TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

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. Great Question’s seed round came from investors including Funders Club, January Capital, Nomo VC and Twenty-Two Ventures.

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funders culture VC financing 110

Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. We are also proactively sharing our data with Candid and signing on to data-sharing initiatives, such as the Climate Funders Justice Pledge.

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funders peer-to-peer communities consulting 36

Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Until the late 1980s, Surdna’s grantmaking centered on education (scholarships), culture (arts organizations, libraries, etc.), Finalizing the language of our mission statement was only the first step in answering the question, “What does it mean to be a social justice funder?”. and basic community infrastructure (fire engines!).

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funders culture board communities 36

Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Few Culturally Competent Mentors/Social Capital – There is a lack of qualified, culturally competent (and affordable) business mentors that can impart invaluable insights and strategies with (emerging) business owners. Side Hustles and Innovation Sprints. Side Hustles to CEOs. Innovation Sprints.

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opportunity entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship funders 52

Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Few Culturally Competent Mentors/Social Capital – There is a lack of qualified, culturally competent (and affordable) business mentors that can impart invaluable insights and strategies with (emerging) business owners. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020.

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opportunity entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship funders 40

Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

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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entrepreneurial ecosystem funders sustainability education 52

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Specifically, I hoped to join a company with a very strong engineering and product management culture that needed a CEO with strategy, vision, business development, fundraising and team-building expertise. I also knew Peter Fenton, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful investors and a leading funder of the company.

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