Paul G. Silva

MARCH 26, 2020

Entrepreneurs tend to explain to funders how they will spend money. Consult with teammates and mentors to create a list of the 3-7 high-priority questions your audience will ask. . Risk reduction not line items. Often in a graph that looks something like this… This seems logical but it sends the wrong message. Prep for Q&A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , its CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50,000-$300,000 in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2x revenues in 12-24 months. Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

We have exhaustively explored whether Tech Nation could continue without core government grant funding, but have concluded after extensive consultation that this is not an option.” While 80% of startups fail within their first 2-5 years, over 95% of startups on Tech Nation’s accelerator programs have gone on to scale, it claims.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Fearless Fund in collaboration with Amazon awards grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to black women in their B lack Business Accelerator program and the Minority Business Development Agency in the past has awarded g rants to college and universities that assist undergraduate students with entrepreneurship. Accelerators found h ere.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

The convergence of technology, talent and funding now makes the vision of one-hour hypersonic global transport within reach—so say the co-founders of Venus Aerospace and its most recent funder Airbus Ventures. They assembled a team of top industry talent to develop and build cost-effective one-hour global transport.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Our 20 selected organizations will receive coaching from Google’s AI experts, Google.org grant funding from a $25 million pool, and credits and consulting from Google Cloud. Google for Startups Accelerator. You’re eligible for the many accelerators, as well as specifically the impact accelerators. Higher Ground Labs.

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