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5 Mistakes Derailing Startup Founders

StartupNation

As a consultant to many of the world’s most innovative global brands as well as motivated founders looking for a jump-start, it’s important to be able to know what steps along the way are absolutely necessary and which ones are nice to have. Being an entrepreneur can be the hardest, most thankless job you will ever have.

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The Myth of the Young Startup Founder

Ian Hathaway

And while the story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook has undoubtedly inspired an entire generation of young entrepreneurs and reshaped their imaginations about what’s possible, people too easily forget that a big part of what makes the story compelling is that it’s so unusual. This restricted-use dataset at the U.S.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I began comparing my personal experience as an entrepreneur starting my business 50 years ago to the entrepreneurial ecosystem today. Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. A number of local governments have also implemented programs to help startups.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Alumni Ventures launches Women’s Fund 1

American Entrepreneurship

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Data about Funding Women Founders While data analysis shows that female startup founders are very strong candidates for funding, biases in venture capital remain.

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Founderpath secures $145M in debt and equity to help B2B SaaS startup founders avoid dilution

TechCrunch

As mentioned above, the CEO is eager to help founders not make the same mistakes he did as a young entrepreneur. million post-money valuation in 2014. “I After starting his own SaaS company when he was a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, Latka thought he was “on top of the world.”. “I

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