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Continued investment needed for economic growth

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. In today’s world, a state’s economic growth demands investment in innovation and high-tech industries — especially for a natural resource-rich state like ours that must leverage our existing resource base to diversify our economy for the future. By Scott Meacham. Let me start in the middle.

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Rural Colorado Entrepreneurial Opportunities Increase With Access To New Capital

American Entrepreneurship

Over 59% of all counties in America are in a state of economic decline, and over 50% of all economic growth in The US since the 2008 recession has been isolated to just 20 out of 3,007 ounties. GCVF has shown that opportunity exists in rural markets to drive competitive returns for venture capital investors.

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Rural Colorado Entrepreneurial Opportunities Increase With Access To New Capital

American Entrepreneurship

Over 59% of all counties in America are in a state of economic decline, and over 50% of all economic growth in The US since the 2008 recession has been isolated to just 20 out of 3,007 ounties. GCVF has shown that opportunity exists in rural markets to drive competitive returns for venture capital investors.

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

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Geography does not determine success—it may surface some unique challenges, but it also gives unique opportunities. Talent seeks opportunities, and opportunities can (and must) be created. Fast internet is not just a nice thing to have, it is truly an economic imperative for of our communities in the middle.

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NJEDA Establishes New Jersey Green Bank to Advance Climate Goals

American Entrepreneurship

The NJGB is a component of the 2019 Energy Master Plan and Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 316 directed the NJEDA to implement programs supporting building electrification through the NJGB. Additionally, the NJEDA has been engaged with sister agencies to identify investment opportunities.

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In the race for tech talent, the US should look to Mexico

TechCrunch

with projections showing an 11% increase by 2029 from 2019 numbers, which amounts to over half a million new jobs. produces only about 65,000 computer science graduates, there is a vast deficit in the tech talent market, which materialized as over 900,000 unfilled IT and related positions in 2019 alone. Given that the U.S. 1 among U.S.

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MFS Africa leads $2.3M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

TechCrunch

Although these businesses drive economic growth and contribute up to one-third of the continent’s GDP, they are often financially excluded from credit and other financial services due to their size and informality. “That’s an opportunity we see in the future. And today, the company is announcing the close of its $2.3

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