TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a mere 72 hours, early bird pricing disappears for TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 , our two-part, founder bootcamp series focused on the building blocks you need to grow your company. The first event, TC Early Stage Operations & Fundraising , happens on April 1-2 — that’s two program packed days of education, connection and opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

The event will be held on June 29, so make sure to register here (for free) to listen to these conversations, enjoy the pitch-off and network with local talent. Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 as one of its first engineers, and firsthand witnessed the growth of the company from a scrappy startup into a 400-person global business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Building a startup is never easy, especially when you’re in the early innings and navigating a huge learning curve. Education, support and sage advice are arguably as essential to startup success as fundraising. Find all that — and connect with your early-founder community — at TC Early Stage 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

These startups join an illustrious alumni network of 900+ companies from around the globe with $9B collectively raised since appearing on the TechCrunch stage. Each startup exhibits on all 3 days of the show in the expo hall, and the 20 finalists will pitch on the Disrupt Stage throughout several rounds during the show.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

The overarching theme of those thoughts and feelings being that as members of the New Zealand startup ecosystem, and the wider business community, we are still failing miserably in our collective duty of care for the mental health and wellbeing of our entrepreneurs.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. We pitch to investors without requiring them to commit to a blind pool.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Request situations where they had an opportunity to observe your actions. Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more. Education and Training: Many universities and colleges offer degrees or certificates in entrepreneurship.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Echoing Green is a foundation that distinguishes transformational leaders via its fellowships.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. Upadhyay : Yeah, I think dealing with foreign investors adds to the stress of African founders. Several protective factors can enhance founders’ ability to thrive despite having been blessed with neurodiversity.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders. The J.M.K. “The

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I think COVID-19 created more opportunities for Vilnius than risks in this regard. The coronavirus crisis, in general, hasn’t affected the Vilnius startup ecosystem in the same way as the rest of Europe. Who are the key startup people in your city (e.g., investors, founders, lawyers, designers, etc.)?

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Logan Rae , Founder, Argon Agency Gain a Loyal Following and Community Content marketing helps startups to gain a loyal following and community. Companies can use content to educate potential customers about their product or service, and even offer free samples or discounts for a limited time to get people to try out their business.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000? hit nearly $1.8

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Jan Lynn-Matern, Emerge Education. B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups. Reporter Lucas Matney spoke to Caryn Marooney in August at TechCrunch Early Stage about how startup founders who hope to expand their reach need to do a better job of connecting with journalists. David Eichler, TCV.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Hiring your first employees into a startup is storytelling: You are spinning a story that contrasts their steady, reliable job at an established company, pitching it against taking a chance on your startup. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Isn’t this just marketing?

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

These people who never had the opportunity to start a store came onto our platform and became entrepreneurs for the first time, because we do not need them to invest any money in working capital or setting up an offline shop. These are educated women but handicapped so no one ever gave them jobs. India is not such a rich country.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

That means making sure that there are no artificial barriers for accessing me and the capital I represent that would skew my time only towards founders of privilege. It means flipping over every single rock looking to be first to the opportunity that no one else has figured out yet--because anything else is just laziness.

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