Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contributed by Robert Glazer , the founder and chairman of the board of Acceleration Partners , a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards. This post originally appeared on Robert Glazer’s Friday Forward newsletter and is reprinted here with permission.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

The two entities will oversee NJ FAST’s accelerator program with an opportunity to make equity investments into select participating companies. Pending approval by its Board, the NJEDA intends to invest up to $17.5 million in the fintech accelerator. Prudential is thrilled to become an anchor partner on the NJ Fast accelerator.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Startup accelerators are increasingly putting the brakes on demo days. With capital flows surging , founders are more selective about the investors they bring on board — they’re not looking for deep pockets or a fast close; they want mentorship, emotional support and investors’ undivided attention. Olympic team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Scheduled to run from mid-June until mid-September, Betaworks’ program — the ninth of its kind — will provide startups access to benefits including a business-building curriculum and accelerated compute from companies including Hugging Face and Stability AI.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

Accelerators: Accelerators are for-profit organisations that help new startups by providing structured guidance, mentorship, access to investors and other support. The whole team is on board. Seed money is generally not used to get a new CTO or CEO on board. How Much Do Startups Raise In Seed Round?

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Trevor Ewen , COO, QBench Networking Through Mentorship Startups need all the help they can get—and often, a mentor will introduce a new founder to various contacts to propel them forward.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

And in around 2018, 2019, there was a strategic focus by the Board of Trustees to start looking at how can we more specifically support and service founders in the Greater Canterbury region to help them pursue their ideas. We’ve got some really incredible people that have joined our team to provide that one-to-one mentorship and advice.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

Bringing key stakeholders on board like the chief technical officer, chief financial offer, etc. Institutional investors like accelerators, angel capitalists, venture capitalists may invest during seed round. Accelerators. Accelerators take 7-10% of the equity in exchange for funds, usually in the range of $10-120k.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As Latin America bathes the startup spotlight, players there need to consider how its startup growth can translate to self-sustaining economic and social development across the board. For example, Start-Up Chile, the public accelerator launched by the Chilean government, has facilitated 42 exits in eight years, including Cabify and Glamit.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

They’re also really exciting to work with because maybe they’re getting into their first big commercial contracts, they’ve maybe got their first few employees on board, and they’re starting to get a bit more serious. Take a view based on that as to whether you give some mentorship or whether you offer more substantial support.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface. Privacy first.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

It’s well intentioned on the part of the second or third time founder turned angel, VC, or accelerator mentor. That’s right — it can’t fail repeatedly during on-boarding or crash the minute the user attempts to perform a key function. So, at least we had about 50 people immediately download, on-board, and use the app.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Shin is now part of our Advisory Board,” said Aykan Ekici, co-founder of Khenda, the top winner of KSGC 2021.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF). First Complete Cycle of Investment Under Novel State Program Benefits Newark Provider of HR Gaming Platform TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Why Pairing Junior Executives With External Mentors Can Accelerate Your Hiring and Their Professional Development Often at a startup it’s better to hire for talent, ambition, and commitment, than years in role or ‘did they have the job already somewhere else.’ Just get her on board. And one way to help is with mentorship.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. In 3 years since founding the Accelerator, we have worked with 61 startups. Details here.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. In 3 years since founding the Accelerator, we have worked with 61 startups. .

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Culture in Action: A Story from Valley Venture Mentors Let me share how this played out at Valley Venture Mentors (VVM), a nonprofit startup accelerator I helped lead. We had two simple core values: Help entrepreneurs succeed Fun is key to success These values were put to the test when we faced a common challenge in the mentorship world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

.” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. Enterprise AI 2.0: Enterprise AI 2.0:

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Arc crawls job boards and other sites for its database and has so far aggregated 54,000 developer openings from 13,000 companies. Inspired by Liu’s experiences in Y Combinator and TechStars, Elevate is meant to be a “short-term talent accelerator” for developers who want to transition into remote work.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 3, 2025

Coriell scientists work to accelerate scientific discovery by generating world-class biomaterials and conducting groundbreaking research in biobanking and epigenetics. Pending approval by its Board, the NJEDA intends to invest $20 million to support the NJ Biomedical SIC. SICs can be accelerators, incubators, or research centers.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 3, 2025

Pending approval by its Board, the NJEDA intends to invest $10 million into the project on a 1:1 basis with Nokia. The venture studio will also assist its ventures with access to a network of academic, corporate, and venture partners to accelerate venture growth. SICs can be accelerators, incubators, or research centers.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Afore Capital runs Zt1 and Human Capital runs Humans in the Wild , both accelerator programs with no equity or cash component. Affiliate with a private equity or VC firm in your space, as a board member, consultant, scout, EIR, operating partner, or full-time team member. NFX has a formal group for Second Time Founders.

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