leader defines your goal. Defines your superpower.

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