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America's Small Business Development Center 2020 Virtual Conference

Smart Hustle Magazine

The year 2020 has shaken the entire world, including the small business world. Thankfully, we can find this network and more at America's Small Business Development Center virtual conference on September 29-30. In fact, your local SBDC provides no-cost business consulting and low-cost business training. Click To Tweet.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Expert Networks.

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Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences

TechCrunch

It certainly makes some bold claims, saying, “Quantori’s data engineering and data science platform for drug discovery and development aims to build a new data integration and high-performance computational environment for global and early-stage biopharma companies. Today’s investment came from Boston-based Flint Capital.

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Governor’s 2020-21 Budget Proposes $5 Million Increase for Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

24, 2020) — Gov. The initiative supports fledgling enterprises at their most vulnerable point — the early stages of commercialization and market development — and provides vital support services that clients cite as being key factors in their eventual success. Glenn, Ben Franklin’s Director of Statewide Initiatives.

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2 Dominant Small Business Trends for 2020

Smart Hustle Magazine

Two dominant small business trends for 2020 that Mailchimp sees, according to John Foreman. A former consultant who has embraced technology product development, John has spent a lot of time in that period talking to small businesses. Small Business Trends for 2020. John has been at Mailchimp for a while.

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How fintech and serial founders drove African pre-seed investing to new heights in 2020

TechCrunch

Typically, pre-seed rounds are raised when the startup is still in the product development phase, yet to make revenue or discover product-market fit. While most African pre-seed investments in 2020 went to fintech, there were exceptions, including Egyptian edtech startup Zedny, which raised $1.2

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Measure these 5 areas of your business for long-term success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Jeff Meade, the founder and CEO of MEADE , a management consulting firm. Every business owner wants it, especially after the economic roller coaster and reset of 2020. Hours of professional development spent per employee. So keep track of how many hours of professional development you give each team member.