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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

Eren Bali arrived in Silicon Valley from Turkey in 2010 hoping to relaunch Udemy , his online education company. Eren came to the US from Turkey to work at a Silicon Valley tech startup, which is actually where I first met him a few years ago. How did you first get into tech and come to Silicon valley?

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. Knowing the culture well, I find this entirely believable.).

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What it’s like to start your own startup accelerator

The Next Web

At their heart, seed accelerators are defined length programs (usually 3 months) where early stage startups are provided seed capital, mentorship, co-working space (though not always) and other services in the hope of removing the barriers to startup success… or failure. What is an accelerator? So back to TechStars.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. .&# The group also hosts its annual QPrize competition, awarding winners with $750,000 in seed funding.

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

maplebutter.com

Build something then demo it to people. I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). How can we attract attention from investors and press in silicon valley without moving there? You don’t need to move to Silicon Valley.