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EO Honored by Nuway Foundation for its Work Supporting UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Entrepreneurs' Organization

While Evans always gave back, his life changed in 2004 when his team built the National Underground Railroad Museum. O – for opportunity. E – for education. We, as entrepreneurs, have an incredible opportunity. For Evans, it wasn’t just another project. Being a part of it was one of his proudest moments.

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5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

These investors can also be hesitant to bet on emerging managers, whom they may perceive as higher risk than established investors, even though Cambridge Associates data shows emerging firms made up 72% of the top returning firms between 2004 and 2016. As a result, capital can be concentrated in certain areas.

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The Tory Burch Foundation Fellowship Program is Accepting Applications

Smart Hustle Magazine

This is an exciting opportunity for women entrepreneurs. The Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program is a chance to join a community, grow your business, access $5K for business education, and participate in a year-long virtual education program. Above all, it's like getting an education you don't have to pay for. .

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives a Mission to Connect People With Popongo

StartupNation

America truly is the land of opportunity, especially to people who grow up in third world countries and fight adversity every day while seeking to create a better life for themselves and their loved ones. Creating Popongo was one such opportunity, a chance to challenge myself as well as fill a need and connect people.

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Investors are missing out on Black founders

TechCrunch

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. Despite having great grades and graduating with honors, I was completely unaware of how valuable an Ivy League education could be.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital. 100x investment opportunities only come along in VC occasionally.

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