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

TechCrunch

All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. The networks made online — either through the rise of meme culture or Substack spice — can be a competitive advantage in the world of investment, as two new funds this week showed us.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Normalizing down rounds, 2023 climate trends, term sheet basics

TechCrunch

The next storm front expected to arrive tomorrow is expected to bring disruption and destruction on a massive scale. “The next best thing founders can do is to signal as much as possible that pitch materials shared with funders are confidential.” Six climate tech trends to watch for in 2023. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. It is this form of connected, community collaboration that is going to be critical to responding quickly to the immediate needs of entrepreneurs and small business owners in the community, especially those most vulnerable to these economic shocks.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Having to deal with the culture entrenched with the decision-makers and having to dissolve the old way of thinking in order to utilize best practices of the past and integrate these practices into forward-thinking methodologies. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. The scarcity mindset holds us all back.

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The exit effect: 4 ways IPOs and acquisitions drive positive change across the global ecosystem

TechCrunch

If as investors we foster meaningful relationships with our funders and truly care about empowering diverse entrepreneurs, we’ll see more of that wealth circle back into our mission. Team effect. At the same time, growing startups will be more interested in hiring the talent of evidently successful teams.

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Seven Recommendations for Rapid Response Grantmaking

Surdna Foundation

With so many communities around the world suddenly facing urgent, unexpected need, funders quickly realized they needed to pivot and add rapid-response tactics to their grant portfolio in order to quickly support their grantees. For over five generations, the Foundation has been governed largely by descendants of John E.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. We’re building the pre-eminent ecosystem for founders and funders of “calm” companies, while catalyzing the opportunity for more funds, services, and partners focused on serving these businesses.”. Calm Company. “We’re

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