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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

One is “tentpole company,” or a category-defining startup that helps put their hometown on the map, both for investors and future generations of founders. Internally, we’ve begun using the term “founder-market-geography fit” to describe this idea. What is Founder-Market-Geography Fit? Let’s get into it.

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My Role as a VC: What I am and what I am not.

This is going to be BIG.

There''s been some writing about how VCs and founders interact with each other and it inspired me to take a step back and reflect on what my role is supposed to be with regards to the investments I make and the founders I deal with. Here''s what I came up with. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Framework raises $2M seed to create an ‘on-demand business school’ aimed at startups

TechCrunch

So this, essentially is what Framework has come up with, and it’s now raised a $2 million seed round to create an “on-demand business school” The edtech platform says it has more than 2,500 people on its waitlist ahead of its launch next year. It’s not just the content, it’s the community as well.

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5 Questions with Ian Hathaway, co-author of The Startup Community Way

Ian Hathaway

What is “The Startup Community Way”? The Startup Community Way is a book I co-authored with Techstars cofounder Brad Feld. We apply insights from systems thinking and community-building across many contexts to enable better engagement and more productive outcomes for entrepreneurs.

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4 Benefits of a Branded Podcast and Why Now’s The Time to Launch Yours

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A branded podcast is a podcast produced by a company to increase brand awareness, generate leads, create thought leadership and grow an active user community. Foster a thriving community By nurturing a community of dedicated followers, a branded podcast becomes a source of significant value for the company. Happy podcasting!

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4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising

TechCrunch

Jessica is on the growth marketing team at Zageno, a multi-vendor, online marketplace for life science products, and is head of content at Elpha, a Y Combinator-backed community of 40K+ women in tech. As a former investor and current angel investor, I have met thousands of founders, many in the deep tech space.

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Grouparoo snares $3M seed to build open source customer data integration framework

TechCrunch

Today, Grouparoo , a new startup from three industry vets is the next company up with an open source framework designed to make it easier for developers to access and make use of customer data. TaskRabbit also comes into play in their investment where Fuel GP Leah Solivan was also founder of TaskRabbit.