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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress. These resources can help you get started: IEDC’s Playbook for Equitable Economic Development.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Driven by his desire to inspire progress, Suhail started planning the FALAK Unreasonable Thinking Summit (UTS) in 2016. All of the costs of the event were covered by our sponsors, the main ones being TAMKEEN (The Bahrain Labour Fund) and the Bahrain Economic Development Board. Obviously, EO had an impact on me as well,” he says.

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Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

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Lori, in a statement, said it has helped thousands of shippers and carriers move over $10 billion worth of cargo across the continent since launching in 2016. “ Lori Systems is a great example of how technology can be scalable across Africa, and how, in turn, this can drive meaningful economic development.”.

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New Jersey announces $10M seed fund aimed at Black and Latinx founders

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The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan said based on research conducted by the state, that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to develop this type of fund. .” ” On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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Gregslist – The Strange Attractor

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It was 2016. Economic development organizations in each area use Gregslist when recruiting tech companies to come to their cities. Gregslist – The Unexpected Catalyst? After a long career as a successful entrepreneur, veteran software industry executive Greg Head started a project in Phoenix. ” They tread lightly.

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Local Food Systems and Kitchen Incubators

EntreWorks Consulting

Local food systems development has been a hot topic in community development circles for some time now. These efforts typically use agriculture and food development as tools to advance community economic development and to improve community health outcomes. An excellent new compendium, U.S.

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SoftBank sinks $200M into Andela, propels company into unicorn territory

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It also changes the economic development in the countries where they live.”. Meanwhile, in addition to expanding into 80 countries, Andela has thousands of developers using its platform and saw the number of applicants increase five times in the past six months.