TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Young aspiring entrepreneurs apply for Y Combinator in the hopes of receiving seed funding, mentorship and networking opportunities to help create the next unicorn. As I went about raising growth capital from some of the world’s top investors, I would often hear investors mentioning that certain founders were “investable” and others were not.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

The spectrum of companies coming out of IndieBio has always been pretty wild, and its latest batch definitely doesn’t disappoint. As the early-stage, biology-focused accelerator arm of SOSV, IndieBio gives the companies in its program $250,000+, mentorship and full access to a biology lab to bring their ideas to life.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

It was definitely a challenge, but one she has overcome to help her organization grow. The Importance of Mentorship. Lastly, “don’t waste time with unsure relationships of any kind, and take the time to know yourself, go places, become aware of ‘who fits you’ and then invest in that relationship.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2022

Instead, here’s a list of 12 things that have directly or kinda-directly helped me go from living paycheck-to-paycheck, to hiring my first ever financial advisor (because I now have something called savings and investments.) Not everyone agrees with giving away valuable info, and you definitely shouldn’t work for free on the regular?—?but

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. The Oakland Black Business Fund is an investment platform that provides services to Black-owned businesses found in the Oakland, California area. The CDFI also provides tax credits to help encourage even more investment. Website: [link].

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

In my case, it was key to be part of a local support network, the public accelerator of Valencia (Col·lab Las Naves), that provided me with mentorships, one-on-one support and guidance as well as connections peer-to-peer. . On another note, our surpluses are invested in social and environmental projects. That is why we are scal ing up.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” A few years ago I started a mentorship organization in Los Angeles called Launchpad LA now run by the uber talented Sam Teller. What I love is that I don’t pre pick the companies. Launchpad LA.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

If you think he seems pretty great based on that, you should definitely keep reading (and if you want to be really impressed check out this page ). Make an “investment” decision. you sort of have to make your own investment decision. Look at the people who have invested in them. Meet William McCullough.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock. Our lives are intertwined.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

30:00 – Investing in yourself. I’ve definitely tried to draw out this narrative into a bunch of videos, but the basic story is that a friend of mine, who’s still a really great friend of mine who lives in New York turned me on to, he’s an Android developer, or mobile developer at large now.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

These people who never had the opportunity to start a store came onto our platform and became entrepreneurs for the first time, because we do not need them to invest any money in working capital or setting up an offline shop. Us starting this business exactly at the time when Jio was coming big was definitely very lucky, right?

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