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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Recognizing this, The Veteran Fund announced the winner of its $100,000 Veteran Pitch Competition and the recent closing of its inaugural oversubscribed investment Fund I. Sutton, an entrepreneur, is a Board Member of YPO, a global leadership community of extraordinary chief executives, and the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

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Bark Tank and the Spirit of D.C.: The Future of Entrepreneurship in our Nation’s Capital

Revolution

Reflections on Georgetowns 2025 pitch competition from TedLeonsis Last week, Georgetown Universitys McDonough School of Business once again became a launchpad for the next generation of bold thinkers and doers. At Revolution, we know the power of nurturing entrepreneurs in communities outside the usual tech hubs.

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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

This is going to be BIG.

Even the top partners at Benchmark and Sequoia get half-baked ideas pitched to them. When you show up and make a good impression, your name gets circulated to other founders making their pitch lists. They combine consistency, curiosity, and community to ensure, not hope, that theyre seeing the best deals.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

In my experience, the best way to communicate such metrics is to present them in the form of a story. You must demonstrate how your venture helps solve certain problems. They want a glimpse of what your venture’s future looks like. If you’re pitching impact, make it real. Show the feedback loop.

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BE 2.0: Iterate for Greatness

Paul G. Silva

How Iteration Transformed Valley Venture Mentors Before I co-founded Valley Venture Mentors (VVM) and for all of my time there, we experimented with different ways to connect startups with mentors. Startups pitched for 10 minutes each. pitches , back-to-back, with no Q&A. It wasn’t scalable.

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Oprah Winfrey Joins T.D. Jakes to Inspire Entrepreneurs at the 2025 Good Soil Forum in Dallas

American Entrepreneurship

Held at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the 2025 Good Soil Forum continues to serve as a transformative platform that offers not just ideas, but real tools, capital, and community for entrepreneursespecially those from historically underserved backgrounds.

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i2E Showcases Startup Innovation at Bridge2 Cohort 3 Demo Day

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Held at Gradient, Tulsa’s Innovation Hub, the event spotlighted founders who have spent the past 16 weeks refining their ventures through tailored curriculum, expert mentorship, and strategic preparation for the next stage of investment and growth. Bridge2 is Oklahoma’s premier pre-accelerator for scalable, tech-enabled, early-stage startups.