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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

YoungUpstarts

Make no mistake, there is a small but mighty insurtech community, but the ecosystem is higher on cash than talent. And then there’s New York-based Lemonade, the most recent insurtech startup to make its way into California. The fusion of insurance and technology, so-called insurtech, is one way that’s happening.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Who else would publicly try to launch people into space so that one day we might be able to fly people from New York to Tokyo in 90 minutes. Now they are partners.

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The SBA Needs To Get It’s Act Together On The PPP

VC Adventure

Many VCs urged caution (see my post describing Foundry’s view that companies should carefully consider if they met the program criteria for example, and a New York Times article on the subject , as just two examples), wanting to make sure that any company applying truly qualified for the money.

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Strengthening Community Ties: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Better Approach Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Board Effect

While they’re experts at running nonprofit organizations, nonprofit board members don’t always understand their communities or the social context of the issues that affect their constituencies. 2018-A New York study, What Lies Beneath: The State of NYC. of nonprofit boards were white.

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Jason Fried is on Cloud Nine

Growthink Blog

Jason is also the author of Rework, a New York Times bestseller on entrepreneurship, technology, and design. Just take any week of venture financings these last few years and you will find that almost all of the companies funded to be cloud-delivered software businesses. 10 million.

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. Are you new to the Austin Startup Community? Come hear a comprehensive overview from a local community leader and get a chance to introduce yourself and ask questions.

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Fueling Your Growth With Facebook Groups And Communities

Duct Tape Marketing

Fueling Your Growth With Facebook Groups And Communities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John is the VP of Community & Impact Partnerships at Facebook. Prior to joining Facebook, he was the president of Digital, News, Business, and Sports Properties at Time Inc. Like this show?