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Jan 27

420 ideas + 420 new entrepreneurs getting started. 22 cities. 13 states. And we are just getting started! There are ideas everywhere. We're on a mission to get them off the sidelines, into action and growing to reach their full potential!

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Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century (Elements in Reinventing Capitalism)

Jan 26

Kicking off our Winter 2023 Idea Accelerator cohort today powered by @HeartlandForward and our great local partners! Congratulations and #LetsGetStarted, Winter 2023 Builders!

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This is something

writes excellently about if you're looking for insights (ex: amazon.com/Corporate-Cent)

amazon.com

There is broad consensus across the political spectrum in the US that monopolistic corporations – particularly Big Tech companies -- have grown too powerful, and that we need to revive antitrust to...

While rocketing gas prices hit consumers hard (esp. low income ppl) Shell made a record profit of $40 billion in 2022, over 2x what it raked in the previous year. Chevron too had record profit of $36.5 billion. Where'd the profits go? Yep...shareholders via buybacks & dividends.

Today our

team spread out across the community and gave money away, no strings attached. Amazing the people they met and the stories they heard! Everyone has a story! #KindnessMatters

Venture Capital Momentum Slowed in 2022 as VC-Backed Exit Market Freezes - National Venture Capital...

Jan 30

VC's raised record amounts of capital 2022 -- $162.8 billion closed across 769 funds. BUT...that $$ was increasingly concentrated in larger-sized funds led by experienced managers (72.6% went into the Bay Area and New York VC ecosystems). nvca.org/pressreleases/.

nvca.org

After years of frenzied investments and soaring company valuations, venture capital (VC) investment levels are readjusting as businesses assess the current economic landscape, according to the Q4...

Shalanda Young (

), the first Black woman to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget is a woman after my own heart. She's a major power player, and she's doing it in comfy shoes! (pic

@MannyCeneta

via

@axios

)

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Builders + Backers

Jan 26

After an incredibly productive 3 days, last night we wrapped up our first-ever Stepping Stones intensive program! Swipe to see a few highlights from our time together, including our Builders showing off their departure gifts from

Erica L. Ayala (Eye-Yah-La)

. Congratulations to all involved!

Great to see

as the #2 graduate entrepreneurship program.

princetonreview.com

Top 50 Graduate Entrepreneurship Programs

Jan 19

One upside to the laughable design of

@Dulles_Airport

…steps! It was 1.67 miles from car to gate.

Jan 18

Can you even see the teeny tiny pink bar on the graph below? That's the itty-bitty 1.9% of the 2022 VC funds that went to women-founded startups (down from the whopping 2.4% all-women teams raised in 2021). Sigh... techcrunch.com/2023/01/18/wom

Jan 18

Before 1975, the ENTIRE venture capital industry raised a TOTAL of $10m. In 2022 VCs raised a record $162.6 billion (on top of 2021’s own record $154.1 billion).

Here come the robot doctors

Jan 18

ChatGPT recently passed all 3 parts of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam ("first-year medical students often spend hundreds of hours preparing for Part 1, while Part 3 usually is taken by medical school graduates") Via

@axios

axios.com

ChatGPT recently passed all three parts of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.

Jan 17

Angels & early stage VC's should be flooding into this moment. Early-stage investing is inherently anti-cyclical. Pre-seed, Seed, and A stage investors will reap (potentially mammoth) rewards not in 6-12 months, but in the NEXT economic cycle 5-10 years from now. #startup #VC

The era of DTC brands is over. Here’s what the next generation of startups looks like

Jan 17

A new wave of entrepreneurs: "digitally native and tech forward, but they’re also self-funded, focused on growing sustainably, and becoming profitable...We’re showing that with good business fundamentals, you can scale without relying on outside capital.”

fastcompany.com

For a decade, DTC startups like Warby Parker and Everlane created a playbook for how to launch a successful brand. A new generation of founders wants to chart a different path.

Jan 16

"Greedflation" (a fabulous term I just learned of from Oxfam)

And, to be clear, I'm not against wealth creation, profits or shareholder returns. What I am against is an extractive & financialized economy where maximizing gains & shareholder returns is the only thing that matters.

Two things to ponder. 1. The world’s wealthiest 1% captured 2/3 of all new worth created since 2020 ($42 trillion); 2x more than the wealth captured by the bottom 99%. 2. Food & energy companies more than DOUBLED their profits in 2022 + paid $257bn to shareholders.

Venture capital tends to outperform after periods of economic uncertainty & top investors prove their worth in a crisis. Note the yellow bars. Top TVPI happens 3-4 years after yield-curve inversion. This is a great time to deploy $ into amazing founders building for tomorrow.

