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Fatal police shooting of startup founder puts Austin’s diversity problem in the spotlight

TechCrunch

For years, Austin has made headlines as an evolving tech hub where startups, large companies and investors alike have flocked to set up a presence. But as 2022 closes, the Texas capital is in the news for a very different, tragic reason — being home to the sudden death of a startup founder at the hands of a police officer.

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Gyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator Discusses Startup Cooperation Initiative Centered on Pangyo Techno Valley with India’s Economic Visiting Group

AsiaTechDaily

The visiting delegation experienced Korea’s startup environment around Pangyo Techno Valley, the largest startup business hub in Korea, heard examples of the best practices in startup business support programs, and discussed opportunities for cooperation with Indian startups.

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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.

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

TechCrunch

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship. Like, a hiring bounty system.

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Laid off from your tech job? Day One wants to give you $100,000 to start a company

TechCrunch

Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The program, titled “ Funded Not Fired, ” will write $100,000 checks into 20 startup teams by the end of the year.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

We may as well get compensated for referring them to others. Alpha Partners , Proof VC ) which share the carry earned in their coinvest to the referring party. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them. Refer a startup, get $2,500”.

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The 6-Step Checklist for Successfully Launching on Product Hunt

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Once you’ve reached out, pitch them on why they should support your launch! From there, you want to identify all of your existing audience channels, potential support sources, and the effort/work required for you to hit your benchmark for each source. They’ll likely be the most vocal and willing to support you.

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