Talk:Entrepreneur First

A fact from Entrepreneur First appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 October 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Entrepreneur First, a London-based accelerator co-founded by Alice Bentinck (pictured), helped establish 50 startups valued at $210 million in its first four years?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Entrepreneur First, Alice Bentinck.

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I feel like this page is clearly part of the Entrepreneur First marketing strategy. Between imprecise buzzword language, unilateral sources, and biased language, it would require to be nearly completely rewritten. Ceandros (talk) 19:40, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Additionally, the article uses odd and non-encyclopedic language "Many applicants are the products of the University of...". James Tamim (talk) 11:10, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some proposed changes[edit]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Specific text to be changed: It has offices in seven locations; Toronto, London, Berlin, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Bangalore.
Requested change: It currently has offices in six locations: London, Berlin, Paris, Toronto, Bangalore and Singapore. Its previous office in Hong Kong is not longer in operation.
Reason for the change: Factual inaccuracy.
References supporting change: https://www.joinef.com, https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/15/ef-pulls-out-of-hong-kong/

Purplemangosteen11 (talk) 07:12, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Specific text to be changed: Founded in 2011 by Matthew Clifford and Alice Bentinck, as of 2019 the company has had 1000+ people go through its programme, creating 200+ companies worth a combined $2bn.
Requested change: Founded in 2011 by Matthew Clifford and Alice Bentinck, as of 2021 the company has had 3000+ people go through its programme, creating 500+ companies worth over $5bn.
Reason for the change: Factual inaccuracy.
References supporting change: https://www.joinef.com

Purplemangosteen11 (talk) 07:12, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Specific text to be added: In 2019, it closed its Hong Kong office. In 2020, it opened its Toronto office. In 2021, it announced a partnership with Tezos Foundation to launch a platform for building Web3 startups in London.
Specific text to be changed: Founded in 2011 by Matthew Clifford and Alice Bentinck, as of 2021 the company has had 3000+ people go through its programme, creating 500+ companies worth over $5bn.
Reason for the change: Factual inaccuracy.
References supporting change: https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/15/ef-pulls-out-of-hong-kong/, https://www.joinef.com/locations/toronto/, https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/23/ef-canada/, https://www.businessinsider.com/reid-hoffman-backed-entrepreneur-first-makes-toronto-a-startup-hub-2021-7, https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/entrepreneur-first-launches-partnership-with-tezos-to-spin-up-web3-startups/

Purplemangosteen11 (talk) 07:12, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done with edits. Heartmusic678 (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]