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Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

TechCrunch

The company is claiming this is the “world’s first” technology of its kind, and Daniel Russek, founder and CEO of Atarraya, told TechCrunch that Shrimpbox was an idea he got after college in 2005 when he started with a non-government organization working with fishing communities. Now armed with $3.9

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Investing in New Tech Hubs

EntreWorks Consulting

In fact, only five metro areas account for 90% of America’s innovation sector growth since 2005. In many ways, this proposal echoes similar efforts such as the Economic Development Administration’s I6 program or the WIRED program of the 1990s. (As I can quibble with some parts of the plan.

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Recruiting At-Home Workers

EntreWorks Consulting

And, their recent growth rates—up 47% since 2005—is pretty impressive too. Economic developers will be intrigued by survey results that show 7 out of 10 surveyed at-home workers would consider moving to a new location and are looking for locations outside of major cities. of Americans currently work from home. million people.

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

There are some powerful stats by the Latino Donor Collaborative that show just how powerful Latinos have become in economic development. 30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. Latino purchasing power will reach $1.7 trillion in 2020 (U.S. Advertisers, wake the f**k up.

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