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Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

500

No one would’ve envisioned me as a venture capitalist. I was raised in rural Wyoming, far from the high stakes and deep pockets of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA. It’s what led me to San Francisco, and, ultimately, what drew me to 500 Startups. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. 500 immediately stood out to me, not only for their reputation as one of the top acc

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Open Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Resilience through Collaboration

INBIA

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Startup Pitching 301

Paul G. Silva

This is the 3rd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. In this post we’ll go over advanced-level (301) techniques. 1. The one (maybe two) number rule. Most people can’t hold multiple numbers in their head. You can put as many numbers on a slide as you like, but people won’t process them. In fact, if you show too many numbers they’ll almost certainly process the numbers incorrectly!

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Impact Hub Oakland leaves Impact Hub network

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Oakland has always been a lighthouse for driving the inclusion and equality agenda of the Impact Hub Network in North America. After six years of successful operations, we are sad to see Impact Hub Oakland leave the network. The team decided to follow a more hyperlocal approach to deepen their roots and broaden their reach throughout the city continuing their commitment to the evolution of equity and inclusion in Oakland under the name of Evolve Oakland.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Startup Pitching 101

Paul G. Silva

As a mentor once told me… It doesn’t matter if you have the best opportunity in the world, if you can’t communicate it you’re dead. This is obvious. Yet… I’ve seen thousands of presentations and the vast majority of them were confusing as heck. Those presenters almost always failed to get whatever they wanted from the audience.

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Startup Pitching 201

Paul G. Silva

This is the 2nd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. In this post we’ll go over intermediate-level (201) techniques. 1. Front load credibility. Investors are cynical. They have to be because about half of all angel/VC investments lose every penny invested. Any claim you make is therefore treated with suspicion. But… if you place some major credibility-enhancing facts into your second or third slide, the audience spends most of the presentation positively inclined to you

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Could you be your company’s bottleneck?

Berkonomics

So many tasks; so little time. As a manager, you have a number of critical tasks that are general to your position as opposed to specific to your industry. These include ensuring the continued health of the organization, setting the moral compass for your stakeholders, providing for succession by training and documenting, leading the effort in compliance of regulations and safety needs, and … elimination of all possible bottlenecks that impede the efficiency of your organization.

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Need a Mental Break? The 'Meet Cute' Podcast Delivers Rom-Com Escape in 15-Minute Bursts

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Naomi Shah's podcast company packs original romantic comedies into 15-minute podcast episodes.

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[JUMP Bikes In London Post] Uber announces free JUMP bike rides for NHS workers

OurCrowd

Uber has today announced that NHS workers including doctors, nurses and hospital staff will be offered free rides on electric JUMP bikes to help them get to and from work. Read more here. The post [JUMP Bikes In London Post] Uber announces free JUMP bike rides for NHS workers appeared first on OurCrowd.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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[OurCrowd in Wired] “????????????”?????2020???5?????????????????OurCrowd 2020?????

OurCrowd

????????????????????????????????START-UP NATION????????10?????????????????????????????????????????AI??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OurCrowd 2020???????????????????????. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Wired] “????????????”?????2020???5?????????????????OurCrowd 2020????? appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Tyto Care in Yahoo Finance] Deaconess Health System and Tyto Care Expand Telehealth Partnership to Help Fight COVID-19

OurCrowd

Tyto Care’s TytoHome telehealth device enables Deaconess patients to perform comprehensive physical examinations with a Deaconess Care Provider from the comfort of home. Read more here. The post [Tyto Care in Yahoo Finance] Deaconess Health System and Tyto Care Expand Telehealth Partnership to Help Fight COVID-19 appeared first on OurCrowd.

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