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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

These might include, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. . For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Our initial test market: We want to make America functional again by helping our users, such as major advocacy organizations and corporations, promote majoritarian-supported policies, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. .

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

The benefits of using incubators and accelerators are fairly straightforward: not only do they offer seed capital, but they also help encourage the startup’s success. The amount of capital can vary, ranging from $150,000 and up, and they typically require equity in exchange for the funding.

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We Need More Entrepreneurs In Congress

Feld Thoughts

Martin is running for Congress in Upstate New York (District 22) as an Independent. He saw first hand how the lack of new, innovative companies caused some of the best talent in Upstate New York to leave – and decided to do something about it. I recently got a call from a long time friend, Martin Babinec.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. I’m not in the e-commerce space, but when I see things like Zappos tagging users as they browse products and then retarget them with ads when their on the new york time, I think “Damn, that’s cool”. What would be the best way to find one ¿?

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. The plummeting cost of getting a first product to market (particularly for Internet startups) has shaken up the venture capital industry.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

In the last century, while startups continued to innovate in each new wave of technology, the rate of innovation was constrained by limitations we only now can understand. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. First, Venture Capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

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