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You don't need revenue. You don't need investors. You don't even need a finished product. Many founders wait until they feel "ready" to apply for funding. We created the Forward Grant for women entrepreneurs building at the idea, prototype, or early traction stage. €10,000. Equity-free.

Last quarter, this founder received €10,000 in equity-free funding through the Founderland Forward Grant. The next recipient could be you. If you're a woman entrepreneur from a racially or ethnically underrepresented background building in Europe or the UK, applications for the Q2 cycle are still open. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/eNxKicu7

Building something that isn't AI? You're not imagining it. Much of today's startup conversation and funding attention is concentrated around AI. The Founderland Forward Grant is sector-agnostic. Whether you're building in food, healthcare, education, climate, consumer products, media, community, or something else entirely, we're interested in ambitious founders solving meaningful problems. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eNxKicu7

What if fear isn't something to conquer, but something to cultivate? Founderland Managing Director, Deborah Choi, recently took the TEDx stage to share Good Fear, a framework inspired by her experience as an entrepreneur and the lessons she learned from working with plants and soil.

The leaders you support make decisions every day in the presence of uncertainty. In her TEDx talk Good Fear, Founderland Managing Director, Deborah Choi, explores a different question: what if fear isn't the obstacle, but the ground we're standing on? A useful perspective for anyone helping leaders navigate change, growth, and ambiguity.

How do we support people through uncertainty when fear is often the very thing holding them back? In her TEDx talk Good Fear, Founderland Managing Director, Deborah Choi, explores how fear can become a source of insight, growth, and connection when we learn how to work with it differently.