Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At Rise of the Rest, we’ve spent years traversing the country, spotlighting emerging startup hubs, and building a network of entrepreneurial champions and ecosystem builders beyond Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. We dive deeper into the definition in our 2022 Annual Report. Place comes into play here, too.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform * WATCH THE HEARING NOW, BEGINNING AT MIN 10 * Early this morning, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled “Sophistication or Discrimination? February 8, 2023 - Sophistication or Discrimination?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The real super power of ecosystem mapping is how the mapping process and the actual map are used by the community as a catalyst to collaboratively strengthen the ecosystem. Most obviously, ecosystem maps can serve as a resource guide for entrepreneurs in the community. There are many benefits to ecosystem mapping.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. Clearly, if we’re going to come up with a professional definition of what ecosystem building is, it needs to include this connector/connecting aspect. Community Focus.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., Some accelerators are adding 20+ hours of programming per week and networking events that may be lackluster.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

13 ) while building sustainable cities and communities ( SDG No. In the end, it was our lean manufacturing ideals applied to this problem that helped us find an opportunity to meet our sustainable development goals with the goal of making home automation available to the average homeowner. 11 ) is no easy task.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

To highlight Andrea’s hard work and perseverance, we asked her to answer the following questions and provide key advice to fellow YLAI Network members looking to make a difference in their community. I used all of the training YLAI provided to make connections and grow my network, study the U.S. What are you passionate about?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. As someone who gave them an opportunity.”. The Entrepreneurial Spirit. “I

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For us as a company, this means not cutting back where it might impact growth, but definitely being conservative and foregoing costly opportunities or hiring roles that won’t yield the highest impact or returns in the first two quarters or more of 2023,” she said.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The reality is that fundraising looks more like this: Show me a big opportunity, a great plan, a team whose career has led up to this moment through their experience and homework and show something outstanding that they pulled off that separates them from the pack—a “rabbit out of a hat”, if you will—and I’ll show you a funded team.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

When you launch a new product, score a new client, or produce a piece of content, every team member should be on the front line helping to appropriately share and distribute the information within their personal social networks?—?particularly Web3 projects worldwide are laying low and waiting for the market to pick up to do more marketing.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

They announced on Monday, November 14, the signing of definitive agreements that will allow KKR to participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round. Register Committed to accelerate the digital transformation of the world’s fourth largest population, Privy has partnered with KKR , a leading global investment firm.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Third Rock’s partnership with LSC will narrow the opportunity gap young people face by giving them real world experience at a time when they are choosing their career paths. An alumni network is being established to support students’ post-internship and into their first full-time jobs. Partner at Third Rock.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As it rolls out these centers, mPharma said its end goal is to deliver quality primary care in communities they serve by providing medical examinations, a service, the startup co-founder and CEO Gregory Rockson, said lacks in most telemedicine structures. “We This is what makes mPharma’s telemedicine unique,” Rockson told TechCrunch.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. Expert Networks. The expert network industry has grown an average 4.5%

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

” In comparison, what if you spent months more perfecting it and eventually missed the opportunity or burned yourself out to the point of quitting? We prioritize open communication and genuinely value the feedback we receive. This not only helps us improve our services but also fosters a sense of community around our brand.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. When I joined the ‘Hub Network’ back in January 2011, I had no idea I’d still be here 10 years later, but I knew it was the right place for me to be! Here’s her story.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 24, 2021

Ecosystem building is still a very young professional field with no standard definition for what it is. Dustin Shay in New York City wrote, “Our primary role, as ecosystem builders, is to facilitate connection and network access for entrepreneurs. The most common trait or skill mentioned has to do with being a connector. Resilience.

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem. We focus on providing resources and information for global education and the improvement of opportunities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Demo days definitely amplify a brand, but not the one you’d think. A lot of people talk about the batch size as being too big, but I think it’s like, dude, Metcalfe’s law is one of the most fundamental laws,” Tan said, eliciting the argument that the more number of nodes there are, the more interconnected and valuable a network is.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“Electric aviation opens up more opportunities to connect communities where noise concerns have been a deterrent to flights, and restrict operating hours,” Davis said. And there are definitely customers waiting at the door: it might be a few years before Alice (or its successor — Bob?)

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

“None of us in the founding team had any networks to speak of when we were growing up. And we had fairly little exposure to opportunity. So we started thinking long and hard about the concept of advice, and we became obsessed with opening up these closed networks.” This is short-form, topic-specific audio. .”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Twitter’s new CEO and owner Elon Musk is rattling the cage at his social network and ruffling a lot of feathers both inside and outside of the company. But while some in the tech world describe that kind of chaos as a garbage fire, others see it as something very different: an opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

While Thiel’s speech grabbed a lion’s share of the attention surrounding the conference, many investors, developers, and founders in the Bitcoin community convened at the same event to discuss a threat that could prove far more pressing than the aforementioned personae non gratae – competition. based e-commerce site using Visa’s rails. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In April, Labster signed a contract to bring its services to the entire California Community College network, which includes more than 2.1 In the early days there was definitely a little naïve entrepreneurial mindset to build it and suddenly all teachers will come,” Jensen said. “[VR] million students.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2021

Building a talent pool means cultivating a process and a community by which hiring managers can find the right people for the right job. Professional development opportunities and social responsibility benefits also make the top 10. If you’re recruiting and hiring remotely, this presents an opportunity and a challenge.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

While Y Combinator isn’t the definitive source on what success in early-stage startups looks like — it quite literally has a post-mortem dinner after Demo Day to celebrate failure — it does serve well in providing an illustrative glance of how entrepreneurs are thinking about certain sectors in a given moment in time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It definitely impacted where I am now in the sense that this was an inflection point,” said Kramer, who is one of many former Carta employees embroiled in legal battles with the company. Now, three years after the lawsuit was first filed, Kramer says the “matter was resolved.” She declined to comment further. “It

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For starters, WooCommerce is used by more sites than Shopify — which those same investors, press and analysts definitely know about. When Automattic acquired WooCommerce in 2015 , the move went mostly unnoticed in the broader tech community. Why should they care? billion with a share buyback a few months ago.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. These funds are given to both community groups and individual artists in film, theatre, and dance. Website: [link].

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Forward Cities

JULY 2, 2019

Participants from four different cities hit the roads of two neighborhoods in Indianapolis, one of Forward Cities’ Community Entrepreneurship Accelerator cities, each advancing entrepreneurial opportunity on their own paths. The data we collected proved that the community showcase passed the high bar on all counts.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Changing the economics of wearing a designer outfit opens up a whole new set of opportunities for dressing up, especially for budget-conscious younger shoppers who seem increasingly comfortable giving fashion rentals a whirl — fuelled by concern over the environmental and ethical costs of fast fashion. (The

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EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

In recent years, many states and communities have embraced food systems and ag/food sector development as core economic development strategies. It’s definitely worth a read even if you’re not a Vermonter. It offers an excellent review of recent trends in ten food sectors (e.g. dairy, cider, hemp) and nine issue clusters (e.g.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Even though she was mid-maternity leave from her managerial role at Airbnb, she jumped at the opportunity. “I I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. But, she says, it was an opportunity to be entrepreneurial in a sector she cared about. Finally, Walton wants to invest in the community.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

Today, a startup that’s built a marketplace to make it easier for freelance developers, designers and others with technical skills with those job opportunities is announcing a significant round of funding to expand its business. The plan is to extend that to Benelux next, with the U.K. and Italy after that.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We started talking about cycling and electronic shifters (which I definitely couldn’t afford) when he mentioned this new company. I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community. It has been an absolute joy.

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