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There were few mentors assigned to me and guided me prior to the finals in Germany, they were radically open-minded to the idea and gave very constructive feedback that helped a lot in developing my self-awareness. MORE
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There are countless posts on portfolio construction, or how many investments are ideal in a venture portfolio, and so forth. What I do is that the topic of VC fund portfolio construction is not an easy way to grasp, and is likely even harder to master in practice. So, we have this portfolio construction tension between concentrating money into the best companies in a portfolio versus protecting the GP and LPs via diversification. MORE
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By Charles LaCalle , Director of Sourcing at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify Learn more about Dreamit Urbantech, a growth-focused program for real estate and construction tech startups with revenue, pilots, or early product-market fit MORE
After several years of constructing a robust program funnel, The Commons on Champa is focusing this year on strengthening the services they currently offer in order to better carry out their mission—to serve the underserved through entrepreneurship. “If you’re starting up, start here.” . This is The Commons on Champa’s invitation to underserved leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the Denver area. MORE
Real Estate and Construction – 5%. At our 29th Demo Day, 175 companies presented over two days. You can read more about the companies on TechCrunch ( day one and day two coverage of S19 Demo Day), Forbes , and Crunchbase. Below are stats about the S19 batch. As a reminder, the application deadline for YC W20 is coming up next week on September 25. Apply here. Total companies that presented at YC S19 Demo Day : 175. YC S19 CATEGORIES: Aerospace – 1%. Agriculture – 1%. MORE
While mentors are there to guide you, giving encouragement, advice, and constructive strategies that help move you and your company forward, the purpose of an investor meeting is for you, a startup founder, to sell your vision in a way that demonstrates how that vision manifests itself in your company, your products, and the services you’re building with the ultimate aim of receiving financial buy-in. MORE
On Construction Technology Over 1.5 On Fundraising News Prefab construction startup Dvele raised $14M to build single family homes. Our UrbanTech News Roundup is one of the features in our bi-weekly newsletter. MORE
Today, I’m excited to announce that I am joining Techstars as Managing Director of The Heritage Group Accelerator, powered by Techstars in Indianapolis. MORE
Site tours of construction projects that are geographically distant, reducing travel time. Project management and supervision of subcontractors on construction sites, and assistance from offsite experts for projects that require unexpected expertise. MORE
Construction – 2%. ? We’re excited to share the list of 2019 Top Y Combinator Companies. We also included top exits. We put this list together to help potential employees, partners, and late stage investors get to know a wider set of YC companies. If you’re looking for a job at one of our top companies, you can hit the Apply button to be taken to their careers page. The companies in this list are sorted by valuation. Why do we use valuation? MORE
Strong willed successful CEOs can often construct rubber stamp boards because that is what they want. I was talking recently to a friend who advises a lot of boards. I asked him his view on boards overall. He said that he saw two styles, both of which he found problematic. The first style is the “rubber stamp board” that does whatever the CEO asks of them. The second style is the “meddling board” that acts like it is running the business. MORE
Assertive communication and constructive criticism will show your employees that you appreciate all the effort they put in, and have an understanding of their potential mishaps. Contributed by Bethany Seton. MORE
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56 What I love about these rhythms is that they get all of us in a practice of hearing constructive feedback consistently. This kind of de-escalation of emotions tied to hearing critique (even constructive critique) helps make everything feel less personal and like a much smaller deal, which it usually is. I help run two different businesses: GAN and GAN Ventures. At GAN, Dani runs the day-to-day operations as the company’s COO. MORE
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Seth Thurau, with HHG Drums in Blair County, is creating high-end snare drums using a unique solid wood construction and a novel manufacturing technique. Over the course of the past two months, hundreds of people located in the counties of Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Cambria, Huntingdon, and Somerset in Pennsylvania visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our recent $50,000 contest. MORE
After several years of constructing a robust program funnel, The Commons on Champa is focusing this year on strengthening the services they currently offer in order to better carry out their mission—to serve the underserved through entrepreneurship. “If you’re starting up, start here.” . This is The Commons on Champa’s invitation to underserved leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the Denver area. MORE
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We serve the petroleum and construction industries, neither of which have traditionally been known as places for females. MORE
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but instead Airbnb was seen as an active proponent of expanded affordable housing construction. The headlines in the tech and startup world have not been good over the last couple of years. As it turns out, the “move fast in break things” culture was itself pretty broken—full of discrimination and harassment. On top of that, the rise of tech is exacerbating wealth inequality, creating some serious data privacy issues, and allowing hate and misinformation to grow rampant on its platforms. MORE
Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. How much time are you spending on construction robotics right now? MORE
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52 image credit: Svjetlana Tepavcevic. Is it better to raise your startup’s seed round from only angel investors, or is it better to include a VC or two? Several founders on the precipice of launching their seed fundraising processes have asked me this question. It’s a very difficult one to answer hypothetically because there are many different variables to balance. For example, VCs may invest larger sums than angel investors. MORE
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The costs of construction and land values has increased far more quickly than incomes over the last 20 years, making it hard to build for the mass market. MORE
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construction Related Topics Dream It
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. How much time are you spending on construction robotics right now?
