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MARCH 10, 2011

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. The success of YCombinator and Techstars has spawned countless new incubators. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Register India’s startup incubator, T-Hub , has introduced the Space Tech Incubation Program as part of the AIC T-Hub Foundation initiative. Rajesh Adla , CEO of AIC T-Hub Foundation, expressed enthusiasm about introducing the Space Tech Incubation Program under the AIC T-Hub Foundation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. I think this makes no sense.

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APRIL 21, 2011

But I am also someone who is very colored by my past experience of seeing the venture implosion after the first bubble and walking through the fundraising tumbleweed of late 2008. Startup success is a team effort and you can't just have great entrepreneurs. If it doesn't, you pack up your marbles and go home to try something else.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. “CVC, as you know, is a venture capital play. We are much more interested in creating joint businesses and joint ventures. So far, that sounds like any other corporate incubator.

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JULY 30, 2012

Interacting with a venture firm these days can feel like ordering from Seamless. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

There's no specific agenda or goal, other than to bring together all of the people that have an interest in this great community and its ability to incubate cutting edge and creative ideas. Now we can honestly say that NYC is a great place to build a venture backed company. Now, it's actually true.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Since I launched Brooklyn Bridge Ventures , a lot of people have asked me why I put the fund in Brooklyn. Eighty percent of Etsy's employees live in Brooklyn and I'd venture to say that half the startup community in general lives here. 2) There's a trend towards wanting to work closer to home. You're seeting it in Downtown SF.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The other day, Ron Conway said at an event that “ he hopes that any entrepreneur that has “the guts” to start a company gets funded.” Too many entrepreneurs start out their business endeavors with an investment pitch. That’s what makes venture capital such a risky investment.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Fast Forward acts as the company’s co-founder.

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MARCH 21, 2012

You can jump into an incubator program and take it to the next level after just three months. In the NYC tech scene, you can quit your Wall Street job, move into a coworking space, and call yourself an entrepreneur all in the same day--good idea optional.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The company announced today it has raised $10 million in Series A funding co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation and edtech-focused GSV Ventures. The round also included participation from returning investors Sequoia Capital India’s Surge and AC Ventures. This marks the first time both have made an investment in Indonesia.

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MARCH 28, 2011

There's nothing that used to make me feel more like a pompous VC than when I would respond to an entrepreneur by saying their idea isn't big enough--that a success for them would likely be too small for what our firm was looking for. You are the entrepreneur. That's when I realized I was arguing the wrong side of this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

On top of that, most of a school's major donors are likely to be entrepreneurs in some way. They don't have to be big, contrived incubators--just a few couches and maybe a plug or two--and open wifi. You undoubtedly have alumni entrepreneurs who are motivated to come back and assist you. Kick the faculty out.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

Many through history became entrepreneurs precisely because they were unemployable. When my pal Dave started his venture fund, 500 Startups, he was ridiculed. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. I don’t know an entrepreneur or a VC who wouldn’t cut him in on any deal.”

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APRIL 15, 2011

That's not easy to do here, because there are a ton of other great entrepreneurs and opportunities here. What Techstars proved yesterday was that they could come to New York City, be native, participate and support the ecosystem, and be a serious consideration for the best of entrepreneurs. So, I'm happy they're there and I'm here.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners. I agree with him. My guest today is Nate Redmond.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Register MADCash , the Malaysian fintech startup specializing in zero-interest micro-funding for women entrepreneurs, has successfully concluded its pre-Series A funding round with a RM 5 million investment. Artem Ventures led the investment charge, with contributions from MSW Ventures and the ScaleUp Founders Fund.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Here are a bunch of things I don''t do: I won''t do office hours anymore at incubators and accelerators. So many entrepreneurs beg for just a few minutes of my time. There are roughly 400 venture deals being done in NYC each year these days, and maybe about 30% or so of those are seed financings. Venture Capital & Technology'

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It wasn’t long before the First Round team was out walking the walk and talking the talk in our NYC Incubator Crawl , and backing it up with their work and time spent here. I’m early in my venture capital career and want to leverage the accumulated knowledge of all of the people around me.

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MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Passionate Entrepreneurs & Ambassadors. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally.

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APRIL 27, 2010

Sramana Mitra said not to long ago in Forbes : “I have come to observe that most business school programs have an extensive emphasis on fundraising, especially from venture capitalists, and very little pragmatic understanding of what it really takes to get a venture off the ground. No revenues, no costs. Same with students.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For years, tech companies, talent, and venture capital were concentrated on the coasts — a precedent the pandemic tipped, if not flipped. To start and scale the next industry-transforming startups, entrepreneurs need to feel empowered to take big shots, some of which they’ll miss.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

It wants to unite this with LG’s own strengths and advantages, including the wider investor landscape, big tech, academia, the entrepreneur community and LG’s own sales and marketing channels, where appropriate.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2022

Register GetVantage , a revenue-based finance platform (RBF), has raised $36 million in funding, backed by returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan as well as Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund and DMI Sparkle Fund. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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MAY 2, 2010

I’ve met so many amazing entrepreneurs and innovators there—and creatives, and various levels of celebs. No, we’re not going to create an incubator—we’re investors first and foremost, not landlords. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology.

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

Talk of buildings and incubators reminded me of the story of Building 20 from "Where Good Ideas Come From". ".Legendary The entrepreneurs in New York City didn't learn how to run companies from their long histories at Amazon or Google--they learned from each other.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. First-time entrepreneurs may find the startup adventure daunting without having the right guidance and perspective. As an entrepreneur, you must develop a thick skin and stay motivated, even during difficult times.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

What I definitely don't want to do is to do another startup--I think I'm much better at helping other entrepreneurs and being generally "entrepreneurial" than actually running a company. Would you stay on the venture capital side? Run an accelerator/incubator? Plus, it's something I really love doing.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Of these, only 70,000 get angel investment, and less than 5,000 get venture capital. But the problem is that entrepreneurs realise these mistakes only after they make it and get rejected. Moreover, as an entrepreneur, never be greedy. A prominent mistake entrepreneurs make is by not focusing much on the pitch deck.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We now have incubators, accelorators, business plan competitions, and government backed seed programs, but it's not clear to me that this is where the pain is or where the impact is. Just because you help more people start doesn't mean you automatically get more success stories.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

First Growth Venture Network formed to mentor high potential seed and early stage companies. NYC Seed announces a summer incubator for 2010 that includes 20k investments. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. About a year and a half ago, I wrote that New York needed more dedicated early stage capital. Here’s how it works.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

Being a female entrepreneur is looking better each and every day. The number one challenge women face is a significant disadvantage in securing access to venture capital funding compared to their male peers. of all venture capital in the US went to companies founded solely by women. In 2017, just 2.2% In 2017, just 2.2%

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JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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