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Investments of time and money are critical for startups’ success

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Our mentoring covers a wide range of topics and situations based on the leadership team’s experience, the stage of the startup, and the market the company is working to serve. Mentoring is one of the most valuable venture services i2E provides to Oklahoma’s innovators and entrepreneurs. We are focused when we mentor.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.

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What Makes a Great Independent Board Member?

Both Sides of the Table

Local means more hands-on mentorship. There was a lot of fighting between founders and funders that the independent quit his job because he didn’t want to get in the middle. Otherwise, I value involvement over brand. Local means likely more time. There were two founders and two investors plus one independent.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Winners get $7000, a round-trip ticket to Silicon Valley, access to world-class mentorship, and more.”.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Winners get $7000, a round-trip ticket to Silicon Valley, access to world-class mentorship, and more.”. Peacetech Accelerator.

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