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Hans Severiens Award Given to Tony Shipley

Angel Capital Association

In fact, winning the Hans Severiens Award at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing is a validation of his profound efforts to grow and support angel investing nationally through the Angel Capital Association as well as the community in which he works.

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The Future of Brick and Mortar

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In Bay Ridge, The Art Room is a store front fine arts school for kids and represents the tip of the iceberg in storefront education centers. Perhaps the most widely known example that touches the tech community is General Assembly --almost 30,000 square feet.

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Circularity in action: Social entrepreneurship in London

Impact Hub

This is the remarkable story of circular entrepreneurs, Masha Guyard and Alexander Rose – two graduates of the Circular Start-up programme by Impact Hub London , supported by JP Morgan and Chase – who have harnessed the power of circularity to create positive impact in their communities and beyond. The CirculUP!

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Gary Vaynerchuk, Mark Cuban back web3 project tool Thirdweb

TechCrunch

Some of the immediate use cases have been with art, but now Bartlett and Rydhan are seeing more complex web3 apps being built and gated communities that want to create a space. The new capital will be used to hire both on the technical and growth teams and will focus on marketing and video assets to educate users on its tools.

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Why Black Friday Is Toxic for Startups

Entrepreneur's Handbook

For example, if a product is sold for less than 2000 Euros, there is little possibility of implementing customer service or outbound marketing. Take Apple as an example: they don’t offer discounts on their products (except for education), even though they could easily do so because their products are expensive.

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Investors are missing out on Black founders

TechCrunch

However, I have pressed forward despite the disparities that often plague the Black entrepreneurial community. Historically, many Black students (more so Black male students), are influenced by sports as a vehicle to higher education and not necessarily the institutions recognized for technological prowess.

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7 Tips for Building a Strong, Vibrant Network

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I've been very lucky over the last six years of being involved in the NYC innovation community to meet some fantastic folks. When you're educated by Jesuits, you know the word "discernment". I'd say just about everyone in my LinkedIn network , all 2000 of them, are people who I've at least had the equivilant of a 1:1 lunch with.