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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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Three Words Entrepreneurs (and VC’s) Should Take to Heart

Both Sides of the Table

” I said I learned this 15 years ago because that is when I stopped being a consultant. I enjoyed the first half of my time at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) because I was a computer programmer and had to build stuff that actually worked. Consultants spend all of their time pretending to know these answers.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding the right LPs, ocean conservation, inside Uber’s pre-seed deck

TechCrunch

A 60-minute briefing with a consultant who told me I’d be fine if I stuck to the script. 7 investors explain why they’re all in Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008 Image Credits: Uber (opens in a new window) The word “disruptive” gets thrown around so much, it’s lost much of its impact.

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Revere is creating a ratings system for the venture capital industry

TechCrunch

Revere ’s pitch is that a wider audience wants to participate in backing venture capitalists; they just need the signal on where to go and how to gauge (since proof of consistent returns isn’t necessarily a reality thanks to the whole 10-year horizon thing). “The How it works. The startup currently has over 100 funds on its platform.

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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. Singleplatform was a referral from an IT consultant who was trying to sell me stuff—which was pretty much the most random source ever, and Backupify was actually my own idea built by someone far more capable than I was to see it through.

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Founders should consider pre-Seed to Series A fundraising as full-time job – Phylicia Koh, VP, Play Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. I got into VC serendipitously, having spent the first 8 years of my career as an operator working in growth in startups and larger companies. And when did you first think about starting a fund?

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. They hired a consultant in the LGBT community who had relationships with all of the most popular gay clubs (who you know) and they built from there. She was disruptive.