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Strategic Casting: How to Fish For Your Ideal Clients and Employees

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Let’s say that your ideal clients are CEOs of mid-market companies that need your consulting services. In other words, where do they congregate, what do they read, and what are their interests? If you want to catch tuna, you have to go to the ocean, not your local creek. Where can you find them?

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From EdTech Entrepreneur to Tech Investor: The Journey of Andres Balcazar, Chief of Staff at Lido

Jason Malki

Andres, an Industrial Engineer by training, was previously investing in the B2B vSaaS space and comes from a background of strategy consulting. At Vencapital, we heard from VCs, learned about evaluating startups, did some deal sourcing, and pitched startups. I had the pleasure of interviewing Andres Balcazar, Chief of Staff at Lido.

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Fox Launchpad: When Startups Need Help Getting Started

Angel Capital Association

To help, the firm developed the Fox Launchpad , a virtual incubator and resource center developed to nurture early stage companies through flexible services, accessible attorneys and a variety of other exclusive offerings. Free Early Stage Consult - Fox will hire an outside consultant to provide advice on pitch decks or executive summaries.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The competition has $50,000 in cash prizes.

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

Small Business Administration (SBA) and offer free or low-cost consulting, training, and assistance to entrepreneurs. Business Incubators and Accelerators : Incubators offer entrepreneurs and startups workspaces that are typically below market rates. Learn more here. Full list of U.S. Accelerators found h ere.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

Both Sides of the Table

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. And importantly we’ve had revenue. Surely there must be some benefit here??

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 2

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Her thesis entitled “Towards an Ecosystem Approach to the Strategy and Performance of Incubators” received two Best Dissertation in Management and Entrepreneurship Awards. She co-supervises a PhD thesis on “Incubator Sourcing and Performance: An Ecosystem Approach”. 2) If you’ve got a better idea for a project, pitch it! (3)