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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

CDFIs may be credit unions, economic development entities, nonprofit lenders, small banks, microfinance lenders, venture capital firms, or community development corporations focused on low- to moderate-income housing. Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are one type of community lender.

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3 Proven Methods for Women Entrepreneurs to Overcome Funding Gaps

Up and Running

Statistically, women earn only 7 percent of venture capital investments overall. Amoruso’s company has had some significant challenges lately , but her ability to hook venture capital investors over the lifespan of her company has been exceptional. See Also: What Do Venture Capital Firms Want?

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Government. Complaining About Capital. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Venture Capital Matters. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Entrepreneurs.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

The privately held company is headquartered in Los Altos, California and is backed by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Emergence Capital Partners, General Atlantic, Meritech Capital Partners, NEA, Scale Venture Partners, and U.S.

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Building An Effective Board For Your Startup

Duct Tape Marketing

Prior to co-founding Foundry, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and is also a co-founder of Techstars. Co-founder of Foundry Mo's venture capital and tech stars, but he's also the author of a number of books, including one we're gonna talk about today. Brad has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 13 – ONR– Rear Admiral Lorin Selby

Steve Blank

It is the “venture capital” of the Navy and Marine Corps. Founded in August 1946 in the aftermath of World War II, ONR provided support of research projects at universities when government funding to universities had dried up. And some of that is changing those organizational constructs that still have us back in 1994.