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

American Entrepreneurship

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. But by 2014 much had started to change. We had a specific goal in mind. So what next?

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Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These business and mentorship networks have made great strides helping entrepreneurs in local communities across the U.S. What are the new trends we are seeing in entrepreneurship today that didn’t happen 10 years ago? Today, there are more nonprofits and incubator programs supporting potential entrepreneurs than ever before.

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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. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

Mentorship. And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.

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Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Revenue has tripled year over year since the company’s 2014 founding. They’ve partnered with TechStars, ID Ventures, Lofty Ventures, Wayne State University and Precursor Ventures, which gives them the mentorship and funding to scale. In 2020, TIME listed Guardhat’s smart hat as one of the best inventions of the year. FutureBank.

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

Impact Hub

finance, transforming India into an Impact Startup nation.”. “We 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. programs, across 60 countries to India.”