Innovation America Innovation America Accelerating the growth of the GLOBAL entrepreneurial innovation economy
Founded by Rich Bendis

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Quiz question:

Did you call yourself a founder and try to raise money in the last eight years?

If the answer is yes, then you probably are NOT an entrepreneur.

Let me explain. Starting around 2010, any twenty- or thirty-something with a little stubble, TOMs shoes, and an app idea naively assumed they might be the next Instagram or later, the next Uber. You could overhear them all say, “Why are we waiting around, let’s get some shared space and raise our seed round! I heard an early guy at Facebook wants to advise!”