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Official Rules for $500 Giveaway 1. You must follow Leap Brands 2. Leap Brands will post a video tomorrow at 12pm.  You must like the video and repost/share and tag @ Leapbrands  3. You must comment on tomorrow's video with your guess of how much money was dropped The first person to Follow, Like, Repost/Share and Comment the correct answer will be the winner.  If no one guesses the exact amount the winner will be whoever guesses the closest.  If there is a "tie" in terms of how far off the guess is, then the winner will be the closest WHO DOES NOT GO OVER THE AMOUNT The winner will be announced on Tuesday so please pay attention to your DMs so you can get paid #giveaway #contest #money #recruitingisfun #superconnectors #leapbrands #mdw2024 #referral #recruiting

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🌟Innovative VC Firm Overcomes Exits Drought with Secondary Sales🌟 ⛵Navigating a challenging landscape where exits are scarce, Santa Barbara Venture Partners (SBVP) has pioneered a novel approach to sustain its growth and attract investors for its second fund: secondary sales. Instead of waiting for traditional exits like IPOs or acquisitions, SBVP opted to sell shares of its portfolio companies, demonstrating its ability to generate returns for investors and stand out in a competitive market. 🎤According to Dan Engel, founder and managing partner of SBVP, these secondary transactions have been a game-changer, sparking investor interest and bolstering the firm's credibility. By leveraging its recent successes, including a lucrative stake in sports-betting company DraftKings Inc.' acquisition of digital lottery app Jackpocket, SBVP seized the opportunity to return profits to its limited partners (LPs) and pave the way for its second fund. 💡Engel highlighted the challenges faced by young VC firms in raising subsequent funds, particularly amid a downturn in exit activity and heightened investor scrutiny. With traditional exit routes becoming increasingly elusive, the pressure is on for firms to demonstrate tangible returns and establish a track record of success. ✨"For us, secondary sales have been a game-changer. They've helped us return profits to our LPs and attract investors for our second fund," said Dan Engel. 💰For SBVP, the decision to pursue secondary sales was driven by the need to provide liquidity to LPs and validate its investment thesis in the eyes of prospective investors. By strategically offloading portions of its holdings in high-performing portfolio companies like Bark Technologies and Rad AI, SBVP not only generated substantial returns but also bolstered investor confidence in its ability to deliver results. ⚠Despite the complexities and potential stigma associated with early share sales, Engel emphasized the importance of prioritizing investor returns and seizing opportunities to unlock value for stakeholders. With a focus on profitability and transparency, SBVP remains committed to its mission of delivering sustainable growth and maximizing returns for its LPs. 🔍 "Returning profits to our investors is our top priority. By strategically selling shares, we're proving our commitment to delivering results and driving value for our stakeholders," added Engel. As SBVP continues to explore secondary transactions and expand its investor base, the firm stands as a testament to innovation and resilience in the face of market challenges. 🚀 ✅ Looking to raise capital for your #fund and increase the international pool of your LP #investors?   🤝 Need warm #LP introductions?   📝 Selling #secondaries to increase liquidity?   🧐 Looking for co-investments?   ▶ G+QUANT's link for inquiries and fund decks: https://lnkd.in/gjC_EuTE #VCInnovation #SecondarySalesSuccess #InvestorReturns #ValueCreation 

