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How TuesdayNights is Helping Women Entrepreneurs Connect With Capital

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So, to help other female entrepreneurs, they founded TuesdayNights (www.tuesdaynights.org), a group in LA which helps female entrepreneurs connect with capital and each other to improve their access to capital. We actually started the organization in 2013. What is the most difficult challenge that women entrepreneurs face?

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce.

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Celgene-Seeded PharmAkea Sells Last Fibrotic Drug Candidate to Galecto

Xconomy

When a group of scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals wanted to start a new biotech after the company’s 2011 acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb , Celgene provided seed funding. Eventually Celgene kicked in $35 million more for a research collaboration, an equity stake, and an exclusive option to acquire the startup, PharmAkea Therapeutics.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. Still though, when founders are seeking funding, “ 75 percent of the venture capital goes to three states: Massachusetts, New York, and California,” said Steve Case in an interview with Recode. Watch our video series at SXSW 2018 with The Case Foundation.

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Data Elite | First Venture Lab for Big Data Launched by Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway & Others

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Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms.

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How Thrively Wants To Help Your Child Reach Their Full Potential

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There''s lots of research out there which shows that when kids can really find a passion they can love, and can get behind it and which they can pursue with all their energy, it transforms the experience of childhood and relieves a lot of the challenges that come with childhood. What''s the funding status of your company--how are you funded?

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Find Out What Tech Is Emerging From the Ozarks

Tech.Co

In this interview with #StartupsEverywhere , I talk withMichael Iseman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Startup Junkie, about the mentorship pool, knowledge transfer, the latest happening in the ecosystem and the energy of this community within the region. Hunt Transport which makes the ecosystem ripe for startups to thrive.