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Founder Academy is a startup studio helping founders create innovative new companies around #marketplaces, #civictech, #govtech, #fintech

Calling all lovers of #hackathons, #opendata, #tech and #space: The @NASA International Space Apps Challenge is back this October 2-3! 🚀 🌍 👽 Register here for #SpaceApps #WestSacramento ➡️ 2021.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/west…


at @DeltaHandPies we're automatically donating a percentage of each sale to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere & help scale emerging carbon removal technologies. Carbon removal is critical to counteract climate change. Eat Hand Pies, Save the World 🌏💕 stripe.com/climate


PaaS (pie as a service) 😋 Build a bakery that feeds startups who make code which starts a bakery that uses tech to make and deliver pies in an endless pie circle of pie and code based harmony. yum ☯️ 🥧

👋 #Sacramento last call to pre-order delicious farm to fork, hand pies for free Friday delivery. Give our newest startup some love and receive a happy belly deltahandpies.com Did someone say pie?



Introducing our 2nd product launch - Delta Hand Pies - mailchi.mp/1aade50626a6/i…

HelloFounder's tweet image. Introducing our 2nd product launch - Delta Hand Pies - mailchi.mp/1aade50626a6/i…

If you’re in the #LA area and would like to attend the first Pro Bono Tech Demo Day on Thursday grab a ticket now. They’re going fast. 👍

Just a few more days until the inaugural #probonotech demo day in DTLA! We're nearly sold out, so if you're able to join us on Thursday 11/21 make sure to get your ticket here: bit.ly/2NWCO64 #techforgood #longLA



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Join our pro bono community in Los Angeles! Deadline for our fall cohort in Los Angeles is tomorrow, August 30th. - mailchi.mp/ca89c74fa7d4/p…


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Now accepting applications for the fall 2019 cohort. Apply by August 30th!

Calling all LA #tech, #design, and #data folks! Apply to the Pro Bono Tech program for opportunities to give back to your community in a meaningful, impactful way. #probonotech #LAtech #longLA #techforgood #designforgood #dataforgood



We built a thing to let people check in for meetings and now it’s a product you can use too. Help us beta test, signup up for early access 👇👇👇👇 producthunt.com/upcoming/check…


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Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. — Clay Shirky


This

The two most important qualities in a founder are self-awareness and a growth mindset. Self-awareness = knowing what you need to improve Growth mindset = you can improve anything



✊ beginners need good mentors to keep them on track and operating their way out of, and around, common mistakes... otherwise you can spend a decade + losing

"In expert tennis, 80% of the points are won, while in amateur tennis, 80% are lost. The same is true for wrestling, chess, and investing: Beginners should focus on avoiding mistakes, experts on making great moves." - Erik Falkenstein



Optimize your startup for product market fit / revenue is always the best option. build things of value first, that people happily pay for, then *maybe* explore VC - but it’s not generally the first “best” opinion.

100% agree with this article, & have voiced this opinion my whole career. The vast majority of entrepreneurs should NOT take venture capital. Why? Article nails it: it is a binary "swing for the fences" exercise. Bootstrapping more likely to lead to individual financial success.



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Ways to get funded (least fair to most fair) 🤑 Hot round/who else is investing 💼 Right school or resume 👣 Prior successful startup 👩🏻‍🔬 Actually novel breakthrough 🚀 Traction The less you have of the first few, the more you have to get of the last two. It is what it is.



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