Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

Set up or leverage a digital communications platform that helps small businesses connect with resources, a community of support, and a storytelling platform that can personalize and amplify the work, products, and needs of small businesses; . As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 20, 2020

A major funder of research programs at the Oklahoma Health Center, PHF has awarded more than $25 million to support biomedical research in Oklahoma since 2014. Private foundations like PHF play a critical role in supporting medical research advancement,” said Gray.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

To help this along, angels and VCs who’ve been behind a recent exit and are reinvesting in similar founders should publicize those knock-on investments, explaining how their previous success motivated them to support similar ventures. Team effect. Take Thiel, who has to date backed over 40 companies in Europe alone. Reputation effect.

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Surdna Foundation

JULY 2, 2020

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.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

With war, inflation, supply chain disruption, epidemics and the end of nearly free capital, the twelve-year party ended in 2022. Venture funding fled to safety, often to less capital-intensive stages, deals less sensitive to quarterly fluctuations, notably to early stage and away from Series B and later deals supporting existing companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

And the giant gets disrupted precisely because its cost structure to serve its customers and its cash cow, high-priced offering makes it nearly impossible for it to try compete. And what prompted this lawsuit?

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. So how is Funders Club different than other VCs? We want to arm these people with capital, to help grow their businesses but we also want to support them.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

In case you have been hiding under a rock and haven’t heard, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming to San Francisco October 18–20! Recipients included the following fintech startups: CashEx, a currency exchange platform that leverages AI to help U.S. I already have several super interesting stories planned for next week, so stay tuned.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

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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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Same goes for SMB investment sites like Honeycomb Credit , The SMBX , and Worthy Bonds (business owners often fund others) and Prosper or Sofi (many funders have borrowed themselves).”. We support that with an active Slack community and a venture scout program.” Who will disrupt investment management, and how? Further reading:

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