Y Combinator

JULY 20, 2021

First Data Engineer at YC : YC Continuity is hiring our first Data Engineer to help us identify promising investment opportunities using data. Research Associate : YC Continuity is seeking a Research Associate to evaluate investment opportunities, lead market research, and help our portfolio companies grow. Learn more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2024

My two favorite patterns are: The right mindset attracts the right network, and creates the right opportunities. For the first pattern, it’s important to realize that mindset creates 100 percent of a network or company’s success. They look at opportunities only as “investments” and never, ever as “costs.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

The first two Summits were held earlier in 2020 and the next one will be in the spring of 2021. This conversation focused on community building, networking and how to do it virtually. Rodney started Opportunity Hub (OHUB) with his wife seven years ago. Rodney started Opportunity Hub (OHUB) with his wife seven years ago.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. Jonathan’s advice to fellow young leaders and network members is to trust the process and trust the journey.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Business: Identify and access networks and resources that will help create sustainable business value for the organization and our members 4. EO will enable its members to improve sustainable development performance in their businesses and take advantage of new opportunities in the green economy.

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Source Link

AUGUST 9, 2021

SourceLink® was selected to survey and inventory the region’s primarily nonprofit, education and governmental support resources for entrepreneurship and produce finding reports and visual representations of the available resource network. NLC is proud to partner with SourceLink again for the 2021-22 CIE program year, kicking off in November.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. On the bright side, founding teams counting both women and men as members raised 17% of VC investments in Africa in 2021. Women-founded companies in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

With more than 875 million users across more than 200 countries, LinkedIn is a household name in the world of professional networking. Bhadange, a former product and UX designer, founded Peerlist in August 2021 with his wife, Yogini Bende. Now a young startup wants to disrupt that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 The B2B payments company raised $200 million at a unicorn valuation in 2021. Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 18, 2021

Few know this better than Aisha Addo, a 2021 YLAI Fellow in Toronto. Her personal journey became an opportunity. “It How does your background connect to the problem you are trying to solve or the opportunities you are trying to provide? As more time went on, she learned that she wasn’t the only one who felt this way. government.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 14, 2021

Camilo Salinas of Colombia, founder of Residia , was awarded the 2021 GSEA third-place prize of US$5,000. I imagine that other competitors discover the competition by a referral, or maybe they are motivated by their mentors or network to join. I have no opportunity to win even the local competition.” I thought, “Meh.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Peanut , the maker of a social networking app for women, is entering into the investing space with today’s launch of a microfund called StartHER. “The assumption that founders should have networks able to invest in their businesses creates an unfair starting line for most groups.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data captured from the small businesses supported by SourceLink® affiliate organizations provides valuable information for our network to report to their community stakeholders. Department of Commerce/Economic Development Administration joined us to discuss current funding programs and opportunities from the EDA. News from affiliates.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

I strongly identify with EO’s core value of Thirst for Learning and take advantage of every educational opportunity that comes my way. The high-caliber leadership content and unique experience of networking with other leaders make GLC one of the top entrepreneurial conferences of the year.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

GM, Ford, and Chrysler benefitted from the broader network around them as much as members of the network benefitted from being proximate to the nation’s automobile behemoths. Where will they be able to tap into a supportive entrepreneurial network? And the city of Detroit benefited from being home to a major industry cluster.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

With these strategic tools in mind, the YLAI Network interviewed 2021 YLAI Fellow Nathalie Cervantes to gain greater insight into how small businesses have made the pivot from in-person to online operations. The pandemic created new opportunities for small businesses,” Nathalie says. Growing a defined audience. government.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’ll expand your network, engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000! The weekly ZOOM sessions will be on Tuesdays, March 23, 2021 – June 2, 2021 / 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. This is a no-cost opportunity! Apply now: [link].

