Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Which is why I often tell people to start being entrepreneurs when one is young. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

(Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark your calendar for TechCrunch’s annual celebration of the startup community — TC Disrupt 2021 returns this September 21-23! At Disrupt , you’ll rub virtual elbows with the thousands of startup founders, investors and innovators building cutting-edge products and companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

anyway), but it’s never too early to start planning for TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 , which takes place on September 21-23. This all-virtual conference allows makers, innovators, entrepreneurs and investors from around the world to connect, collaborate and grow. TechCrunch staff and thousands of Disrupt attendees around the world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

In a world where constant change and the need for sustainable solutions are more urgent than ever, young entrepreneurs emerge as the driving force behind innovation and progress — as demonstrated by the winners of EO’s 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. However, their journeys are not without challenges.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing JC Carey, a seasoned serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience, currently leads as the Co-Founder and CEO of WelSpot. Carey’s expertise lies in transforming visionary ideas into tangible solutions, using disruptive technology to elevate startups from inception to industry leaders.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? Angel investors or venture capitalists will require that entrepreneurs sell shares (equity) of their companies for investment. Another great route for social entrepreneurs is Kiva , which provides low-interest loans.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

The soundbite: “What distinguishes the apex innovators from behemoths who disappear? Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S, Here are some key insights from the event. Their ability to run experiments at pace and scale.”

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the extent and impact of COVID-19 becomes more apparent, entrepreneurs and small businesses are on the front lines of its devastating impact–and with their demise comes potentially catastrophic economic losses for local communities. In the ensuing years, entrepreneurship in America struggled to recover.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When you drive through your local community or go to your place of employment, you are coming in contact with businesses, both large and small. The most common advice given to aspiring entrepreneurs is to start a business that ignites your passion. This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Read on to learn why Joachimsthaler believes this framework encourages innovation more than any other business model. A traditional company focuses on disruption or becoming more customer centric. Tesla has offered to share its innovative battery technology and other software with the automotive industry.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Both ventures showcase how creative thinking and disruptive solutions can bring positive change to longstanding issues while fostering community collaboration. project lies a compelling mission – to spotlight and celebrate pioneering entrepreneurs within the Impact Hub Network, who exemplify the principles of the circular economy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Colin and partners continue to launch new companies, including Startups.club , a Fort Lauderdale incubator; Club Domains, LLC , an alternative domain extension to.com,net and.org with more than 1 million registrations worldwide; Entrepreneur.wiki Foundation ; Serial Entrepreneur Club. My Clubhouse is called Serial Entrepreneur Club.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years. Studios are causing this precise disruption to the traditional ways of building companies and how to invest in them. This unprecedented growth provides a wealth of new opportunity for the investment community.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. They know this problem well, they’re from the industry and they’re now trying hard to disrupt and call it their legacy mission. A place where they’re in charge.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

AT&T small business is providing innovative and business-changing solutions. Also, think about the outreach that these places of worship have in their communities: How do you do it? We've been hearing it a lot — this time in history presents a lot of opportunity for disruption. Disruption comes from this space.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

something I see firsthand with my family and community and in my travels around the world. What industries are you excited for the next generation of founders to disrupt? Many other women and girls are not given a voice or opportunity to chart their path?—?something That includes how we eat and take care of our bodies?—?all

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 17, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. Sandfly is able to automatically hunt for hackers and malicious activity across Linux hosts without loading disruptive software agents on endpoints.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Almost every entrepreneur who starts a new business calls his/her venture a startup. Many entrepreneurs realize later that their business was nothing but a small business from the very start. Innovation: The mark of a true startup is disruptive innovation. Innovation. But not every business is a startup.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

And like many other industries, “business as usual” has been completely disrupted by the coronavirus. For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this Part I) Cities are Like Startups Cities are like startups.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Impact Hub: Our policy approach At Impact Hub, we are committed to accelerating global impact through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. Our mission is to build locally rooted and globally connected entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened, and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

On April 20th, TechCrunch will host TechCrunch Early Stage in Boston – an event designed to equip entrepreneurs will all the tools needed to build their unicorn startups. It’s rare however for innovators to get truly candid insight on their pitches before stepping in front of VCs. Founders can apply here.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Here I make the case that entrepreneurs must stay focused on the prize, not the doubters. Entrepreneurs. ” **.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Healthcare and life science require disruption,” said Yash, “something that creates better treatment practices, or something that makes the costs go down.”. It was a leap of faith backed by the fact that we are passionate young entrepreneurs who want to see the world changed for good,” Puneet said. Every person has helped us.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 19, 2020

Fast-forward to today and it is dominating the headlines, leaving question marks hanging over your daily routines and wellbeing and highlighting our interdependence across communities, borders and continents. . A community platform, crucial technology created to ensure that the global network stays connected and updated.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. These closed periods have more to do with trends in other markets or macro fears than they have anything to do with prospects for innovation. The number of markets where innovation is coming from has also exploded--it's not just a Valley game anymore.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

The first two years of the pandemic boosted e-commerce, but Simon Wu, a partner at Cathay Innovation, has identified three factors that are now creating strong headwinds for online retailers: Increasing economic uncertainty. For sure, social media is a vehicle for driving sales, but community management is the engine.

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Gust

JUNE 4, 2014

Invested Interests angel investors entrepreneurs events new york city startups VCs' This is a somewhat tricky question. Major industry conferences like Business Insider’s Startup. Demo Days from the NYC-based accelerators. University-affiliated demo events from NYU, Columbia, Pace and others. The New York Angels Education Meetup.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

It is clear that without rapid innovation on a global scale, what we eat in our cities and how we produce it poses an existential challenge. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Sebastian led Innovation Management in 3 verticals before becoming a corporate intrapreneur in the automotive industry in 2017, where he created numerous in-house startups, going through ideation to scale-up stages. What major trends do you expect to see in technology innovation over the next 5 years that excites you?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Eight hundred miles away, New Orleans’ cornetist Charles “Buddy” Bolden was innovating something so new that his contemporaries didn’t have the words to describe it. Two black entrepreneurs, despite living in segregated America, found ways to exercise their creativity and disrupt their worlds. What did they share?

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

The future of our economies and our communities is at stake. We are grappling with healthcare challenges, irreversibly disrupted industries, millions of underemployed workers, and devastating racial and gender inequities. More than ever, we need innovation. We need ingenuity. We need risk-takers and difference-makers.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Startups will have five minutes to pitch their companies, business models and innovative ideas — followed by a Q&A with our superb panel of judges. The winner will get a feature article on TechCrunch.com, one-year free subscription to Extra Crunch and a complimentary Founder Pass to TechCrunch Disrupt this fall.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2023

Thousands of lenders originate over $650 billion in small business loans every year, yet nearly 60% of community banks, which are one of the main originators of small business loans, do not offer online applications. “A Today and for far too long, the loan application process has been lengthy, manual, and ripe for disruption.

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