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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. As a founder, ask yourself – does your business actually warrant VC funding?

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Besides, company founders have to learn first-hand what it takes to win over customers. First from the corporate sector within Battelle – and then regionally, building innovation and startup support systems in Oklahoma, Ohio and advising several regions of the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. Meredith Hitchcock , co-founder and COO of RideAlong, with the judges Austin Tech Alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting civic engagement in Austin’s tech sector. pdfs sent to the entire force.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

He is the founder and former Co-Chairman and CEO of Motion Computing. at Oklahoma State University and his MBA at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. ABOUT THE AUTHORS David Altounian is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Bill Munday School of Business at St. Edward’s University.

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College Fitness Wins Global Student Entrepreneur Award

Campus Entrepreneurship

Congrats to TCU student Brent Skoda, founder of CollegeFitness.com! million in revenue expected this year, and landed partnerships with such companies and universities as Google and the University of Oklahoma. We’ve seen a lot of solid entrepreneurs coming out of TCU. From Kent Bernhardt Jr. Read more: [link].

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Today, startup founders focus on the fundamental challenges of our time with energy, life sciences and industrial technologies dominating Houston’s tech scene. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

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