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

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Entrepreneurial development in rural areas is needed now more than ever.

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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

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In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. Interstate System : Atlanta is a nexus for major interstates like I-20, I-75, and I-85, allowing for efficient road transport.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

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SafeBoda said the investment from Google’s Africa Investment Fund will help “drive its growth in Uganda and Nigeria, scaling its transportation-led app to offer new payment and financial services solutions for its expanding set of customers: passengers, drivers and merchants.”.

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Ben Franklin’s Spring 2024 TechCelerator Winners Announced!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Second place of $4,500 went to Workforce Consolidation Solutions , founded by Ronnie Tillman-Hill and Alex Steele (Dauphin County): Providing eco-friendly employee transportation solutions, WCS optimizes routes and reduces commute times, enhancing employee experience and workforce management.

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Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

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Lori Systems , an African on-demand logistics and trucking company digitizing haulage and providing shippers with solutions to manage their cargo and transporters, has raised a pre-Series B round in which Google participated along with other existing investors.

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Battery investment moves onshore to kick-start US EV production

TechCrunch

Car companies and suppliers such as LG Energy, SK Innovation, Panasonic and Samsung are investing more than $38 billion through 2026 to boost battery production in the U.S., Automakers and suppliers are breaking ground on battery factories across the United States as they race to go all in on EVs by the end of the decade.

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Student Innovators from Oklahoma State, University of Oklahoma and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Win First at Entrepreneur’s Cup

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ENDERO’s mission is to improve the quality of life for women with innovative menstrual products. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Business Roundtable, the Paulsen Awards are $5,000 scholarships awarded to encourage Oklahoma students to become involved with economic development and entrepreneurship in the state. “The million in awards.