This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

They''re new to the gig, super excited about all its potential, and getting out there selling founders hope for that one big gamechanging deal. That''s really all I have to give to the founders I back. Here are a bunch of things I don''t do: I won''t do office hours anymore at incubators and accelerators.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. It gives me pleasure and makes me feel useful, by me not asking for help, it takes away the opportunity for others to feel that same pleasure. Rick Kiessig – Cofounder.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

The Vietnam Angel Network (VAN) provides funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities for early-stage startups. As a founder and CEO, where can you learn business skills while simultaneously hustling to grow your company? VAN connects entrepreneurs with experienced investors and industry experts who can offer guidance.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 28, 2011

Is your life really worth making those kind of sacrifices in and is all that opportunity cost for a smart, motivated person like you worth it to build something whose outcome isn't likely to make more than a minor dent? This summer, in NYC alone, over 50 companies will be participating in various incubator programs. It's fine to fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Nothing blows up great opportunities faster than founders who are constantly fighting.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Here’s who we spoke to: Cormac Quinn , founder & CEO, loyalBe. Alan Carson , CEO, Cloudsmith.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

It needs to go house to house--founders and employees getting matched through individual e-mail intros, deals happening over handshakes, and startups getting recruited into your ecosystem one at a time. If you want to connect to an innovation community, there isn't a better place to start than someone who invests in it.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 19, 2010

Run an accelerator/incubator? These are great opportunities to work with early stage companies and help get them off the ground. Being point on a program like this would certainly be a great challenge and opportunity. However, that's where I am at this stage in my career. I like being able to do a wider variety of deals.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As the captain of your ship, you’ll navigate a vast sea of opportunities. Contributed to EO by Steve Ferman, an EO New Jersey member, serial entrepreneur, and founder of 4 Pillar Coach. In the high-stakes adventure of entrepreneurship, the search for your ideal clients and employees can become a thrilling quest.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ben Franklin CNP’s commitment to CC4H Robotics extends beyond financial sponsorship and has helped facilitate demonstrations of the robots to companies within their incubator network, providing valuable exposure for CC4H Robotics and fostering potential partnerships.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

A successful seed investor once remarked to me that he views “the traditional seed round” today for a good or proven founder to be akin to having a “ free first move on the chess board.” For those founders who’ve made it to the Bay Area, seed funding is plentiful. Dreams can be fueled here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The company announced today it has raised $10 million in Series A funding co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation and edtech-focused GSV Ventures. The company’s co-founders are Abhay Saboo, Marc Irawan and BYJU product team alum Sandeep Devaram. CoLearn has since been downloaded more than 3.5 CoLearn screenshots.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

It’s a known fact that the number of venture dollars flowing to Black and Latinx founders is dismally low. 31, Black and Latinx founders had raised $2.3 billion in funding that had gone to all founders up until that point in 2020. . Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Top investment opportunities. There is a great fit between this process and our activity in the automotive space where you need to have a lot of capital in order to work on programs like the one we have with BMW,” Innoviz Co-founder and CEO Omer Keilaf told CNBC’s Closing Bell. Startup of the week: Eyeway Vision.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“We partner with the investment groups at the agencies,” said company founder and chief executive, Ari Bloom. As part of the round, actor, activist, and author Hill Harper has joined the company as a co-founder and as the company’s chief strategy officer. “Hill is my co-founder. The Honest Co.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Boost Biomes , the Y Combinator-backed developer of microbiome-based bio-fungicides and bio-pesticides for agricultural applications, has added $2 million in funding and picked up a new strategic investor in Japan’s Universal Materials Incubator.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan. For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors.

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Gust

JULY 8, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. That led to the development of a startup incubator focused on Black founders and later a pitch competition. So that is why we launched Sixty8.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Colin and partners continue to launch new companies, including Startups.club , a Fort Lauderdale incubator; Club Domains, LLC , an alternative domain extension to.com,net and.org with more than 1 million registrations worldwide; Entrepreneur.wiki Foundation ; Serial Entrepreneur Club. I am the founder of the relatively new domain extension “.club,”

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2021

Syed Hasnain has experienced all the challenges associated with being a refugee in Europe and is now making a difference by advocating for refugee rights and equal rights opportunities in decision-making spaces. . My purpose is to advocate for refugee rights and their access to equal opportunities in host societies. Are we correct?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Register Standard Chartered Bank has joined forces with Singapore Management University’s Lien Centre to establish a Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator. The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator , funded by a $300,000 contribution from the bank, aims to empower female entrepreneurs dedicated to creating a positive social impact.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2022

Register GetVantage , a revenue-based finance platform (RBF), has raised $36 million in funding, backed by returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan as well as Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund and DMI Sparkle Fund. have received over $270 million in funding through GetVantage’s RBF marketplace. times following funding.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

Some of the top startup accelerators, incubators, co-working spaces, maker spaces, investor groups, and founder support groups are located in San Francisco, making it the ideal location to visit. We also had a number of group workshops and facilitated discussions on every aspect of startup community building and founder support.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. The Founders Hub also includes opportunities to co-sell to Microsoft’s corporate and enterprise customers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Pakistani children are less likely to go to school for each kilometer of distance between school and their home — with girls being four times affected, Maqsad co-founder Aziz said. With promising initial traction and user feedback, the size of the opportunity to digitize the education sector became very clear,” Aziz said.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

With its innovative model for empowering rural women and youth, IndiVillage introduces balance to India’s ecosystem—where cities tend to grow exponentially while rural villages have few economic opportunities. “We Are you a founder or start-up owner who is ready to advance to the next stage of growth? Learn more today. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. As a founder, it’s your job to manage financial and operational risks. But going abroad can also destroy value just as quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We had more than 700 resumes, short-listed 65, interviewed 16 in one-hour meetings had 6 full-day interviews including a presentation by the candidate on a selected market opportunity and we did 3 finalist dinners to test cultural fit. Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). THE FIVE C’S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Opeyemi Awoyemi , one of Nigeria’s well-known serial founders, is back with another outfit. Awoyemi choosing this route is quite interesting, especially as many African founders either launch syndicates or venture capital funds post- or during their entrepreneurial journies. Fast Forward acts as the company’s co-founder.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the launch event on December 4, 2023, the DTI revealed the Incubation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Assistance (IDEA) Program and the Accelerating Development, Valuation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ADVanCE) Program. Both initiatives are specifically tailored to push the creative sector.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

There are fantastic rewards to be had for those who know how to exploit the new opportunities for business funding that arise in times like these. 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.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

A lot of times, the roles that are open to non-founders at companies aren't necessarily the ones they wanted. We have incubators, accellorators, hackathons, Startup Weekends, etc all designed to get more people starting things--as if starting is somehow better than joining. The Role You Want vs The Role You Get.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop. The ingredients are all here.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 3, 2022

During the week, our investment teams had the opportunity to join a few of our DC portfolio companies onstage to discuss the ecosystem, as well as its progress and potential. Here are a few of the insights gleaned.

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