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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Top Detroit startup Guardhat raised nearly $42 million in funding in early 2021 to create innovative safety solutions for industrial IoT. Revenue has tripled year over year since the company’s 2014 founding. They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

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. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options.

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