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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

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What you want, however, is to increase the chance that such a founder winds up in your locale—that not only is it routine to find such a person, but there’s also a path for well meaning, aspirational folks just starting out their career to grow into that founder through learning, experience and mentorship. Mayors don’t build startup cities.

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

TechCrunch

The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital.

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

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We see this all the time across main street America—the drug store sponsoring the youth baseball team, the supermarket hiring high schoolers to give them their first work experience, and growing innovation companies reinvesting the owner’s time back into mentorship, inspiring other would-be entrepreneurs. Distance and transportation.

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Meet the Black Female Founders from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

TechCrunch

We partnered with various founder organizations — who in turn nominated promising early-stage startup founders — and collectively provide educational resources and mentorship to help these young founders develop and succeed over the course of the year. Founded by Denise Umubyeyi. Go Together, Inc. : Founded by Kimberly Moore.

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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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Interview with Shawn Taikratoke: Redefining the Human Journey with Mozee

Jason Malki

Outside of his professional endeavors, Shawn is known for his dedication to mentorship and community building within the software engineering field. This goes beyond mere transportation; it embodies liberation, allowing people to park at a greater distance and save money. Every startup aspires to make a significant difference.

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Navigating Singapore’s Startup Ecosystem: Top 5 Funding Initiatives Unveiled

AsiaTechDaily

The initiative aims to provide Singapore-based startups access to diverse funding sources and mentorship programs, nurturing innovative concepts into prosperous companies. Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs.