Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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

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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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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 4: Startup founders are white.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The six-time Grammy winning artist and producer teamed up with Whatnot to live auction hand-selected records from his extensive personal record collection with all proceeds benefiting Questlove’s Future of Food Entrepreneurship program. Being an investor means being prepared for the ebbs and flows of the 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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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

You’ll be surprised how many busy subject matter experts, investors, and founders are more than willing to give back to the startup ecosystem by donating their time and knowledge. “Accelerate your journey by shamelessly asking for advice and feedback from the best and brightest.”. From designing products to marketing and sales.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? These discussions then bring further biases to the surface.

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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

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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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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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. The Startup Visa movement is aimed at a pain point that is near and dear to my heart.

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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 4: Startup founders are white.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Over the years, the program has supported startups and businesses that have succeeded in multiple fields globally like Artificial Intelligence, fintech, logistics, biotechnology, robotics, game development, IoT, e-commerce, etc. The participating startups come from various countries across Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

I think the better view is that the global nature of technology supports several great geographic pockets where innovation and entrepreneurship can flourish.”. For now, Kiro Action — a recent SXSW pitch winner — is self-funded and focused on addressing two of the biggest problems that Austin faces: homelessness and affordable housing.

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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. 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. Workit Health.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

A Demo Day with a star-studded jury and an investor pitch with international business Angel Investors with our Impact Hub Milan partners. In August we created a podcast dedicated to the regional startup ecosystem where experts have been sharing their best practices and providing valuable insights.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? The Vilnius startup ecosystem is mainly dominated by startups developing business management systems (B2B, SaaS) and financial technologies. The coronavirus crisis, in general, hasn’t affected the Vilnius startup ecosystem in the same way as the rest of Europe.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

From Beer and Pitch nights to Startup Hatch to Disrupting Law, student-led events have shown that students are really hungry for this stuff. Rowena is at every single student entrepreneurship event you could possibly think of. Roles within the ecosystem. I asked Rowena how she sees her role in getting involved with that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? 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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 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. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Pariti , the Kenya-based community-led marketplace building the digital infrastructure for startup ecosystems in emerging markets, has raised $2.85 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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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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