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SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’

TechCrunch LA

Welcome Tech , which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s s SB Opportunity Fund. Its efforts are initially primarily focused on the Hispanic community in the U.S. the company says.

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7 Private Small Business Grants to Apply For in June 2024

Tech.Co

However, you might be surprised to find out how much free capital is available to small businesses in the form of small business grants. The program runs in partnership with Next Street, LISC, and Verizon, and offers online resources to help businesses thrive in the digital economy, in addition to capital.

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Why The LA Dodgers Accelerator Is Combining Sports, Investment and Startups

socalTECH

With the background of our ownership group, and their interest in putting capital to use and our resources to work, we saw the opportunity to create strategic partnerships. That not included the relationships and network that our owners bring to bear, but also capital. That's how we approached it.

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Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures, On Mental Health And Investing In Founders

socalTECH

The logic behind this, is that 80 percent of our bets are founder bets, and we believe we need to use every resource we can to help entrepreneurs be successful in hitting milestones. We often hear that people think there's still not enough capital in LA, what are your thoughts on that? It's a comprehensive bucket. READ MORE>>.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. The best CEOs realize that they must transition from being individual contributors to team builders and adjudicators who settle conflicts of “resource allocations.” As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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7 Good Entrepreneurial Habits That Turn Bad

Startup Professionals Musings

Many pundits feel entrepreneur Jonathan Abrams failed to get the professional management and resources he needed to scale, including turning down an offer from Google for $30 million and was run over by Facebook, a later competitor. You need to nurture non-organic growth partnerships and acquisitions to maximize your valuation.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

InfoChachkie

Such playground friends serve to ensure the startup’s ongoing viability by providing resources, access to customers and technology and market validation. At Computer Motion, we created two alliances, comprised of a dozen companies with an aggregate market capitalization in excess of $28B. True differentiator to each member’s products.