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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

American Entrepreneurship

Maintaining tight control over your finances will help you navigate the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey. Develop a Strong Network Building a network of advisors, mentors, investors, and peers can be one of your most valuable resources as a founder. Did you mismanage your finances? Was the product-market fit wrong?

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As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works

TechCrunch

At TechCrunch, it often seems as if every other startup story is about yet another fun company raising satchels full of venture capital. One truth is that successfully raising capital from a VC firm is a huge milestone in the life of a startup. That’s a problem for a number of reasons.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. I spoke publicly about Silicon Silliness and how to brand a local startup community here. In LA we have entertainment, finance, textiles, aerospace, transportation, fashion and so forth.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Alternative financing, Web3 adoption, India’s hot Q3 fundraising

TechCrunch

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. Early Q3 indications show India’s startup ecosystem is going gangbusters. Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We do run the Christchurch Startup Hub, Te O Haka, on the Ara campus here in Christchurch, where I’m sitting today.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .