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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Inspiring Creativity Among Youth Troy Armour carried his company’s message from youth to the inner circle at WEF, and even got some of the Junk Kouture alumni a platform to speak and share their stories. I started going regularly in 2014 when I became a Global Shaper. (I I always weave EO into the story of Junk Kouture.

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No Idea? No Problem. How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur Without a Winning Idea

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Of small businesses started in 2014, only 56 percent survived four years. Apply your strengths to entrepreneurship. Your results will reveal where you rate along the top 10 entrepreneurial talents, including creative thinking, independence, promotion, and confidence. The success rate plummets to around one-third by 10 years.

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Newark’s Small Business Grants are Revitalizing City’s Downtown

American Entrepreneurship

The Retail Reactivation Initiative was established to stimulate the local economy Since Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was elected in 2014, he has been committed to revitalizing the City of Newark, stimulating business in the downtown area, and strengthening neighborhoods. For its business development program, he took two key steps.

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CCNY Student-Led Start-up Organovis Wins USD25,000 Top Prize at Standard Chartered 2023 Women in Tech Incubator Competition

American Entrepreneurship

“Empowering underrepresented communities through education, employability, and entrepreneurship promotes greater economic inclusion. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship.

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Data-driven iteration helped China’s Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years

TechCrunch

Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. So we thought we should take a closer look and see what this company’s graph can tell us about the new wave of Chinese D2C entrepreneurship looking to take over the globe. Finding a bigger wave to ride.

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

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).