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The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat?

Revolution

But the key to success is about more than just clever branding and a good elevator pitch. Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. What’s the secret sauce for emerging tech hubs who want to seize this shake-the-snow-globe moment of tech talent redistributing across the country? It’s also about establishing a competitive moat.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

TechCrunch

The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way. The pitch: The NFT market has exploded and the communities surrounding them have flourished, co-founder Chris Tam said. This crypto winter may be long, but builders remain bullish.

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

TechCrunch

The company says that it provides interested clubs with the back office framework, legal and tax support and has a platform where leaders can look for capital raise opportunities, meet other members and manage portfolios. During a downturn, the pitch seems more risky. PIN, which stands for power in numbers, has freshly raised a $5.6

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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

But we need reliable data to determine the quality of carbon offsets, in order to incentivize people to invest in the projects that are actually doing good — and to reward the project developers doing good work. Sylvera , a U.K.-based million seed round in May last year by closing a $32 million Series A.

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Five Tips to Activate New Angel Investors

Angel Capital Association

There was a need to connect entrepreneurs coming out of a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) training program to investors and funding. Reflecting on the early success of SDAC, to today being one of the largest angel conferences and startup pitch competitions in the country, following are five tips for activating new angel investors.

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Lessons from Implementing Netflix’s “Dream Team” Model at 3 Hypergrowth Tech Companies

Reforge

Table of Contents What makes a “Dream Team” a dream team? The 4 critical components of every Dream Team 5 steps to building your Dream Team for fast, aligned results Common pitfalls to avoid when setting your team up for success Every startup begins with a close-knit team. Early success drives innovation, excitement, momentum, and more success.

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 2) Market .