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Next 10 Ventures is launching an incubator for YouTube personalities

TechCrunch LA

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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Taylor Freeman of UploadVR on Building a Passionate Culture for Good

Tech.Co

I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. Taylor started pushing out content through social media and share what was happening in the industry. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The program, called The EduCator Incubator, planned to seed 25 to 40 “emerging video creators” with $25,000 to $75,000 in seed funding. invests exclusively in the space.

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Hiring Bounty Wants To End The Frustration Caused By Recruitment Agents

Tech Zulu Event

As an employer in the Social Media age I find it ground breaking.” Bootstrapping or seed funded? .” Gary Willmott. Co Founder of Urbian. “There are those who have already cottoned onto what could be one of the biggest advances in Job placement. ” Gareth McGuire. CEO/founder, Breed.

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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

TechCrunch LA

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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6 Keys To Selecting The Right Business Future For You

Startup Professionals Musings

In my view, no amount of academic education can prepare you for the challenges of running a business, but real experience will quickly open your eyes to some of the challenges, and let you know how much you enjoy responding to these on a day-to-day basis. At this stage, good relationships are more important than knowledge.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Teach Like You’re the Student - Steve Blank , August 10, 2010 “I never have let my schooling interfere with my education.”. We’re Living In The Dark Ages Of Social Media - rosskimbarovsky.com , August 9, 2010 If you believe the media and social media “experts&# , we’re living in the Renaissance of social media.

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