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4 Ways to Promote Team Collaboration and Inspire Innovation Within Your Startup

StartupNation

What do all startups that drive growth by embracing strategic thinking, inspiring creativity and supporting talent have in common? Team collaboration. Here are six ways to establish the foundation for collaboration and innovation within your startup: Establish a company mission. Embrace collaborative tools and technology.

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A closer look: Growth in 2020

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Planit , a creative agency based in Maryland, is one such organization. Planit initiated a deliberate growth push in 2019, acquiring several new clients just prior to the COVID shutdown. The company increased year-over-year revenue by 40+ percent. It’s even added four fulltime positions.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

The iSTEM program was designed to provide a platform for students who struggle in conventional learning environments yet exhibit exceptional creative and problem-solving abilities. Since launching iSTEM in 2019, weve seen remarkable success from a 95% retention rate to students raising over $5 million in capital, said Farvardin.

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The 4 best online whiteboards in 2025

The Zapier Blog

Office work has changed permanently since 2020, whether you're now fully remote, hybrid, or just having to collaborate more with your coworkers on conference calls. To that end, online whiteboards are a key tool when you need fast, easy, visual collaboration regardless of what city, country, or continent your colleagues are in.

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Best practices to building an inclusive business

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Some of the common best practices to keep in mind when building an inclusive workplace, according to Ideal , include fair treatment and equal access to opportunities; a focus on teamwork and collaboration; representation at all levels; diversity, equity and inclusion training, and education; and effective and consistent communication.

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Waterborne Wonder: Getting to Know Antonio Lennert

Entrepreneurs' Organization

After pursuing a degree in graphic design from Ontario College of Art & Design, Lennert launched and scaled a successful creative design agency, which he ran for over three years. “In my mind, I had basically said goodbye to surfing entirely.” The agency was an early foray into the entrepreneurial world—but one that took its toll. “I

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Out There Bets and Insider Games: The Social Barriers to Funding Big Ideas

This is going to be BIG.

In June of 2019, I got a cold e-mail with a single link: “My name is Braeden Kelekona and I’m the founder of Kelekona, a drone service for passengers and cargo. He was a creative director who had been experimenting with drones (and crashing them) for recording video footage who then got into repairing them. And then I disappeared.

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