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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

Venture capitalists have raised increasing amounts of money from their investors (LPs) every year. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market.

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The 8 Biggest Fundraising Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

Feedough

Of these, only 70,000 get angel investment, and less than 5,000 get venture capital. But fret not, we’ve listed down the eight biggest fundraising mistakes that you need to be wary of while approaching the investors, pitching to them, and signing contracts. Substandard Pitch Decks. That is, the remaining 5.92

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WorkRamp raises $17M to ramp up its enterprise learning platform

TechCrunch

WorkRamp , which has built a platform that helps organizations build their own training materials, and then distribute them both to their workforce and to partners, has raised $17 million, a Series B round of funding that’s being led by OMERS Ventures, with Bow Capital also participating. We are aiming for a consumer-grade experience.”