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NJEDA Hosts Diversity Finance Advisory Board Meeting, Convening Diverse Group of Entrepreneurs and Investors

American Entrepreneurship

“Last week’s event showcased the growing diversity in New Jersey’s innovation sectors and is a tremendous step toward ensuring every entrepreneur has equitable access to opportunities and funding,” said NJEDA Chief Economic Transformation Officer Kathleen Coviello. million in income replacement grants, as well as mentorship and training.

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Andela begins global expansion in 37 countries months after going remote across Africa

TechCrunch

When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to source, vet and train engineers to be part of remote teams for international companies. It also helped developers improve their skills via training and mentorship. It also tested satellite models in Egypt and Ghana as substitutes to physical hubs.

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. Subsequently, it provides an opportunity for sustainable growth of minority small businesses that are underfunded. The grant opportunities on their websites are posted by twelve different federal agencies.

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Top Ann Arbor Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. Because they’re quickly growing, working at Blumira offers the opportunity for high growth and a fast-paced work environment.

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Aspire Impact and global leader Impact Hub to launch the Impact Startup Support program in India

Impact Hub

and opportunities for impact focused start-ups in the current ecosystem, at the Resurgence TiEcon. Majority of the respondents agreed that mentorship, technological inputs, R&D Support and. 2014-2017); Founding CEO of WNS Knowledge Services (2003-2007); Founding Country Manager of. Delhi-NCR event.

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

TechCrunch

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. enabling people to buy Bitcoin. Having companies that differentiate from that and provide a nice consumer experience on the digital banking side, but within the framework of an Islamic bank, there’s an opportunity there.”

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Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India’s Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung

Y Combinator

Adora Cheung [02:13] – Most of these people, before Meesho existed, did they even have a business or most of them you have enabled them to even have a business in the first place? When we started off, we were just enabling existing guys who were doing this, because we saw this behavior. India is not such a rich country.

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