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Startups book an expo booth at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 to double down on connection and exposure

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Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Buy a Startup Exhibitor Package now , save 35 percent and get ready for TC Sessions Mobility 2021.

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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

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We are members of numerous chambers of commerce and associations from across the state that work with small businesses (such as the Detroit Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Dearborn Chamber, The Right Place, MI Chamber, Automation Alley, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, MI Business Incubator Assoc.).

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Why does a16z need its own Y Combinator?

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The checks are backed by a $400 million seed fund , which closed in August 2021. The company has invested in solo founders before their companies ever existed, but this program appears to be a more formal effort to bring folks into entrepreneurship. Andreessen Horowitz unveils piloted program for early-stage entrepreneurs.

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4 lessons I learned about getting into Y Combinator (after 13 applications)

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As of January 2021 , the accelerator has helped create 60,000 jobs, has 125 companies valued over $150 million, and has facilitated top exits totaling more than $300 billion. Use Git data to optimize your developers’ annual reviews. If you care about remote employees, start tracking their performance.

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Mobilising the Full Potential of the Social Economy in Europe

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At the end of 2021, the EC adopted a new Social Economy Action Plan to support the sector to thrive. They put people and the environment at the centre of their mission and reinvest most of their profit back into the organisation or a specific social cause. They are governed in a participatory and inclusive way.

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Funds can no longer just be a source of capital

TechCrunch

The second quarter was the first time deal value fell below $77 billion since the fourth quarter of 2020, and this past quarter has seen the lowest amount recorded for a single quarter since the start of 2021. There’s been a massive drop in how much investors are funding companies, especially startups.

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Yieldstreet raises $100M as it mulls going public via SPAC, eyes acquisitions

TechCrunch

And, both the number of investment requests and new investors surged by more than 250% from January to April 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, with new investors already exceeding all of last year, according to the company.