CO.STARTERS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We launched Center on Rural Innovation to address what has become the largest rural opportunity gap in our nation’s history. Embrace Unexpected Opportunities . No one would have put ‘land a cartooning school’ in the strategic plan, but the opportunity came up, and we were able to convince them this was the right place,” says Dunne. The post Bridging the Rural Opportunity Gap appeared first on CO.STARTERS®. Overlooked Aspects of Inclusion in Ecosystem Building, Part 3.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

With all of this turmoil, it’s also important to understand that it’s times like these—times of crisis—in which some of the greatest business opportunities are presented. For those of us who recognize the opportunity in front of us and actively seize it, the benefits will be enormous.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has given whole segments of the economy the opportunity, and yes, even the permission, to do things differently. It is a generational opportunity for entrepreneurs who want to solve big problems for important industries. By Scott Meacham.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Visa finds that 68% of them consider the winter holiday season as a major sales opportunity for their business. What’s more, Visa finds that 60% of owners of small and medium business owners are preparing for holiday sales 2020 opportunities. Seizing Holiday Sales 2020 Opportunities.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Leveraging the latest industry research, this eBook highlights the impact of direct dial phone numbers on sales productivity with the goal of empowering reps to have more conversations with prospects, and consequently, schedule more meetings, increase opportunities, and close more business - fast.

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TechStars

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The $5 million expansion of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars program will give more UC campuses critical access to resources, opportunities and mentorships for students and recent graduates across disciplines and experience levels. “As We take great pride, especially, in our efforts to break down barriers and increase opportunities for women and minority entrepreneurs. Reposted from the University of California Press Room.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

Ramon Ray got a chance to talk with Scott Turner, the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, which is quite a mouthful, so you can refer to it as WHORC. Opportunity Zones and What They Are. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2017 by POTUS and out of that law came the Opportunity Zones legislation and initiative. So what I say to entrepreneurs is.this is a great opportunity for you.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 7, 2012

That's what will attract the best entrepreneurs here--an opportunity to push limits and explore the future of innovation. How much longer will the opportunity to clone startups for other cultures and countries last when we become more and more connected everyday? On Saturday morning, I stepped onto continental Europe for the first time in just over 20 years. I hadn't been here since I was 12, when I did a week long exchange program in Italy.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

“We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two. There have been a few spectacular flare-outs when it comes to AR/VR hardware investments, is there still a startup opportunity in AR/VR hardware? That’s where founders might find some opportunity.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

By Scott Meacham. Information technology plays a super-sized role In Oklahoma’s innovation economy.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

This eBook takes a look at three headache-free strategies you can employ today to accelerate selling the right way. Read on to learn how to adopt specific workflows and approaches that append your existing processes to deliver value to your prospects and internal counterparts.

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TechStars

JULY 9, 2019

Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Co-founder and Director of Venture Centre , has an awesome Twitter bio: “Creating connections and exploring intersections between people and ideas by delivering meaningful opportunities to do good stuff together #entrepreneurship.”. Meaningful Opportunities to do Good Stuff Together.

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TechStars

MAY 9, 2019

The key is to turn a social problem into an economic opportunity. “If Katica began with a hypothesis: from the macroeconomic perspective, gender equity is an economic opportunity. Katica Roy is on a mission to close the gender equity gap—in her lifetime. And she has a formula for how to do it. It’s a formula that other entrepreneurs can use to tackle other large, seemingly intractable social problems.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2020

And that’s been an opportunity to cut out after-school activities and drop the commutes. 4 Opportunities for Growth During a Pandemic. To make bold choices despite the business-related challenges you face, I recommend considering these hopeful (yet pragmatic) opportunities. An opportunity to lead with compassion and set an example. An opportunity to trim fat from your budget. An opportunity to update your safety standards.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We’ll discuss the opportunities that investors see in backing companies looking down at Earth and what’s ahead for the industry.

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MAGNiTT and 500 Startups jointly launch first 'State of MENA Startups 2019" report. Survey findings reveal insights on trends in fundraising exercise, exit opportunities, hiring, and growth optimization.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods. The journey over the last months has illuminated more learning, growth, and community engagement opportunities than we could have ever hoped for. by LC Johnson | Dec 30, 2019 | Insight, Solution Series.

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EntreWorks Consulting

JULY 10, 2019

Third Way has recently released a plan to create a new $60 billion Opportunity Fund to encourage venture capital (VC) investments in locations outside of America’s VC hotspots. At $60 billion, the Opportunity Fund is a big idea, but not necessarily a new one. This deep knowledge base yields several important lessons for the Opportunity Fund. I don’t know if the Fund has a chance of being enacted, but I’m happy to see the Opportunity Fund concept out in the policy debate.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 27, 2020

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer After ACA’s multi-pronged, multi-year advocacy for amendment to the “accredited investor” definition, we are pleased to report we’ve met with success. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday that the definition of an “accredited investor” has preserved the existing income thresholds and has been expanded to provide more access to private equity by allowing investors to qualify based upon new criteria.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

