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What Future for Accelerators?

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There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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Q&A with GSEA ‘Together We Grow’ Award Winner, Arnold Shoko

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Nominees compete against their peers from around the world in a series of local and national competitions in hopes to qualify for the GSEA Global Finals. We offer larvae as an alternative protein feed ingredient, and we also offer consultation services to fish farmers around the country. We asked Arnold about his GSEA experience.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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I consulted and trained dozens of local economic developers on entrepreneurship ecosystem building efforts, developing a unique understanding of the stereotypes and challenges associated with rural economic development and entrepreneurship ecosystem building. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Key Takeaways From Startup Grind Global

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO is a peer-to-peer learning organization , so it made perfect sense to offer free mentoring sessions to conference attendees who wished to spend time with an entrepreneur. Santoro attended the 2019 Startup Grind Global as an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ambassador and mentor. We share his thoughts below. .

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

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Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost.

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Challenges Women Business Owners Face revealed in Block Advisors’ 2024 Report

American Entrepreneurship

This is reflected in the industries of the grant fund applicants with nearly one in four (23%) women owning a business in counseling, education, tutoring, or business consulting. It revealed a rarely discussed confidence gap that over half of female business owners have, while a lack of mentorship was also a common theme.

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Qureos raises $3M to grow its learn to earn platform

TechCrunch

Qureos was founded in August last year by Alexander Epure , Mehrad Yaghmai and Usama Nini in a bid to make mentorship more accessible to individuals that are starting out in their careers, or are looking to switch jobs. As such, you learn from peers and from the best in the world,” said Epure. Image Credits: Qureos.