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Bark Tank and the Spirit of D.C.: The Future of Entrepreneurship in our Nation’s Capital

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Reflections on Georgetowns 2025 pitch competition from TedLeonsis Last week, Georgetown Universitys McDonough School of Business once again became a launchpad for the next generation of bold thinkers and doers. startup ecosystem. Theyre diverse, resourceful, and both practical and ambitious.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

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She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. Founders hit the street with their pitch deck, some make it, and some don’t, but nearly all of them ascribe a lot more human influence over the process than there probably is. I’m a female founder.

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Dispatches from the Road: Q2 2022

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miles to visit founders, college campuses, co-investors, ecosystem builders, and communities in rising cities. The panel took place at The Ion, a 266K-sqft space designed to bring together Houston’s entrepreneurial, corporate, and academic communities. While we may not show up on a big red bus every time, showing up?—?figuratively

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

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With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? These discussions then bring further biases to the surface.

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What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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Back when I was pitching my previous startup to investors, it had never really dawned on me that they had experienced what I was going through--and that a VC firm was essentially a startup. VCs pitch for money, too. No one ever thinks about VCs having to pitch, who they pitch to, or how it works.

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Dispatches from the Road: Q4 2023

Revolution

What we did: Revolution Ventures Managing Partner, Tige Savage , Associate, Anant Pai , and Rise of the Rest VP, James Barlia , were all in attendance at 2023’s Cintrifuse Summit, which focused on “homegrown hustle,” inspiring innovation, and retaining talent in the greater Cincinnati startup ecosystem. Taste before you head out.

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

This shows that Africa’s investment landscape is still very promising because it continues to grow, and there’s increasing interest in multiple startup ecosystems, including nascent ecosystems. These are all indications of a growing ecosystem,” he added. How do you prefer to receive pitches?