TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The EduCreator Incubator will seed 25 to 40 “emerging video creators” with $25,000 to $75,000 in seed funding, depending on their location, and will enroll them in a 12-month mentorship program. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. In education, I believe we are seeing the first wave of educational games as they were meant to be � engaging and self-directed learning paths that the best teachers use to drive deeper understanding of core subjects.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

million in seed funding, Snipfeed plans to build out its e-commerce tools so that creators can sell physical products on their link-in-bio (Beacons and Linktree are also working on this with their recent funding rounds — but Beacons’ and Snipfeed’s seed rounds are small compared to Linktree’s Series B ).

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Platform Commerce Startup Tool 286

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Venice, California-based GIGXR , a new startup, has acquired the assets of Pearson Immersive Learning Group , a unit of publishing firm Pearson, and raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

We've defined an accelerator program as a class-based, limited-time program which ties mentors, educational events, and often, seed funding, to help ideas become startups, and to help get startups to the point where they are fund-able.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. College group projects force students to develop a diplomatic leadership style, in order to encourage their peers (whom they cannot order around) to accept their suggestions.

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Entrepreneur Case Study Education Seed Funding 150

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co.

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Media News Organization Content 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I love how open Danielle has been throughout the development of her startup Mattermark including honest reflections of when she has changed her opinion. I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. I simply want founders to be educated on the topic to be helpful.

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Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou (www.enrou.co) thinks it has a way--by connecting people with products that also help support international development and causes, via its own online marketplace. Ann Wang: Enrou is an online, content driven marketplace for products in developing communities around the world. What is Enrou?

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Commerce Help UCLA Organization 140

Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5

Startup 70

Startup Web Development Design Education 70

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The outside mentors can then help them in making projections, looking into their marketing and business development plans, and look at sales projections and organization. We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that. They'll even help them with presentation skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well.

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Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co.

Media 70

Media News Organization Content 70

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The CEO of Patreon , one of the first businesses to develop a tech solution for artists and creators seeking consistent income, recently announced Super Patron, a $50,000-per-year grant for creators, according to The Verge. invests exclusively in the space. The firm even launched an accelerator for YouTube personalities in late 2018.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are - Chris Dixon , July 5, 2010 Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash&# looming. Customer Development Diagnostics over Lunch. But then — Kim Kardashian is the only one who can make a living tweeting. at a $2.5M

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

To date we’ve placed 5 candidates including a Senior Front End Developer at Woolworths and Community Manager at Famous Brands. Bootstrapping or seed funded? We have numerous candidates in various stages of the interview process including a number reviewing offers. Testimonies from your clients so far?

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Startup Incubator Marketing Seed Funding 71

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Teach Like You’re the Student - Steve Blank , August 10, 2010 “I never have let my schooling interfere with my education.”. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. Develop your business plan. Developer. Short-sighted, no? Mark Twain. You can bootstrap your way into existence.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

So far at the company I have raised seed funds of $500,000 of which $470,000 is still in the bank so I’m in pretty good shape. But how do you convince millions of people that need to be educated that they have a document management problems to upload their documents in the first place? We have invested heavily in this.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274