Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2021

Being a part of the business community plays a critical role in the success of small business owners. If you look at the thriving small business owners, you will find that most of them are outstanding community players. To be a part of a community offers you much-needed guidance to survive in a difficult time like now.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Dreamit works with top healthcare, cybersecurity, and urban technology startups, providing access to extensive customer, industry, and investor networks during its 14-week program. Pro tip for creating a sense of community during self-isolation: Virtual Happy Hours ????? Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 350 companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 10, 2025

Through the use of advanced Gridscope devices and its analytics platform, utilities now have unprecedented insight into the health of their grids enabling them to have faster response times and better mitigate risks associated with outages, wildfires, and other disasters. The post Gridwares $26.4M

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Network Up. billion page views making it the largest communities of artists in the world. But the key drivers: un / under-employment, personal & governmental debt, globalization, resource scarcity, transparency & shifting demographics will mean collaborative networks will form throughout our life. Prices down.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Orbiit , a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 Orbiit says its platform handles the communications, matching, scheduling, feedback collection and analytics for people connecting with each other in an online community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2023

She is also a partner in MakanE , an e-commerce enabler in the Middle East. Unfortunately, gender bias has made it difficult for women entrepreneurs like me to secure funding, build professional networks, and balance various day-to-day responsibilities. It also inspired me to take a leap by partnering in a tech company, MakanE.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Housing affordability is a visceral issue for communities, and local decision-makers are struggling to keep up with the scale of the problem. The confluence of shifting work and travel habits and an expensive housing market has allowed companies like Placemakr to fill a gap in the market with more flexible, tech-enabled options.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Being in control over your awareness enables you to say, ‘I’m not going to visit the fear or anxiety areas of my mind. Lower Stress in Real-Time “Your high-level thinking and reasoning are no match for the sensory network that controls your internal stress switch,” said Dr. Amy Serin (EO Arizona) , author of The Stress Switch.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

From tackling climate change to empowering underrepresented communities, their determination to create a better world is truly inspiring. Their mobile app, Climatize , empowers individuals to invest as little as US$5 in climate projects, many of which support marginalized communities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. She quickly realized it was a difficult place for her to succeed, since she built her network roots in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. She became part of the fabric of her community. She focused on her customer.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2013

And that''s not to say that the only reason anyone should network with somebody is because of money--but the reality is that access to capital is an enabler. That chip that enabled the authorities to see that kid in the boat from a helicopter--someone invested in that. and turning them into reality.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

Their goal is to be a brand that parents and teachers trust to produce high-quality, fun, and inspiring mobile products that enable learning and encourage kids to explore the world around them. That’s also why this is the second company (the other is Editorially ) I’ve invested in from that network.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). It exists precisely because there is a network. ” So WoW in a way is his son’s social network.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As it is, we know that curated social networks like Instagram can have negative affects on self image. There are broader implications than who owns what and how things are monetized. What will AI-generated images of ourselves do to our own self-image. Will AI only make it worse? These are not my forearms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments. Its business-to-business model has picked up steam, too, as 500 micro and small merchants use the hybrid platform (about half use Qwili’s NFC-enabled smartphones).

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As you look around your local community, take the time to talk to people to discover unmet needs. What is missing that your community currently wants? Contact the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at your local community college to locate programs near you. Find a need and fill it. What problem can you solve?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

Department of State is supporting five outstanding 2022 YLAI fellows to travel as youth delegates to the Summit of the Americas, where they will serve as a voice for the YLAI fellowship program, their communities, and youth across the region. Get to know them here, and keep up with them during their time at the summit! .

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

million that it could use to build a decentralized hiring community for web3 talent. Talents earn Outdefine’s crypto token for referring some friends, finding work, and contributing to the community. Their ability to work remotely enabled these talents to work flexibly and provide specialized skills to a variety of companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

December 20, 2024 ) Applications for Delawares fifth annual Startup302 funding competition will be accepted January 2 through 26 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

The high-caliber leadership content and unique experience of networking with other leaders make GLC one of the top entrepreneurial conferences of the year. Our community is inclusive, and we value diversity. The PPP enabled me to keep a small but scrappy team; we dug deep to become the experts on virtual and hybrid events.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On the one hand, tokens enable developers and users to contribute to open-source protocols and participate in the economic upside of doing so, leading to strong developer communities. Also, blockchains are slow and complex networks. Web3 is a software-driven innovation that has a built-in financial system.

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Dream It

MARCH 7, 2019

The Summary Remix is currently being used by over 4,000 planners in over 300 cities to enable planners to visualize tradeoffs when making urban planning decisions. Smart city initiatives and open data projects have enabled Remix to get better over time. In other words, Remix is helping to solve some major problems.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This annual gathering brings together a dynamic mix of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists from the surrounding states, creating a fertile ground for innovation, networking, and investment opportunities. With a rigorous selection process, only the most promising tech-enabled companies get the chance to pitch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It says it is the largest community of healthcare professionals in Southeast Asia, with more than 350,000 doctors on board. The company says that so far, its platform has enabled doctors to earn a total of 4.2 It’s a closed, GDPR and HIPAA-compliant network that only allows in doctors verified by medical associations.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

She is working hard to achieve this goal by encouraging community members to master different skills, such as sewing and garment design. . Community issues motivating action. Advice for YLAI Network members. By Caroline Sachdeva. Avena Prince aims to alleviate the strain of unemployment and poverty in her country of Dominica.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. Community meets product. As TechCrunch wrote last year, in many ways, the chief community officer is the new chief marketing officer.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. What work is Verizon doing in the Detroit/Michigan community to help small businesses? Brianna Ellison.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The country’s only tech-enabled deposit network is leaving behind competitor networks that still use manual processes While fintech funding languished in 2023 , deposit management platform ModernFi is an exception going into 2024, having just closed an $18.7 million Series A funding round. The current round adds to a $4.5

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Jason Malki

MARCH 26, 2025

Sanjit has held roles at top-tier institutions including Weill Cornell Medicine, NASA, Johns Hopkins University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the National Security Innovation Network. His groundbreaking work spans healthcare, defense, and education, with a strong focus on extended reality (XR) and human-centered design.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2024

I started Watershed because I knew a better healthcare system was possible, and I wanted to solve the problems I was seeing in my community. As an early adopter of this platform, we have seen firsthand the benefits it offers to our network.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

We appreciate collaboration and work diligently to identify appropriate networks & partners within ecosystems to convene and apply solutions collectively. Ecosystem builders exist in a variety of places, such as communities, organizations, industries, etc. ”(Startup Champions Network).

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2024

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, a global education non-profit, does just that—exposing middle school, high school, and postsecondary students to entrepreneurship via its nationally run education program. Jonathan Ho won $3,000 for his business Edily Learning and Akin Shoyoye won $2,000 for his business Faderade. “We

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S. SDAC angel investors can expand their network through structured seminars, and socials, and by becoming a member of the USD President’s Club. SDAC is about community building as much as portfolio expansion.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If you look at Hulu and said, “the networks will never enable a strong competitor to broadcast TV you’d need to put your head in the sand. Hashtags were organically created by the Twitter community the way that RT (retweets) were and OH (over heard) was and #FF (follow Friday), etc.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 14, 2024

“We are incredibly grateful to the San Diego Angel Conference fund for this investment, which will enable us to scale. The experience has been invaluable – from the mentoring and coaching on how to effectively communicate with angel investors, complete the due diligence process, and build a strong network of mentors, investors, and peers.”

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