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How collective data and storytelling can lead to lasting impact for underserved entrepreneurs

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The concept of building networks of support, or what has sometimes been referred to as, forging “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, has been a key focus for many advancing the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship will be the future of not just our recovery- but the necessary inclusive pathway for economic advancement and wealth building for all.

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Innovation in the Financial Markets: Seventy Years of Hedge Funds

Tomasz Tunguz

Since that era, hedge funds have innovated roughly every decade or so. Using large volumes of data collected by hand in the cocoa markets of Africa for example, econometricians developed models and reshaped investing. And without a doubt, these firms will continue to innovate and push the market forward.

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Welcome, SourceLink Nebraska!

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One key aspiration was driving job creation and attracting young adults to the area by providing more support for entrepreneurs, innovators and small businesses. In 2018, the state of Nebraska released Blueprint Nebraska, a strategic plan aimed at identifying the state’s core economic development challenges to create pioneering solutions.

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8 Steps to Making Better Business Decisions

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Use the data collected from those varying perspectives to accomplish this step. They may seem outlandish or politically unacceptable, but experience shows that the optimal choice is often drawn from out of the box and innovative elements. Determine your goals and envision the desired outcome.

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The Startups and Investors Bringing Voice Tech to Healthcare

Dream It

NeuroLex offers a voice data collection platform, an API that researchers can use to clean and model voice files, and voice datasets for conditions like fatigue, depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. Bird already has an enormous lead in data collection. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Not really.

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Tokyo-based Startup FLUX Raises $32M in Series B Funding for its No-Code AI Platform

AsiaTechDaily

The funding also included participation from existing investors Archetype Ventures and new investors such as Japan Co-Investment, Aozora Corporate Investments, Salesforce Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, SMBC Nikko Securities, and NTT Docomo Ventures.