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Awesome new initiative Aviel Ginzburg!! When Sean Sternbach and I launched Venture Out, Aviel and Pablo Brown-Rodriguez were silent cofounders. Aviel freely shared his words of wisdom from years of building community in Seattle. He and Chris DeVore were the first money into our community, followed quickly by Flying Fish Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and a huge list of Seattle angels. After growing to 1200+ members in <3 years, running multiple pre-preseed accelerators, a few learnings about building great community and the Seattle Founder Ecosystem: In the early days, no one knows what they are doing. Seek outside advice and guidance from people just ahead of you. Unicorn founders and tech moguls have great stories, but the woman who left amazon six months ago, launched an MVP, and crashed through her first 2 dozen investor discussions will have golden advice. Be open, honest, and vulnerable. Our best events and discussions happened when people let their guard down. No one will spend their life (which a startup requires) to build your idea. They might build something similar and tackle the same problem, but only your life experience and decision-making will make the difference. Share ideas often. Give first. As a ~10 year Techstars mentor, I saw this as the best part of the community. In my opinion, they have lost this completely. Don't come into a community and take. Give all you can, even when it feels counterproductive. Something might eventually come back that changes your life and direction. Even if it never does, you will 1000% feel great about the decision. Play long-term games with long-term people. Naval Ravikant was the first person I heard say this. Surround yourself with committed doers, makers, and visionaries. There are a lot of want-entrepreneurs in the world (which is a good thing; we need more people to take risks), but spend the most time with people in the ring, putting their time behind what they are doing. Learn how to give advice and direction without being evangelical, condescending, or a jerk. Learn to be direct but helpful. It's what you want on your journey, so invest in being a great thought partner for others. A final few notes: 1) No, you likely will never get paid the same amount or make as much money as a founder as you would as an L7/L8 at Amazon. If that is why you are starting a company, you're already in trouble. But knowing Aviel, he is already filtering for this 😂 2) You will likely learn in 6-18 months in the ring as a founder, than the rest of your life combined. Start to write, share your experience, find a therapist, and get ready to unpack a LOT as you go. The only way to make space for new information is to process it, store it, and then let it go. 3) The relationships are the most important part of the journey. I will always remember meetings with Matt Ehrlichman, Asha Sharma, Kyle Sandburg, and Matthew Neagle and the rest of the Porch Group team. Go Aviel!!!

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When we asked CPG founders who they wanted at Founderland... Their answer was clear: People who can help them grow their business & achieve their goals. Specifically: - The top retailers - The most founder-friendly investors, and - Other founders they can learn from and share with This conversation that I'm hosting at Founderland is a perfect representation of this group, plus one BIG bonus. We're also including Joel Toledano and ChargeUp.ai which is one of my favorite tech companies that is supporting consumer brands today. They automate the retail deduction and chargeback process for brands, saving them an insane amount of time and money. Such a cool co. Excited to teach, share and connect...and get some deals done, while of course having lots of fun. Joel Toledano Jen Zeszut Kim Coffin Deb Conklin

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Small Business Owners, Founders and Entrepreneurs - Join us at the ⁦‪⁦‪@oGoing‬⁩ September Business Growth Roundtable | GenAI Marketing today evening at 6 pm at The Duck Club in Irvine. It’s going to be lot of fun to connect and learn new ways of marketing! #businessnetworking #businessgrowth #smallbusiness #marketingtips

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🚀Exciting News! AGS LABS / ALES GREY™ has been invited to pitch at FoundersBoost LA’s spring cohort and the Alliance for Southern California Innovation SoCal Venture Pipeline program at Google! If you’re an investor, please join us on June 4th for an exclusive joint Demo Day by FoundersBoost LA & the Alliance for SoCal Innovation! 🌟 The Alliance and FoundersBoost are joining forces to showcase some of the top young companies in LA! In addition to hearing the amazing pitches, you’ll be able to network with other investors, incredible mentors, supporting partners, program leaders, and the startup founders. Refreshments will be served. 🍹 📌 IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a private invite event due to capacity constraints and to maintain a value-add atmosphere. Sign Up Link Below. https://lu.ma/lademoday Don’t miss this opportunity to discover and support the next big thing in innovation! 🌐 #FoundersBoost #DemoDay #Innovation #Startups #Investors #Networking #PitchEvent #AGSLABS #ALESGREY #SoCalInnovation #GoogleEvents

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♥️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 One of the most meaningful aspects of my work at Garlic Equity Capital is meeting business owners and listening to their stories. These stories often go beyond the numbers, revealing the deep emotions tied to their businesses. 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺: • Owners facing health challenges or stepping into their silver years, deeply concerned about the future of their team. • Owners experiencing personal transitions, like relocating to be with a partner or navigating custody arrangements in a divorce. • Owners who feel they’ve reached the limits of their capabilities, striving to ensure their employees have opportunities for growth. • Owners who took over their family business out of a sense of responsibility, but now want to pursue their own career paths. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀—𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. It’s about protecting legacies, nurturing teams, and honoring the sacrifices that built these businesses. 👉 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳-𝘢-𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭. Let’s work together to ensure these businesses endure for generations to come. 💡

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Want to build wealth faster? Skip startups. Buy Boring Old Businesses. Here’s why: 1. They’re already making money. 2. They come with customers, systems, and momentum. 3. They’re undervalued – 2.5x profits is standard. 4. SBA loans or seller financing make them accessible. 5. Easy profit boosters: raise prices or add new products. 6. They’re easier to scale than startups. Startups fail 65% of the time within the first 5 years. But "boring" businesses? They’re built to last. Don’t build from scratch. Buy something proven. If you could buy a "boring" business, what type of business would you buy?

