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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Solutions (DEIS) Practicum

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Instead, we are being intentional about how to support an increasing number of Black board members, founders, CEOs, teams, suppliers, and anti-racist products. DEIS will present practical solutions for startup teams, accelerators, ecosystem builders, investors, and big tech companies. It is not a performative event. No hashtags here.

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Techstars Equity Back Guarantee

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Today Techstars announced an “ equity back guarantee ” for any company that goes through the Techstars program starting in 2015. We periodically encounter founders during the selection process who question the value of Techstars. So we decided to launch an equity back guarantee. Techstars equity back guarantee'

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The Racial Equity Ecosystem Pledge

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I’ve agreed to: Do a monthly podcast called Equity.District with Rodney on racial equity in entrepreneurial ecosystems and other issues around racial equity in entrepreneurship. Help organize and co-host a Racial Equity conference inclusive of Rodney’s network, my network, and anyone else who wants to participate.

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Denver Startup Week 2020

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Denver Startup Week , the largest startup week in the world, happens next week. I’m involved in a bunch of stuff this year, which I’ll list below, but I want to highlight a few specific events, including the Keynote Kickoff with Robert Smith of Vista Equity Partners who grew up in Denver.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

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Here’s the punchline: if you run your company as if you have closed a VC equity financing round even though you actually closed a convertible debt round, you’ll be in much better shape when it comes time to raise your Series A financing. So why would you treat your debt investors (somewhat) like equity investors? Sound familiar?

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Rally Gives $1.3 Million To The Boulder Community

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The picture to the left is of Ryan Martens, Rally’s founder and CTO, giving Josie Health, the CEO of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County , a check for $676,000. I remember numerous conversations with Ryan about this. He wanted to build a sense of corporate social responsibility into Rally from day one.

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Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment

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Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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