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Education · Vc · Crypto
Draper University teaches founders to fail before investors pay for it
Tim Draper built a school around an awkward lesson: a promising idea can survive a bad pitch, but it cannot survive indifference. In San Mateo, residential training now sits beside blockchain accelerators with cash, equity terms and a deadline.
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Education · Social
Catalysr turns new arrivals into startup founders
A failed startup helped Usman Iftikhar find a better problem to solve: getting migrant talent into business. Catalysr now pairs entrepreneurship lessons with the local connections a passport cannot supply.
startup-accelerator · migrant-entrepreneursRead →
Fintech · Climate · Education
ROCKIT sells desks. The useful part is who you meet.
A bank-backed startup hub in Vilnius has taken its model to Kaunas: put founders near mentors, investors and potential customers, then give them a reason to talk.
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