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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Too much of today’s economic growth comes from unsustainable models using limited resources.

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Mantra Health raises $22M to scale its digital mental health clinic for young adults

TechCrunch

Gaussen says he has a sibling who dropped out of college in 2016 due to mental health issues and saw firsthand how difficult it was to find an appropriate provider. From there, they can schedule an initial video consultation to discuss their symptoms and treatment options.

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Tiger Global, Blume back Indian startup bringing safety — and intelligence — to EVs

TechCrunch

Vecmocon, an abbreviation for vector motor control, is trying to solve all this using its core EV components and software that it sells to OEMs. IIT Kanpur alumnus Asati co-founded the startup with Shivam Wankhede and Adarshkumar B — alumni of IIT Delhi and Indian School of Business (ISB), respectively, in August 2016.

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How the Gig Economy is Transforming Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

The common thread linking all three experiences is that, chances are, you used an app that relies on workers in the gig economy. In 2016, a survey by the Freelancers Union found that 79 percent of freelancers believe that freelancing is better than having a traditional job. Final thoughts.

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Local Food Systems and Kitchen Incubators

EntreWorks Consulting

These efforts typically use agriculture and food development as tools to advance community economic development and to improve community health outcomes. This is the third such study, with previous releases in 2013 and 2016. Today, 600 such facilities are operating around the US, and 180 locations participated in this survey.

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The State of Crowdfunding, 2020

EntreWorks Consulting

There has been an outpouring of new programs to finance small businesses affected by COVID-19 (you can access a useful resource list here ). A new study , from Crowdfund Capital Advisors and the SBE Council, examines how the market has fared since new federal crowdfunding regulations went into effect in 2016.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost.

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