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Share Ventures, an LA-based studio for company creation, is MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt’s next act

TechCrunch LA

Watt says Share Ventures will operate as a holding company with pooled equity shared across the employees at the company. based incubator company that’s a few miles up the road from Share Ventures Los Angeles home base. . “Our investors are getting founders takes in all the companies that we build,” Watt says.

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Boost Your New Venture By Teaming With An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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EV subscription startup Canoo, co-founder sued for alleged harassment

TechCrunch LA

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court makes a number of allegations against Stefan Krause and Canoo, including that Christina Krause was paid less than other founding members and not given the co-founder designation or the equity stake that often comes with that title despite being a founding employee.

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. This morning, Snap joined a host of startup accelerators shifting its demo day online amid the COVID-19 quarantine.

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7 Myths That Kill Many Businesses Before They Start

Startup Professionals Musings

Bootstrapping allows you to maintain full control of your startup strategy, retain maximum equity, and avoid the time delay and energy spent to attract outside investors. Most successful startups spring from local incubators. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/23/2018.

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Next 10 Ventures is launching an incubator for YouTube personalities

TechCrunch LA

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. ” Applications to the incubator opened today and close November 17, 2018. Through this content, they may discover a field or a topic they haven’t had access to.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

The startup has already secured a seed investment from Maveron and CRV, TechCrunch has learned, and will receive another $150,000 in exchange for 7% equity upon entering YC next year. million Series A led by Puma Private Equity, a U.K.-focused The firm even launched an accelerator for YouTube personalities in late 2018.

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