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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Winners get $7000, a round-trip ticket to Silicon Valley, access to world-class mentorship, and more.”. Skoll Foundation.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Ideas for books, podcasts, video series, investigative research, essays, educational campaigns, and creative proposals.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.