So that means that more than half the list is new in any given year--a huge opportunity to rise up. When I was in high school, I got pretty intimidated right off the bat. I went to a scholarship school and I felt like I was the last guy they let in. As early as freshman year, everyone seemed to know what they were good at and had already found lots of interests. The best and brightest rose to the top quickly and I didn't believe I would ever break into that crowd.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer The Angel Capital Association’s continued advocacy toward harmonizing and simplifying the existing framework to improve capital raising pathways and expand investment opportunities has yielded successful results for U.S. The amendments will address gaps and intricacies in the framework that hinder capital access for issuers and entrepreneurs, and access to investment opportunities for investors.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 27, 2019

By Scott Meacham. Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. As I talk daily with Oklahoma’s entrepreneurs, elected officials and investors, I have yet to find one single person who does not agree that economic diversification is critical to our state’s future. However, as easy as it may be to gain agreement that economic diversification is a goal, it is quite a different matter to achieve it as a priority.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods. The journey over the last months has illuminated more learning, growth, and community engagement opportunities than we could have ever hoped for. Editor's Note.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Don't know if you noticed, but LinkedIn has an editor now. Just think about that for a second. A professional social networking site has hired a content focused executive away from a traditional media company's digital arm. Isn't LinkedIn doing terrifically well with it's recruiting focused business? Isn't ad-supported content a tough place to be? Why would LinkedIn hire away Dan Roth from Fortune a few months ago.

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Jason Calacanis

OCTOBER 20, 2019

I’m on deadline for my next book until April 15th 2020, and I won’t have time to meet or review this opportunity. The post How to Say “No”: Five Templates to Turn Down Opportunities Gracefully appeared first on Jason Calacanis Kevin Rose and Tim Ferris did an episode of The Random Show [ [link] ] where Tim Ferris confessed that he had cancelled his next book and refunded the advance.

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Haystack

MAY 5, 2018

The Opportunity: This is where truly 1,000x outcomes happen. The Opportunity: Instead of pooling risk in a fund, an investor can raise money from others for a specific deal. The Opportunity: VC funds have gotten huge and most have formalized “scout programs” made famous by Sequoia. – The Opportunity: This is the dream! The Opportunity: The infrastructure is set. The Opportunity: Can feel more appealing to newer generations.

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500

APRIL 9, 2020

The post Understanding Omni-Channel Opportunities with Square at Founders Day appeared first on 500 Startups. Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Square, Inc. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Square, Inc. and do not represent those of 500 Startups or any of its staff or affiliates. For many startups in the 500 portfolio, understanding how they can make the easiest, most seamless transactions possible is a top priority.

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Continuations

DECEMBER 2, 2019

But the climate crisis is also humanity’s biggest opportunity. It is our opportunity to leave the Industrial Age behind and enter the Knowledge Age (that’s the term I use in my book World After Capital ). climate crisis opportunitySo far I have been writing about the climate crisis primarily as a threat, an extinction level threat for the human species.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 17, 2020

OurCrowd, long an advocate of Israel’s innovation nation status as well as a proponent of the benefits of regional entrepreneurship, quickly embraced the announcement seeing new opportunities and possible collaborations between the two sides.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

The post [OurCrowd in Crowdfund Insider] Diplomatic Thaw: As Arab Countries Open Relations with Israel, OurCrowd Sees Opportunity appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration announced today that Pennsylvania is offering opportunities to tech entrepreneurs and startup companies to grow their business by connecting with government clients and developing solutions to make governmental processes more efficient. We hope to create similar opportunities for Pennsylvania businesses to expand and attract new customers.”. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 2, 2018.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 5, 2014

Dave’s note: Popular Bill Payne returns this week with a thoughtful take on valuations. By Bill Payne. One entrepreneur has a company which appears to be scalable to a $30 million exit value in five to eight years, and a second entrepreneur’s venture seems to be scalable to $200 million in exit value in the same time frame. Yet, at the pre-revenue stage of development, angel investors price both companies at a pre-money valuation of $1.5 million. It doesn’t seem right, huh?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 7, 2019

But when evaluating them, consider the significant opportunity cost of investing those dollars into the business, especially in the early stages of a company. In the public stock market, share repurchases/buybacks have reached more than $1 trillion in 2018 , a historic high. As the amount of private capital increases, share repurchases in startups are popping up. Typically, they are a very inefficient use of capital.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 10, 2014

Consequently, listening is one of the greatest opportunities to learn. Listening is hard, as my friend once said, because you run the risk of having to change the way you see the world. That line stopped me cold when I was reading In the Light of What We Know because it’s so true. To set aside the way we’ve thought about an idea in the past and consider it as if it were a totally new concept is what a Buddhist might call Beginner’s Mind.

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EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 28, 2019

That’s why I’m pleased to see that Third Way , a newish DC-based think tank, is pitching a big idea that they are calling the Opportunity Bank. The Opportunity Bank is a proposed trillion dollar funding pool (over ten years) that would update and supercharge the US Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 7a loan program, which currently serves as one of the largest sources of debt capital for small business. The Opportunity Bank.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The post [OurCrowd in Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd Hosts Event with Emirates Angels Investors Association as Diplomatic Thaw Opens Up Opportunity appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 29, 2017

Consequently, here’s an opportunity for startups to lead, not just technologically, but more broadly. Given all the data, all the computational power, all the human capital the business had amassed, there were many different opportunities to generate revenue in unsavory ways. Defining corporate ethics around these novel technologies is an important part of establishing a startup’s role in the ecosystem and presents an opportunity for thought leadership in the space

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