Impact Hub

AUGUST 6, 2021

Women entrepreneurs in West Africa are leading the way in creating sustainable businesses, growing their respective economies and generating lasting change. While entrepreneurs face all kinds of challenges starting up businesses anywhere in the world, women often have to deal with additional hurdles to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The two entrepreneurs first met as students at the Maastricht University in Holland. Opara, who had practiced as a doctor for about six years, before switching careers to economics and finance, matched Yehia’s need for an advisor with experience in Nigeria’s healthcare sector.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

Being a female entrepreneur is looking better each and every day. According to Entrepreneur , “Women are also raising smaller rounds than men -- averages of $5 million and $12 million, respectively. Find the Right Investors - don’t throw your pitch to just anybody. But, women entrepreneurs are taking the economy by storm.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. ” And, surely, it “can” work.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The lucrative startup landscape has been particularly exclusive and inaccessible for non-white male and female entrepreneurs, whether intentionally or not. For ambitious entrepreneurs who don’t benefit from a privileged background, it’s important to understand the challenges you may face when seeking funding. Find your people.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. It concludes with a Pitch Showcase awarding at least $25,000 in prize money. Brianna Ellison.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

But to make sure that the startup idea can result in a profitable business, an entrepreneur needs to validate it. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Before starting a business, an entrepreneur may need to register the startup as a company or a similar business structure. Incubators.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. And importantly we’ve had revenue. Surely there must be some benefit here??

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 22, 2023

Israel’s innovation nation is the birthplace of thousands of young high-tech startups created by brilliant entrepreneurs. Angel investors provide the finance that fuels these innovative enterprises, helping the entrepreneurs of the future deliver tomorrow’s technology today. But young businesses cannot thrive without resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

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.” First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. Step one: Ask for money.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Dear Sophie, I’m an entrepreneur in Guatemala and would like to come to the United States to expand my tech company. From Buy Now, Pay Later to open banking and social finance, fintech has scaled rapidly since the pandemic began. LG and the hunt for the next-gen corporate incubator. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Image Credits: Chevrolet.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. Step #2: Pitch investors. Teach ‘em Finance and Chase or Accenture will come and pick ‘em up 30 at a time. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Entrepreneurs who want to accelerate growth and retain more of their equity may understand SPACs, peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, but for some startups, securing a credit facility is also a viable option. @yourprotagonist. 10 investors discuss the no-code and low-code landscape in Q1 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In Technology startup valuations are robust, so it’s only natural that entrepreneurs and investors would want to position firms as a straight tech play, regardless of the underlying business they’re in.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator, the incubator of billion dollar unicorns, is a unicorn itself.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Genomenon , a genomics health IT company cofounded by serial Ann Arbor software entrepreneur Steve Schwartz, helps pharma and clinical diagnostics labs accelerate research and work for solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases and cancer. It’s already trusted by clients including Nike, Dell, Disney and P&G. Genomenon.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fuelfinance Their pitch: “We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automation. FuelFinance has created a “first aid” resource kit for Ukrainian entrepreneurs with information on how to reorganize and keep working during the war. 17+ years in Finance and Media & Entertainment, with a special emphasis on Ticketing.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Kelly Chen, DCVC: Robotics startups have an additional layer to their banking relationship, typically tying equipment financing and other debt structures to banking. I recommend serial entrepreneurs get some version of that tattooed somewhere on their person. The young Japanese startup is using a fresh $10.7 automotive industry).”

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