We had a great time visiting StartX alums in NYC last week!
NYC is our 2nd largest concentration of startup founders including several members of our Spring cohort. For Stanford University founders in NYC, StartX offers an excellent bridge to maintain their Silicon Valley connections! 👨💻
Strategic Startup Advisor | Tech | Ops | Product |
GTM Consultant | Marketing | SaaS |
AI Process Automation Strategy | CEO
Top Leadership Voice | Founder | COO | CPO |
Toronto | New York | Vancouver | San Francisco |
Not long now until applications close for our latest Startup First Steps course.
To find out more click on the link below or feel free to get in touch with myself or Lori W.#Startups#Education#FirstSteps#Techscaler
Calling all current and future startup founders in Scotland! Got a great idea for a software product but not sure how to get it off the ground? Startup First Steps is a 12-week accelerator course, designed for those of you in the early stages of the startup journey with the goal of getting a first version of your product into the market.
The course is free as part of Techscaler membership. The next cohort starts in January and applications close on 23rd November. Find out more and apply here:
https://hubs.li/Q024X1mL0
📣 APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW 📣
Got a great idea for a software product but not sure how to get it off the ground? Startup First Steps is a fully-funded, 13-week accelerator course, designed for those of you in the early stages of the startup journey with the goal of getting a first version of your product into the market.
Find out more and apply by noon tomorrow! Link to apply in comments.
If someone tells you “building a startup is easy”...
…be sure they’re lying to you.
Many founders know what they are signing up for.
Others have no idea.
Hopefully you don’t feel like Daniel Craig. 😀
Wherever you stand, enjoy your weekend! ☀️
P.S. How different is your founder's reality, compared to your initial expectations?
Share with me below. ⬇️
💡 Do you have a business idea that is innovative and scalable?
👭 Do you have teammates who are working on the idea with you?
💰 Do you want to learn how to develop your business to your first revenue and first investments?
You still have one week left to apply to the Red Brick Accelerator program!
There's still summer left, but we've got to admit, we are pretty excited for our upcoming accelerator program this autumn!😉🍂
If you're an early-stage startup founder with a team, keep on reading!👉 Our program is designed for your help. During our 8-week accelerator program you'll get:
✔️ Weekly workshops
✔️ Quality mentoring and sparring sessions
✔️ Tough love and feedback from investors
✔️ Access to the vibrant startup community
🥳 All online and entirely free!
Application deadline is 24th of August and start of the program is 16th of September.
Find more information and apply here➡️ https://loom.ly/McFN3JU
And 48 hours later... Here we are!
After more than 3,000 founders used the beta version of Pitch League last year - our team were in the office until 2am this morning completing a hackathon to make some upgrades and launch v1.0.
The new PitchLeague.ai includes:
📒 Slide-by-slide feedback with suggested content and design improvements
🏆 New startup scores - not just scores for your deck but scores for your startup based on team, market and traction
🥇 Investor discoverability - the leaderboard now includes ways for investors to discover your startup and request an intro
and because a video is worth even more than a thousand words: check it out in this demo!
Kicking off Day 1 of our 2023 highlight series is our founder spotlight! 🔍
The EasyA builders who launched their startups with us this year were truly incredible 🎉
From serial founders with over $1B in exits to PhDs at Harvard to legendary software engineers, our hackathon teams raised millions from a16z, YC, Polygon Labs and more world-class VCs 💸
If you’re trying to scout the world’s next Web3 unicorns, then you’re in the right place. Just scroll through our LinkedIn feed and see what they’re building! 😉
Wondering exactly what these incredible builders launched in 2023, and how they’re going to change the world in 2024? Make sure to follow us for Day 2 of our 2023 highlights - we’re posting it same time tomorrow! ✅
Years ago I was a junior, junior, junior, junior... junior reporter at a fantastic Colorado paper.
I was once berated, publicly and a great length, by a senior editor because I had written, "so-and-so *sustained* damage to their right leg as a result of the crash."
I still remember him yelling, "Buildings sustain damage. People suffer injuries!"
I had to slink back to my tiny desk through a bullpen full of averted gazes. One (soon-to-be Noble Prize-winning) reporter just gave a sad whistle.
The verbal flogging hurt. But, that editor was so deeply, incredibly right. I think a lot about the truth he shared. Things sustain damage, people suffer.
I also think there’s a version of that truth present in entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurs don’t run out of money. Enterprises do. Entrepreneurs run out of energy.
As long as they have the energy, hard though it may be, entrepreneurs can find more money.
So what helps entrepreneurs and changemakers keep the energy?
