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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country? 55:45 It seems obvious that technology is the natural choice to solve the pain points in education. 1:00:00 Mark and Steve discuss the role of unions in education. 1:00:00 Mark and Steve discuss the role of unions in education.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Why Don't More Emerging VCs Have Coaches?

This is going to be BIG.

I was no longer the CEO of my startup. To navigate this tightrope, I sought out the advice of a coach—Jerry Colonna. Another factor is that Partners at firms will often make themselves available for deal-related questions—so there’s actually a fair amount of education going on. Let’s talk about that reality for a moment.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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How Capsule is supporting young women to build thriving businesses

Impact Hub

How Capsule is supporting young women to build thriving businesses Despite Romania’s growing startup ecosystem, women founders remain disproportionately low. Why women entrepreneurs need more support Despite Romanias growing startup ecosystem, theres a glaring gender gap in entrepreneurship.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. The median seed round is $500,000 (above the global average of $494,000) and a median Series A round for a startup is $2.4 Digital health, education, B2B SaaS.

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Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire

Startup Blogpost

I started Suspire with a vision to create a platform that not only promotes sustainable products but also educates consumers about their choices. What advice would you give your younger self just starting out in the startup world? Our advice to startups is to actively listen to your audience.

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