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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

Ive been grateful to see that support firsthand throughout my careerwhether through the passage of the JOBS Act , the creation of Opportunity Zones , or, most recently, the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs) initiative. were on the platform. Based in Washington, D.C., Take Detroit, for example.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re creating truly innovative products, you often have no idea whether the proverbial dog will eat the dog food. And it seems to be creeping back into startup culture of late in a worrying way. I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. It takes options off of the table. You have a hunch.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress. Culturally competent consulting service provider ThirdEye Network. These resources can help you get started: IEDC’s Playbook for Equitable Economic Development.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

In my mind, Randy Newman said it best, “ I love LA &# – idyllic weather, a mélange of cultures and big industry. The result is that we’ve had a lot of innovation coming from LA and other regions outside Silicon Valley in terms of making money on the Internet. million in SF Bay Area ). You have no choice.

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Eliminating gender-based violence in Peru one ‘sonrisa’ at a time

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

My two friends and I started Tejiendo Sonrisas, a Peruvian nonprofit organization, on March 1, 2011. Our mission is to implement innovative proposals for social and economic inclusion in favor of populations at risk and vulnerability, such as farmer communities, indigenous populations, women, children, and adolescents.

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What Does Social Entrepreneurship Look Like?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. Although we didn’t have any experience in the industry, we believed our innovative approach to education, combined with our strong business knowledge, would offer a sustainable solution to the education crisis in South Africa.”.

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Why did file sharing drive so much startup innovation?

TechCrunch

Framed by Kalanick as his “revenge business” after his previous P2P startup Scour was sued into oblivion for copyright infringement, Red Swoosh would be the precursor for Expensify’s future culture and ethos. It was a business sort of built out of love for the tech, and love for solving problems.”. Note some of the similarities here.