Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 28, 2018

” I wondered, are we investing enough in our managers? Talent is the largest investment of an early stage company. 80%+ of startup operating expense flows to compensation. This is why investing in each creates a competitive advantage. That’s a quite an investment for an early stage company.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

What can we do to attract more women investors, and to change the types of startups, products, and services that are funded? Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. higher fund returns and see 9.7%

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator, in recognition of the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, aims to bridge the gap in mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding. TThe Incubator aims to cultivate a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem by offering tailored support and resources to women-led startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Register K-Startup Grand Challenge(KSGC) 2022 edition has opened its doors for global startups to do business in South Korea. The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. Duo has also created a great place to work.

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

We wrote a little about the future of ed tech startups in a recession below: The best edtech startups out there in 2022 being able to weather a recession With the prospect of a recession coming up in the next 6-12 months we have put together a few ed-tech startups that could and would be able to weather the storm.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Established in September 2023, the DFAB works to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups, providing knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

“It’s not a nail polish company,” says Fenton Jagdeo of Faculty , the startup he cofounded in 2019 with Umar ElBably. Naturally, Estee Lauder’s imprimatur could make a difference here, too, particularly given that the cosmetics giant isn’t known to actively invest in startups or lead seed rounds.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

The Fund , the early-stage investment firm focused on pre-seed and seed startups, is going Down Under for its latest expansion. The Fund now has a network of about 400 founders and has made around 120 investments across its funds. In each of its regions, The Fund is led by an investment committee of four people.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The wonderful thing about rural America is that we have cultural assets and mindsets that allow us to thrive when it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation. I recently attended the Startup Champions Summit in Des Moines, and was amazed to learn about many new and pioneering entrepreneurship-led economic development efforts.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Invest in the wrong person, however, and you can cause real damage to company culture and productivity. Startup CEOs, in particular, should be wary of making common hiring mistakes. A common misstep made by startup entrepreneurs is hiring too often or hiring for a quick fix. Hiring constantly.

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 21, 2023

For example, we incorporated cultural awareness workshops, unconscious bias training, and mentorship opportunities within our onboarding process. This program fosters an inclusive and supportive work environment from the beginning, improving the retention of diverse talent and enhancing overall quality.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the US startup ecosystem. The startup community must defend merit-based immigration. Firms with dedicated DEI staff, strategies and programs achieve greater gender and racial diversity on investment teams and among investment partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an executive coach to top CEOs, startup founders and VCs. She has keynoted the Oprah conference, given a TED talk, and been invited to Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures and Red Bull to teach about navigating change and founder and startup wellness. Share on Twitter. Lead by example.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region? Get started!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

As the early-stage, biology-focused accelerator arm of SOSV, IndieBio gives the companies in its program $250,000+, mentorship and full access to a biology lab to bring their ideas to life. California Cultured : Lab-grown cocoa. “Our program is our diligence,” Bronson tells me.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

years of investing in the seed stage, I have never seen activity levels like I’m seeing today. Despite that lack of experience, I am fortunate in that I have direct access to many of the greatest VC leaders and franchises for mentorship and guidance. Making angel investments, raising small seed funds. In short, in my 6.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. As a starting point you have to realize that investment firms (which a VC is) have management needs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

.” These are the first comments by the chief executive since a report by West African Weekly , a Substack newsletter written by journalist David Hundeyin, revealed several allegations against the startup and Agboola ranging from fraud and perjury to insider trading and sexual harassment. ” the CEO wrote.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

This is part of broader efforts to contribute to the creation of a paying-it-forward culture. We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. Once a year, we create an event called ‘Recap’ to bring our Impact Hub family closer together.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Before fintechs became the standouts of the African tech ecosystem, it was startups in the online logistics and transport space in Africa linking on-demand apps to move people and goods around the continent that was all the rave. Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $30M backed by Goldman Sachs. But the show had to go on.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Bringing people together over a shared interest is innate to human nature, and coming out of a lonely, draining pandemic, every startup is looking to cultivate community, conversation and camaraderie. Amos said that when a company is accepted into YC, the founders must sign investment documents, one of which is its founder ethics policy.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 3, 2023

The major items were: A senior level role for me Opportunities for personal development and growth Mentorship from senior leadership A home for as many of our clients and employees as possible With this framework I was able to avoid wasting time on deals that were not going to be a fit for my needs. We wore titles like Founder/Partner/C_O.

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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. Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders.

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

Larissa de Moura, a Brazilian social innovator based in Spain, has experienced first-hand the challenges of being a young, migrant entrepreneur and developing her startup on her own, in an unknown country. On another note, our surpluses are invested in social and environmental projects. That is why we are scal ing up.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Preparatory steps are needed in order for a startup to be successful. Build Relationships : Because an entrepreneur typically spends a lot of their time working alone, particularly during the startup period, they must seek out and build relationships that are important for long-term success. Starting a business is very difficult.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

In many ecosystems outside of the major tech hubs, founders face cultural, legal, reputational and other hurdles to building a successful tech company. have created or supported funds to invest in local VC managers. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. . all bear the marks of government investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Informed by the experience at McMaster-Carr and mentorship conversations with other companies, George left his role in 2012 to team up with his brother, Andy George, and former colleague Miles Ulrich to found an employee mentoring software and white glove service startup. He might be right.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

In many ecosystems outside of the major tech hubs, founders face cultural, legal, reputational and other hurdles to building a successful tech company. have created or supported funds to invest in local VC managers. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. all bear the marks of government investment.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Kate Ryder , CEO and Founder of Maven Clinic – A unicorn-valued startup transforming digital healthcare. When CFE was founded by famed NASA administrator and former U-M professor Thomas Zurbuchan in 2008, its aim was to evangelize entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor and to help instill the entrepreneurial mindset into the regional culture.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I provided mentorship to the CTO and Head of Development, focusing on stabilizing their delivery processes. With CredoVentures VC , I collaborated to enhance the capabilities of startup engineering leaders through mentoring and workshops. At Keboola.com , I played an integral role in their $32 million Series A funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

He goes on to say, “We live in a highly individualistic culture. Do they have a strong sense of culture? I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where. Launchpad LA.

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OurCrowd

MAY 26, 2022

New York State to hand out 800+ ElliQ robots to elderly Kim Kardashian gives Beyond Meat a bounce Taranis gives farmers a down-to-earth view of crops from above Israel plans to invest $180M to develop civilian space tech Arcadia acquires world’s largest utility data provider, raises $200M Introductions More than 4,200 high-tech jobs.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

30:00 – Investing in yourself. There was kind of a culture of glorifying that a little bit, where everybody’s wearing company swag, and then it becomes a thing that everybody wants. At what point do you decide, “Okay, Yelp, this has been cool, I want to move the a smaller startup?”

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