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Hey Fundraising-Startups and Investors, VC on the rise again! Very exciting insights and takeaways about the VC/Startup-Fundraising-Market. Massive shoutout to Rohit Yadav for sharing and putting it together for free! 💰 MORE: 53% of VC Managers expect to allocate more capital and invest in more startups than last year, with only 6% expecting fewer. 📊 SEED SIZE: According to an analysis, the sweet spot at Seed stage seems to be USD 2-2.5 million for maximising chances of follow-on fundraising. 📉 MINIMUM TRESHOLD: Don't Go Below $1m: Companies securing less than $1m in seed funding were less than half as likely to reach Series-A. ⏱️ SPEED IS KEY! Act fast. Raising seed funding within a year of launching your startup doubles your chances of reaching Series-A compared to those waiting 3+ years. 🛠 TOOLS: More tools (getpantom, OpenVC, shipshape.vc, Signal from NFX) are coming up to support founders in their fundraising (also watch out for +Azava 🤘)...

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Climate Tech Startups Dynamically Ranked by the HackerNoon Community: https://lnkd.in/gTsCUJFM The current leaders are: Nat5 , Violet , Cropler , Swarm, scoutlabs , Treeback , 7Analytics , Dracoss , Rensair , iPAGE AgriTech , Matteco , CarbonCloud , Skoog , UPCYDE , GODI , Terrenity , Vulcan Energy , Oxari , The Habitat People , SUNSPEKER , Pixii AS , SunGreenH2 , RiDERgy ,Hyfindr , NATURAL STATE , brCarbon , FOREST HERO , BeZero Carbon and more! A great list for finding potential investments, startups hiring, or just looking for the next generation of climate tech products. Thanks Algolia for sponsoring Startups of the Year! #climatetech #climate #technology #startups #hackernoon #CleanTech #GreenTech #SustainableTech #RenewableEnergy #NetZero #Decarbonization #ClimateAction #Sustainability #CarbonNeutral #EnergyEfficiency #ClimateInnovation #GreenEnergy #CircularEconomy #SmartCities #ClimateSolutions #TechForGood #LowCarbonFuture #ClimateResilience #EcoTech

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Thinking of running an equity crowdfunding campaign? This may help you (I hope!). After successfully raising over $2.4M from 2 equity crowdsourced funding campaigns on the Birchal platform for my business Whole Kids, I'm happy to share everything I've learned to help other startups, founders and entrepreneurs who may be thinking of raising capital this way. I had very little idea about equity crowdfunding before our first campaign, yet we raised over $1.2M in our first round. Lots of lessons learned (the do's and the don'ts) that we took into our following rounds. Honest, no BS info. The tips, tactics and traps! All for FREE. Just leave a comment if you're interested and we can set up a private 1:1 chat soon. Thanks. #equitycrowdfunding #crowdfunding #fundraising #capitalraising #startups   

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Movac KiwiNet Deep Tech is difficult because you do not comprehend 95% of the universe using the Standard Model of Particle physics. Either learn that measurement is flawed due to human bias or experience and unbiased state through transcendence experiences corresponding to Christ consciousness. The physics of life is based on LENR and not the Standard Model of Particle physics. Unfortunately, scientific research has been captured by the materialism perspective. This is mutually exclusive to the light observed in consciousness. Physics of life. Deep Tech https://lnkd.in/gKqC3PAR Gateway into the aromatic ring Faraday cage system. Time to see the light 😁.

