Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 1, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA –Ben Franklin’s Tech Celerator @StateCollege; a partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, is again offering local tech entrepreneurs, grad-students, professors, and university researchers a fun, informative 10-Week Business Startup Boot Camp. Apply now at [link]. Don’t hesitate as seating is limited.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

Pitch to Angel Investors at the Innovation Funders Showcase Participating in Angel Capital Association’s Innovation Funders Showcase at their Annual Summit presents a pivotal opportunity for black founders and entrepreneurs. She is an entrepreneur who supports entrepreneurs!

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the extent and impact of COVID-19 becomes more apparent, entrepreneurs and small businesses are on the front lines of its devastating impact–and with their demise comes potentially catastrophic economic losses for local communities. According to JP Morgan Institute , 50 percent of small businesses have less than 30 days of cash on hand.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. The Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from all ACA member groups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

This slump is a particularly unpleasant setback for entrepreneurs hoping to advance climate-focused principles and social change. Whether it’s dedicated impact funds or value-based venture capital firms, funders tend to back companies that have demonstrated their ability to scale.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

Investments made by individual angels and angel groups continued to “fuel the tank” for entrepreneurs and kept investment pipelines flowing for venture capitalists. Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of the angel investor community.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. It has a small business loan guarantee program and runs awards that recognize entrepreneurs and ecosystem stakeholders who provide assistance to small business owners. Learn more here.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 22, 2020

– Greater clarity on the financial returns achievable by supporting New Majority Entrepreneurs. – Formalized collaboration between funders, founders and ecosystem builders. Their programs seek to accelerate New Majority entrepreneurs from high potential to high growth. Find Out More and Register! About 1863 Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way. What we promise to entrepreneurs is that if we’re in for $3–4 million and things are going well but you just need more time to prove out your business?—?at

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

It’s designed with a founder-first mindset, whether they’re seeking their next round of funding, acquiring insights for new tech enterprises, or making relationships that will help them level up faster as entrepreneurs. CTA: Want to reach the biggest funders, founders and Disruptors? It’s like an MBA in a day — or three, to be exact.

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

As entrepreneurs and small business owners continue to recover , it’s a good time to strengthen ecosystems to support them. with more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, high school and college students, veterans, resource organizations, government officials and other stakeholders in attendance. Survey your resource partners.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

. “Starting a business is hard, but we now have a path for proptech lined with funders and advisers that can propel entrepreneurs over early obstacles through to maturity and deep market penetration.” More entrepreneurs should call proptech home.” Since housing accounts for as much as 18% of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Until now, most climate funders focused on terrestrial or atmospheric issues, and ocean funders focused on important, but only tangentially climate-related ocean issues such as ending unsustainable fishing practices and establishing marine protected areas. Ocean tech and climate change companies and investors all have the same goal.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. What do I do now?

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StartupNation

APRIL 28, 2021

It has become increasingly difficult for entrepreneurs to get funding from traditional banks, because of the hoops that they make business owners jump through to qualify for loans. Luckily, there are many types of alternative lending to help entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground or keep them up and running.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

The Hans Severiens Award recognizes personal impact on the advancement of angel investing globally and highlights the special relationship that angels and entrepreneurs build to innovate, create jobs, and drive the economy. The ACA honored Shipley for his many contributions to this community at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. Our members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $600 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Talking about key numbers from the Accelerate2030 Circular Economy program pilots: At the national level, 64 entrepreneurs were selected to take part in the program among more than 450 applicants; .

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses. entrepreneurs who bust this myth. Mark Zuckerberg? Steve Jobs?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

As the e-commerce industry continues to boom and work from home remains a trend amongst the corporate sector, more entrepreneurs are using their funds to create new digital startups in a number of niches. This can pose a tough call for young entrepreneurs. Most Popular: 10 Negotiation Techniques to Make You a Better Entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

A recent speech by the chancellor saw him imploring entrepreneurs to move to the UK: “If anyone is thinking of starting or investing in an innovation or technology-centred business, I want them to do it here. “There’s such a gap in equity for Northern funders still.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The UNDP program, “Heart of Amman II”, aims at advancing the development of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and the promotion of policy dialogue to implement solutions to commonly faced challenges amongst social enterprises.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The UNDP program, “Heart of Amman II”, aims at advancing the development of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and the promotion of policy dialogue to implement solutions to commonly faced challenges amongst social enterprises.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. Socially and environmentally conscious entrepreneurs are tackling global, planet-scale issues, often well outside the investment hotbeds of San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Seattle, Boulder, and Austin.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 26, 2020

Entrepreneurs tend to explain to funders how they will spend money. The presenter narrowed it down to the 2 most important skill sets for a company like theirs and then showed how their team has a track record that should put investors’ minds at ease. Risk reduction not line items.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2015

What that means is that many of the funders of this industry wind up being rich white dudes or family offices of rich white dudes, hence where the dollars are flowing for new business opportunities. Not surprisingly, most of the investments being made are in white, male entrepreneurs , even though, according to the NY Times, ".blacks

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Having worked in entrepreneurial ecosystem building ourselves, we were not surprised that the main challenges in our field arise around a typical old-school mindset and a severe lack of equal opportunities for entrepreneurs of ALL ethnicities, backgrounds and gender. Clark Rinehart. We’re better together. Melanie Lenci. Eric Parker.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

We’ve also had some success in convening ecosystem actors to discuss and share programs, refer entrepreneurs, etc. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations. What is the biggest challenge you face as an Ecosystem Builder?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

We detail below the major categories of VC: Funder category. Like traditional equity VC investors, flexible VCs accommodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? Equity ownership. Example VC.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. I want others to obtain the knowledge and understanding of how to build more ecosystems for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs, or help remove barriers that prevent us from doing so. Kim Louis.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

We must consider the psychological motivation of seeing a huge buyout on other entrepreneurs, what that startup’s ex-team members go on to build, and what the achievements of one citizen does for that nation’s reputation. When a foreign entrepreneur raises money from U.S. Competitor effect. firms and sells to a U.S. Wealth effect.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We create spaces and formats that encourage radical collaboration between these actors and impact entrepreneurs, to build a sense of shared purpose and drive collaborative action on systemic issues. The Impact Hub approach supports the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems that are responsive to the needs of impact entrepreneurs.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 26, 2020

Mentoring is one of the most valuable venture services i2E provides to Oklahoma’s innovators and entrepreneurs. In no area is the “why” discussion more important than when we are advising entrepreneurs on raising capital. Funding is almost always top of mind for most entrepreneurs—and that’s appropriate. (I’m

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Over the two days of the workshop, nine projects were identified to move the EBLP forward from the following prompts: Regarding the Field: Imagine the field of entrepreneurship ecosystem building takes center stage; it is consistently adopted among practitioners, funders, policy makers, and others – locally, regionally, and nationally.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Following her PhD, she was an entrepreneurial fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads, a two-year program for energy and advanced manufacturing entrepreneurs working on novel technologies. There, she received $500,000 in funding to scale the technology and prepare it for demonstration to private funders.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Most notably, these research tools include the Entrepreneur Support Organization Survey, and the Survey of Entrepreneurs. We’ve created a suite of assessment and evaluation tools that have been applied in communities around the country.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures. Shoihet met his co-founder and COO Peter D.

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