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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. With no revenue three years in and an ever-increasing pile of expenses, my personal finances took a hit. Loans replaced savings, and credit lines were stretched to their limits.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) 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. They have raised company profiles and made follow-on financings easier.

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Startup fundraising is the most tangible gender gap. How can we overcome it?

TechCrunch

This should come as no surprise, given that fintech combines two sectors traditionally dominated by men: finance and technology. of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% Add in the intersection of race and ethnicity, and the figures become bleaker: Black women founders received 0.6%

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

They’ve partnered with TechStars, ID Ventures, Lofty Ventures, Wayne State University and Precursor Ventures, which gives them the mentorship and funding to scale. They also offer consulting services to help companies acquire commercial sites, manage projects, and handle solar integrations. Apply now to ToDoolie. . FutureBank.

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