TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“Starting a business is hard, but we now have a path for proptech lined with funders and advisers that can propel entrepreneurs over early obstacles through to maturity and deep market penetration.” How would she break the news to her leadership team and employees? Since housing accounts for as much as 18% of the U.S.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. An ecosystem of support, funding, education and opportunity is essential for businesses to scale but it is hard to articulate and quantify this to make the case compelling. Melanie Lenci.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. River and bridges in Danville. Challenges.

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Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Finalizing the language of our mission statement was only the first step in answering the question, “What does it mean to be a social justice funder?”. Equity, civil rights, opportunity, and human dignity are universal issues no matter what area a foundation is working in. Sometimes we get things wrong and our mistakes cause harm.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

The consequences of failing to position a founder’s profile aren’t always obvious—and it’s usually all about missed opportunities. Some founders get more press, get speaking opportunities or have an easier time fundraising thanks to leads that started with social media. Does just randomly posting on Twitter mean an automatic Series A?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Having worked in entrepreneurial ecosystem building ourselves, we were not surprised that the main challenges in our field arise around a typical old-school mindset and a severe lack of equal opportunities for entrepreneurs of ALL ethnicities, backgrounds and gender. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge.

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Forward Cities

MAY 13, 2024

And since more equitable business ownership holds great potential for addressing the racial wealth gap, we are on a mission to catalyze wealth-building opportunities for Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous entrepreneurs by transforming the way local communities see, support, and sustain those entrepreneurs.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

YC suffered its own excesses at the height of the bubble, growing class sizes and drifting up into the growth investing business, but under the leadership of Garry Tan have acted quickly to refocus and rightsize in support of their core mission).

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

Being an effective founder of a high-growth company requires a bundle of technical, analytical, leadership and communication skills that don’t often come packaged in a single individual. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We ha d several folks from my team, several of our longest-tenured PMs, all the co funders, most of the exec team. And then it let all of leadership together, not in separate meetings where separate things are happening, analyze and commit to a solution. So how much were the engineering leadership involved during your, annual plan?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Doing so ascribes all the fundraising success and the leadership work underpinning it to the founders who are men, effectively propagating gender bias. We need better funder-side reporting. Without funder-side reporting that matches the rigor of founder-side analysis, coverage falls short of true accountability.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

I asked them to treat me like a funder. For example, if one of our outcomes is to have X% increase in women in leadership roles at tech companies, then a potential metric is to track how many women are enrolled in the university computer science program or how many women are employed at tech companies.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Notley is a catalyst for social innovation unlocking opportunities with today’s impact organizations and changing communities.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 17, 2022

The position will also be charged with leadership, management, and oversight of the growing E3 Solutions team. The Senior Director of E3 Solutions reports directly to the President & CEO and is an integral member of the Forward Cities senior leadership team. This position will report will report to the President & CEO.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 17, 2022

The position will also be charged with leadership, management, and oversight of the growing E3 Solutions team. The Senior Director of E3 Solutions reports directly to the President & CEO and is an integral member of the Forward Cities senior leadership team. Strategic Leadership. Functions and Responsibilities. APPLY HERE.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

They believed in the team, vision, mission and the opportunity of building streamlined cross-border commerce solutions for African consumers. The market opportunity was there; e-commerce is less than 10 years old in Africa, with a 3% penetration rate and a 27% personal consumption rate in Africa, the second-highest after Asia.

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