TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Ready to place your early stage startup in orbit with industry movers and shakers — and pitch your startup to attendees during the event? Fast Money Breakout Sessions: Learn about the different accelerators, incubators and grant programs available to help you fund and grow your startup. Buy a Space Startup Exhibitor Pass.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. The success of YCombinator and Techstars has spawned countless new incubators. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

Today, Impact Hub Bergen has grown into a community of more than 50 entrepreneurs and changemakers. The community here is diverse; it houses startups, established businesses, NGOs, creatives, freelancers, food entrepreneurs and more. On Fridays, the comforting smell of Norwegian waffles creeps throughout the house.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 6, 2021

The company collects and recycles household and manufacturing plastic waste, but also educates local communities on sustainable waste management. Its goal is to help create a plastic-free community by adopting a circular economy model where everything consumed is reused or recycled instead of discarded.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Interest in the space seems to be growing rapidly in the VC community, so I spoke with five investors to get a better idea of where longevity tech is headed and just how big the market stands to become. Once the first ones are proven in a clinical trial, we expect that to go from zero to a trillion-dollar industry within a decade.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Identify Potential Allies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

If you’re eager to introduce your early-stage startup to the top leaders, investors, experts and policy makers across the mobility tech community, don’t just attend TC Sessions: Mobility — exhibit there. Virtual booth space: Display your pitch deck, host a video display and demo your products. That was the most exciting part.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In a report analyzing Europe’s general economic health, cost of doing business, business environment and labor force quality, analysts looked for highly educated populations, strong economies, healthy business environments and relatively low costs for conducting business. Ten years ago startups were unusual.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local Impact makers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To give those initiatives the best chance of success, VCs need to expose themselves to the communities they want to empower. When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions. Accelerators are hubs for diversity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

But over the years, it has forced Floodgate’s small team to sort through many thousands of pitches and identify those it thinks have the most potential. Were you incubating companies together? One interesting piece that we learned is that Stanford students are just very well-educated when it comes to startups.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local changemakers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

Too many entrepreneurs start out their business endeavors with an investment pitch. I think you need to be discerning about what kinds of investors and ideas you back, and that’s better for the innovation community as a whole—that there’s at least some kind of bar to get outside backing. Step one: Ask for money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

With a focus on education that addresses the fragmentation associated with infertility care, Kindbody is growing at a remarkable pace, but it’s also helping many patients feel seen and heard for the first time. But having 20% to 30% ownership of a token or of a network is very bad and frowned upon by the community.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Developed a SaaS-based white-label web3 platform that opens revenue streams and strengthens community engagement.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs. Lack of diversity especially when it comes to immigrant and refugee communities. Ellen Bateman. Carina Boston Pinales.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 55 Washington Street.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Tasseled , which opened up a waitlist for its private beta today, is a member of the All Turtles product studio, the incubator behind mmhmm and Carrot. Tasseled is pitching its service to college students and high school students who are planning for college. ” Image Credits: Tasseled.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 22, 2023

Listen to the newest startup CEOs present their elevator pitches. Learn More OurCrowd hosts Spanish innovation officials A delegation of innovation, economic and education officials from across Spain visited OurCrowd in Jerusalem to hear about the Israeli tech ecosystem. Places are limited and going fast. Reserve your ticket today.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the early stage community, the amendments include a very useful provision that excludes “Demo Days” from being considered general solicitations provided certain conditions are met. The amendments retain the same “menu” of exemptions but make incremental improvements.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But the last few years have been tumultuous and transformative in both education and business. Embracing entrepreneurship “We’ve seen an extraordinary rise of entrepreneurship focused programs,” said Cait Brumme, CEO of nonprofit startup community MassChallenge. Register for the free virtual event here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

This pitch throw-down is all about startups determined to power a more equitable, inclusive and healthy world, and we need more of that visionary thinking put into action. You know they’ll bring the heat and present a finely tuned pitch. Join us and thousands of people around the world for this free, virtual pitch competition.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Some respond by saying the educated workers will be fine, but what are the new jobs for less-skilled workers, e.g., truck drivers replaced by self-driving trucks?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Some respond by saying the educated workers will be fine, but what are the new jobs for less-skilled workers, e.g., truck drivers replaced by self-driving trucks?

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