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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. Well, it''s gotta mean something, right?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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This is the task I set out to answer with the master of analysis at Upfront Ventures Glenn Poppe who deserves the bulk of the credit for our work. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. LA By The Numbers.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Never Raising, Always Raising

Tomasz Tunguz

Startups used to raise once every 18 months. Venture capitalists and boards used to value a company every 18 months. We, as an industry, are marking-to-market much more frequently than we used to. At the same time, venture capital fundraising sets records each year. Just kidding.

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What is The Best Way to Explain Your Startup?

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In 30-90 seconds you can use visuals, story-telling, music, stats and humor to get across your message. They were cute videos that often had animation and humor mixed with tech speak. At MakeSpace the uber creative VP of Brand & Creative, Rion Harmon , came up with a series of videos that explain their storage startup.

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How to Foster Innovation and Creativity in Startup Teams

Startup Blogpost

How to Foster Innovation and Creativity in Startup Teams To shed light on how to foster innovation and creativity within startup teams, we asked seventeen founders, CEOs, and other leaders to share their experiences. The impact has been transformative. In fact, it’s a policy that celebrates them.

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Q&A with EO’s 2017 Global Citizen of the Year: Cameron Madill

Entrepreneurs' Organization

He earned the honor for his work volunteering in a Texas prison for Central American refugees and his efforts in building a scalable venture philanthropy model that supports pro bono legal assistance to refugees around the U.S. I think business can be such a powerful and creative force for good in our world.