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How to Fix a Racially Biased Venture Capital Model and Commit to Diversity in Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

As investor Monique Woodard stated during a BLCK VC webinar, “You have to fix the systemic issues in your funds that keep Black founders out and keep you from delivering better returns.” Firms need to conduct training and reform on how founders are treated when their companies are being considered for investment.

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Early-bird pricing increases next week for TC Early Stage Operations & Fundraising

TechCrunch

You’ll learn or strengthen the core entrepreneurial skillsets every startup founder needs to master — legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, tech stack, recruiting, pitch deck teardowns and more. Here are just two of the featured speakers ready to download serious knowledge in April.

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Alexa von Tobel outlines how founders should manage personal finances

TechCrunch

She is a certified financial planner, started her own company in the midst of the recession (which happened to be a wildly successful personal finance startup that sold for hundreds of millions of dollars) and is now a VC who invests and advises founders. Know your net worth. What are your assets? What’s your debt?

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Gust

As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. And I’m happy as a VC. They can’t have a positive LTV on these downloads.

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Founded by Google’s former head of ads, Neeva brings its ad-free search engine to Europe

TechCrunch

He left in 2018 to join esteemed venture capital (VC) firm Greylock Partners, a role he continues in today, albeit in a reduced capacity. “A startup founder’s primary job is to raise money so that you don’t run out,” Ramaswamy added.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. And I’m happy as a VC. And why I woke up at 4.50am.

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Founderpath secures $145M in debt and equity to help B2B SaaS startup founders avoid dilution

TechCrunch

That same year, Latka launched a podcast and has since interviewed one SaaS founder nearly daily — recording 2,500 episodes to date that have had 18 million downloads, he said. So often, when he stopped recording, a number of founders would talk to Latka about the possibility of taking on debt.

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