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Free Resources for Entrepreneurs
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Principled Business Accelerator
Join a cohort of like-valued entrepreneurs to hear from speakers and receive mentorship from successful entrepreneurs. Learn more here.
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Free Resources for Impact Entrepreneurs
David Teten has compiled a great list of sources of money for start-ups in the impact space. Check it out here.
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Y Combinator Startup School
Startup School is a free online course on how to start a startup. You can learn the same things that Y Combinator participants do for free. Learn more here.
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Yagub Rahimov, Polygraf.AI
From the bustling markets of Azerbaijan to the pulsing heart of America's entrepreneurship scene - join me as we pick the brain of investing prodigy and trust-building extraordinaire, Yagub Rahimov. We explore the exhilarating, addictive nature of entrepreneurship and the daunting challenge of finding purpose while riding the entrepreneurial roller-coaster. Lastly, we examine Yagub's strategic roadmap to success and the instrumental role investors play in growth, including his jaw-dropping story of rejecting a $25 million investment proposal.
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Nancy Fechnay, Unique Ventures
Nancy Fechnay is an experienced entrepreneur and a Founding Partner at Unique Ventures, a venture capital (VC) firm that supports positively impactful founders and companies from Seed through Series C. In this episode we discuss:
• Mental health and work-life balance for CEOs
• Transitioning from startups to VC
• What most non-profits are missing
• Advice for new angel investors
• The personality traits of successful entrepreneurs
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Michael Gibson, 1517
Michael Gibson is a philosophy dropout, one of the initial creators of the Thiel Fellowship, and now the founder of 1517 Fund, a venture capital firm backing dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists. Michael was a founding advisor to Liberty Ventures and in this episode shares his unconventional path and approach to picking and supporting founders. Including:
- Why Applications Aren't Good Predictors of Success in Entrepreneurship
- Why Experience Matters More than Algorithms in Picking Winners as an Investor
- How Being an Entrepreneur Exposes Your Greatest Weaknesses (And Transform You)
- The Top 4 Reasons Startups Fail