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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code.

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Why Yelp should pay attention to not shooting itself in the face (and what ripping off Foursquare and taking big money from Elevation mean)

This is going to be BIG.

Whitney McNamara referred to as the “post that launched 1000 VCs”, but it was really meant to open up a dialogue between an innovative little company hyperfocused on an important piece of data—when people show up to venues—and a bigger company dependent on relationships with venues.

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Nana nabs $6M for an online academy and marketplace dedicated to appliance repair

TechCrunch

Zamir said that Nana was named after his mother, who raised David as a single parent after his father passed away, a reference to working hard and being practical. “There are 5.9 million tons of municipal solid waste [which includes lots of electronics like washing machines, blenders and everything in between] in the U.S.,”

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Among a package of some 50 support measures, the entrepreneurial strategy makes a reference to “smart regulation” and floats the idea of sandboxing for testing products publicly (i.e. “So first, for example, for investment — what if big companies start investing more and more than they are actually doing?

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Klim harvests $6.6M seed to get more farmers growing greener

TechCrunch

” He does not specify which scientific studies he’s referring to — but a five-month investigation into meat industry lobbying tactics conducted by DeSmog last year found suspiciously similar climatewashing claims featuring in its PR and lobbying. .” But what is regenerative agriculture? ” So, yeah, uncanny.).

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The true value of forests: insights from the dialogue in Southeast Asia

Impact Hub

Attendees described forests not only as sources of livelihood but also as cultural and spiritual pillars—referring to them as their “mother,” “provider,” “bank,” and “supermarket.” Balancing economic growth with ecological preservation is essential for maintaining healthy forest ecosystems and supporting thriving forest communities.

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Circularity in action: Awakening Ghana’s circular economy

Impact Hub

Sabon Sake, directly translating from Hausa as ‘to transform,’ embodies a circular system that prioritises a successful transformation (physical and mental) of rural farming communities into regenerative communities.

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