The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is comprised of two rounds of submission. The first submission is open to anyone meeting our eligibility criteria and consists of an Executive Summary and PowerPoint pitch deck. After a round of judging by industry experts, five semi-finalists in each track will move on to a second round. Additionally, the five runners up not selected as the semi-finalis
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Posted by admin 187 days ago (http://www.mit100k.org)Why Networking Sucks for Introverts (and one way I'm trying to fix it for us)
Posted by admin 187 days ago (http://blog.nahurst.com)
Networking can really suck for introverts. I know because I'm one of them. You're probably thinking, "Of course! Introverts are shy and have trouble with social interactions." However, introversion is much more complex and encompasses an overlapping spectrum of feelings. In general, the terms "introvert" and "extrovert" describe social preferences, not social capabilities, and it's important to r
Today, I received notice that the NVCA has formally rejected two parts of this lengthy-titled bill. (You just have to love the names they put on these bills). Don’t let your eyes glaze over – this bill, if enacted with currently wording could really hurt innovation in this country.As I previously wrote, Senator Dodd brought wants to repeal the existing federal preemption of state regulation over
“The best startup events in 27 cities”
Posted by admin 187 days ago (http://venturehacks.com)
Every day (literally), I get an email from someone asking me to introduce them to investors, advisors, and co-founders. We’re building StartupList and AngelList to handle the intros to investors. For intros to advisors and co-founders, I always tell people to sign up for [Startup Digest] — a weekly curated list of the best events in 27 cities — and start going to lots of events.
Thinking about competitors
Posted by admin 188 days ago (http://blog.inklingmarkets.com)
A great quote from Henry Ford came through my twitter stream today that really resonated with me:"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."When we first started out 4 years ago, we were pretty obsessive about monitoring what our competitors were doing.
Shotput Ventures 2010 Applications Open
Posted by admin 188 days ago (http://www.shotputventures.com)
Applications are now open for Shotput Ventures 2010. Please fill out the form online.Let us know if we can answer any questions about the application form via Twitter (@shotputventures).This year we have added an early acceptance deadline on March 22. Teams that submit applications prior to the early acceptance deadline will receive a faster notification if they are selected.
Co-Founder + Seed Fund = Acceleration
Posted by admin 188 days ago (http://jordancooper.wordpress.com)
There are two major differences between my role as a Venture Partner and that of an EIR. One, EIR’s are expected to leave the venture firms with whom they are spending time, whereas I have made a long term commitment to build and invest LMV with Ken and Ben. Second, there is an expectation at the end of an EIR gig that the fund will invest in an EIR’s project.
A dispatch from the startup frontlines
Posted by admin 188 days ago (http://aarjav.wordpress.com)
It is a cold rainy day in Atlanta today. Bleak as it can be. My daily startup roller-coaster has hit its periodic low and I find that yet again, I need to remind myself why I am doing this. For me, a great thing about starting a startup is all the new things I have learnt. I find that writing down what I have learnt makes it more concrete. Hopefully this will be also be useful to a few others.