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Set local traction before venturing overseas – John Lim, Partner, Meet Ventures, tells startups

AsiaTechDaily

. “If you can’t generate demand locally, it is usually even more difficult to generate demand overseas,” Lim said, adding that many good Series B/C startups he has come across already have significant traction at home before they embarked on overseas expansion. Investing based on the startup’s heuristics.

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How pitch training can help startups get their story right

TechCrunch

When you hire a marketing consultant, you don’t necessarily expect to wind up discussing your life’s purpose. Yet, that is what Spanish marketing expert and entrepreneur Alex Barrera often ends up doing with startup founders who hire him to help improve their pitch. Well, it depends on their experience level.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

Katie Moussouris has been in cybersecurity circles since some of the world’s biggest tech companies were startups, and helped to set up the first vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programs. How to get into a startup accelerator. Should you try to get your company into an accelerator? Image Credits: Techstars.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. The team has a history of investing in diverse and underrepresented founders.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. The fund’s network of mentors are all invested LPs, ensuring they have “skin in the game.”

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Our 20 selected organizations will receive coaching from Google’s AI experts, Google.org grant funding from a $25 million pool, and credits and consulting from Google Cloud. Google for Startups Accelerator. How Tech Startups Can Get Money and Support from the Fortune 500.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Our 20 selected organizations will receive coaching from Google’s AI experts, Google.org grant funding from a $25 million pool, and credits and consulting from Google Cloud. Google for Startups Accelerator. How Tech Startups Can Get Money and Support from the Fortune 500.

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