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How to efficiently work through survey feedback
Launch Club
How to efficiently work through survey feedback

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Ryan Walker

August 15, 2025

Here's how Ryan Walker efficiently works through survey feedback and crafts a story that best highlights key information.
How to make the most of the Women Fellowship
Women
How to make the most of the Women Fellowship

By

Cristabel Gekas

August 15, 2025

So many people, so many opportunities. Where to begin?
How to enter a flow state
Accelerator
How to enter a flow state

By

Benjemen Elengovan

August 15, 2025

"My deep work schedule allows me to enter a flow state, complete key tasks, and solve challenges with more focus and energy."
How to pull off the impossible, according to Linus Lee
Student Founder Bootcamp
How to pull off the impossible, according to Linus Lee

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Geena Grant

August 15, 2025

Out of all our Student Fellowship sessions, Geena Grant was most excited about Linus Lee’s ‘Crash Course in Pulling Off the Impossible’.
How Venu is bringing sophisticated marketing tech to independent hospitality businesses
Accelerator
How Venu is bringing sophisticated marketing tech to independent hospitality businesses

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Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

August 15, 2025

Venu founders Kieran Gardiner and James McArthur are on a mission to level the playing field for independent hospitality businesses.
How Graphics et al. are fixing the healthcare communication’s “IKEA problem”
Accelerator
How Graphics et al. are fixing the healthcare communication’s “IKEA problem”

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

Graphics et al., the startup solving the IKEA problem for healthcare communication.
How to break into product management
Student Founder Bootcamp
How to break into product management

By

Vihan Ramanayake

August 15, 2025

Calling all aspiring product manager. Here is Student Fellow Vihan Ramanayake's step-by-step guide to breaking into the space.
How Keeyu helps get online shoppers what they ordered on time, drama-free
Accelerator
How Keeyu helps get online shoppers what they ordered on time, drama-free

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

By offering proactive delivery prediction and efficiency, Keeyu is the holy grail for success that e-commerce businesses have been looking for.
How I overcame procrastination and started publishing
Startmate Collective
Career
How I overcame procrastination and started publishing

By

Kristy Bertenshaw

August 15, 2025

This story is dedicated to all the other storytellers out there with words that deserve to see the light of day.
Holy shiitake! Meet the company that grows mushrooms (and crops) with lightning
Accelerator
Holy shiitake! Meet the company that grows mushrooms (and crops) with lightning

By

August 15, 2025

Take a third-generation farmer with three startups under his belt and a serial innovator who’s turned algae into medicine and developed an AI mental health app for an A-league football team, and what you get is a recipe for magic.
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