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Karakalpakstan Empowers Startups and Entrepreneurs with $200 Million Soft Loan Initiative and Youth Center

AsiaTechDaily

Register Karakalpakstan , a region in Uzbekistan, outlines plans to allocate $200 million in soft loans to support companies and establish a Youth Socio-Economic Center in the Khojaili district, with an investment of 1 trillion soums. in foreign currency and 12% p.a. in national currency.

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5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in VC

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. While much remains unsure, I’m certain of one thing: I have to step aside and pay attention to the women who are navigating the complex world of investing.

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Betaworks’ new ‘camp’ aims to fund transformative early-stage AI startups

TechCrunch

That’s in addition to one-on-one mentorship time, events and activities plus “collaboration opportunities” with other Betaworks cohort ventures. “Some laws and frameworks that we have today will apply and others will need to be made,” Borthwick added. ” That might be optimistic.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

TechCrunch

” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. This … new dynamic is forcing founders to be extremely selective about exactly who is sitting around their mentorship table,” they write.

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At Last – An Asset Class Achieving High Ownership at Low Cost

Angel Capital Association

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. Studios do this by using repeatable frameworks (imagine a factory) to test these ideas and back them with funding and resources in order to launch and grow powerful, scalable startups.

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Mentoring is at the Heart of Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

Let’s start by understanding the four levels of teaching, how it applies to business and then a framework for how we can take action. Related: Serial Entrepreneur Ryan Blair on Investing in and Mentoring Aspiring Startups. It’s at this point where we’ll need to dive deep into the lives of others in ongoing mentorship.

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I Sold My Business and They Shut It Down. Here’s Why I’d Do It All Again.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The major items were: A senior level role for me Opportunities for personal development and growth Mentorship from senior leadership A home for as many of our clients and employees as possible With this framework I was able to avoid wasting time on deals that were not going to be a fit for my needs.