TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

March 3 is your opportunity to hear from and engage with the people who, through entrepreneurship, venture capital, labor organizing and advocacy, are both using and challenging tech to disrupt the status quo for the betterment of all. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Seung-jin Park, CEO of AGMO/Cindy Jin, Managing Director of Softbank Ventures Asia/Jae-wook Park, Chairman of the Korea Startup Forum/Young Lee, Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups/Sungjin Choi, CEO of the Korea Startup Forum/Ha-yeon Kim, CEO of NanumVitamin/Josh Choi, Executive Director of COMEUP What Awaits You at COMEUP 2023?

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ventures with underrepresented founders will compete for share of more than $130,000 in cash grants, plus mentoring and connections. Prizes include cash grants from a prize pool of $130,000 along with mentorship opportunities and connections with potential investors and key influencers. WILMINGTON, Del.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While passion provides self-motivation, it also serves to attract talent and investors to the venture. Education and Training: Many universities and colleges offer degrees or certificates in entrepreneurship. Not only do they provide coursework and training, but some offer venture funding and mentoring.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

He is now co-founder and chairman of 22 Ventures. With capital flows surging , founders are more selective about the investors they bring on board — they’re not looking for deep pockets or a fast close; they want mentorship, emotional support and investors’ undivided attention. Michael Redd. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

In order for entrepreneurship to feel exciting and welcoming — not even be, but feel — new needs to be one of its loudest characteristics. It’s partially obvious: When you’ve done this whole entrepreneurship thing before, you understand what mistakes to avoid and seamlessly know which investors to dodge. Wouldn’t that be a story?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Venture capital or VC. A business incubator or accelerator is an organization that provides resources, mentorship, and connections to startups. The popularity of business incubators has grown in recent years because more people are interested in supporting entrepreneurship. Venture capital is always an option.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

” Fred Wilson seconded that opinion , citing that “We need more entrepreneurship, not less.” ” I’m all for more entrepreneurship, but I think it’s a slippery slope to tie together funding an increased number of companies with a better innovation landscape or even a better economic.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

of venture capital funding ? The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants. Winners will also have access to resources and mentorship to propel their businesses forward. SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. Asian Women Giving Circle.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. So why is this initiative so important for men, women and other gender identities?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. So, if you’re a female founder faced with the prospect of pitching to VCs — what steps can you take to set yourself up for success? More posts by this contributor.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

It has been proven over and over that entrepreneurship plays a huge role in getting us through – and out of – challenging economic times. It was designed to boost innovative, impact-driven ventures by granting them access to resources, skills training, business coaching, potential investors and more. says Yakubu Salisu.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Former founders of successful ventures receive even fewer [emphasis added] callbacks than former founders of failed ventures. At my prior firm, ff Venture Capital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. I suggest you have 6 main options: .

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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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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The ultimate goal of KSGC is to promote the expansion of open entrepreneurship in Asia and assist in South Korea’s evolution as a prominent business hub in the region. ” The startup teams will get the opportunity to feature pitches to potential investors, partners, and business conglomerates.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

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. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live , Bain Capital Ventures’ Matt Harris said that if you had asked him a year ago what would happen to venture capital during a pandemic lockdown, he would have replied “it would have fallen off a cliff.” How Founders Can Think Like a VC (Lisa Wu, Norwest Venture Partners) .

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. As Techstars’ track record fell further and further behind YC, their investor sales pitch of “buying an index of the global startup ecosystem” fell flat.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. The founders, LPs and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CO.STARTERS and several other regional funds and resources.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Other investors — Better Ventures, Accelerated Ventures, Diverse Angels, AVG Basecamp and New General Market Partners participated. Berhane mentions that Pariti’s pitch assessment and recommendation engine also has some predictability features where the platform can tell how companies will perform with fundraising. “So

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