This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 17, 2024
Sorry, you can’t. The decision to fund a company is a combination of a lot of human factors—an assessment of one group of humans by another group of humans, fraught with apples-to-oranges comparisons. Yet, everyone’s got an opinion about how a company measures up, especially the founder. ( If you want mine, I’m doing a little consulting now. ) So, how do you know what truth is?
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 19, 2024
Starting a business is often romanticized as a journey filled with exciting milestones and instant success stories. Yet, as most seasoned entrepreneurs will attest, the reality is far more complex and challenging, particularly when you decide to bootstrap your business. Reflecting on my own journey with Equifund, I aim to shed light on the trials and triumphs of entrepreneurship, especially for those who, like me, choose not to rely on outside funding.
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The Seraf Compass
JUNE 19, 2024
We sent out a survey to our Seraf Compass subscribers to ask for tips and advice for first-time entrepreneurs. We asked the question: "What advice do you have for entrepreneurs seeking angel investment and how can they best prepare for pitching investors?” Here are some answers we found to be helpful!
INBIA
JUNE 20, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE InBIA Welcomes New Directors June 20, 2024 ORLANDO, FL – Members of the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) have elected four individuals to the board of directors to serve three-year terms and re-elected one current member for a second term. The term will begin October 1, 2024.
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American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 20, 2024
Hourglass Ventures led a recent funding round that included Mayo Clinic Ventures Medtech innovator JOGO Health now has the funding to expand the use of its breakthrough technology having just closed a $5.5 million funding round. But they are not done—opening up a Wefunder campaign for retail investors to share in their innovation. Patients using a wearable can now receive non-invasive, drug-free relief for conditions ranging from chronic lower back pain, stroke recovery, migraines to incon
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Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 20, 2024
2012 was the year of the Seedpocalypse. Also called the Series A Crunch, a fear gripped Startupland : raising a Series A. Two years later, this indigestible excessive bolus of fundraising rounds hit the Series B market & Series Bs became the most challenging round to raise. Whenever there are “too many” of fundraises of one type, the next round becomes the hardest to raise.
Berkonomics
JUNE 20, 2024
Ever get bad advice? Sure. We all have in our past. Ever take that advice without question because the person giving it was an investor, a superior in rank, the chairperson of your board? I’ll bet you have at least one story of bad advice taken and being bitten as a result. Reaching back for an important lesson As one illustration among many I can recall, let me tell you the story of the first investment made by a newly organized formal group of angel investors.
American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 19, 2024
The program will develop the leadership skills of small business owners and executives to help their small businesses achieve business growth. Ohio’s small business community received a big boost this week with the announcement that JobsOhio and nonprofit Aileron are partnering. Together they are launching a new small business program helping owners, presidents, and CEOs of B2B organizations.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 20, 2024
When I wrote this post about trying to measure the fundability of your startup, I kicked it off with, “You can’t” and proceeded to share all the ways that getting your company funded feels a bit like a craps shoot, while still trying find a method somewhere within the madness. On the other hand, I feel things are a lot more predictable on the fund side—and that getting limited partners for your fund or syndicate is a lot more grounded in something that resembles logic.
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Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 16, 2024
I was chatting with a friend of mine about the advent of robotic surgery and he was lamenting the challenges associated with training younger doctors. Before robotic surgery, medical surgeons stood shoulder to shoulder alongside seasoned surgeons operating. Today, the head surgeon manipulates a robot independently while students watch through a window or video.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
JUNE 18, 2024
On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the second cohort of Bridge2 founders took the stage at Tulsa’s Agora Event Center for Demo Day. Hosted by i2E and sponsored by the Center for Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST) and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, this event showcased five new startups in the Oklahoma venture ecosystem. Bridge2 is an 8-week pre-accelerator program designed to nurture tech-enabled startups across Oklahoma, providing them with the resources, mentorship, and exposure to p
American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 19, 2024
CEO Stacey Yudin has experienced the full arc of digital technology, leading NEP Services’ Union and Non-profit clients from legacy processes and structure to specialized digital technology platforms. Stacey shares how NEP learned about their customers’ pain points and established collaborative working relationships—that is ongoing with new technology such as AI.
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 17, 2024
BayaniPay, a Filipino-led global payments process automation company, has raised an additional USD 3 million in new funding, with this, its total seed fund has now come to USD 9.
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Impact Hub
JUNE 19, 2024
World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship This World Refugee Day, lets look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Every one of us has a role to play in helping address these obstacles through targeted measures such as legal advocacy, financial support, skill development, and networking opportunities.
GCUC
JUNE 19, 2024
GCUC Podcast Recap: Eskew Dumez and Ripple In this podcast episode featuring EskewDumezRipple, José Alvarez, Principal & Architect and Jill Traylor, Director of Interior Design, shed light on the intricate relationship.
American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 19, 2024
TRENTON, N.J. (June 19, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and AfroTech have partnered to host AfroTech Executive 2024 in Newark during this year’s North to Shore Festival. The event will bring together corporate executives, founders, entrepreneurs, and investors for vital discussions on tech innovation, financial literacy and responsibility, and generational wealth creation.
OurCrowd
JUNE 18, 2024
Most of the investment buzz in AI hardware concentrates on the amazing accelerator chips that crunch the math required for neural networks, like Nvidia’s GPUs. But what about the rest of the story?
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Impact Hub
JUNE 19, 2024
World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship This World Refugee Day, let’s look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Every one of us has a role to play in helping address these obstacles through targeted measures such as legal advocacy, financial support, skill development, and networking opportunities.
INBIA
JUNE 21, 2024
Contact: Charles Ross, President and CEO, InBIA cross@inbia.org 239-402-4450 Community Huddle: Leveraging metrics to amplify the work of ESOs Huddle occurred on May 30, 2024 Our huddle was focused on the discussion topic of leveraging metrics to amplify the work of ESOs.
A Smart Bear: Longform
JUNE 16, 2024
We're told "be yourself" to seek happiness and success. But what if "being yourself" also means striving to become better? What is "yourself?
OurCrowd
JUNE 20, 2024
The post [Classiq in Startup News] Classiq collaborates with BMW Group and NVIDIA to drive quantum computing applicability in electrical systems engineering appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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Y Combinator
JUNE 18, 2024
We’re bringing the Female Founders Conference back in person, and we’ll be hosting it on August 2 at our office in the Dogpatch in San Francisco. For the first time since 2018, we’ll gather current and future founders who identify as women together to share their stories, give advice, and make connections. If you are an engineer or scientist and you’re thinking about starting a startup, we hope hearing stories from women founders will inspire you to take the leap your
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 21, 2024
“A drunk man staggers out of a bar and starts searching for something under a streetlight. His friends approach him and ask, ‘What are you looking for?
Mark MacLeod
JUNE 20, 2024
Tune into my conversation with Notch’s CEO, Jordan Huck, where we dive into the critical decisions and pivots that shape a startup’s journey. Delve into the Transcripts for Key Takeaways from this Episode Mark MacLeod:Jordan, welcome to The Startup CEO […] The post Startup Resilience: How Notch Pivoted to Success with Jordan Huck appeared first on Mark MacLeod.
OurCrowd
JUNE 20, 2024
The post [Tabnine in Globe Newswire] Tabnine Adds Support for Cohere Command R Model to Accelerate and Optimize Software Development; Provide Access to More Models appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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