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Jason Returns to the 313 for Startup Grind Detroit on April 5th

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Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School. Startup Grind Detroit is one of over 350+ chapters around the world, holding Fireside Chats with notable entrepreneurs and bringing startup communities together. in Economics and a J.D.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

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9:19] You put in a lot of hours – there are a lot of entrepreneurs and startups some of who don’t achieve anywhere near the level of success you did – what toll did that take on your personal life? [12:51] What, like a minute, like a lot of entrepreneurs, startups, some of who don't achieve anywhere near the level of success you did.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

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This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate.

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Navigating the Challenges of Scaling

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A lifelong entrepreneur, Jason has been named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 list and was named EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest. Jason also serves on the board of the Future Founders Foundation, a Chicago-based organization that empowers the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Irma Olguin : Well, it's not glamorous, but the first I tried as an entrepreneur, it was out of necessity. Even as entrepreneurs, fundamentally we're disrupting something, we're trying to do something in a way that it hasn't been done before. Eric Ries : That is actually a common trait among the very best entrepreneurs.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.