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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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I consulted and trained dozens of local economic developers on entrepreneurship ecosystem building efforts, developing a unique understanding of the stereotypes and challenges associated with rural economic development and entrepreneurship ecosystem building. In the e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems thought paper Why Entrepreneurship?

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund behind Moniepoint, Africa’s Fastest-Growing Fintech

American Entrepreneurship

Since its launch in 2019 over 10 million businesses and individuals have been served with access to seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools. With its latest funding round, Moniepoin t will accelerate its growth, introducing its One-Stop-Shop to customers across Africa. Moniepoint Inc.,

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Next Level Entrepreneurship: Investing in a New Generation of Startups

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In fact, the work he does outside of his original business helped him earn the 2019 EO Global Citizen of the Year. The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level. Are you a founder or start-up owner who is ready to advance to the next stage of growth?

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. MyEO DX attracts EO members who are looking to transform or reinvent their business strategies or overall engagement with entrepreneurship.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. They collaborated to produce the manifesto, reflecting the views of network members.

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CoreWeave’s IPO Marks a Milestone for New Jersey’s AI Ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

Founded in 2017 by former Wall Street traders Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee, CoreWeave began as a cryptocurrency mining operation before pivoting in 2019 to become a specialized provider of GPU-based cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The company raised $1.5

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The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education

TechCrunch

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders.