How do you raise money for your startup? What are the realities of startup fundraising?

This week's podcast begins the topic of Fundraising. It's a topic full of misunderstanding, frustration, and Catch-22s. In this first week, we'll start with the basics, explaining what funding is and where funding comes from.

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Continuing the series of interviews, this week comes from Presidio Graduate School on Bainbridge Island, Washington (USA), talking with Stacy Flynn, co-founder/CEO of Evrnu (evrnu.com), which has a world-changing technology that can recycle used cotton clothing into better-than-new fiber.

In the podcast, Stacy and I talk about why it takes so long to bring a technology to market, why that is such a challenge process, and along the way why you need a strong network of support to help you through not only the downs but also the ups.

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This week I'm in Nairobi, Kenya for The Land Accelerator (fledge.co/locations/land/) and the weekend before that had the opportunity to sit down with two of my fledglings (Fledge.co alumni).

Bryan Piti of Zijani - fledge.co/fledgling/zijani/

Peter Gatheru of Golden Cat - fledge.co/fledgling/golden-cat/

We discussed the lack of daily champagne and roses three or four years into building a startup, the various challenges at that stage, and the guys provide some advice on what you can do to make it as far as they have.

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This bonus episode is the last interview recorded at Frontier Incubators, an accelerator for accelerators. frontierincubators.org. This time with one of my fellow teachers, Sam Baumber of the Social Enterprise Academy based in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

In the podcast, Sam and I talk about the "tribe" of socially conscious entrepreneurs, investors, and others. We talk about how the work we do is so transformational, and the challenges that even we have in figuring out which programs are worth it to entrepreneurs.

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This bonus episode is another interview from Frontier Incubators, an accelerator for accelerators. frontierincubators.org. This time with one of my fellow teachers, Olivia Clark-Moffatt from The Difference Incubator in Australia, tdi.org.au.

In the podcast, Olivia and I talk TDi's work, about the challenges of first nations (and native) entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurial mindset, resources, and the most privileged of the unprivileged.

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This week is the third of five interviews recorded at Frontier Incubators, an accelerator for accelerators. frontierincubators.org. This time with one of my fellow teachers, Paul Basil, founder villgro.org in India, Kenya, Vietnam and the Philippines.

In the podcast, Paul and I talk about the (unfortunate) oddity that in the world of socially conscious incubation and acceleration, competitors are openly teaching each other how to be better. We then dig into how we all help entrepreneurs, what they need, and why we are all doing what we can to help those entrepreneurs succeed.

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This bonus episode is another interview from Frontier Incubators, an accelerator for accelerators. frontierincubators.org. This time with one of my fellow teachers, Kalsoom Lakhani, founder of Invest to Innovate, invest2innovate.com in Pakistan.

In the podcast, Kalsoom and I talk about her work, about the persistence of entrepreneurs, the loneliness of entrepreneurs, and a bit about gender.

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This week is a conversation with two guests: Celia from SHE and Amod from One To Watch, who were both students at Frontier Incubators, an accelerator for accelerators. https://frontierincubators.org/

And yes, we're all aware how odd that sounds, but the point of the program is to improve the help provided to entrepreneurs, and that is all I do, and thus I had the pleasure of being one of the teachers.

In the podcast, Celia, Amod, and I talk about the challenges in helping entrepreneurs, and provide some advice to you on how to pick the right program to get that help.

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How exactly do you create a corporation? What documentation do you need? Do you need to hire a lawyer?

This week we continue the step back from business planning and continue talking about corporations, this time diving into Articles of Incorporation and other documentation, and the common misunderstanding of founders shares and tax law.

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What exactly is a corporation? What do they do? When do you need one? Do I need to incorporate now?

This week we'll take a step back from business planning and talk about corporations, a bit of their history, and what powers they give you to do business.

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