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The #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. FI portfolio companies have raised $1.75B+ 💸 #FIworldwide

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Our sister company, Decile Group, just announced a $14MM seed round to help launch 10,000 venture firms worldwide - led by Draper Associates, Javelin Venture Partners, and Geek Ventures (an Alum of Decile's VC Lab program!). As we systematically eliminate barriers to entry for
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RT @billzwo: Thrilled to announce @SoftprobeAI graduated from @founding Silicon Valley Spring 2025 as one of 12 innovative tech startups! 🚀….
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Build your startup idea with confidence. 👉
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Great startup ideas are built, not born. The Startup Ideation Bootcamp gives you:. ✅ Expert feedback to sharpen your idea.✅ Proven frameworks to brainstorm and validate.✅ AI tools and templates to accelerate progress.✅ Clarity on whether to pursue your idea. Deadline to
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Get the worksheet here: In case you’re confused about how to use the worksheet, here’s a super tiny tutorial.
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Struggling to come up with a great startup idea?. Our Idea Brainstorming Worksheet will help you generate ideas in minutes by mashing up hot startups with industries, problems, customers, and trends.
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🔗 Explore by task, discover new tools, and contribute your favourites to keep this resource growing:
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🤖 Building a startup is tough. Finding the right AI tools to build one shouldn’t be. We’ve curated 100+ AI tools and prompts to help founders move faster with:. - Brainstorming.- Positioning & Messaging.- Market Research.- Customer Development.- Landing Pages.- Pitch
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Can you explain your startup in one sentence?. If not, it’s time to refine your pitch. Use this simple one-sentence pitch format to test your clarity:. My company [name of company], is developing [a defined offering] to help [a defined audience] [solve a problem] with [secret
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Your pitch deck is a conversation starter, not a complete manual. You don’t need to explain everything. You just need to share enough to earn a second meeting. Use this simple checklist of do’s and don’ts to build a clear, compelling, and investor-ready pitch:. ✅ Keep text
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RT @RawleA: 🚀 Meet the Caribbean startup ecosystem!. 👉 Register here:
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RT @RawleA: 🚀Register today for @founding Caribbean’s inaugural event to meet the startup ecosystem!. https://t.co/….
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Wondering if your startup idea is worth pursuing? We’ll help you find out before you waste time or money. The Startup Ideation Bootcamp is an intensive 8-week program to help you build and validate a great startup idea using expert feedback, AI tools, and a proven process.
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Build a fundraising strategy for today’s market. Join the 8-week Startup Funding Bootcamp to refine your pitch, understand your numbers, and get feedback from real investors. Apply now 👉
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"The more time you spend researching and qualifying investors, making sure they truly align with your industry, stage, deal type, and even geographic focus, the better your fundraising process will go." . - Nathan Beckord.
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Great startup ideas are built, not born. Join the 8-week Startup Ideation Bootcamp to validate your idea, get expert feedback, and build a compelling pitch with help from top mentors. Apply now 👉
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"What I look for when I work with founders is to stress test their ideas. Founders that change the future have to do two things: their ideas have to embody thinking different, and they have to act different." . - Mike Maples Jr
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Founder Institute
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Bootstrapping is one of the most common ways early-stage founders get started. It means building your startup using personal savings or business revenue instead of external funding. Understanding the pros and cons can help you decide if bootstrapping aligns with your goals,
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RT @gauravbhattac16: Your reps can’t be in 100 places at once. Jeeva can. Just launched: — your AI-powered sales a….
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