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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

In support of military Veteran-founded startups, the Fund focuses on space, AI, and cybersecurity leveraging a veteran’s leadership. Miliary veterans possess attributes, experience, and skills that can be well-applied to entrepreneurship through leadership and knowledge of technology. in their journey post-service.

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

Gust

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Both provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which I believe sets them apart. group rates for health, life and other insurance plans.

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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. This has not been our experience.

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Scamnetic’s $13M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Scam Detection

American Entrepreneurship

As a homegrown company, Scamnetic is actively contributing to the regions economic development by creating high-skilled jobs, attracting venture capital, and fostering technology leadership. Its funding success marks one of the largest Series A rounds for a cybersecurity-focused AI startup based in the Tampa, Florida startup ecosystem.

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BE 2.0: Why Culture Matters More Than Strategy

Paul G. Silva

Culture in Action: A Story from Valley Venture Mentors Let me share how this played out at Valley Venture Mentors (VVM), a nonprofit startup accelerator I helped lead. Your shared values and behaviors shape every decision, big and small, creating the foundation for lasting success. Building a Strategy-Driving Culture Based on BE 2.0

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

. + This post unpacks offers an insiders’ view of some of the key strategic decisions that led to Techstars’ decline. ————– Techstars is – or was – one of the world’s best startup accelerator programs. Bottom line, Techstars needed cash.

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

The second Startup Community Leaders Mission to the USA took place from 11-18 March 2018, with 20 participants taking part, including 14 from 11 different regional towns in Queensland, 3 from Brisbane, one from Sydney, one from Adelaide, and one from New York (assisting the Beach City film crew). Who we took.