Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2019

My favorite story of a fast failure was of a technology incubator started in the year 2000 with optimistic money from several angel investors, including me. He volunteered to close the incubator and he returned 96% of our investments to all of us angel investors.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2019

My favorite story of a fast failure was of a technology incubator started in the year 2000 with optimistic money from several angel investors, including me. He volunteered to close the incubator and he returned 96% of our investments to all of us angel investors.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

An entrepreneur needs a network of supportive people and resources to maximize his or her chances of success, because there will always be fires to put out. While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. Entrepreneurs are not the only players in the ecosystem. Universities.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

Incubators and accelerator programmes. Well technically yes, if their startup was accepted into one of the various startup incubator or accelerator programmes that run throughout New Zealand, they may have indirectly benefited from Government funding. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. What’s that all about?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Dear Sophie, I’m an entrepreneur in Guatemala and would like to come to the United States to expand my tech company. Changes to corporate investing rules could diminish China’s resilient venture landscape. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2011

A lot has been written about whether or not we should be encouraging 1000 startups to bloom and the proliferation of incubators, as well as the growth of angel investing. Startup success is a team effort and you can't just have great entrepreneurs. Angels: Focus and pace.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 12, 2012

And if the vision of the entrepreneur is flawed, or the product impossible to create within cost and time expectations, or the demand impossible to quantify, or revenues never close to plan, then it is time to rethink the plan and product. Half of all professionally managed venture capital or angel investments fail.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Ian Browne, COO of Ignite NI: Entrepreneur and another mentor to startups in the city. Great incubator and accelerator in Ignite, but needs expansion to the Northwest where deprivation and poor infrastructure need to be addressed. Co-founded BrewBot.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Want to get involved in this community in some way--working for these companies, moving here to start one, angel investing, bringing more creative space online?

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Passionate Entrepreneurs & Ambassadors. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

If you’re in beta and have built the product then you’re more likely to be speaking to funds and angels for a $500k round. The other funding and support options to consider in this space are accelerators and incubators. I would absolutely recommend this for UK companies, as well as looking at what grants are available.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

And this key piece of the digital transformation puzzle is fully focused on entrepreneurs and investors. But the whole law becomes a revolution, actually, not only for Spain but for entrepreneurs across the world because we are creating a new international hub for startups. Others equal the countries that we have around us.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. if you are the first person to refer the company to us and we invest.”. Catapult VC.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

The way people fund their business has also been evolving and, in 2022, the traditional ways like angel investment and VCs will walk hand in hand with new and emerging blockchain-based options that offer loans outside the traditional banking system. Angel investment. Funding from incubators or accelerators.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

An Ecosystem Builder is someone working to make resources available to support entrepreneurs in their community. Through that we’ve helped over 100 entrepreneurs grow and create more 1,000 jobs as an independent non institutionally funded nonprofit. To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? What motivates you as an ecosystem builder?

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OurCrowd

JUNE 6, 2021

IXDen was founded by experienced entrepreneurs who established and managed startups and held senior positions in Amdocs, Fundtech and Microsoft. He has a deep understanding of angel investing and Israel’s technology sector. The company forecasts a five-fold increase in orders by 2022 and has profit margins of 60-70%. seed round.

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