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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

The topic of the conference was “The Sharing Economy” and as I read many of the session title descriptions I realized that people would be talking more about “collaborative consumption” (think airbnb, taskrabbit, uber) than about why people are sharing more on Instragram & Snapchat. Collaboration.

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Setting Kids Up to Fail

This is going to be BIG.

You''re required to be a lot more entrepreneurial, which requires you to build your own networks in order to get customers and collaborators, since these functions won''t be under the roof of a big company anymore. It''s like when people ask me how to get into venture capital. Venture Capital & Technology'

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BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital

TechCrunch

It’s the second grant that the company has taken from the NSF and is an example of how startups can turn to government funding for capital and avoid some of the pitfalls of fundraising from venture capital. What the Magic Leap story shows is that companies don’t need to take venture capital to make it.

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

billion of total venture capital. List of 60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms The following includes venture funds founded by women or those that have a focus on funding women-founded or gender-mixed startups and early-stage companies. According to the PitchBook data, in 2022 U.S.-based

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Teach 'Em to Tinker

This is going to be BIG.

The school might look more like a co-working space than a bunch of divided, closed off rooms--where you could spend more time getting your hands dirty by collaborating on projects versus getting lectured. Venture Capital & Technology' Staff would be there not to teach, but to help you learn.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA and Central PA-based venture capital partners win EDA grant to strengthen capital access for regional technology companies

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

In a significant boost to the venture capital landscape of Central Pennsylvania, the region is set to benefit from the establishment of the Keystone Innovation Fund II, thanks to a generous grant of $412,598 from the US Economic Development Administration’s ‘Build to Scale Capital Challenge.’

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The Business of Who Makes is Changing

This is going to be BIG.

GrabCAD helps CAD designers collaborate and leverage off of each other''s libraries. Venture Capital & Technology' Etsy is a marketplace for things you make. There are also places to deposit what you''ve built or designed--Thingaverse is a core component of the 3D printing ecosystem.