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Why experience sharing is key to entrepreneurial growth

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. Under an advice framework, my Forum-mates take turns telling me what I should do in my specific situation. In my experience.

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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We like to know that when we call our peers they truly are the best fit for the company in which we’ve invested. Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. Watching him develop over the past 4.5 Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate.

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Singapore-based open finance startup Finantier gets backing from Y Combinator

TechCrunch

Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on. Open banking refers mainly to payment accounts, while open finance, Finantier’s specialty, covers a larger gamut of services, including business lending, mortgages and insurance underwriting.

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

TechCrunch

The company says that it provides interested clubs with the back office framework, legal and tax support and has a platform where leaders can look for capital raise opportunities, meet other members and manage portfolios. Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5

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With open banking on the horizon, the fintech-SME love story is just beginning

TechCrunch

At its most fundamental level, open banking refers to the process of using APIs to open up consumers’ financial data to third parties. The fintech sector has been hugely successful (and hugely profitable) for much of the last decade, and even more so during the pandemic. Open banking and data freedom.

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EO Accelerator Grads on Growing In Business and In Marriage

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I was referred to EO Accelerator by a former EO member and applied to the program in 2015. which helped cement our way of thinking and get a framework for planning goals. It gives founders the tools and accountability to take their business to the next level. How did you hear about EO Accelerator?

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Habitual is using digital support plus food replacement to help reverse type 2 diabetes

TechCrunch

London-based Habitual , a healthtech startup which offers a weight loss program aimed at people with type 2 diabetes (or prediabetes) that combines “evidence-based” food replacement with digital support to help people manage and even reverse the condition (so they can be medication free), has closed a $2.3 million seed round.

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