Haystack
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
There are countless posts on portfolio construction, or how many investments are ideal in a venture portfolio, and so forth. What I do is that the topic of VC fund portfolio construction is not an easy way to grasp, and is likely even harder to master in practice. So, we have this portfolio construction tension between concentrating money into the best companies in a portfolio versus protecting the GP and LPs via diversification.
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This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
Photo: First Round Capital's new NYC office under construction , originally uploaded by ceonyc
OurCrowd
JANUARY 23, 2020
EquipmentShare has been described as the “Airbnb of construction” for its equipment rental service. The post [EquipmentShare in Silicon Republic] 8 start-ups transforming the construction industry appeared first on OurCrowd.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 11, 2014
image credit: Svjetlana Tepavcevic. Is it better to raise your startup’s seed round from only angel investors, or is it better to include a VC or two? Several founders on the precipice of launching their seed fundraising processes have asked me this question. It’s a very difficult one to answer hypothetically because there are many different variables to balance. For example, VCs may invest larger sums than angel investors.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
The post [Virgin Hyperloop One in Construction Equipment] 22 States Bid on Hyperloop Test Track appeared first on OurCrowd. The Wall Street Journal reported that 22 states including Missouri, Texas, North Carolina, and Ohio have bid on the first Hyperloop certification track.
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OurCrowd
JUNE 9, 2019
The post [skyTran in ME Construction News] RTA and skyTran to develop driverless transportation system in Dubai appeared first on OurCrowd. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a MoU with skyTran to develop advanced public transport facilities in the emirate. Read more here.
OurCrowd
OCTOBER 6, 2019
The post [Virgin Hyperloop One in Construction Week Online] Virgin Hyperloop One, Bee’ah attend Gitex Technology Week 2019 appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
The post [Virgin Hyperloop One in PR Newswire] Autodesk And Virgin Hyperloop One Announce Joint-Effort To Explore Advanced Route Optimization, Transportation Design, And Construction Technology appeared first on OurCrowd. “Virgin Hyperloop One is pushing the boundaries of transportation efficiency,” said Josh Giegel, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Virgin Hyperloop One. Read more here.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
DECEMBER 18, 2019
All three organizations aim to empower communities in Argentina by addressing social problems through reducing construction debris, creating organic gardens, and promoting digital literacy respectively. La Escombrera is an organization that aims to reduce construction waste in Argentina.
Dream It
MARCH 8, 2019
This event brings together investors, innovative startups and leading corporations in the construction and real estate industry. On May 14, 2019, our friends at Lab Ventures Miami are hosting Future of Real Estate Tech Summit Miami.
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Dream It
APRIL 24, 2019
Site tours of construction projects that are geographically distant, reducing travel time. Project management and supervision of subcontractors on construction sites, and assistance from offsite experts for projects that require unexpected expertise.
Co Starters
MARCH 18, 2020
After several years of constructing a robust program funnel, The Commons on Champa is focusing this year on strengthening the services they currently offer in order to better carry out their mission—to serve the underserved through entrepreneurship. “If you’re starting up, start here.” .
Revolution
DECEMBER 3, 2019
The costs of construction and land values has increased far more quickly than incomes over the last 20 years, making it hard to build for the mass market.
Co Starters
MARCH 18, 2020
After several years of constructing a robust program funnel, The Commons on Champa is focusing this year on strengthening the services they currently offer in order to better carry out their mission—to serve the underserved through entrepreneurship. “If you’re starting up, start here.” . This is The Commons on Champa’s invitation to underserved leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the Denver area.
Co Starters
MARCH 18, 2020
After several years of constructing a robust program funnel, The Commons on Champa is focusing this year on strengthening the services they currently offer in order to better carry out their mission—to serve the underserved through entrepreneurship. “If you’re starting up, start here.” . This is The Commons on Champa’s invitation to underserved leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the Denver area.
Co Starters
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Could it be that we are just as entrepreneurial as a society as we have ever been, but we’ve just been distracted by the language we use and the cultural construct that we associate with entrepreneurship?
Dream It
MARCH 19, 2019
Andrew Ackerman and Charlie Stephens. Dreamit UrbanTech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman joined Charlie Stephens (@ charlieNYC ), a real estate advisor at Cushman & Wakefield, for his “Leaders Live” series of interviews.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
There were few mentors assigned to me and guided me prior to the finals in Germany, they were radically open-minded to the idea and gave very constructive feedback that helped a lot in developing my self-awareness.
