American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Now with the launch of the Women’s Fund 1 , there will be more and greater opportunities to invest in female entrepreneurs. Having raised $1.3

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And while there’s a long way to go in terms of workplace equality, women entrepreneurs are making their mark on their industries and communities now more than ever. These 20 women entrepreneurs are the ones who are leading the charge—and we think you’ll be inspired by their tremendous impact: Reshma Saujani / Girls Who Code.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 29, 2020

What are some challenges you’ve faced as an entrepreneur? For as long as I can remember, all I wanted to be was an entrepreneur and to be financially secure. I put my ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur on pause for a couple of years until finally walking away from the corporate world in March 2014.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2016

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. We also scoured newsfeeds.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. Angel and venture capital investments are made into women entrepreneur-led companies.

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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. Graham Fellows went on the Startup Community Leaders Mission which featured Boulder, Denver, and San Francisco. Where are they now?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. Knowing how important technology is to every young entrepreneur, along with their leadership skills, Janeel’s passion for both came through in his interview with the YLAI Network, shared below. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings. government.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

What is the role that ThrivingDollars plays within your community? I put my ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur on pause for a couple of years until finally walking away from the corporate world in March 2014. Create community. Entrepreneurship can be isolating and lonely, especially when you work mostly solo.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A social entrepreneur known for building huge, global coalitions, Jeroo first started in Mumbai, working with street children. This work is embodied in Child & Youth Finance International , another extraordinary global coalition, which reached 36 million children and young people in 2014. Soon every night it was ringing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

I began comparing my personal experience as an entrepreneur starting my business 50 years ago to the entrepreneurial ecosystem today. Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. We start half as many new businesses in this country today as we did 30 years ago.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery. All across the country, communities need to jump start and rebuild their economies. The research and evidence supporting the impact and value of startup community building is strong. Ecosystems need to intentionally build and nurture a startup community.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Larson is adamant that “we wouldn’t be here without the help of our local SBDC and the strong community of people and organizations that they work with.” . SBA resource partners often provide one-on-one help to new and aspiring entrepreneurs. Community business groups or associations. Online communities. They include: .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Additional investors also joined, including Saga VC, as well as leading artists, art collectors, museums, gallerists and trustees at institutions such as MOMA and Guggenheim as well as Shalom McKenzie, an online gambling entrepreneur and investor who also invests in NFTs.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The new fund, started by the Maryland-based medical cannabis company Curio Wellness , aims to help underserved entrepreneurs entering the cannabis market. Founded in 2014, the family-owned business operates dispensaries rooted in a patient-centric approach. Participants of this program gain access to capital and operational resources.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration announced today that Pennsylvania is offering opportunities to tech entrepreneurs and startup companies to grow their business by connecting with government clients and developing solutions to make governmental processes more efficient. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 2, 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. But by 2014 much had started to change. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This means that they have room to grow and the potential to impact even more lives and communities. . Each of our waste management stations services 6.000 rural community members, employs two impoverished community members and provides fertilizer for up to 100 small holder farmers.” – Marc Aoun.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

The judges also awarded the runner-up, SpotLight, $5,000 in funding to advance its proposal to deliver care management services to low-vision communities in New York City. “We “Empowering underrepresented communities through education, employability, and entrepreneurship promotes greater economic inclusion. View CCNY Media Kit.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. “These communities are taking their dollars and investing it elsewhere. . “These communities are taking their dollars and investing it elsewhere.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. And still, only about 3% of venture capital goes to female founders—that number is even lower for BIPOC female entrepreneurs with an average funding rate of less than 1%. Summersalt (St. PopCom (Columbus).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2019

Ryan Villanueva is an entrepreneur, educator and co-founder of Best Delegate , a rapidly growing education company with a goal of making Model United Nations a worldwide program in order to help this generation of students lead the world to a better, more peaceful, just, and sustainable future. ” .

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2023

While the market for this particularly trendy style of clothing appeared small, Wu identified a dedicated local community of Beams enthusiasts on the then still-nascent Facebook. Strategy 3: Niche markets have massive potential when targeted correctly Jay Wu is an entrepreneur who believes in the power of niche markets.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Register “Young musicians today treat music-making kind of like playing video games,” says PoChang Wu, co-founder of OurSong, an NFT-based platform for music collection and community building. OurSong and Kimbra’s successful collaboration has also built up the startup’s reputation within the US music community.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. praised the hub and its place in the community. Gust News'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

In part I of our interview , we asked Brad about his journey as an entrepreneur. Accelerator is EO’s targeted program for first-stage entrepreneurs. What has surprised you most about working with entrepreneurs and the Accelerator program? I served as co-chair and in 2014, took over as chair with Ethan King as co-chair.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2021

Founded in 2014, Dovetail’s success stories include Afterpay , the Melbourne-headquartered unicorn that is one of the highest-profile players in the buy now, play later space, along with Klarna and Affirm. We are actively seeking industries that are large yet underappreciated by the startup community,” Frandsen said.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 4, 2014

John Green (@johngreen) December 4, 2014. I lived in LA at the time and distinctly remember the frustration of the African American community – no – of the entire community – at the injustice of the policemen being acquitted. Eric Garner’s last words. pic.twitter.com/5lbqIEm63t. “It stops today.”

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. Now that a new community exists within Rise of the Rest?—?comprised It is always hard to be an entrepreneur.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. We also scoured newsfeeds.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 15, 2022

During the process of assessing it by means of interviews, most of the entrepreneurs who participated in the program shared their tales of change and growth, and above all, how the opportunity to experience Aula de Emprendimiento added value to their personal and professional lives. . Inclusion In and Out of the Classroom.

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StartupNation

MAY 2, 2021

The company has come a long way since its 2014 Kickstarter campaign. Explore the Community : Purpose Jobs is the Midwest’s largest startup and tech community. This brings Floyd’s total funding to $25 million. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2018

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our vision is to build the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. My motivation for becoming an entrepreneur was the ability to do anything, anytime, anywhere, with anyone. Great things happen when like-minded entrepreneurs get together!

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StartupNation

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best sustainability startups from Ann Arbor, Michigan, SkySpecs led by Danny Ellis has grown from an early-stage startup in 2014 into a multi-national company that has explosive demand for its automated wind turbine inspection drones. Explore the Community : Purpose Jobs is the Midwest’s largest startup and tech community.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Dan River Region Entrepreneur Ecosystem (DRREE) has done exactly that, inadvertently creating a case study for the next phase of ecosystem development (read the Dan River Region Case Study ). Additionally, they committed to a major focus on the diversity of the local entrepreneurs and small businesses they are serving.

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