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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses. Facebook, Google) to a large market opportunity then you had better have enough resources to compete.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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OMERS Ventures, Turner Construction team up to build the construction tech startup of their dreams

TechCrunch

Founded in 2011, the firm presently has about $1.6 An Entrepreneur-in-Residence program that would serve as an incubator for founders to prepare them to launch their new software companies. . Founded in 1902, it notched a reported $14.4 billion in revenue in 2020. billion in assets under management.

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Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

TechCrunch

In 2011, the company expanded to build themes for online stores. WooCommerce began life as WooThemes, a small design firm that didn’t look very different from the many others that created WordPress themes.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Bloomberg New Economy Forum Solutions.

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

TechCrunch

Ibrahim, who graduated from New York University in 2011, had long been drawn to the African continent. The two began a friendship and discussed potential business opportunities stemming from a paper Nichols had read about renewable energy applications in the agriculture industry. at an event for budding entrepreneurs in New York.

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