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Virtual Accelerators— The Fog of War

This is part 2 of a 3 part series on Virtual Accelerators for startup founder’s and entrepreneurs. Part 2 — The Fog of War So. what happens during the typical 12 week Virtual Accelerator program? Don’t be fooled. A virtual accelerator program is more intense than you might expect. It will take more

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Virtual Accelerators — What you Need to Know

Virtual Accelerators are one of the most prominent startup trends of the past 5 years — booming in the post-pandemic Zoom era. Hundreds (even thousands) of organizations around the world are now offering a variety of startup-acceleration programs. If you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about launching a startup, you might be tempted

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5 1/2 Questions for Scott McNealy

Scott McNealy
Co-Founder, Former Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Co-Founder, and Board Member, Curriki — Our Children’s Future, Our Future

Scott McNealy is an outspoken advocate for personal liberty, small government, and free-market competition. In 1982, he co-Founded Sun Microsystems and served as CEO and Chairman of the Board for

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5 1/2 Questions

5 1/2 Questions for Geoff Ralston

Entrepreneur, Investor, and President at Y Combinator.

Geoff has been president of Y Combinator since early 2019. He has been with YC for over ten years, joining Paul Graham as one of the first non-founder partners in 2011. Geoff has worked with hundreds of YC companies like Stripe, Gingko, Clever, Helion

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Startups — Nailing the Funding Application

Getting Past the Judges Entrepreneurs — you’ve got a startup venture with a cool idea and a product. Now you need a little funding to get to the next level. Maybe Angel funding? Perhaps you’ll apply to an accelerator that offers some investment money. Maybe enter a funding competition? It’s not a bad

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Startup Lessons Learned in an Incubator

l’m not a fan of  top-10 lists or blog posts like “5 easy ways to become a success“, but a recent article, 10 Lessons Learned In an Incubator – Entrepreneur Stories  gets it right – except that the author, most likely, is referring to accelerators and not incubators.  There is

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It’s Official: Phoenix is the New Silicon Valley

Arizona No. 1 for startups, Kauffman study finds Arizona had the highest entrepreneurial activity rate of any state last year, according to new research from the Kauffman Foundation. – Phoenix Business Journal Definitely worth of a major shout-out When I arrived in Arizona 4 years ago to help them build

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