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Everything you need to know about accelerators and incubators

TechCrunch

Early-stage founders need mentorship and support to build a successful startup, and conventional wisdom says, “Get thee to an incubator or an accelerator!” However, the two programs are not interchangeable — they serve very different purposes — and there are roughly 500 accelerators and 1,400 incubators in the U.S.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

TechCrunch

based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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New social investment platform Follow taps influencers to mirror their investment strategies

TechCrunch

The new social investment platform enables users to subscribe to a creator’s financial feed and set up an investment portfolio that mimics that particular person’s investment strategy. And, as Follow’s creator network grows, users can subscribe to additional creators to better diversify their portfolios. Social investing is not a new concept.

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Newsletter: Airbnb, DoorDash & DropBox incubator

OurCrowd

Gil Meron appointed CEO of our New Zealand incubator. Their use of AI and protein analysis can “predict response to immunotherapy and provide clinicians with potential combination strategies in order to overcome treatment resistance,” CEO Dr. Ofer Sharon told futurist and BlockVentures CEO Antoine Tardif. Job opportunities.

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500 Founders: Rick Kiessig, Hannah Hunt, Matthew Jackson & Jenni Matheson

NZ Entrepreneur

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. ” “It is important to have a focus and a strategy but it is easy to spend too much time trying to get this right rather than doing the doing. Rick Kiessig – Cofounder.

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Remove that ‘exit strategy’ slide from your pitch deck

TechCrunch

A lot of pitch decks I review have a slide that really shouldn’t be there: the exit strategy slide. To a lot of founders, an exit — or a “liquidation event,” as the legal buffs tend to refer to it — is the big pot of gold at the end of a very long and arduous journey.

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The VC who helped incubate Discord has quietly spun up an autonomous contact center startup

TechCrunch

Silicon Valley investor Peter Relan, who helped incubate the company in 2018 (he also helped get Discord off the ground and served on its board until 2020), likens it to a “fully autonomous” call service center.