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Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital

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As we foster the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems, it’s important to design them to level the playing field for women. In 2018, women started 1,821 net new businesses every day according to research by American Express, which also showed that black women are starting businesses at the fastest rate of any racial group.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

He started his first business aged 18 and received the New Zealand Angel Association’s Arch Angel award in 2018 as New Zealand’s top angel investor. If we’re able to get the education system to provide entrepreneurial mindset education at an early age, that will be a huge win for the manifesto.

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Cities Championing and Expanding Awareness of Entrepreneurship

Ecosystem Builder Hub

To increase public understanding of the role of entrepreneurship we need to educate our communities about its power and impact. We need educational and awareness campaigns that communicate the importance of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystem building as a means to building stronger, more resilient, and equitable economies.

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Alicia Robb Magnified the Movement to Drive Impact, Diversity, and Inclusion in Early-Stage Investing

Angel Capital Association

Kauffman supported the education and training part of the program. The depth and breadth of Alicia's impact on angel investing is nothing but amazing – she has expanded the knowledge base of investing as a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, as a prolific author, and as a global educator.

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How Mandela Day Can Be Used to Drive Self-Leadership and Positive Change in South Africa

Impact Hub

This was in 2018 and the same year the Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace was announced by the United Nations (UN). For South Africa, COVID-19 and the strict lockdown that resulted because of it has amplified the already existing disparities in race, creed, economic standing, and education. Zinhle Phakathi.

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Welcome, SourceLink Nebraska!

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From inception to implementation, ecosystem building can be a complex process, and it does not happen overnight. In 2018, the state of Nebraska released Blueprint Nebraska, a strategic plan aimed at identifying the state’s core economic development challenges to create pioneering solutions. Such was the case for SourceLink Nebraska.

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The challenges of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship — and resources to help

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Statistics like these illustrate the factors that may lower LGBTQ+ entrepreneurial visibility for aspiring business owners in the community and overall contribute to a cycle of disadvantage. Intersectionality and accessing capital in the LGBTQ+ entrepreneurial ecosystem. The future is inclusive entrepreneurship.