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Starting a startup is friggin hard work. Much harder and longer hours than your average 9-5. However
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October 1 · Issue #73 · View online
Your weekly newsletter on minorities in tech, venture and entrepreneurship 💫
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Starting a startup is friggin hard work. Much harder and longer hours than your average 9-5. However starting a tech startup is EVEN HARDER. Which is why it is important to get the foundations right and start off on the right foot. This week’s article talks about what founders can do to mitigate the risk of failure due to a lack of experience hiring and working with engineers.
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The Non-Technical Founder
I have been speaking to Coworking spaces, Incubators and Accelerators across London and it has become apparent that there is a common problem arising from non-technical startup founders. Have a read to find out what it is!
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AllBright secures £1.85M Series A, as women-led ventures ramp up in the UK
Most funding networks are often old boys’ clubs. But more women-led investor firms like BB Ventures, Kapor Capital and Backstage Capital in the US. We need this for other underrepresented groups too!!!
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Ikea has bought TaskRabbit
This is a great win for Diversity as the black female CEO of TaskRabbit, Stacy Brown-Philpot leads the company through it’s acquisition by Ikea.
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One Reason Black Founders Don’t Get Enough Funding? Black VCs Don’t, Either
The fact that African-American founders have limited access to investment has been well documented, but you might not know that that problem is replicated in the venture capital world, too.Â
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Yacathon
Great 3 day event in London for those interested in how tech can solve issues in the Afro-Caribbean community.
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Tools to help with your new startup - Startup with Google
Looking to get your new startup off the ground? Startup with Google is here with helpful tools and best practices to point you in the right direction.
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