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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. If you want to connect to an innovation community, there isn't a better place to start than someone who invests in it.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

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Cheaper rents could make it a great place for the creative community and there''s no reason why it shouldn''t become as popular a destination for out of town events the same way that Austin has. There was no strategic goal to build venture backed startup companies, but yet at least three companies in her community got VC investment last year.

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Will the most successful crowdfunding portals be restricted to accredited investors?

Gust

1) Non-equity, creative project crowdfunding portals, which are currently allowed and are not subject to legislation under the JOBS Act. It’s going to be very crowded, very noisy, and probably not very lucrative for the funders (although it will likely put quite a bit of cash into new startups.)

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Spotter raises $200M to invest $1 billion into YouTubers’ back catalogs

TechCrunch

Funders across these three rounds include Access Industries, HighPost Capital, CoVenture, GPS Partners and Crossbeam Venture Partners. Jellysmack’s licensing of back catalog expires after five years, the same length of Spotter’s contracts, and uses an algorithm to determine whether or not to invest in a creator.

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Vista Equity Partners AI Hackathon Winners Announced

American Entrepreneurship

The global investment firm Vista Equity Partners held its 7 th Annual Global Hackathon focusing on advancing enterprise software solutions with generative AI. The annual event drew from Vista’s portfolio companies and for first time was hosted by an HBCU with student participation. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners.

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

TechCrunch

As an early-stage reporter, I honestly bet a lot on the potential of a savvy edtech founder or creative marketplace play. All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. Follow me on Twitter @nmasc_ for updates throughout the week. million in funding.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on.