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An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress

TechCrunch LA

The proposal sets out four big initiatives, including zero-emissions vehicle manufacturing, assembly and adoption; zero-emissions infrastructure investments; commitments to public transit investments; workforce development; and job training. billion set aside for workforce retraining and education.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

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Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. 5) Rincon Venture Partners recently invested in The Resumator , which we identified via AngelList. Long-term, we may start investing in some of these companies as they go through. AngelList is the productization of that.

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Seven Ways Universities Can Help All Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Every university has educational courses and can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Don’t look here for venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage government grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. So back to MBAs.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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It was a pleasure to write them myself. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups.