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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

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. But by 2014 much had started to change. Adam & I decided we wanted to return to our roots and focus on mentorship, which is our passion. What next for Launchpad? So what next?

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

We also promoted Jordan Hudson to principal in 2014 and have encouraged him to begin looking at deals. Many people have helped us along the way with guidance, mentorship, introductions and advice. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . Nobody achieves anything like this alone. But thank you.

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How Do VCs Choose Their Investors (and should entrepreneurs care?)

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We capped our fund size so that we would stay true to our investment strategy in terms of size, scope and number of partners as we stood in 2014 when we raised the fund. So I immediately felt like I had a partner whom I could call for sensitive advice on topics where there aren’t many sources of input or mentorship.

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Joel Neoh and Audra Pakalnyte Launch First Move Fund to Support Consumer Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Neoh’s involvement with Prenetics dates back to 2014, when he became its initial angel investor. We believe in providing guidance, mentorship, and access to a vast network of industry connections which is crucial in the early stages to get on the right path.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Mentorship. See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability. The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc.

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These business and mentorship networks have made great strides helping entrepreneurs in local communities across the U.S. What are the new trends we are seeing in entrepreneurship today that didn’t happen 10 years ago? Today, there are more nonprofits and incubator programs supporting potential entrepreneurs than ever before.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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