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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

The result was a series of exceptional Seattle program cohorts, including not just the “unicorn” outcomes listed above, but hundreds of millions of dollars in venture financings and liquidity events deep into the roster of participating teams, year after year.

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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

TechCrunch

Great Question’s seed round came from investors including Funders Club, January Capital, Nomo VC and Twenty-Two Ventures. The platform has been used to interview customers about product ideas and strategy, find product-market fit, conduct usability studies on UX designs and see how well marketing landing pages perform.

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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 the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University recently wrote , “cities need to organize economic stabilization teams… to offer short-term, focused relief until the federal government can offer some direct relief.” A successful resiliency plan, however, requires cities to be ready to respond to this type of stimulus.

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

StartupNation

industry, financing, patenting, location) and outcomes (i.e. Investors and venture capital firms should prioritize funding startups founded by diverse funders, while also encouraging majority founders to diversify their teams in order to get better returns on investment. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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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. Returnly’s founder recently offered to put some of his earnings back into our fund, enabling more foreign entrepreneurs like himself to access capital.

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Solution Stories: Expanding Opportunity in Franklin County, Ohio

Forward Cities

Low Financial Literacy – Entrepreneurs are often not equipped with critical financial literacy skills needed for managing and stabilizing personal finances that sets them up for greater success when deciding to launch or grow a business.

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

TechCrunch

“In a culture where growing valuations are worn like a badge of honor, founders may fear that taking a down round would render them Silicon Valley pariahs,” writes Holden Spaht, managing partner at private equity firm Thoma Bravo. . ” How to protect your IP during fundraising so you don’t get ripped off.

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