Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

More information about the ESHIP Communities program can be found here. Due to redlining, housing discrimination and other discrimination tactics, certain areas of the city (east of Troost) didn’t experience the same opportunity or financial resources and development as more influential/affluent areas of Kansas City.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. The recognition of the impact of her hard work came years later when she was accepted for the YLAI Fellowship in 2016.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Community isn’t a single Slack group or event or newsletter. Despite this nebulous, disconnected reality, companies are paying more attention to various channels as remote work and digital communication powers our days. who is building the best community in edtech right now? — natasha (@nmasc_) February 16, 2021.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

Backed by federal funding, a coalition has put together a free program using public library resources, mentors from the software developer community, and online learning programs to turn out skilled, employable graduates. The post What’s Happening in Tech During 2016? appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

In 2016, I was looking for my next big thing after 25 years of operating a marketing business. It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. Who can attend DX22?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. What’s your personal mantra for 2016? Once you reach a decent level of professional success, lack of opportunity won’t kill you. The new year is here.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The last time I had visited was mid-2016 when I was getting ready to leave QUT. It was just quite extraordinary to give students the opportunity to go to Silicon Valley, see what’s happening in firms, and to do a startup weekend in the middle. Danielle Vaz (2016) is with Deloitte Digital as a Technical Business Analyst.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to the National Science Foundation , women earned only 19% of computer science degrees in 2016. In 2016, 31% of CS masters degrees were granted to women, up from 28% in 1997. It provides opportunities for mentorship. Fewer women obtaining CS degrees means fewer women becoming software developers. Career progression.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A few years ago, maybe in 2016, we held a discussion of blockchain and crypto technologies at the annual meeting of our limited partners. We are also seeing a lot of innovation around governance, with crypto projects working on ways to allow the community of token holders to have real say in the way a crypto project operates.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Through these demonstrations, CC4H Robotics has had the opportunity to showcase their creations to industry professionals, garnering recognition for their ingenuity and fostering potential collaborations for future projects.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2016 YLAI Fellow Liziane Dranka Silva has realized the necessity of marketing and rebranding to expand and specify the target clientele of her company. . Turn challenges into opportunities and know when to rebrand and redirect.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. As someone who gave them an opportunity.”. The Entrepreneurial Spirit. “I

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Source Link

JULY 8, 2021

While there’s much to celebrate about milestones achieved for the LGBTQ+ community, there’s still much more work to do in the business world for LGBTQ+ equality. Such inequity can make it difficult for an LGBTQ+ entrepreneur to feel safe being out or pursuing business opportunities in line with their identity.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

On one hand, it benefited tremendously from the Trump backlash after the 2016 election and society’s focus on women. What compounded The Wing’s pandemic woes wasn’t so much being a terrible employer or community steward as much as it was promising it wouldn’t ever be terrible. It’s hard to blame them.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. She created the SoGal community in LA, one of the largest global networks for women entrepreneurs and investors.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this One characteristic I have discovered and tracked with fascination since 2016?—?in And that’s a good thing. That difference?—?the the unique DNA of each city?—?is

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

OSRF will remain in charge of the open source intellectual property, project governance and growing the ROS, Gazebo and Open-RMF communities after the deal closes. OSRC launched in September 2016 and together with OSRF became known as Open Robotics. Willow Garage was gradually dissolved into a number of spin-offs, including OSRF.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This latest investment on Privy is anchored on the strong commitment of the Indonesian government to accelerate digital transformation through four strategic sectors – digital infrastructure, digital governance, digital economy, and digital citizenship – and contribute to the development of the digital community in Southeast Asia.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. Fika Ventures , co-founded by Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, raised a $160 million fund 3 and a $35 million opportunity fund.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The startup community must defend merit-based immigration. In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

These investors can also be hesitant to bet on emerging managers, whom they may perceive as higher risk than established investors, even though Cambridge Associates data shows emerging firms made up 72% of the top returning firms between 2004 and 2016. As a result, capital can be concentrated in certain areas.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Michelle Ferguson is National Community Relations Director at Dream Corps. If this past year is any indication, it will hurt all of us — but communities of color will continue to suffer disproportionately. The situation is worse for communities of color. Kasheef Wyzard. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

With the virtual work and collaboration platform, theDesk and its members can also host events of different types for business networking and opportunities without borders to unlock the full potential of every business through establishing connections and fostering collaborations.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Participants have the opportunity to receive prizes reaching $40,000. Right here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Despite the obstacles, it’s entrepreneurs who are driving real change and progress, transforming developing nations by growing knowledge-based economies, investing in local communities and solving challenges that Silicon Valley may not yet even be aware of. Educational opportunities. How local entrepreneurship addresses the UN SDGs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

MSMEs are the engine of economies in Africa, and powering existing small businesses and encouraging the formation of new MSMEs helps create the type of economic growth and social benefit that carries over to households by creating more opportunity and more jobs,” the company’s CEO and co-founder Manoj Sinha, told TechCrunch.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. . start to address and remove systemic barriers Black & Latinx community change-makers on the rise face.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The number of low-income students attending college is increasing: According to a 2016 report from the Pew Research Center , the total share of undergraduate college students who come from low-income families increased from 12% in 1996 to 20% in 2016. This is an enormous missed opportunity with dire consequences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

In 2016, with 10 to 15 volunteers a week, our team represented 30,000 refugee mothers and children, securing the release of 99.9% Finding people who view themselves as servant leaders of their community—whether it is a business, organization or segment of humanity—instead of focusing on their own narrow self-interests, lifts me up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

In practice, laws protect the LGBTQ community from being refused a job, getting fired or being harassed by colleagues over their sexual orientation. The annual report from SOShomophobie , a French national association that fights discrimination against the LGBTQ community, showed a 19.5 Show Support to the Community.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Detroit’s future is in the hands of young, dynamic doers who embrace the opportunity to achieve their personal goals and contribute to the greater good of the local community. Tincher’s story exemplifies the magic that occurs in a young person’s life when he or she is given the opportunity to blossom. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Hiine, who co-founded the startup with Hans Osnabrugge and Jorne Schamp in 2016, hopes to tap the payment platform to enable more people across the continent to make international calls through its app. The company said its internet calling app has connected 2.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Youth sports are an integral part of our communities, bringing families together and helping kids all over gain confidence and skills. Local sports organizers have an important role in the community to make sure that sports happens,” Litvack said. From 2016 to 2019, LeagueApps saw 275% revenue growth. It’s a lot.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Founded in 2016 by Anoshechkin, Joel van de Vorstenbosch and Boramy Unn, the Sydney and San Francisco-based startup started out as a virtual reality game developer creating A Township Tale , a VR open-world RPG in which every user has their own medieval fantasy virtual world that is shareable with other users, Anoshechkin said.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

To support the startup community, he mentors young entrepreneurs in deep tech and automotive and has helped two web3 companies grow from inception to 200m+ market caps. My journey into start-up ecosystems commenced with scouting bleeding edge technologies in the automotive industry back in 2016/2017.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

But former Google AI tech leader Tomas Vykruta is taking a different tack with EvolutionIQ , which works with insurers to analyze claimant data and third-party information to identify “high-opportunity” claims — specifically those involving bodily injury. ” Market opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

The fund’s investors include The Indiana Next Level Fund, 50 South Capital, Bank of America, Eli Lilly and Company, First Internet Bank and the Central Indiana Community Foundation. It’s working with another Indy based VC firm, Allos Ventures , and Paul Ehlinger from Allos will be a venture partner at Sixty8.

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