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 10, 2022

I never thought he would be a good shepherd of the Twitter network and maybe now we have the opportunity to find a better ownership/governance model for it. That would be a bad outcome for the shareholders and for the Twitter network. I am relieved that Musk has decided he does not want to own Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of giving people the choice of booking lodging through a unique home-swapping model. Kindred is building a members-only network to allow people to essentially exchange homes.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

The application deadline for this program is April 16, 2021. Starting in September 2021, Black-owned businesses harmed by the pandemic can apply to receive one of up to 300 grants of $5,000. The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2021, the total number of podcasts broke the two million mark, and in 2023, there were over five million podcasts (Source: Spotify, 2023). Branded podcasts give companies the opportunity to connect directly with their audience in an authentic, non-promotional manner. We’re still early in the adoption curve.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat? The framework was originally created to help public market investors determine whether or not an investment opportunity afforded a defensible moat that would contribute to a superior return-profile. living and working in the city. may decline.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of helping make traveling more accessible through a unique home-swapping model. The pair teamed up to start San Francisco-based Kindred in March of 2021. . “We And the network is invite-only. And they’ve raised $7.75

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Prizes include cash grants from a pool of over $100,000 along with mentorship opportunities and connections with potential investors and key influencers. Startup302 strengthens Delawares innovation ecosystem by providing this access to entrepreneurs seeking financial and networking boosts for their businesses.

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Source Link

MAY 10, 2022

The growing momentum around entrepreneurship-led economic development presents opportunities to bridge gaps, reinvigorate economies and drive more equitable outcomes, not just here in the United States, but across the world. Sharing examples of how other rural communities have made progress can help motivate, inspire and inform. Rob Williams.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

I co-wrote this essay with Prabhat Gusain , currently the Chief of Staff at Caffeinated Capital; formerly an intern with Versatile VC ; and a 2021 MBA from UVA Darden. The private sector has already identified this opportunity. Some examples: The African Diaspora Network (ADN). GlobalScot Network.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Multi-asset social investment network and Robinhood competitor eToro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gatsby — a fintech startup which also aimed to go head to head against Robinhood — for $50 million in a cash and common stock deal. The company first filed for regulatory approval in December of 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Djamo is one of such companies taking advantage of this opportunity to bring affordable and seamless banking to the region. “Banking services are really difficult to access here, and we saw that as a huge opportunity,” Djamo CEO Bourgi said to TechCrunch. But we saw it as a huge opportunity and a great industry to take on.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

In 2021, we extended a grant to Grand Valley State University’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Lab. MVE-Lab equips participants to identify their target customers, network with others, and find the resources they need to launch profitably and successfully.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products. Other investors noticed as well. 2, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

It supports card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Alipay, bank transfers, SEPA direct debits and even cash payments through various local networks. It also supports payouts to a card on the Mastercard or Visa network. The company processed hundreds of billions of dollars in payments in 2021 alone. The web3 opportunity.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

When asked about her projects, Mariery shared that in 2021, 70% of her portfolio was composed of women-owned businesses, 60% Latinx-owned, and 100% of them were breaking stereotypes. Her business presents a unique opportunity for companies to collaborate with her services. government.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

billion in just the first half of 2021, almost double the amount in all of 2020, and mega-rounds are a growing trend. So they’re looking to diversify their investments with high-potential opportunities abroad. While investors may say their your regular value offering is enough — network and U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Branding and marketing When I first started my podcast in November 2021, I knew I wanted it to support the latest business I was building ( yorCMO : a fractional CMO company). The benefits are so significant that I believe every entrepreneur, leader or fractional professional should consider incorporating a podcast into their business model.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

For instance, even though quantum computing suddenly became popular in the public markets as D-Wave, Rigetti and IonQ listed in the last year, private investment declined significantly — the sector received just over $600 million in venture capital in 2022, down from $800 million in 2021, according to Crunchbase. years to become a unicorn.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing. When current and new secondary sale opportunities arise, would you like me to contact you?”

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