TechStars
APRIL 25, 2019
Construction and Materials: Building infrastructure including materials and techniques; new equipment and safety solutions.
Y Combinator
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Construction – 2%. ? We’re excited to share the list of 2019 Top Y Combinator Companies. We also included top exits. We put this list together to help potential employees, partners, and late stage investors get to know a wider set of YC companies. If you’re looking for a job at one of our top companies, you can hit the Apply button to be taken to their careers page. The companies in this list are sorted by valuation. Why do we use valuation?
TechStars
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
The Heritage Group Accelerator Powered by Techstars is digging into technologies across construction, materials, environmental and recycling, and energy and refining.
Dream It
APRIL 29, 2019
On Construction Technology Over 1.5 On Fundraising News Prefab construction startup Dvele raised $14M to build single family homes. Our UrbanTech News Roundup is one of the features in our bi-weekly newsletter.
TechStars
MARCH 4, 2020
I’m now an investor with HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of the Heritage Group – a multi-billion dollar private conglomerate in the traditional industrial sectors of construction, environmental services and specialty chemicals.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 27, 2020
Assertive communication and constructive criticism will show your employees that you appreciate all the effort they put in, and have an understanding of their potential mishaps. Contributed by Bethany Seton.
TechStars
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Today, I’m excited to announce that I am joining Techstars as Managing Director of The Heritage Group Accelerator, powered by Techstars in Indianapolis.
GAN
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
While mentors are there to guide you, giving encouragement, advice, and constructive strategies that help move you and your company forward, the purpose of an investor meeting is for you, a startup founder, to sell your vision in a way that demonstrates how that vision manifests itself in your company, your products, and the services you’re building with the ultimate aim of receiving financial buy-in.
A Smart Bear
JANUARY 4, 2018
People said there’s no money in hosting. WordPress is just a toy. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this. I’m sure people said similar things to Heather when she joined as our CEO.
Y Combinator
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Real Estate and Construction – 5%. At our 29th Demo Day, 175 companies presented over two days. You can read more about the companies on TechCrunch ( day one and day two coverage of S19 Demo Day), Forbes , and Crunchbase. Below are stats about the S19 batch. As a reminder, the application deadline for YC W20 is coming up next week on September 25. Apply here. Total companies that presented at YC S19 Demo Day : 175. YC S19 CATEGORIES: Aerospace – 1%. Agriculture – 1%.
GCUC
JANUARY 13, 2020
The GSA is per their website: GSA provides workplaces by constructing, managing, and preserving government buildings and by leasing and managing commercial real estate. The US Government is going in BIG on Coworking. Will you answer the call?
Dream It
MARCH 6, 2020
By Charles LaCalle , Director of Sourcing at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify Learn more about Dreamit Urbantech, a growth-focused program for real estate and construction tech startups with revenue, pilots, or early product-market fit
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MARCH 25, 2020
Seth Thurau, with HHG Drums in Blair County, is creating high-end snare drums using a unique solid wood construction and a novel manufacturing technique. Over the course of the past two months, hundreds of people located in the counties of Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Cambria, Huntingdon, and Somerset in Pennsylvania visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our recent $50,000 contest.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 7, 2020
We serve the petroleum and construction industries, neither of which have traditionally been known as places for females.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 4, 2019
Strong willed successful CEOs can often construct rubber stamp boards because that is what they want. I was talking recently to a friend who advises a lot of boards. I asked him his view on boards overall. He said that he saw two styles, both of which he found problematic. The first style is the “rubber stamp board” that does whatever the CEO asks of them. The second style is the “meddling board” that acts like it is running the business.
GAN
MAY 29, 2019
What I love about these rhythms is that they get all of us in a practice of hearing constructive feedback consistently. This kind of de-escalation of emotions tied to hearing critique (even constructive critique) helps make everything feel less personal and like a much smaller deal, which it usually is. I help run two different businesses: GAN and GAN Ventures. At GAN, Dani runs the day-to-day operations as the company’s COO.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
but instead Airbnb was seen as an active proponent of expanded affordable housing construction. The headlines in the tech and startup world have not been good over the last couple of years. As it turns out, the “move fast in break things” culture was itself pretty broken—full of discrimination and harassment. On top of that, the rise of tech is exacerbating wealth inequality, creating some serious data privacy issues, and allowing hate and misinformation to grow rampant on its platforms.
Revolution
JUNE 10, 2019
While certain categories such as coworking, alternative accommodations, “ibuying”, brokerage, and construction (among others) have adorned the front pages of leading media outlets, we are still very much in the early innings of innovation in the space.
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