The Social Subsidy of Angel Investing
Alex Danco
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
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10 Ways Entrepreneurs Limit Their Creative Potential
Marty Zwilling
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Every entrepreneur believes in their heart that their startup is more innovative and creative than their competitors. Yet none knows exactly
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Seed, Sow, Water, Grow: 4 Expert Tips to Secure Angel Investment for Your New Business Venture
Bryan Janeczko
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
The Face Of Angel Investing Is Changing. Here’s What You Need To Know
Jia Wertz
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, angels are telling founders to scrutinize their sales forecasts, hiring plans, costs and every other assumption about their business. Upheaval can also create opportunities, as changing markets and obstacles create new challenges to solve and ways for startups to scal
Rethinking Growth: The Fight to Become and Stay Profitable
Speaker: Aleksey Krylov, CFA - Chief Financial Officer at CytoImmune Therapeutics
Join Aleksey Krylov, corporate finance expert and CFO at CytoImmune Therapeutics, for an insightful overview of working capital management and managing profitability.
We Built a More Inclusive Accelerator—Here’s What We Learned
GAN
JULY 14, 2020
Guest Blog by Lunar Startups. Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ founders have always had to do more with less. It comes as no surprise that founders with these identities face unfair and significant obstacles when going to market, scaling, and competing in the marketplace. Yet, consumers with purchasing power are getting younger and more racially diverse every year, creating a huge market opportunity for startup founders who deeply understand this under-served group.
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Talk to ten founders and ten different VCs and you’ll get roughly about 600 different suggestions as to how you should go about your fundraising strategy. I don’t know what the formula is here, but the numbers and the resulting amount of confusion gets big very very quickly.
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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.
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My 1985 Nike Air Jordan Investment
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Earlier this week I purchased 1% of a collection of five 1985 Nike Air Jordan sneakers using our portfolio company Otis’ mobile app. I paid $330 for ten shares (out of a total of 1000 shares) implying a value of $33,000 for the five pairs, or roughly $6600 each.
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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
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By Elise Kemp. Life is unpredictable. Markets take a turn, opportunities disappear, and unforeseen circumstances prevent us from being able to follow through with business as usual. Adaptability is the key to survival in an ever-changing world.
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How to Come up With Great Ideas
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If your startup/organization/team struggles with ideation (the process of coming up with ideas), you fall into one of two camps: Those who struggle to come up with any ideas. Those who come up with plenty of ideas but struggle to identify which ones are worth pursuing.
Digitizing Logistics: Harness the Power of Data in 4 Steps
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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means
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Cities Should Think Creatively about Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building
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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things
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In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention.
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