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Beyond the Cup: Tracking Success Stories from the Entrepreneur’s Cup Series – Jessica Kinsey

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Since then, I have been a part of an education technology startup, and John and I own a real estate investment company and a consulting and training company. My team member John Galbraith and I mentored teams in the competition for eight subsequent years, including numerous first-place winners.

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It Depends: Why the right fundraising strategy for your startup is never a straight answer.

This is going to be BIG.

For example, I’m more than happy to fund something that is pre-product except if you’re in a notoriously difficult to sell into industry, like small businesses, government, or education. When you read fundraising advice to founders, think about how much blanket statements would make sense for real estate.

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Zuma takes in fresh capital to convert your next apartment tenant lead into a contract

TechCrunch

The company was co-founded by CEO Shiv Gettu, a former real estate consultant, and president Kendrick Bradley, a former Boeing and SpaceX engineer who left his job in 2018 to work at a property management company. Today, the company, which adds artificial intelligence to sales engagement, exited its beta phase with $6.7

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3 Lessons Learned from Living in Adventure Mode

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Conventional wisdom tells us that life is linear and our paths, both educational and professional, should be linear, too. I was living in entrepreneurial adventure mode: I was doing freelance consulting and advisory to a business here, investing in a web3 gaming startup there.

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Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2020

GCUC

The real estate industry has finally figured out that coworking is not a fad or a little blip. Coworking is significantly impacting the industry and real estate insiders are not going to sit back and wait for it to go away. They will need a little time but real estate will continue to invest heavily in our industry.

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Hustle Fund wants to help spawn a new generation of angel investors

TechCrunch

Kara Penn is the mother of four daughters and owner of Mission Spark, a management and strategy consulting company. So far, Penn has invested in five startups across a range of sectors including real estate, food, apparel and finance. . And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor.

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How to Invest in Web3: A Beginner’s Roadmap

Angel Capital Association

s read only web with static pages (print media, educational sites, online directories, or archives) and the user-generated content of Web 2.0 These platforms have become the epicenters of NFT trading, offering a wide array of digital assets ranging from art and music to virtual real estate and beyond.