Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

He is also an angel investor and former EdTech entrepreneur. When I launched WePrep in college, I was researching key drivers for startup success and was introduced to the world of VC. It’s an interesting part of the startup ecosystem because you get a birds-eye view of the market and can help multiple startups simultaneously.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Global Community Zone & Insights on Startup Growth The newly introduced zone featured booths and presentations from 18 participating teams, offering insights into Korea’s startup ecosystem’s global openness through a policy proposal presentation.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

For black investors and founders, these sessions are a goldmine of information, offering insights into the latest trends, strategies for successful investing, and guidance on navigating the complexities of the startup ecosystem. She is an entrepreneur who supports entrepreneurs!

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Deep Dive Africa 2019 - Pitch day. In its first edition (2019), the program brought together nine investors from Europe for a startup ecosystem tour of Ghana and Nigeria to meet 25 selected startups. Investors will enjoy a tour of the startup ecosystem in each of these cities.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. “Surround yourself with the right people to help support you on your startup journey.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 5, 2022

Register Korea Startup Forum (KSF) is calling for startups from all around the world to join COMEUP Stars at COMEUP 2022. COMEUP Stars are promising startups that are bound to lead the global startup ecosystem and are hand-picked annually by professional judges consisting of well-known VCs and founders.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Framing Innovation Through Collaborations Big and Small with AT&T. Connectivity isn’t a nice-to-have for innovation. Why nine out of ten startups fail with Mayfield.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Enter TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 — two distinct, virtual bootcamps designed specifically for early-stage founders and open to entrepreneurs and startup enthusiasts. Founder passes cost $199 and Innovator passes (for investors and other startup fans) cost $299. The pitch deck teardown session was great.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The real super power of ecosystem mapping is how the mapping process and the actual map are used by the community as a catalyst to collaboratively strengthen the ecosystem. There are many benefits to ecosystem mapping. Most obviously, ecosystem maps can serve as a resource guide for entrepreneurs in the community.

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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. Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

At the helm of Awesome Ventures is Lok Yek Soon, a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience within the startup ecosystem. The investment memo allows us to test our understanding just like the pitch deck helps founders crystalise their ideas. What types of sectors do you look to invest in?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

I was out trying to save my startup by talking to as many investors as I could. Many of you entrepreneurs know that feeling. Back when I was pitching my previous startup to investors, it had never really dawned on me that they had experienced what I was going through--and that a VC firm was essentially a startup.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Horizon Capital , an investment firm based out of Kyiv, is in the process of raising a $250 million fund that it plans to use to back tech startups in the country and neighboring Moldova. The startup ecosystem in Ukraine is, arguably, in an even more precarious state when considering all of the above.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

It wasn’t unusual for founders to take calls mid-pitch or check their messages when it was my turn to ask questions. Both cities have a growing tech scene that is not yet saturated with VC firms, and each has different focuses at the core of their startup ecosystems. I was inspired by the people in my life. Louis well.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Further insights from our 2020 Pitch Deck Interest metrics also indicate that the experience in the seed round is amplified in an unprecedented market environment. As CEO of DocSend, this data on The Funding Divide was important to capture and share with the startup ecosystem to help create awareness for underrepresented founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. 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. Contributor. Share on Twitter. hit nearly $1.8 It is all possible, but patience is key.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

KSGC 2022 started receiving applications from startups on April 15 and the last date for startups to apply for the most sought after program in Asia is soon on May 31. Startups, innovators, and entrepreneurs, who want to experience the business ecosystem in Korea and Asia, should take action soon enough.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. Intellectual Property.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

As a team, we are dedicated to supporting and developing the Serbian innovation ecosystem. We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. Impact makers and innovative humans always come first. 5 years of impact.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. I had spent over 17 years working in the Valley as an entrepreneur and loved every minute of it. Attend TechCrunch Live’s City Spotlight: Austin special event!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Google presented 25 startups with a grant to help them continue operating and growing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In five years, respondents said the city and country will continue to generate and attract great tech startups, but also tech talent and entrepreneurs. However, one said: “The ecosystem still lacks local funding for the late Series A and beyond rounds.”. What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in?

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Two years earlier I saw another Boston based startup called Carbonite pitch a similar cloud backup solution to investors. It is a startup that creates more startups. Why do startups join the Ycombinator program? It is like a 3 month boot camp for startups. There were no billion dollar unicorn startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Miami’s startup scene has been growing and evolving over the past 5+ years thanks to local organizations supporting entrepreneurship including, but not limited to Endeavor Miami, The Knight Foundation, The Lab, Rokk3r Labs, eMerge Americas, Miami Angels and Wyncode. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now?

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Jackson Grant (2017) founded Clevver Cup and is now working as CUA’s Innovation Co-ordinator while finishing his studies. From Beer and Pitch nights to Startup Hatch to Disrupting Law, student-led events have shown that students are really hungry for this stuff. Jessie Hughes (2017) continues her work as a VR filmmaker.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The real innovation was a business one, with Klarna’s young and non-technical founders, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth and Victor Jacobsso, taking an old idea and reconfiguring it for the burgeoning e-commerce industry. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The real innovation was a business one, with Klarna’s young and non-technical founders, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth and Victor Jacobsso, taking an old idea and reconfiguring it for the burgeoning e-commerce industry. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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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. Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. 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. Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. Realistic projections.

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