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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. What makes people like that want to live in any particular community?

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Supporting and empowering children with autism in Nicaragua

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How is Blue Hope a vital part of your community? Blue Hope provides cognitive therapy to autistic students to improve their behavior, their communication, their attention span, and improve how they manage their emotions, all of which will ultimately help them to integrate more easily into life in the community.

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Moving trans advocacy forward in Jamaica

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

As the Co-Founder and Executive Director of TransWave Jamaica , Neish is succeeding in his mission to increase the visibility of transgender Jamaicans, provide resources to change the narrative towards a positive reflection of the community, and emphasize the need for improved healthcare and safe spaces that meet the needs of the community.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA Awards $10,000 in Business Funding to Local Start-Ups

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

*The Heddleson Transformation Award, named in honor of beloved BFTP/CNP Regional Director Richard Heddleson, celebrates the entrepreneur who best embodies Heddlesons legacy of community dedication and ingenuity. Microversal (Founder and CEO, Laura Weyrich): Oral Microbiome Transplantation for long-term dental health.

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15 Grant Programs for Minority and Women Business Owners

StartupNation

” Applicants must demonstrate the impact their small business has on their greater community, and interested entrepreneurs can apply here. Eligible businesses must be Black-owned, employing three to 200 people (including independent contractors), and be located in an “economically vulnerable community.” Rebuild the Block Grants.

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adidas Community Lab: Empowering latino/a/e social entrepreneurs in Portland

Impact Hub

adidas Community Lab: Empowering latino/a/e social entrepreneurs in Portland The 2023 adidas Community Lab, in collaboration with Impact Hub, supports Black and Latino/a/e social entrepreneurs by providing resources, funding, and mentorship.

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Disruptive Technology Startups Selected for Morgan Stanley’s Inclusive Ventures Lab

American Entrepreneurship

Each cohort member receivesa $250,000 investment (£250,000 in EMEA) from Morgan Stanley plus a variety of mentorship opportunities, a tailored entrepreneurship curriculum, and access to business-growth resources from the firm’s ecosystem of internal and external partners.