Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We also had a strong incentive to make our program successful: despite the shared branding and core values, each Techstars program was funded and owned by the mentor and investor community in the city in which it operated. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. Improving the Field: Imagine a learning infrastructure supporting the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field widely seen as both efficient and innovative. What would that look like?

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. No city stands out as a leader across cleantech, green, community, and bottom billion targeted startups, and as such, entrepreneurs are not flocking to any one city to find talent or funding.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

Much of what we do as startup community builders requires in-person interactions through workshops, meetups, and other events. But the Covid pandemic pushed the big pause button on in-person events that are the beating heart of many startup communities. We’re leaning heavily on our digital platforms to keep the community engaged.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The platform serves community and regional banks by helping them grow, retain, and manage their deposits. With a strong view of the role of community banking in the American economy, they joined forces. million Series A funding round. Bertolotti completed a PhD at MIT and DeVita worked as a Product Manager at Citi.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 30, 2024

Women small business owners are integral players in their communities. Block Advisors sees the “Funder Her Future” grant program as a way to contribute to local communities. The post Block Advisors by H&R Block Announces Grants for Women-Owned Small Businesses appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the extent and impact of COVID-19 becomes more apparent, entrepreneurs and small businesses are on the front lines of its devastating impact–and with their demise comes potentially catastrophic economic losses for local communities. In the ensuing years, entrepreneurship in America struggled to recover.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Third Rock is committed to cultivating the next generation of innovators in biotech and ensuring that we are doing all that we can to help under-represented communities find a way to our industry.” Other early funders include Google Ventures and JLABS. Partner at Third Rock.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 1, 2021

Jordan, 1 June, 2021 – The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and its mandated Advisory Committee and Sub-Committees, supported by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub gathered to advance policy development work in support of social entrepreneurs in Jordan. About Impact Hub.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In the midst of supporting founders in their communities during a global pandemic, what do they wish they were more versed in? Many people will talk about the fact that a community needs a “unicorn” in order to get the ball rolling but I always counter that you need to create the conditions for a unicorn to flourish. Gabe Munoz.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 19, 2024

World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship This World Refugee Day, lets look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. The local community and various organisations are incredibly supportive.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

Chloe Capital, a Movement-driven venture capital firm with a national investment lens, invites the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania community to join us for our INVEST IN WOMEN x PITTSBURGH FOUNDER SHOWCASE ( InvestInWomenPittsburgh.eventbrite.com ) on Wednesday, May 8 from 5-7:30pm at Google Pittsburgh. Advanced registration is required.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. Jamie Finney. Contributor.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Fearless Fund in collaboration with Amazon awards grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to black women in their B lack Business Accelerator program and the Minority Business Development Agency in the past has awarded g rants to college and universities that assist undergraduate students with entrepreneurship. Small Business Administration.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For additional background on the specific approach taken in communities like Franklin County. For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. We detail below the major categories of VC: Funder category. These new data sources are creating high-impact tools for investors. Jamie Finney. Contributor. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% Example VC.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. Lack of diversity especially when it comes to immigrant and refugee communities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“Starting a business is hard, but we now have a path for proptech lined with funders and advisers that can propel entrepreneurs over early obstacles through to maturity and deep market penetration.” ” Buy a TechCrunch+ membership before July 4, 2022 and save 50% on an annual subscription. Investors flowed $1.2

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For additional background on the specific approach taken in communities like Franklin County, please visit the first article in the series found here. Each community has particular strengths and unique challenges for business owners. A COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESS. FRANKLIN COUNTY, FORWARD CITIES.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 19, 2024

World Refugee Day: Navigating the challenges of refugee employment and entrepreneurship This World Refugee Day, let’s look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. The local community and various organisations are incredibly supportive.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Forward Cities is a national leader in developing and applying research tools that support communities to better understand the inner workings of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. We’ve created a suite of assessment and evaluation tools that have been applied in communities around the country. Start date: November 30, 2020.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our mission is to build locally rooted and globally connected entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. This article delves into Impact Hub’s policy approach, highlighting its goals, and applied practices to illustrate how we work with policy makers in our communities worldwide. food, circularity, packaging etc.)

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Notley Ventures.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Venture capital investing offers different challenges than those associated with tech entrepreneurship, but Alex Mittal, co-founder and CEO of FundersClub, approached the sphere of venture capital the same way he did as a tech founder previously: is there a better way to do this? So how is Funders Club different than other VCs?

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

We’re so grateful for the ongoing support from sponsors and community members for this exciting competition, and, as usual, we were extremely impressed by the quality of the startups who made it to the finals,” said DPP Director of Innovation Noah Olson. These included a welcome reception on May 15 and a breakfast with investors on May 17.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). For some, this comes with a newfound sense of community and belonging, as I experienced in 2017 when I moved from my lifelong home of Los Angeles to Nashville.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm ET - How Can We ALL Continue to Advance the DREAM powered by OzoneX VC - Join leaders, angel investors, VC's, agencies & funders on how we can do better, together, transform communities & empower more minority produced start-ups through entrepreneurship. Jacques-Phillippe Perverger, Ozone X Ventures.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 11, 2021

After centuries of racial violence, displacement, segregation and a lack of investment, the idea of a Black Wall Street – where businesses and entrepreneurship can thrive and money can continue to support it – is a near impossibility. This community and others like it were destroyed by state development. It's hard to know.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 21, 2021

Forward Cities is a national leader in developing and applying research tools that support communities to better understand the inner workings of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. We’ve created a suite of assessment and evaluation tools that have been applied in communities around the country. Anticipated start date: July 6, 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders. What do these approaches have in common?

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She received her Economics degree from IBMEC in Rio de Janeiro and a certificate from Stanford GSB’s Latino entrepreneurship initiative. She holds widely attended community events and educational programming that connect women-run VCs and startups in Los Angeles — all from her home-headquarters in Venice Beach. The alphaa.io

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

However, female investors will often come from technology careers, so to get more female funders requires a systematic shift and change across the whole ecosystem. So for me, entrepreneurship was just a natural progression and it shows in the data: Less than 1% of funding goes to black women.

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