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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

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This morning, Snap joined a host of startup accelerators shifting its demo day online amid the COVID-19 quarantine. With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation.

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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

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The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S. Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. — hailing from Mexico City, this startup makes mini games in augmented reality for brands and advertisers. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. “There’s something going on in LA.” LA By The Numbers.

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Disney Accelerator Shows Off First Class Of Startups

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The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

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Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup

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conversation literally every week with startups. You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it. Internally at Upfront it’s an entrepreneur who has enough of a proven track record that they can raise a $5–10 million A-round based on their prior experiences.

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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

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From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl).

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

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There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up because, “How could they succeed when they’re not even profitable!”

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