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How to Get a VC's Attention at an IRL Event

This is going to be BIG.

What Alan recognized was that most IRL forums and networking events are absolutely awful places to pitch and here’s why: 1) When a VC shows up in person, they’re looking to replicate the kind of top of the funnel they would get in an hour or two’s worth of e-mail, and that’s not going to happen if you corral them into a corner for 30 minutes.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” In the mid-2000’s, there weren’t a lot of options to do so, as the ecosystem vibe still hadn’t recovered from the dot-com bubble burst. RSVP to the event here.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Offering a “holistic entrepreneurship program,” this residential community has entrepreneurship at every step of the college experience.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition. All Lyft drivers must be friendly, community-oriented drivers who love meeting new people, who can pass a phone screen, an in-person meeting and background & DMV record checks. ParkatmyHouse.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet our 2019 Committee Members Meet the Austin professionals and community leaders who have embraced the Latinitas mission and helped make Startup Chica 2019 a reality. As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more.

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Scott Dorsey’s Attributes of Great SaaS Leaders

Feld Thoughts

I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community. If you don’t know Scott, he was the co-founder and CEO of ExactTarget (2000) – one of the original SaaS companies. Indianapolis’ startup community, like Atlanta’s, is thriving. I put him in the awesome category.

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Disturbing

Austin Startup

We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. As events unfolded in the tech world shortly thereafter, the rules all changed. Just realize that if you are going to play the tech startup game in any way other than as a tourist, dare I say you need “to be disturbed.” (Yes, Do the math.