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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

I think you’ll learn more in watching the 20-minute interview that Troy Carter and I did than you will in most tech interviews because he cuts down to the raw essence of what it takes any product to be discovered and nurtured and the power of being able to connect the right emerging artist with the right influencers in a market.

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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. There is a growing fellowship of special-case start-up programs operated by closely-knit, permanent groups of angel-mentors.

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

Startup Professionals Musings

TechStars has several excellent mentors on staff, led by founder and CEO David Cohen. The incubation period is very short and intense, usually intending to drive entrepreneurs from ideas to marketable products in a matter of months. Look for the best mentors, and the toughest regimen for program survival.

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How More Women Are Becoming Angel Investors, with Eva Yazhari

socalTECH

In a bid to change that, there are a few groups working on helping women entrepreneurs, investors, and others, including the Pipeline Fellowship (www.pipelinefellowship.com), which recently launched itself into the Los Angeles market. As a mentor, it''s my job to guide them through that process. What is the Pipeline Fellowship?

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Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood, LA Tech Summit, and Idea to Screen | Why You Need to Attend Any or All

Tech Zulu Event

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. Online content isn’t a small market, nor is it going away anytime soon.

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Why Female Founder Office Hours is So Important

Both Sides of the Table

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. The importance of screening this film is to raise the awareness of bias within men!” You don’t get it.

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Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

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They've provided a completely free facility, furniture, Internet access, mentoring, sponsorship--all of those things are provided for free. We're providing a very unique benefit, which is an entrepreneur-friendly incubator. Is there a screening process or criteria for firms to use the facilities? So, that't the foundation.

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