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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends. I'm sure their Summer Camp demo day will be the first time a lot of VCs have set foot in the thriving outer borough.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

Your product demo crushed. Because you have a unitary focus on financing your company or you die you seem not to miss a beat in thinking about the last meeting and the funder has been whipsawed in 20 directions. You had an amazing meeting with an investor. The dialog was great. They told you how much they loved your space.

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Jitx wants to change the way engineers design circuit boards using code

TechCrunch

It was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Funders Club and Liquid 2. The company was a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 cohort and was one of the 10 startups that caught the eye of the TechCrunch reporters covering their Demo Day. 10 startups that caught our eye from day 1 of YC Demo Day S18.

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

They also provide a range of in-house services, are a great place for networking with fellow entrepreneurs and can be a source for outside resources that includes funders who attend incubator events and programs. Accelerators are programs run by a range of organizations and funders to assist the best startup applicants they choose.

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Spokn slurps out the BS in corporate internal comms and replaces it with audio storytelling

TechCrunch

The startup, which was part of Y Combinator’s most recent Winter 2021 batch, closed on a $4 million seed round two weeks before Demo Day led by Ann Bordetsky, a partner at NEA who joined earlier this year and previously served as COO of Rival. It’s an idea that has quickly attracted investor attention.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day. Oliver Libby, Managing Partner, H/L Ventures , notes, “it is important to remember that impact funders occupy the same spectrum of returns as regular investors. The application process is not advertised.

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Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy

TechCrunch

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. Can’t we all just get along? The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.”

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