Forward Cities

JULY 27, 2020

We add another proposal to the mix: use unemployment insurance to encourage entrepreneurship as well as traditional employment. But that model only partially makes sense, as opportunities for entrepreneurship are often more readily available — with vast amounts of information accessible online to guide aspiring business-starters.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Working With A Chinese Factory, Hardware Entrepreneur Edition. It was just a matter of time until an intrepid Chinese entrepreneur with a tech background decided to take on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. So it was just a matter of time until an intrepid Chinese entrepreneur with a tech background decided to take on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. “We are not only focusing on innovative entrepreneurship. “We are a new generation of young people in government.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Of those who had a QUT supported place: Alex Ghiculescu (2014) founded Tanda, a workforce success company that continues to go from strength to strength with over 120 staff across the globe. Rowena is at every single student entrepreneurship event you could possibly think of. Where are they now? Oh, I go to most things….

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels The year was 2014. All of that changed on December 1st, 2014. Money is not the Key to Happiness or Success Back in 2015, when we were beginning to see early signs of success, we desperately wanted to raise outside capital to accelerate the company’s growth.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 15, 2022

Although entrepreneurship is presented as an opportunity and alternative form of employment, people with disabilities face considerable challenges related to business development.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Funds II and III closed in 2014 and 2017, raising $135 million and $200 million, respectively. Both funds, according to Kaszek, were “several times oversubscribed” with demand coming globally from university endowments, global foundations, technology funds and several tech entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The report, which included analysis from McKinsey & Company, says its assertions are backed by an acceleration in strong market fundamentals and the impact of the pandemic. Image Credits: Bill Gates Foundation Gallup report (2014)/Endeavor. The firm also has a fund, Endeavor Catalyst, which has backed many unicorns outside the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

(March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

Gil Dibner, the general partner at Angular Ventures noticed : “… we live in an era where there are tremendous short-term benefits to successful pseudo entrepreneurship. I’m looking at the following trends and their interpretations: PhDs supply/academic demand encourages researchers to turn to entrepreneurship; Investing in Ph.D.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 24, 2019

The founders of Nata y Limón , based at Impact Hub Munich & Impact Hub Berlin , combined their passions for design and social entrepreneurship, and have partnered with weaving cooperatives in the highlands of Guatemala. The Fashion for Good experience center in Amsterdam, photo by Fred Ernst. Nata y Limón. Photograph by Judith Affolter.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 18, 2015

The strong pace of initial public offerings has many entrepreneurs contemplating if, when and how to look for an exit. Entrepreneurs have to consider a myriad of challenges that come with preparing for a liquidity event. Entrepreneurs have to consider a myriad of challenges that come with preparing for a liquidity event.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

In 2014, I started working a cocaine trafficking case, which eventually led to the largest cocaine haul and most complex wiretap case in Nashville history. (I From day one, I set a goal to get into EO Nashville’s business accelerator program, Catalyst , which is similar to EO Accelerator in other cities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Kevin Chin is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in London and the author of HyperTurnaround! Martin Bell, who sits on Arowana’s advisory board, founded 100tasks.com to democratize entrepreneurship and is an expert in launching and hyper-scaling companies. That could not be farther from reality. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated the situation. Startups and entrepreneurs need ecosystems and communities of support to be successful. The best way to revitalize a city’s economy is through entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem building. Startups and entrepreneurs need communities of support to be successful.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Calculating a company’s prospective market share is notoriously difficult for inexperienced entrepreneurs, and getting it wrong is a red flag for investors. In a TechCrunch+ guest post, she offers suggestions for approaching angels, accelerators and traditional VCs, along with some thoughts that may help web3 entrepreneurs level-set.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

February 2014 seems so long ago. Many VCs like to be heard saying that they’re founder-focused, but in practice, investor-entrepreneur relationships are largely transactional. 3 warning signs that your investor will leave you on the sidelines. Image Credits: porcorex (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

That was my mindset in 2014 as my co-founder Lee Silverstone and I started Gymtrack, a startup that lets gym members automatically track their workouts. A few months in, Dave McClure hand-picks our tiny Ottawa-based startup to be part of 500 Startups, his famous accelerator in SF. It’s Peloton for the gym. It’s “The Future of Fitness.”

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