Jan 12

this 👇🏻🎯

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Bryce Roberts

@bryce

Jan 12

“The biggest disruptive threat to venture capital is not crowdfunding or Angel List or hedge funds. No. The biggest disruptive threat to venture capital is when the very best founders realize they need very little of it to scale” bryce.vc/post/156625080

Women run more than 10% of Fortune 500 companies for the first time

Jan 12

Yay...ish. Feels odd to celebrate this when women are 51% of the population. A lot more work to do here!

fortune.com

The milestone is a sign of progress for gender diversity atop corporate America.

Jan 10

Thanks for the rescue

@ffxfirerescue

. My 80+ parents are happy to be freed.

12 Predictions For Venture Capital In 2023

Jan 6

Thanks for putting these "12 Predictions For Venture Capital In 2023" on my radar

@heylizelle

! I especially agree with and 💕 #1, #3, #7 and #10!

forbes.com

2022 was a year of reckoning for venture capital. What's in store for 2023? We spoke with leading investors about the biggest investment opportunities and their predictions for how the venture...

Jan 5

My husband was in a car accident this morning. So thankful he's okay (his car not so much). 🚗🚔

Jan 1

I start every year by choosing my word. One word that encapsulates my theme, goals, hopes & choices for the coming year. I’ve narrowed it down to a few finalists. What’s your word this year?

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Builders + Backers

Dec 30, 2022

Today is the LAST DAY to apply to our Idea Accelerator Program! If you have a big idea for solving a problem you care about, this is the opportunity for you. Get the funds, coaching, resources, & network you've needed to bring your idea to life! Apply: buildersandbackers.com/idea-accelerat

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ICAD Group

@ICADGroup

Dec 29, 2022

“It’s not just the money – it’s the support, the confidence, they push you to do it.” -Monique Washington, Iowa City Builder (

Winter 2022 cohort) Apply and secure your spot before applications close TOMORROW – bit.ly/3X5neq3

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Make no mistake. The

debacle is 100% driven by maximizing profits & shareholder gains. 💰💰💰 And their customers & employees are paying the price for the #Southwestmeltdown. If you ever wondered what "late stage capitalism" looks like, here's your textbook example.

Dec 23, 2022

This 👇🎄❤️

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TODAY

@TODAYshow

Dec 23, 2022

Angela Thompson, a crossing guard for the Chicago School District, has been holding an annual toy drive and handing out gifts to kids for the past 15 years.

This year, we wanted to make sure it was her best toy drive yet!

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Dec 23, 2022

(8/8) Thanks to Chase's kindness, Merry had found a new home and a loving family to spend Christmas with. It was the best gift Chase could have ever received. 🎄

(7/8) The next morning, when Chase woke up, he was overjoyed to see Merry sitting by his bedside, wagging his tail excitedly. Together, they ran to the tree to open their presents and Chase couldn't have been happier to have Merry by his side. 🎄🎁

(6/8) Feeling grateful to have found such a loyal companion, Chase decided to name the dog "Merry" and made a cozy bed for him by the fireplace. 🔥🛏️🐶

(5/8) As he warmed up by the fire, the dog seemed to calm down and wag its tail happily. Chase realized that the dog must have been lost and had been looking for a warm place to stay. 🔥

(4/8) Without hesitation, Chase grabbed his coat and ran outside to see if the dog needed help. As he approached the dog, he could see that it was cold and hungry. Without thinking twice, Chase picked up the dog and carried it inside. 🏠

(3/8) He quickly finished brushing his teeth and rushed to the window to see what was going on. To his surprise, he saw a small, scruffy dog standing in the snow, shivering and barking. 🐶❄️

(2/8) As he brushed his teeth, he couldn't help but think about all the presents he was hoping to find under the tree the next morning. Suddenly, Chase heard a faint barking sound coming from outside.

I asked #ChatGPT to write a short Christmas story for my 12-year old son. Here it is in a thread. Happy Holidays! 🎄 (1/8) It was Christmas Eve and Chase was getting ready for bed...

Tough Christmas this year. Caught between making the holiday special for my 12-year old while watching my aging father seriously decline is a tough place to be. Decided to share because I know the holidays can be tough for so many. Hugs to you all!

Ukraine government official

Dec 21, 2022

It's definitely a good day to avoid DC traffic...

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Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

Dec 21, 2022

On my way to the US to strengthen resilience and defense capabilities of

. In particular, @POTUS and I will discuss cooperation between

and

. I will also have a speech at the Congress and a number of bilateral meetings.

Builders and Backers | More Resources and Funding to Help Builders Take Their Next Step

Dec 15, 2022

Tulsa’s thriving entrepreneurial industry is getting bigger in the New Year. Excited to parter w/

@gkff

@HeartlandFwd

to pilot our new Stepping Stones program + give 10 Tulsa Builders $10k in funding to turn their new co's into million dollar businesses.

buildersandbackers.com

Heartland Forward, Builders + Backers and the George Kaiser Family Foundation partner to pilot bootcamp-style program and fund newly formed ventures