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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In celebration of Kenishia’s accomplishments and her encouragement to fellow young leaders to make their money count , we asked her to answer a few questions about her journey to entrepreneurship. 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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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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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

Impact Hub

How to make the field of entrepreneurship more inclusive to migrants and refugees, people with disability, seniors, women, youth? The first virtual session took place at the end of May 2021 and we got inspired to hear about what different entrepreneurs and experts are doing to build more inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems.

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Alumni Ventures launches Women’s Fund 1

American Entrepreneurship

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. The Women’s Fund seeks companies and trends at the intersection of innovation, venture investing, and female entrepreneurship. Having raised $1.3

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Why You Need a Business Mentor (and Where You Can Find One)

StartupNation

In addition, working with the SBDC has also resulted in a much larger and growing network of business mentors and supporters. Entrepreneurship can be lonely, and working with someone who understands those struggles can be invaluable. . StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here.

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Entrepreneurship and the Next CARES Act

Forward Cities

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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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. Image Credits: VCG.