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Venture Atlanta 2023 “Startup Showcase Live” selects Enrichly as $500K Winner

American Entrepreneurship

Three of the four pitching finalists were women entrepreneurs focusing on health and wellness issues. They introduced “Startup Showcase Live”, a pitch contest for seed and pre-seed startups, competing for a $500,000 investment. The sold-out event also featured two additional pitching tracks: Early-stage and Growth Stage companies.

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Angel Capital Association’s Annual Summit is a Goldmine for Black Investors, Founders, and High Growth Startups Raising Capital

Angel Capital Association

The summit offers an unparalleled opportunity for learning, networking, and investment discovery, specifically tailored to empower the black entrepreneurial ecosystem. This platform not only facilitates networking with potential investors but also offers invaluable feedback and validation from experienced industry experts.

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

Its mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through free mentoring and education workshops for small business owners. Keep your eye out for local representatives or educational events on how to register and apply for Federal procurement contracts as well as similar programs in your State. Small Business Administration.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. We strive to educate our community that success takes commitment, strategy, discipline, and patience to sustain the journey and see long-term growth. Buddy Palmer. Carina Boston Pinales. Heather Metcalf.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Eva Doss, President and CEO at The Launch Place, elaborated, “We had multiple organizations in the region that were providing specific services to entrepreneurs and small businesses: business counseling, seminars, workshops, investment capital, pitch competitions, networking events, etc. Challenges.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

It’s not hard to see where this all leads: from a principled beginning, laser-focused on helping the world’s best founding teams achieve the best possible business and financial results, soon the Techstars system began to play host to mandatory, sponsor-led “education” sessions for participating teams.

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AngelList just closed a $25M fund to back startups based on hiring velocity

TechCrunch

The signal strips out factors like investor bias, the founder’s networks and even buzzy valuations. “I Othman thinks they win deals because of the cut-and-dry approach, which he thinks is “less adversarial” than other investors who may be more focused on risk factors, or traditional pitches, before writing a check. Our approach?

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