David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

University entrepreneurship competitions and events are a great way to fund yourself and build relationships with potential partners, mentors, and investors. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Maesa’s Beauty Incubator panel included Maesa CEO Piyush Jain who was joined by Chief Brand Officer Oshiya Savur and Chief Growth Officer Scott Kestenbaum, Hairitage Founder and CEO Mindy McKnight, Create & Cultivate Founder Jaclyn Johnson and Motivational Speaker and Writer Jodi-Ann Burey.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

All the participants are running some type of program or space to support startup entrepreneurs or build the startup community in their region, from running accelerators and co-working spaces, to startup meetup groups, student entrepreneurship groups, and maker spaces, as well as University faculty and Government policy makers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 4, 2022

A lot of pitch decks I review have a slide that really shouldn’t be there: the exit strategy slide. As an early-stage startup, it’s downright nonsensical, and it shouldn’t be part of your pitch deck at all. TechCrunch+ is having an Independence Day sale! Save 50% on an annual subscription here.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship. There are enough myths & misconceptions around entrepreneurship as it is! Voices from the field. Goal 5 in the Field.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

That's why I thought it fitting to feature some of the key buildings where people are innovating in Brooklyn, or where they soon will be, and helping ensure Brooklyn's future as the preeminent destination for creative entrepreneurship. 33 Flatbush. Picture: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program. Topics of conversation included how to identify fundable companies, trends in funding, business plans, and pitching to investors. We had a lovely time in Northern Ireland.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 4, 2023

Knowing who your target investors are and what they are looking for can help you tailor your pitch and increase your chances of getting funded. Develop a compelling pitch Your pitch should be clear, concise, and compelling, and demonstrate why your business is worth investing in.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll cover six realistic ways startups and entrepreneurs can fund their business , including: Incubators or accelerators. Funding from incubators or accelerators. A business incubator or accelerator is an organization that provides resources, mentorship, and connections to startups. Angel investment.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

It’s this rare company where 20 years of my work on data science and entrepreneurship meets with who I am outside of my work.” Since Hopkins isn’t publicly known as a writer, she assumed that Jumpcut found her through a television network she had pitched a script to, but that wasn’t the case.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2016

And I wanted it to be great – something cool that celebrates entrepreneurship and provides a unique perspective not only to the EO members, but to the community, as well. Instead of creating advertisements and posters, we reached out directly to 600-some contacts at universities and local incubators, and this paid huge dividends.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

And I wanted it to be great – something cool that celebrates entrepreneurship and provides a unique perspective not only to the EO members, but to the community, as well. Instead of creating advertisements and posters, we reached out directly to 600-some contacts at universities and local incubators, and this paid huge dividends.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 1, 2022

In the context of the Better Incubation ’s Communities of Practice targeted at understanding migrants’ challenges to entrepreneurship and leveraging learnings from successful inclusive experiences, MiFriendly Cities was appointed as an inspiring best practice that supports vulnerable entrepreneurs in the European region.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Embracing entrepreneurship “We’ve seen an extraordinary rise of entrepreneurship focused programs,” said Cait Brumme, CEO of nonprofit startup community MassChallenge. As Brumme points out, entrepreneurship involves more than that. Here’s what leaders of some major Boston outfits had to say about it.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. Previously funded or incubated companies will be added to the network automatically, in case any of you are reading this.).

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch. Don’t be afraid to ask pointed questions that include things like, “Would you buy this from me,” and be sure to discuss details such as price, timeframe, licensing and so on. Fabulous ideas are a dime a dozen.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

It’s the day of the weekly “Waffle Pitch” – a local take on the classic “Falafel Pitch” hosted by many Impact Hubs around the globe. For this event, a member gives a brief pitch of their business or a specific challenge they are working on, and receives feedback and questions from the audience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Tasseled , which opened up a waitlist for its private beta today, is a member of the All Turtles product studio, the incubator behind mmhmm and Carrot. Tasseled is pitching its service to college students and high school students who are planning for college. ” Image Credits: Tasseled.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

How to Turn Research into a Business Pae Wu (SOSV) A lot of startups are incubated in the lab, but how exactly do they make the leap from research project to commercialized business? Pitch Practice Ginny Miller (1Sharpe Ventures) and Heather Widman (Building Ventures) So you think you can pitch?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We are members of numerous chambers of commerce and associations from across the state that work with small businesses (such as the Detroit Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Dearborn Chamber, The Right Place, MI Chamber, Automation Alley, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, MI Business Incubator Assoc.).

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Want to map your entrepreneurship ecosystem but don’t know how to get started? I’ve added some of those insights here while I work on a more comprehensive resource guide to mapping entrepreneurship ecosystems. Start here! Note: I originally published this article in 2019 to share my lessons-learned from mapping a local ecosystem.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Fearless Fund in collaboration with Amazon awards grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to black women in their B lack Business Accelerator program and the Minority Business Development Agency in the past has awarded g rants to college and universities that assist undergraduate students with entrepreneurship. Full list of U.S.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

Through the Innovation Challenge, CharmHealth provides a platform for innovators, entrepreneurs, students, nonprofits and philanthropists to share groundbreaking ideas with the investors, incubators and partners who can bring them to market and effectively advance care. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

They have won $20k in funding from the inaugural A2EF pitch competition, have been incubated at the Zell Entrepreneurship Program, and won multiple awards for their project. Honesti is a mental health app for college students founded by students at the University of Michigan. Mid-sized top startups in Ann Arbor. Workit Health.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Virtual booth space: Display your pitch deck, host a video display and demo your products. A Startup Exhibitor Package lets you showcase your tech, build your network and expand your opportunities for growth and success. Here’s what your package includes ( Note: They’re available only to pre-Series A, early-stage startups).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions. Investors can get a feel for founder personalities, hear soft pitches and share connections, ideas and commonalities that don’t naturally come up over Zoom.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local Impact makers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With support from partners that believe in the power of social entrepreneurship to transform communities, we are able to bring Impact Hub’s vision of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale to all corners of the planet, providing the grounds for interested local changemakers to engage and flourish in an empowering environment.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 13, 2020

Incubators… Ed-Tech Startup MagniLEARN Recognized as Promising AI Startup in China’s Innoweek Conference , featuring Labs/02. The finalists will be announced during the 2020 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit on February 13th and will get to pitch their startup to thousands of tech leaders at VivaTech in France, in June 2020.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 6, 2021

Know the stories of 3 ambitious women breaking down barriers to entrepreneurship and creating innovative solutions for a greener and fairer future. For example, Amina Dyslexia Center was selected for the Social Innovators incubator program by Donors for Africa and to pitch at the Nigerian Tech Summit held by the US Embassy. .

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. Reframing the Entrepreneurship Narrative through Stories of the New Majority , Jeff Bennett.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This means having to all work collaboratively to find contextualized, effective, and efficient solutions to the extreme climate events facing Sudan, whilst leveraging entrepreneurship. . PITCH: The solution was well presented and clearly outlines the why, how, and what of the idea. RELEVANCE: Teams who have developed a clear idea.

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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 Image Credits: diephosi (opens in a new window) / Getty Images (Image has been modified). In 10 days, I can do the primary research and work with the founders to come to a conclusion there.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For See Conveners Impact Accelerator Selection Tool.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Mentorships and other resources also provided to winning tech-enabled startups led by members of underfunded demographics as part of Delaware’s fourth annual pitch competition WILMINGTON, Del. (

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