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Forge the Future: Immersive Roleplaying for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Paul G. Silva

Built on the award-winning Forged in the Dark framework, this experiential learning tool places participants in the roles of startup founders racing to bring their vision to life before time and resources run out. Forge the Future allows you to experience these challenges firsthand.

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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. What is a founder to do? Draw from Frameworks. For example: 1.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s set up a framework. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Here’s overall what you need to know. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

TechCrunch

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship.

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Why you should add TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 to your must-attend list

TechCrunch

Introduced last year — and one of the most popular events in TechCrunch history — TC Early Stage provides new startup founders (pre-seed through Series A) access to top experts to help them develop and strengthen their core entrepreneurial skills. Listen to what these early-stage founders said about TC Early Stage 2020. “I

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Navigating Startup Growth: The Hero’s Guide to Success

AsiaTechDaily

The fusion of these elements cultivates an environment of growth and transformation, making it an essential strategy for startups aspiring to unlock their full potential and thrive in their respective markets. Here are the three steps which will guide startup founders to unlock growth.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why your title matters, part-time CFOs, Sequoia’s new model

TechCrunch

.” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific. In an interview with Natasha Mascarenhas, B2B stealth startup founder Akshaya Dinesh recounted the time her team was rejected by an accelerator because they hadn’t yet picked a CEO.