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That's why it's often very difficult to recognize new leaders – their ideas go beyond the conventional frameworks we're accustomed to. Keep your mind open. Don't let yesterday's templates define your future. #Leadership, #Innovation, #OpenMind, #FutureThinking, #venturethinking,   https://lnkd.in/eASPGsuu

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Do you have a game-changing idea for a lucrative, regenerative startup? Are you re-imagining improved systems for food, energy, water, waste or transportation? The Regenerative Earth Pitch Contest is an opportunity to share your idea, hone your message, receive feedback from guest investors, collaborate and win prizes. We are choosing 5 applicants (from each stage - pressed, seed, Series A) to pitch LIVE at the next showcase at RegenWorld '25 in Austin, Texas during SXSW March 8-15. You must participate in the online pitch coaching to be eligible for the stage. And if you are starting a Regenerative Community (real estate project) there's a link in the form to apply. Application is in the comments 👇 #innovation #startup #regenerativedesign #vc #impactinvesting #regenworld25 #dreamingearth #pitchcontest

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Thanks Chinenye. I couldn't agree with you more. However while we work on this, we also have to be mindful of the fact that bias isn't just the problem in this data rather a combination of poor economy and bias. Of all these regions mentioned, Africa is the least performing market. therefore Davidson, naturally you would expect investors to do less there. They are not charity organisations but a venture set up for outsized returns.Therefore the major issue we should be discussing is, which sectors are receiving this funding in Africa? Are the investments coming to sectors that will lift the other sectors up fundamentally or to sectors that will window dress the issues? or Worst still the ones that will reap-off on the people and distort rather than disrupt the system. (eg Nigeria POS fintech and the real banking system. a discussion for another day). Until strong investments are made in the technology sectors powering manufacturing strong job growth in Africa be it REAL B2B eCommerce not repeating what is already being done, or B2C eCommerce that is truly efficient and cost effective. Equally important is the improvement in the purchasing power of the consumers via credit card system. in as much as Sub-Sahara Africa lacks good credit system that captures the average citizens and residents, B2C will continue to struggle. in as much as our logistics investments are predominantly in the last mile delivery rather than efficient crosborder logistics, both B2B abd B2C eCommerce will struggle to scale efficiently and profitability. So, it's time for the investors to do away with the low hanging fruits and start tackling the real issues that will empower and propel Africa economies. That's where the main bias lies.

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Exciting news for startups! California accounts for about 50% of all venture investments. The not-so-secret reason is that non-competes are illegal in California, so engineers at FAANGs can build competitors without fear. Today, the US Federal Trade Commission declared non-compete agreements illegal nationwide. This means that engineers at big tech companies can now leave and build their own companies without fear of violating a non-competes (legacy agreements for executives are still enforceable - talk to your lawyer), this is a step in the right direction for fostering innovation and competition across the country. A variety of big-business groups have vowed to sue to bring non-competes back, but at least for now, they're gone! #startups #innovation #competition #noncompete Official Announcement: https://lnkd.in/gRXUpgDy Impending lawsuit: https://lnkd.in/gqSiVuTd

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For all aspiring and current angel investors – take a look at this! #angelinvesting

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Why Buying Your First Business is the hardest & Financing The Fear is Being seen as too risky by lenders and investors. The Solution: Prepare a solid business plan with detailed financial projections. Work with a financial advisor to enhance your credibility. Consider alternative financing options like SBA loans or seller financing.

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📢 The following post from Defining.com underscores the value of an ultra premium domain. 🌟 Archie.com, a German first name (short for Archibald), showcases the allure of concise and meaningful names. ✨ Similarly, Scherie.com, a first name primarily used in the U.S., embodies this premium value—offering both brandability and a personal touch. 💡 Scherie.com is not just a name; it’s steeped in cultural and linguistic richness: 📜 Greek Mythology: Scherie (or Scheria), also known as Phaeacia, is a legendary region from Homer’s Odyssey—the land of the Phaeacians. ❤️ French Connection: The French word chérie means "darling" or "dear," adding elegance and affection—perfect for a fashion or lifestyle brand. 💵 Comparable First Name .com Sales: Jasmin.com: $310,250 (now an adult site) Alice.com: $250,000 (a deals site) Lela.com: Six figures (a shopping platform) Dora.com: $100,000 (still parked) 🎯 Don’t miss this rare opportunity to own a versatile, memorable, and brandable asset. 🚀

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