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Forge North Coalition Announces First Close of Fund to Invest in Black, Brown and Women Entrepreneurs in Minnesota

American Entrepreneurship

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Recently, gener8tor was named one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.

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Capital crunch shines a light on the importance of founders’ mental health, investors say

TechCrunch

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Honeycomb’s $50M Series D deck

TechCrunch

.” If you’re putting together a slide deck to raise your next round, and that’s the first time you realize your team slide is filled with Stanford-educated white dudes, well, no amount of creative storytelling can save you. As a startup founder, you get to make choices about the kind of org you want to create.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

managing director, The Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Andrius Milinavicius , founder, Baltic Sandbox. Gabriele Poteliunaite , associate, Change Ventures. Alex Gibb , partner, Katalista Ventures. Jone Vaituleviciute , partner, Startup Wise Guys. Top are startup founders like J.

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Nonobvious acquisitions are on my 2021 bingo board

TechCrunch

To scale such models, new businesses will need venture capital. Leaving this subsector, we see creative acquisitions such as a Roblox for edtech buying a language learning tool, and a startup known for flashcards scooping up a tech tutoring service. How is edtech spending its extra capital.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Starting a Business! From Idea to Launch

American Entrepreneurship

Education and Training: Many universities and colleges offer degrees or certificates in entrepreneurship. Not only do they provide coursework and training, but some offer venture funding and mentoring. Investor Funding Many startups are begun with the anticipation that outside funding will be needed in order to be successful.