American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Innovative entrepreneurs have an opportunity to obtain funding and resources in an upcoming cohort. The Venture Studio program provides founders with resources and up to $200K of equity funding to develop their vision into a business with substantial market impact. Venture Studio.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

VC firm policy or fund analysis. a really wide angle view of the tech industry since you see so many concepts / so many pitches and REAL data points on how startups perform financially. Deal support / analysis / quant / legal for deals a partner is seriously considering. Portfolio company support & analysis. Industry reviews.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. We spoke about the disruption of VC through crowd funding. Watch the 30-minute interview to hear why but summary notes below. Neither does Clayton.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

It’s the company that evokes fear into more startups and venture capitalists looking to fund eCommerce businesses than any other potential competitor. We both loved the idea and within weeks he was moved to LA and worked out of our office on the concept as an EIR. And could we then compete?” ” type questions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. You need to say “no” faster to things you know you’re not going to fund based on fit, focus, geography, quality of concept, conflicts with portfolio.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The concept of building networks of support, or what has sometimes been referred to as, forging “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, has been a key focus for many advancing the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship will be the future of not just our recovery- but the necessary inclusive pathway for economic advancement and wealth building for all.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. We like to be able to see the concept. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund. I asked him if he would consider raising $3m in stead and we would put up most of the funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund? Do VCs really take risks on ground-breaking ideas any longer or do they just fund businesses once there is proof of traction? How does one come up with the right idea to start a company?

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 7, 2014

That was on the heels of another conversation I had with an investor whose firm was about to raise a larger fund. The latter two firms don''t have any other traditional seed funds invested in them in their first rounds. The seed fund feels like a very temporary animal these days. They were effectively out of the seed game.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Last Thursday marked the one year anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures being a real fund with money in it and everything--so it was fitting that I had my first annual investor meeting. If you were to have to pitch a VC right now on a concept, the part about why you is already known--you''ve been living it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. Recycled Capital – Fred Wilson once wrote about “ recycled capital ” and it’s a powerful concept. Otherwise, good luck!

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. He was 36 when he started his own fund, Flatiron Partners. I started my own fund at 32, so just to mark time against the career of an industry leader and mentor, that seemed pretty good.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In her research, she learned more about individuals with disabilities and came to better understand the concepts of inclusion and accessibility. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. After seeing the success of this play, she decided to expand her research with her team to create a long-form play. government.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

They first posted on a Facebook mommy group to see how people would react to their product concept. There are many considerations to raising outside funds. First, you should wait as long as you can before trying to raise funds. Once it’s time to raise funds, strive to raise the right amount and leave room for error.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This funding comes after the company’s $30 million Series B round — $23.75 Njonjo says Twiga is investing in a proof of concept to develop an alternative way of producing food on the continent and cover both ends of traceability and mass scale. . The funding will be used to test the concept out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

Without knowing how long the crisis will continue, it’s critical to get a handle on your company’s funding needs. The presentation is divided into two videos: Video 1 covers the basic planning concepts. How can understanding these concepts help leaders better prepare for the impact of COVID-19?

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 10, 2025

This concept is top of mind for me because we are now seeing the potential for AI products to change the quality and economies of service for addiction and therapy once again. And if you’re founding, building, or funding any of these companies please please please know that you are taking on a responsibility, not just an opportunity.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

We spent a bunch of time on the deck and the story arc of the concept. Am I seriously going to fund this? Am I seriously going to fund this? I have a tiny fund—$15mm. I was impressed. These people had built real things before—and they didn’t think this was so crazy. Ok, let’s be clear. Ok, let’s be clear.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I didn’t end up investing but I always loved the concept. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to fund in the video creation world. And this is a concept that has been at work since at least the 17th century. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2024

Chatri Sityodtong’s lifelong passion for martial arts shaped his leadership philosophy, driving him to leave a successful Wall Street hedge fund manager career to become a startup entrepreneur and struggle to achieve success. If you’re smart enough and think differently enough, you can disrupt your own concept and industry.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

The words “equality” and “equity” look similar, sound similar, and even point to the same concept of fairness. Should every student receive exactly the same amount of resources and funding for their education? So it is understandable if, at first, you think they mean the same thing. Let’s consider educational costs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2024

Here’s how AI-assisted brainstorming works: Initial idea generation: Individuals input a basic concept or problem statement into a generative AI tool, which then generates a range of ideas, perspectives, and solutions. million annual office lease, reallocating the funds to research and development, marketing, and further AI integration.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

The funding environment for tech startups is an ever shifting ground as we go through predictable shifts that go hand-in-hand with the slowing of the overall market. Explosion in Seed Funds. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom. Here is a brief history first to put the changes into context. Rise of Seed. I Leaderless Rounds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

He leads the group’s venture capital fund, Seedstars International, which invests in seed-stage startups across emerging markets. Reputation of the firm came first place, followed by the ability to add value to portfolio companies beyond funding. Today, the evolution of the concept has brought us the VC “platform.” Contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

It was a novel concept well before the major players did this for you. we were sold on the concept immediately. We funded the seed round, the A round, the B round, C round, D round and E round. He did all of these and more. his insights and track record are looking stellar.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The companys recent $120 million Series B funding round, co-led by Forerunner Ventures, Left Lane Capital, and Felicis, positions Prenuvo to expand its breakthrough preventative healthcare services that seek to detect silent killers such as cancer and aneurysms at their earliest stages.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

Fund raising. But it’s critical for your business, for you as a leader and people who excel at fund raising have an extreme advantage over those who do not. As a VC I also have to fund raise every three years and these posts 100% apply to VCs raising money, too. It definitely has a “d” in it, as in it’s really not fun, raising.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. ” Scary because that hard earned $40,000 you have slavishly saved “for the future” is going to dwindle fast if you can’t bring in funding. The business concept was strong, we just needed to tweak it to adjust for market changes and we needed patience and resilience.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

It’s true that I’m not an investor in DogVacay but I am a huge fan of the CEO, Aaron Hirshhorn and of the company and concept. ” He didn’t have a product or a tech team at the time so it wasn’t really at a stage where I could fund it. We proceeded to get one photo every day and it helped calm all nerves.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Crowd funding now exists. I pointed out that when you become a partner in a VC firm almost by definition you’ve seen years of businesses that failed or concepts that didn’t quite work. Each situation you face is different and unique. Platforms have changed. Marketing channels have changed. So you become jaded.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

Figure out the appropriate time to step on the gas with more funds. And finally there is the most modern spin on these concepts by two individuals who have built tech startups and have done an excellent job at describing the process. .” True. On the other hand, sometimes, “mo money, mo problems.” Spend it wisely.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2018

Each new generation is forced to do more, with less, despite startlingly low levels of financial literacy --only a quarter of millennials can demonstrate a basic understanding of personal financial concepts. If you want to get funding, I think your best chance is if the answer isn't "VCs". They said she should be an app.

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

Wellth , a platform designed to improve treatment adherence using behavioral economics, announced the closing of their $10M Series A round, co-led by yabeo and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund ( BIVF ). This problem is only getting worse, with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and COPD becoming more prevalent every year.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Corruption is a concept that may be familiar to many, especially in Latin America. For example, say you are volunteering with an NGO and raising funds. This is because as a fundraiser, you hold the power over your donors to steward the funds you are given. By Elise Kemp.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million. The Frontier Fund is a step outside of mobility.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

First, it focuses on a select group of outstanding teams with visionary concepts at any given time. These core concepts set First Cheque apart as it aims to provide exceptional access to the extensive business-building experience offered by Jungle Ventures ‘ partners. Over the years, it has consistently grown in size and impact.

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