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Five Ways We Stayed Motivated in 2015

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here are the top five ways we stayed motivated in 2015: Thanks to our newly-remodeled office space, we have access to white boards, furnished meeting spots and an innovation lounge, which we use to hold frequent group meetings. The post Five Ways We Stayed Motivated in 2015 appeared first on THE BLOG. What is our “why?”

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund behind Moniepoint, Africa’s Fastest-Growing Fintech

American Entrepreneurship

Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, co-founded Moniepoint (formerly TeamApt) in 2015. With its latest funding round, Moniepoin t will accelerate its growth, introducing its One-Stop-Shop to customers across Africa. Global impact firm Lightrock, an existing investor, also participated.

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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. But critics contend that AWS Impact Accelerator doesn’t go far enough in supporting historically marginalized entrepreneurs.

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EODC 2015: Looking Back and Feeling Grateful

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“The EODC Accelerator Program has, by far, been the biggest positive influence on my business in terms of learning new business strategies and connecting with great people, and for this I’m extremely grateful.” The post EODC 2015: Looking Back and Feeling Grateful appeared first on THE BLOG. ” – Heather Cox.

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Why We Invested in @FerrisApp – A New Kind of Video Sharing App

Both Sides of the Table

This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney. Imagine if your friends could all contribute the Burning Man 2015 album and create a group story. Mark Suster (@msuster) April 23, 2015. So Why Did We Invest? My 1st on @ProductHunt [link] https://t.co/L1I6RUWYJu.

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How to Grow Your Chapter’s Accelerator Program

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Brad Stevens is an EO Atlanta member, Chair of that chapter’s Accelerator program, and founder and CEO of Outsource Access , which helps companies grow by providing highly skilled virtual assistants. Here, he shares his experience and insights for growing Atlanta’s Accelerator program. We transitioned to a quarterly membership cycle.

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Breakthrough Energy Fellows announces 3rd Cohort to accelerate Climate-tech Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

With the goal of getting the world to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Breakthrough Energy’s fellows program seeks to help innovators accelerate their clean technology. Breakthrough Energy was founded by Bill Gates in 2015 to solve the climate crisis.

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