Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Related: This Entrepreneur Shares How She Bootstrapped Her Startup (and How You Can, Too). Startups are always risky, so jeopardizing your personal relationships a risk you should avoid if possible. Startup competitions. Pitch your business idea at a competition to earn startup funding. Friends and family.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Sometimes, due to the nature of the startup game, we over index on “the new.” It just made me think about that larger comprehension coupled with the nimbleness of a startup.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. The post How Venture Capitalist Diane Yoo Chooses Her Startup Investments appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We love nothing more than highlighting notable early-stage startups, and you’ll find plenty of them in the spotlight on March 3 at TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference exploring diversity, inclusion and the human labor that powers tech. Each TC Include founder gets a 60-second pitch to a TechCrunch staffer.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Fintech regulations in Latin America could fuel growth or freeze out startups. VC went to startups with at least one woman on the founder team. The average deal size for female-founded or female co-founded companies is less than half that of only male-founded startups. More posts by this contributor. Get funded, as a woman.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. The five most promising teams will be able to secure up to S$80,000 in funding to fuel their ventures and drive social impact.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. SoGal is looking to change that with the Black Founder Startup Grant. The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants. Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grants. of venture capital funding ?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Mentorship is a crucial ingredient to a student’s success. For Mentor Collective , a Boston-based startup founded in 2014, answers to the challenges and opportunities within scaled mentorship have taken time to figure out. The more important milestone?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Register K-Startup Grand Challenge(KSGC) 2022 edition has opened its doors for global startups to do business in South Korea. The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 11, 2022

Exposure to industry giants can bring entrepreneurs new opportunities to create and sell to different markets. The corporate chain can be beneficial to a startup culture by bringing credibility as well as experience in distribution, PR, and branding. . There are many opportunities to attend networking events both in-person and online.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

January 12, 2024 ) – Applications for Delaware’s fourth annual Startup302 funding competition are being accepted now through January 29 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group. WILMINGTON, Del. Thanks to sponsors, there is no charge to enter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago .

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. So they created Workit Health. million in 2020.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

Turning challenges into opportunities. This article is the first in a series of eight where we will share the stories of African startups from Ghana and Nigeria who are doing just that. Yakubu and Raymond claim that the New Economy Booster program was pivotal in granting them access to learning resources and networking opportunities.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market. Before you can pitch your idea to investors or apply for a loan from a financial institution, you should draft a business plan. and overall, 6.8

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 10, 2017

He’s been previously featured in Octane , writing about the value of mentorship and apps that can make life easier. My GSEA experience provided the opportunity to refine my pitch and really understand what problems and cultural challenges people face when exploring cities. We asked Tom about his experiences and inspirations. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

We can’t promise minty-fresh breath, but you will get twice the knowledge and double the opportunity to connect and expand your network. Founders, investors and other startup experts who’ve been in the trenches and done the heavy lifting. How to Nail Your Virtual Pitch Meeting: The rules of the pitch meeting have changed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

But today, a startup that is exploring a different route for those interested in technology and knowledge worker positions — specifically by way of apprenticeships to bring in and train younger people on the job — is announcing a significant round of growth funding to see if it can provide a credible, scalable alternative to that model.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. But to make sure that the startup idea can result in a profitable business, an entrepreneur needs to validate it. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Startups raise pre-seed capital when they need to fund their validation methods.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Then you’ll want to refer the top early-stage startups in your portfolio/pipeline Rolodex to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023! TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 is the world’s preeminent competition for early-stage startups. Refer a founder to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023 by Neesha A.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

Startups are a lot like plants. An entrepreneur sows a seed in the form of a startup idea , takes care of it and nurtures it with internal and external aid till the startup grows, reaps fruits, and sustains itself. Startup aid usually comes in the form of funding and capital investment. Sources Of Seed Funding.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

2) National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge. The National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge is another great source of funding for minority start-ups. It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Called Somethings , Gilligan’s now 14-month-old, New York-based startup is the outcome of that effort. Traditional clinical models fail to serve the modern teen The company has already attracted investors who understand the company’s pitch, which is that modern teens and traditional mental healthcare do not fit together neatly.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 23, 2024

Srijita Ghosh Represented East Central University in 2017 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup 2 nd place in Small Business category and Pitch Competition winner Currently Venture Advisor at i2E Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. The second lesson was understanding the commercialization process.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

My previous startup was bootstrapped, easy, fast, and 100% control. Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. Fundraising is different for each startup, and it’s also very different in each stage of that startup. I didn’t have to put up with this Shi*.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. The space and the opportunities we offer are what we are most proud of and the collaborative atmosphere is the first thing that strikes a visitor who steps foot into Impact Hub Belgrade. 5 years of impact.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Come September 19–21, you’ll join over 10,000 of the global startup community’s best and brightest at Disrupt, the premiere tech startup conference in San Francisco. And you’ll find 200 curated startups — aka, the Startup Battlefield 200 —exhibiting on the expo floor. Would you like to be one of them?

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Anyone’s CEO also reckons this “intimate”, short-form audio format could help drive diversity of advice by encouraging people whose voices may be underrepresented in traditional mentorship fora to feel more comfortable offering their time and knowledge to others. (He And we had fairly little exposure to opportunity.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Preparatory steps are needed in order for a startup to be successful. Request situations where they had an opportunity to observe your actions. Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more. Starting a business is very difficult.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. + 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. Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Shields, Executive Recruiter & Founder of Shields Group Search , a search firm specializing in supporting the hiring needs of early-stage startups. As with any startup, establishing trust in a competitive market has been our primary challenge. How can our readers follow you on social media?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” We’ll see. TechStars Interactions. I refuse to go to demo days. Yet I love TechStars. Launchpad LA.

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