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The Painful Experience That Inspired One Entrepreneur to Greatness

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Inspired by her “prison hustle,” Saichelle saw an opportunity in the laundry business. With the support of a friend who gifted her a van (she paid $1 for it) and a mentor in the dry cleaning business, she built a website and embarked on her entrepreneurial journey as founder of WashRoom Laundry. I’ve learned to carry my own bag.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. growth from 2020 to 2021. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts. Moreover, rumors of deeply unethical behavior at accelerators are starting to surface frequently.

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Outpost Raises $12.5 Million to Accelerate Growth, Targeting the Nationwide Truck Parking Shortage

American Entrepreneurship

million in Series A funding, led by GreenPoint Partners with support from Speedwagon Capital Partners, to accelerate expansion of its managed properties and technology platform. We see tremendous opportunity for Outpost in the years ahead and are excited to extend our investment and partnership.” 512-817-0747 Mark S.

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Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups

TechCrunch

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned.

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Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups

TechCrunch

The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. In June of 2021, the company raised $150 million at a $2.17 The B2B payments company raised $200 million at a unicorn valuation in 2021. Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola and Unilever join AB InBev’s sustainable supply chain accelerator

TechCrunch

A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support early-stage companies focused on making supply chains more sustainable. Applications for the latest cohort will be due by May 31, 2021.

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New funding helps CarmaCare accelerate its ‘healthcare-for-your-car’ service

TechCrunch

The company, founded in 2021 by Jonathan Palan, who previously founded AutoFi and was an executive at LendingClub and Kiavi, is now supported by $4.5 CarmaCare is currently direct-to-consumer, but Ahern said there are opportunities to pursue in B2B2C, and the company is in talks with companies and other partners.