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Tag: nondilutive

Workfrom only Oregon startup to garner investment from Google for Startups Black Founders Fund

Rick Turoczy on October 7, 2020

It makes sense that I’m composing this post while sitting in a Workfrom cafe. I mean, it’s a virtual cafe. But still. More on that later. What’s top of mind right now is that Workfrom has received a $50,000 non dilutive investment from Google for Startups as part of the Black Founders Fund.

Category: Funding, Oregon, Portland, Startups
Tag: black founder, black founders fund, darren buckner, Google, google for entrepreneurs, google for startups, nondilutive, Oregon, PIE, piepdx, Startup, Startups, workfrom

A potential resource for nondilutive funding

Rick Turoczy on July 14, 2020

So many folks get into building a company with the idea that they’re going to raise venture capital. As if that was the only way to finance a company. And as if they actually understand what raising equity based financing even entails. [Narrator: It isn’t. And they don’t.]

Category: capital, Startups
Tag: equity, Founder, foundergrants, grant, nondilutive