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DC’s New Innovation Hub, STATION DC, Opens Membership Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Washingtons Premier Connector of Tech and Policy Leaders Welcomes the Next Generation of Innovators that includes Delta Force, an annual cohort designed to support 6-10 of DCs most promising startup founders. As the official D.C. Regulatory and Policy Intelligence to navigate the evolving landscape of cutting-edge industries.

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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. The first to spot the weakness were startup founders.

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Venture capital undermines human rights

TechCrunch

Amnesty International recently surveyed the world’s largest venture capital firms and startup accelerators. Overall, of the 50 VC firms and three startup accelerators analyzed by Amnesty International, we found that almost all of them lacked adequate human rights due diligence policies and processes.

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

San Francisco, and the associated Bay Area, is home to Silicon Valley – the epicentre of startup activity – where an estimated 27,000 startups and 15,000 investors operate in an area roughly equivalent to the the Brisbane-to-Gold Coast region, and with a population of roughly 7 million people.

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This Angel Investor Shares 11 Tips for Entrepreneurs to Raise Smart Money

StartupNation

However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. I am an introvert with Asperger’s and relish alone time as a researcher, programmer, poet and pianist — perhaps too well.

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Don’t go it alone: Incubators and accelerators help build lifelong relationships

TechCrunch

Speaking at TechCrunch Early Stage Boston last week, Matt Segneri, the executive director at the Harvard Innovation Labs , highlighted the importance of finding peers and mentors to go with you on your startup journey, and incubators and accelerators can help build those crucial relationships.

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How to find a Technical Co-Founder for your Startup

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder? It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever.

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