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Florida Ranks as the Best State to Start a Business in 2025, according to WalletHub Report

American Entrepreneurship

The number of small businesses in the state grew by nearly 16% between 2016 and 2022, the fourth-highest percentage in the country. The state saw a nearly 16% increase in the number of small businesses between 2016 and 2022, one of the highest growth rates in the nation. Beyond taxes, Floridas business growth is impressive.

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i2E & Plains Ventures Surpasses $100M Milestone in Total Investments

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Selexys Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Novartis for $665 million in October 2016. Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. was acquired by Genzyme Corp for $137.5 million in 2001. billion at its IPO in April 2021.The

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2016, I held roles at PwC and blackcircles.com. I had to teach myself business strategy, product development, and finance, all while bootstrapping my first fintech company. Things were progressing well—I had structure and stability and was on track to become a CFO at a young age.

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. By the time I founded Equifund in 2016, I was deeply familiar with the landscape and felt prepared to tackle the challenge. The problem I was solving was so clear to me.

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Ashna Mahepal to Young Entrepreneurs: Identify Your Source of Empowerment

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. In 2016, when she was selected as a YLAI Fellow, Ashna was able to further develop her ideas, and her YLAI Reverse Exchange became a great success that grew her confidence for undertaking international projects.

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4 Action steps to teach kids financial literacy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Since 2016, not one US state has added personal finance to its K-12 standards. Kids who spend and handle money on their own (with parental supervision) tend to be more self-confident about money once they are on their own and less anxious about their finances. Include your children when you make trips to the bank or ATM machine.

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Splice gets $55 million for its software bringing beats from bedrooms to bandstands

TechCrunch

Splice , the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. Steve Martocci at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2016. Image Credits: Getty Images.