American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 20, 2025

STATION DC was launched by Capital Factory, in partnership with the City of Washington, DC, as a community-driven coworking and event space designed to support diverse entrepreneurs, creators, and changemakers. As the official D.C.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

The ChargeUp curriculum follows two of NextCorps’ proven accelerators: Luminate , focusing on startups developing technologies enabled by optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI), and the Manufacturing Accelerator, moving early-stage companies from prototype to mass production. Register at: Scale Your Startup at ChargeUp (Jan.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. + This post unpacks offers an insiders’ view of some of the key strategic decisions that led to Techstars’ decline. ————– Techstars is – or was – one of the world’s best startup accelerator programs. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. The DX event is so powerful because of the networking quality among the MyEO DX community. Who can attend DX22?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

.” In addition to the opportunities presented to developers, Google announced the continuation of its accelerator program for African startups. Going into this year, the Google for Startups Accelerator program will be hosting its sixth cohort.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Founder Catalyst pre-accelerator, conducted in collaboration with JETRO, has already benefited over 100 founders in Japan. Through a comprehensive 10-week program, participants gain crucial insights into startup fundamentals, mentorship, community building, and access to Techstars’ global network.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The undisclosed investment comes two months after Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the tech giant’s intentions to commit $1 billion over the next five years in “tech-led initiatives”, which includes a $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at early- and growth-stage startups on the continent.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

Recently, I worked with a community that was struggling to explain what they thought success looked like in ten years to their funding organizations. And the ecosystem building metrics stem from the outcomes derived from the community. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2021

One of the most notable was AARP Innovation Lab, the non-profit’s startup accelerator program. One common theme among AARP’s group was tech that helps elderly people “age in place,” or stay in their homes or communities instead of moving into a nursing home. It presented nine companies at the virtual show.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Vale do Dendê coordinates with local startups, investors and government agencies to support entrepreneurship and innovation and runs startup acceleration programs specifically focusing on supporting Afro-Brazilian founders. It attracted backing from Facebook Brasil and grew 770% in 2020.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Sololearn was founded and is currently led by Yeva Hyusyan, who tells me that the impetus for the company came out of a previous project (a startup accelerator) she worked on while working for Microsoft in the country. Helpers are incentivized, Hyusyan said, “because they learn and they get recognition from the community.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Shoplook — Is fostering a community-driven platform for visual self-expression, curation and inspiration through mood boards. Meet SelfieCircus and 8 more in Snapchat’s new startup accelerator. DB Creations — Is creating catchy AR strategy games like Table Trenches with rapid prototyping and exploration.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Successful companies like Pinterest, Thumbtack, Yammer and UberConference all got their start winning startup competitions. If a bank doesn’t believe in your idea, the startup community might — and there’s a good chance they’ll give you a lot of money if they do. Accelerators. Crowdfunding.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 12, 2023

Apply Now About Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator based in the Bay Area that provides funding, advice, and a powerful, tight-knit community for early-stage startups. YC has funded over 4,000 startups, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Twitch, Reddit, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Apply to join us!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

the free YC Startup School courses). Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., Moreover, rumors of deeply unethical behavior at accelerators are starting to surface frequently. Flyover Tech ) have played a significant role in this shift.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Cait Brumme runs MassChallenge, the long-running, zero-equity startup accelerator based in Boston. In Conversation with MassChallenge and.406 406 Ventures 11:30 – 12:00pm PT Hear from two local investors who will talk through actionable advice on fundraising and company building. Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406 Pitch-off!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

All of this often leaves out Black, brown and other fans from marginalized communities who cannot afford resale tickets or qualify for expensive, exclusive opportunities. EVEN hopes to launch later this year with more than 600 artists; Rodriguez said the waitlist of those looking to join the platform currently tops 4,000.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

” Badamosi, who returned to Nigeria from the UK in 2015, worked as the general manager for Starta Africa, an online community for African tech entrepreneurs. Microtraction-backed ThankUCash and a second unannounced startup have also joined cohorts at 500 Startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The forthcoming “twine for Zoom” product will be among them, giving customers access to matching tools, networking and virtual watercooler tools that can be used not only for virtual events, but also other types of meetings, like company socials, all-hands meetings, new hire onboardings, community meetups, and more.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Apple profiles all 15 companies in this list, but here are five that caught my eye: Volt Energy Utility (Co-Founder: Gilbert Campbell III) – Developer of utility-scale solar projects with a focus on underserved communities.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

FFA, a community of women founders and a startup accelerator working to achieve greater gender diversity in technology, built a sample of 150 women from tech hubs “with high likelihood of having entrepreneurial aspirations,” according to its dataset.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

All of this often leaves out Black, brown and other fans from marginalized communities who cannot afford resale tickets or qualify for expensive, exclusive opportunities. EVEN hopes to launch later this year with more than 600 artists; Rodriguez said the waitlist of those looking to join the platform currently tops 4,000.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

How to get into a startup accelerator. Turnout is a platform built specifically for internal communities and groups within an organization, making it easier for employees to host events and discussions across their company. is a skin health brand focused on men. The Verticale makes money by taking a commission on every order.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 17, 2023

We have had a lot of help from organisations such as Vodafone NZ Xone startup accelerator, XStart and our NZ based investors providing advice and guidance. My most important piece of advice to founders is that you need to develop a thick skin and be resilient and flexible in dealing with the problems all startups face.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

. “The SOA Startup network… breaks the mold of traditional accelerators, providing startups with year-round access to SOA’s network of mentors, partners, investors, and a community of ocean impact entrepreneurs — without the rigid structure of an accelerator program.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

A quick glance into founder dating sites or startup accelerator applicant pools you will see that in most cases the tech founders are outweighed by at least 10 to 1. Get involved with startup communities Most big cities have numerous startup communities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As startups become successful and scale-up in New Jersey, they build buildings, hire more employees, and become anchors for vibrant communities and small-business supply-chains.”. SOSV says the Newark location will effectively operate as a U.S.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 12, 2019

With funding support from the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority and business mentors provided by Ben Franklin and Gannon’s Small Business Development Center, the local entrepreneurs behind these startups have been participating in Ben Franklin’s business startup accelerator, the Tech Celererato r@Erie.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 16, 2023

There are also various startup accelerators and programmes available particularly for young entrepreneurs which we will be looking to leverage in the future. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF FOUNDERS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR VENTURE HERE. WORKING ON SOMETHING NEW, INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT?

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Founders Coop

APRIL 15, 2019

Some friends in Boulder were experimenting with an idea for a “startup accelerator” they called Techstars. We’ve spent the last ten years honing our craft and building a community of founders, investors and mentors dedicated to our shared mission of making the Pacific Northwest the best place in the world to start a software company.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The co-founders began the development of Matter in early 2020, after raising an angel round, and later participated in startup accelerator Y Combinator’s summer 2020 batch. Users’ reading lists are private by default, but you can choose which articles from the list you want to post publicly to the Matter community.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

YKring says it enables users to find out what’s going on in the community to find clubs or a group of people with similar interests to do activities together. YKring : A social app, Kevin’s Club, helps college students make the most of their college life outside the library or dorms.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

“We have the demand with our founder community, we have a demand even within our partner community that they want to have access to more de-risked companies.” ” He added: “We’re very proud of our accelerator. “Our program has been operating strongly for the last 10 plus years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The accelerator program’s first cohort accepted 30 startups from a pool of over 220 applicants across 76 countries.

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