Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 21, 2020

Contributed by Shawn Johal, business growth coach, leadership speaker and co-founder of DALS Lighting, Inc. He is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Montreal chapter. . “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” –Jonathan Swift. Do you ever wake up wishing you had enough money to stop working and the option to follow your passion without any worries?

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Dream It

JULY 20, 2020

When you’re raising a bridge round and pitching investors, their first reaction may be that you’re in trouble. To overcome this, you’ll need to properly address your reason for raising bridge funding. In this #DreamitDose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh gives founders tips on how to frame their bridge round ask, overcome assumptions investors often make, and provides a general way to structure startup bridge round pitches.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2020

Podcasts have emerged as a major new category in media/entertainment/news/education etc. We have seen huge deals for big podcast hosts like Bill Simmons and Joe Rogan, both of whom did transactions with Spotify for nine-figure amounts. But as Spotify (and surely others to follow) lock-up top podcast content to strengthen their subscription offerings, we stand to lose something awesome about podcasts which is the ability to listen to them for free on any platform we choose.

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Venture Well

JULY 21, 2020

More university programs are fostering industry partnerships, and giving students real-world opportunities to address environmental issues. . The post students and industry partnering for the planet: when waste leads to good business appeared first on VentureWell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

Contributed by Kaelee Nelson, writer and content specialist. There are now over 1 million novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide. In an effort to stop the spread and “flatten the curve” through social distancing, much of the world has been on a stay-at-home order. Many nonessential businesses have been forced to close their doors to the public during this pandemic.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 24, 2020

I am a big believer in the saying “you can’t be what you can’t see.” And I have spent a lot of time and energy finding ways for young people to see careers in science, technology, and innovation so that they can put themselves on a course to have one themselves. I came across a series of books for kids called The Steamchasers on Kickstarter today.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 24, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Seventeen companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will allow them to further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. The Ben Franklin program, which has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years, recently received additional funding support from the Department of Community and Economic Development to invest in its portfolio cli

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020. While most of the news covering the pandemic’s impact on commerce has highlighted the growth in business to consumer (B2C) e-commerce, little has been said about how business to business (B2B) commerce has changed.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

The world is passing through a very tough time in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic. As we know, nobody remains unaffected from the attack of the deadly virus. And the world has been burning the midnight oil to find a solution for yet another growing major concern, an uncertain future. The power of creativity (and more) can help. Businesses are crumbling, unemployment is on the rise, liquidity crisis deepens in all the countries, and the world has slipped into recession.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 21, 2020

The Linux Foundation announced its Linux Foundation Public Health initiative yesterday. They are starting with two open-source exposure alerting apps called Covid Shield and Covid Green. These are two apps that use the Google Apple Exposure Notification (GAEN) infrastructure. The codebase for both apps has been open-sourced. The Linux Foundation had this to say: “To catalyze this open source development, Linux Foundation Public Health is building a global community of leading technology an

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Impact Hub

JULY 22, 2020

UN Photo by P.Sudhakaran. “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world a better place we so passionately dreamt of ”, 18 July was International Nelson Mandela Day and these words are still as valid and important as they were the day Nelson Mandela spoke them aloud. The birthday of Nelson Mandela is celebrated in South Africa on July 18th every year.

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OurCrowd

JULY 22, 2020

15-million cases and 617,000 deaths. To many, the quick spread and drastic transformation of society at the turn of the coronavirus pandemic was a shock. That’s not to say many didn’t see it coming: WHO published a strategic action plan for pandemic influenza in 2007 and in 2014 Bill Gates, representing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, presented a TED Talk about his anticipation of both a pandemic and societal lack of preparation for such an international medical crisis.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 22, 2020

In a conversation with John Register , Paralympian and fellow inspirational keynote speaker, Ramon Ray shares insights on how to get out of a "funk" and have a mindset of positivity. They also discuss the art of becoming a celebrity CEO, making tough decisions, and leaving a legacy. It’s not surprising to feel a bit low as Covid-19 upends our way of life and it looks like there’s still quite the journey until the end of the pandemic.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 22, 2020

Discussing the state of Black entrepreneurship and the broader New Majority. Since their inception, 1863 Ventures has been unwavering in their commitment to building wealth in Black communities. In an effort to elevate the voices of those equally committed to the New Majority, they are organizing a town hall to explore and discuss the state of Black entrepreneurship and the broader New Majority.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 20, 2020

Contact: April Stuart. (405) 319-8260. astuart@phfokc.com. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 20, 2020: The Presbyterian Health Foundation has awarded nearly $4.6 million in biomedical research grants to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). “We remain steadfastly committed to funding cutting-edge biomedical research on the Oklahoma Health Center campus,” said PHF President Tom R.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 18, 2020

In this era, virtual events have replaced IRL events. Virtual events have many obvious benefits. No hotels, no event venues, no catering, no ensuring guests are in the right city at the right time. But there are unanticipated benefits that are only now coming to light. Many of our portfolio companies have experimented with virtual events quite successfully.

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OurCrowd

JULY 21, 2020

Today’s installment highlights the career and vision of Israel-based entrepreneur, angel investor and polyglot OurCrowd Managing Partner Denes Ban. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in EKMH Innovators] Interview: Serial Entrepreneur / OurCrowd Managing Partner Denes Ban on the Crisis, Investing, Startups, Teamwork, Philanthropy and the Blues appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Berkonomics

JULY 23, 2020

How about outside investors? Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists, or angels, have put in substantial money and the sales price is less than the value of their investment. Most all experienced VC and angel investors have found themselves in such a situation, since it is the unfortunate truth that half of their investments fail, on average, within the first several years of the investment.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 20, 2020

Business owners do a lot of things they shouldn’t be doing, and administrative tasks are at the top of the list. Every hour scheduling or rescheduling calls and meetings, adding people to your contacts or CRM, answering the phone, checking email and all the other stuff that someone else is better and faster at doing than you are, is an hour not being spent on high-value activities like business development, refining the customer experience and building up your team.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 23, 2020

By: Lance Cottrell, North Bay Angels Editors Note - The following article shares points from one investor to founders. ACA wants to know – does your group have similar expectations? Or, do you have additional advice for founders who pitch to your group? I answer more questions and provide more coaching about investor pitches than anything else. Once you decide that you need investment to grow your company, your task as a founder is to convince investors to give it to you.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. Now in its fifth year, this program is the most robust in the region and boasts more than 160 participating companies, comprised of both seasoned founders and first-time entrepreneurs, all of whom have gained valuable insight from e3. .

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 23, 2020

If you want to help an entrepreneur get through a demo day or pick up a few seed investors, you can do it by covering the basics. But if you want to help an entrepreneur raise serious money, you are going to have to dig deeper into your bag of tricks and address some of the advanced issues. These are the critical areas where pitches are almost always too shallow.

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INBIA

JULY 24, 2020

The post The Post-Pandemic Entrepreneurial Support Organization (ESO) appeared first on InBIA.

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Health Tech Capital

JULY 24, 2020

Watch this video panel with Anne DeGheest on the new Covid investment trends

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. Now in its fifth year, this program is the most robust in the region and boasts more than 160 participating companies, comprised of both seasoned founders and first-time entrepreneurs, all of whom have gained valuable insight from e3. .

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