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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders. Resource is supported by a national coalition of funders committed to supporting entrepreneurs of color.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship. I asked them to treat me like a funder. Voices from the field. We have done work in more than twenty states at this point.

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Holberton raises $20M as it pivots to become an edtech SaaS company

TechCrunch

Today’s announcement comes after a messy 2020 for Holberton, and not only because the pandemic put a stop to in-person learning. Indeed, it doubled the number of schools in its system from nine to 18 in 2020. But on December 17, 2020, Holberton voluntarily surrendered its operating license in California.

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Participate in a Special Three-Part Conversation: Beyond the Peak - ACA 2020 Recap, Awards & Community vChats

Angel Capital Association

In response, ACA wanted to provide our members and strategic partners some valuable updates, as we re-group post Summit for 2020 Showcase Awards, reflect on the past year, and look forward to what is in store for the organization. 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET - Leaders in Action Recap and 2020 Showcase Awards. Mark Rostal, DAI.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. Investors and venture capital firms should prioritize funding startups founded by diverse funders, while also encouraging majority founders to diversify their teams in order to get better returns on investment.

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Venus Aerospace’s Hypersonic Global Transport Receives Airbus Ventures Funding

American Entrepreneurship

The convergence of technology, talent and funding now makes the vision of one-hour hypersonic global transport within reach—so say the co-founders of Venus Aerospace and its most recent funder Airbus Ventures. They assembled a team of top industry talent to develop and build cost-effective one-hour global transport.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

and abroad between February and September 2020. I would like to know how to best measure and track entrepreneurship and economic development in a non-traditional way. I would like to be able to collect better metrics on entrepreneurship trends that are happening across the U.S., Denisse Rodriguez. Mara Hardy. Ellen Bateman.