Dream It

MAY 29, 2019

Startup pitch meetings are pretty predictable. You walk into a venture fund’s conference room or Zoom room (if they’re progressive), pitch the partners, offer to answer their questions, maybe ask them a bland question or two, and then leave the meeting to await a response. Here’s the thing: asking a VC a couple of easy questions at the end of a pitch doesn’t get you any closer to receiving a term sheet.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 29, 2019

A few months ago I posted some data on this blog that showed the growth of homeschooling in the US with almost 5% of K12 students being schooled at home. I wrote at the end of that post: This is a trend to watch and, possibly, to invest in. Well, invest in it we did. Yesterday Rebecca posted our investment rationale for Outschool , a company that offers real time group classes taught largely by very experienced K12 teachers over live video.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

An entrepreneur needs a network of supportive people and resources to maximize his or her chances of success, because there will always be fires to put out. While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

As a mother and business owner, Deepti Sharma is passionate about policies that support and enhance mothers and entrepreneurs. Her company, Food to Eat specializes in connecting immigrant, women and minority-owned food vendors to opportunities for growth. At the 2019 Smart Hustle Growth Conference Deepti will share her insights on starting, growing and scaling a business.

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OurCrowd

MAY 29, 2019

With a lot of attention being paid to potential global effects of climate change – from the Paris Agreement to the proposed Green New Deal in the US – what comes to mind are polluted cities, record-breaking temperatures, water scarcity and more. The issues sound big, scary and often – unsolvable. But what if we take a moment to zone in on the micro-environments we are exposed to every day; for example… buildings.

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OurCrowd

MAY 29, 2019

Celeno, a leading provider of smart, managed Wi-Fi solutions announced today that Acelink, a leading manufacturer of advanced network communication products, have selected the Celeno CL8000 Wi-Fi 6 chips to enable their next generation Wi-Fi access point and Wi-Fi router offerings. Read more here. The post [Celeno in PR Newswire] Acelink Selects Celeno’s CL8000 Chip Family for Their New Wi-Fi 6 Connectivity Portfolio appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

Michael Babineau is cofounder and CEO of Second Measure. Second Measure analyzes billions of credit card transactions to answer real-time questions on consumer behavior. They were in the Summer 2015 batch of YC and you can check them out at SecondMeasure.com. Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo. You can find Michael on Twitter @mikebabineau and Kevin is @ilikevests.

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OurCrowd

MAY 29, 2019

El Israel Innovation Awards es una iniciativa de la Cámara de Comercio Argentino Israelí, la Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, la Embajada del Estado de Israel en la República Argentina y la Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva del Ministerio De Educación, Cultura, Ciencia y Tecnología de la Nación, con apoyo de distintas empresas como Our Crowd.

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