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BE 2.0: When Your BHAG Forces Innovation

Paul G. Silva

” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. In our next post, we’ll explore how trust enables teams to take the risks needed for breakthrough thinking. The safe play would have been scaling to 9 or 12. Learn More For more on BHAGs, check out Chapter 4 of BE 2.0,

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Crowdstrike Accepting Applications for its Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with AWS

American Entrepreneurship

NVIDIA Joins to support next generation of global cloud security companies Global cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike announced it is accepting applications for its second annual Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with Amazon WebServices (AWS).

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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. Companies participating in the accelerator program, which is mostly remote, benefit from the region’s growing battery industry cluster enabled by New Energy New York ( NENY). 25, 2024, 1–2 p.m.

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Ask Sophie: Which visas are best for U.S. startup accelerators?

TechCrunch

B-1 business visitor visa You and your co-founder can get a B-1 business visitor visa to participate in the accelerator program, which will enable you to stay initially for six months. startup accelerators? Now, let me dive into the visa options for coming to the United States. what you do while you’re in the U.S.,

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

One clear differentiator is that the company functions as an enabler (at payment rails and the core infrastructure) within banking and payments. “The focus was to leverage our ability as an enabler to create proprietary technology for both segments.” Appzone clearly plays a different game from other African fintechs.

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Thai healthcare, surgery marketplace HD raises $6m in funding

AsiaTechDaily

The startup, which operates the HDmall platform in Thailand and Indonesia, is excited to announce that it has successfully raised funding from a group of investors incl. HD is also one of ten startups recently accepted into the Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia program.

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Top Grand Rapids Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

BAMF Health of Grand Rapids is a precision-medicine startup that aims to create a world-class radiotracer translational platform through AI-enabled molecular imaging and theranostics. Treatments aim to create precision diagnostics and solutions for diseases and accelerate treatment onset. BAMF Health. Building Catalyst.