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Founders Press turns two!
The FoundersPress

Founders Press turns two!

The FoundersPress turns two! "A Rare Publication" they call us. It was around 2 years ago we started this little publication as main stream channels were only focusing on "fundraising" or "layoff". We started covering early-stage founders, bootstrappers, a dedicated column to female founders (mostly crickets in main stream), and some big stories in major…

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Founders Press: Media Platform for Founders
FoundersPress startup news

Founders Press: Media Platform for Founders

Founders Press is a media platform that spun out of the FoundersBeta community. Let’s face it, current press coverage for early-stage startups is far from ideal. It's 99.9% focused on startup fundraising or layoffs! Any innovative startup doesn’t get covered unless they’ve raised funds. The headlines and content are all about fundraising! Most of these…

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Building a Global Founders Community
FoundersBeta Community

Building a Global Founders Community

FoundersBeta started as a little group for founders initially in Canada to get support and get connected with resources. This was called FoundersCanada. This was a side-project initially. I started this, while was working on my first startup. If you ever tried to build a startup you know how brutal it is! Literally in the…

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