Encouragement, not just from friends and family, but from peers who are on a similar journey. That means listening ears and accepting hearts. It means informed guidance for technical problems and patient solidarity and support for the emotional ones. It means long walks, late night texts, and goofy videos. (Like this one.)
Energy can be a renewable resource. But when it’s gone, it’s gone. The dream dies. The motivation leaves. The startup folds. The community loses.
What would it look like if we spent more time actually becoming invested in the health and well-being of individuals, instead of just investing in the growth of their enterprises?
On a Mission to Save Dogs' Lives ✦ Candle Maker ✦ Investor ✦ Speaker ✦ Connector of People ✦ Northern Michigan Ambassador ✦ Rotarian ✦ Professor of Personal Branding ✦ Marathon Finisher ✦ Beagle Dad
“We are the sum of who we surround ourselves with!”
Along this startup journey the past 18 months, I have come to believe this more than ever!
This is why I’m incredibly honored to have such a tight circle of founders in my hometown supporting me!
Team Riley's Candles (my folks and I) is on a 4,000 mile /1,000 candle roadshow currently!
We’re introducing Riley’s to the world and along the way…
This video of encouragement comes in from our Office of Possibilities and Northwestern Michigan College startup community!
The startup journey can be lonely, but build your circle, and celebrate each others wins like they are your own!
Shout out to nick beadleston and Willard Kitchen for sending the much needed love after a string of walking in cold to 10 stores in a row!!
As Al Everett reminded me this week “No calls… No sales!”
2024 Lets gooooo!
Thanks so much Stacey Fraser, Simon Myers, and the team Peerage Products for hosting our Summer Startup cohort this afternoon.
Was so insightful for our cohort to gain insights on what’s involved in taking a product from an idea to something that is commercially viable and scalable.
Stacey and Simon, thanks for sharing your passion and wisdom, while giving up your time and energy. Was a fantastic way to end the week.
Hello to the Wisconsin and Minnesota Entrepreneurs. Founder Institute Wisconsin will run the upcoming cohort with the Chicago group. This synergy allows for outstanding sharing of ideas, contacts and support. This is a real deal program, intended for those groups wanting to learn what is necessary to start a business, while gaining the practical skills to make that happen. Participants experience a 15 week curriculum, going through all of the start-up points you need exposure to. Weekly mentoring and opportunities to improving your ability to "Pitch" to customers, investors and team members is included. You are additionally assigned to working groups that are working on similar challenges to those you are currently facing. The thing I personally like is the "Rigor" that comes with the FI program. The accountability to performance and learning to find your way (with help available) is specifically what all start-up individuals need. This is made available for our entrepreneurial community in the region. If this is what you need, please get involved, or share with those you know that need this approach. This program is run by Founders for Founders. Having been in your shoes is one of the things that makes this special.
Here's to Innovation!
From the FI Wisconsin, FI Chicago and Tech-Prize teams
With access to the world's largest network of startup mentors at the Founder Institute, you don't just learn how to build your startup; you build it.
🇺🇸 Join the FI Chicago Program: fi.co/chicago
Meet our Director for the FI Chicago program 👋 Jason Jacobsohn
The early admissions deadline is this Sunday.
Hello to the Wisconsin and Minnesota Entrepreneurs. Founder Institute Wisconsin will run the upcoming cohort with the Chicago group. This synergy allows for outstanding sharing of ideas, contacts and support. This is a real deal program, intended for those groups wanting to learn what is necessary to start a business, while gaining the practical skills to make that happen. Participants experience a 15 week curriculum, going through all of the start-up points you need exposure to. Weekly mentoring and opportunities to improving your ability to "Pitch" to customers, investors and team members is included. You are additionally assigned to working groups that are working on similar challenges to those you are currently facing. The thing I personally like is the "Rigor" that comes with the FI program. The accountability to performance and learning to find your way (with help available) is specifically what all start-up individuals need. This is made available for our entrepreneurial community in the region. If this is what you need, please get involved, or share with those you know that need this approach. This program is run by Founders for Founders. Having been in your shoes is one of the things that makes this special.
Here's to Innovation!
From the FI Wisconsin, FI Chicago and Tech-Prize teams
With access to the world's largest network of startup mentors at the Founder Institute, you don't just learn how to build your startup; you build it.
🇺🇸 Join the FI Chicago Program: fi.co/chicago
Meet our Director for the FI Chicago program 👋 Jason Jacobsohn
The early admissions deadline is this Sunday.
Co-Founder @ Tomi.ai & LeanGTM || Making customer acquisition and revenue happen since 2007 || Ex-McKinsey
5moHow do I find fellow StartX founders in Atlanta? Except filtering “employees” here on LI, of course :)