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FundersClub Weekly Newsletter - June 15, 2017

FundersClub

technology startup founders and how that affects the gender diversity of the employees they hire in " The 2017 US Startup Team Gender Diversity Study. " Investor Thoughts. FundersClub explores the gender diversity of U.S.

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Startup School Relaunching as Continuous Program

Y Combinator

We’re excited to announce that Startup School (SUS) is relaunching today as a continuous program. This change will allow us to serve many more founders than the traditional annual course we’ve been running since 2017 and better support startup founders year-round.

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

TechCrunch

Reporter Lucas Matney spoke to Caryn Marooney in August at TechCrunch Early Stage about how startup founders who hope to expand their reach need to do a better job of connecting with journalists. “People just fundamentally aren’t walking around caring about this new startup,” she said. on Sunday, Dec.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

TechCrunch

Please note that these are for entertainment purposes only, as “we’re not offering investing advice or recommending anyone join or back a startup.” As a result, “the average Black founder raises less than around $1,000 from family and friends,” reports Dominic-Madori Davis. Have a great weekend!

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Y Combinator’s new batch features its largest group of Indian startups

TechCrunch

According to rating agency ICRA, insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017. Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston shares actionable advice for startup founders.

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How To Leverage Your Expertise Into A Profitable Personal Brand

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It was late 2017. Ash Ali, my friend, and investment partner was talking about a huge 3-day international startup summit in Dubai, where he was going to be flown in as a speaker and mentor to thousands of tech startup founders in attendance from all over the world. This was only a few years ago.

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My First 16: Competing in a Crowd of Incumbents with Mercury’s Immad Akhund

Andreessen Horowitz

So I had this idea for Mercury in 2013, but it didn’t start until 2017. All of these tools that were useful as startups for running your business had improved a lot. And it just seemed obvious to me that someone would make a better bank product for for startups and for entrepreneurs. Immad Akhund: Sure.