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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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While starting a business is a common new year’s resolution, soon-to-be entrepreneurs make the leap for a variety of reasons. To effectively support any entrepreneur, you must develop an infrastructure of resources in your community. Early-stage entrepreneurs, like all entrepreneurs, have their own set of unique needs.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now? There are at least 6 incubators now being set up in LA. For the past 2.5

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. The success of YCombinator and Techstars has spawned countless new incubators. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators.

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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

The other day, Ron Conway said at an event that “ he hopes that any entrepreneur that has “the guts” to start a company gets funded.” ” Fred Wilson seconded that opinion , citing that “We need more entrepreneurship, not less.” That’s what makes venture capital such a risky investment.

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Anatomy of an Innovation-friendly School

This is going to be BIG.

On top of that, most of a school's major donors are likely to be entrepreneurs in some way. Entrepreneurship education needs hard skills training. Part of me wants to just say that entrepreneurship education needs to be moved out of the business school altogether, but I know that's probably too jarring for most schools to think about.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

Sramana Mitra said not to long ago in Forbes : “I have come to observe that most business school programs have an extensive emphasis on fundraising, especially from venture capitalists, and very little pragmatic understanding of what it really takes to get a venture off the ground. No revenues, no costs. break the silos!

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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

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Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. First-time entrepreneurs may find the startup adventure daunting without having the right guidance and perspective. Embrace Failure and Learn from It Failure is an inevitable part of entrepreneurship.

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