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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

” Fred Wilson seconded that opinion , citing that “We need more entrepreneurship, not less.” ” I’m all for more entrepreneurship, but I think it’s a slippery slope to tie together funding an increased number of companies with a better innovation landscape or even a better economic.

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Global Entrepreneurship Congress Aims to Fuel Healthier Ecosystems

Angel Capital Association

By: Linda Smith, ACA Chair Emeritus This November, the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN) Annual Meeting will participate as part of the global effort to unify people and ideas to rebuild our economies by empowering healthier entrepreneurship ecosystems around the world.

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ACA-Supported Startup Act to be Reintroduced to Congress this Week

Angel Capital Association

The act would correct language in the original Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that aims to reduce barriers faced by entrepreneurs and improve access to training and support services from our workforce development system. French Hill (R-AR), Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA).

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"Money is Local, Impact is Global" for Angel Investing

Onevest

Luni will be a panelist on Onevest’s upcoming webinar with the Angel Capital Association on Impact Investing on Wednesday, April 8th. This post was originally published on the blog of Michael “Luni” Libes. Read the original post here. Register Here. Luni is a 20+ year serial entrepreneur, (co)founder of six companies.

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Alicia Robb Magnified the Movement to Drive Impact, Diversity, and Inclusion in Early-Stage Investing

Angel Capital Association

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

Jackson Grant (2017) founded Clevver Cup and is now working as CUA’s Innovation Co-ordinator while finishing his studies. Rowena is at every single student entrepreneurship event you could possibly think of. You then need your risk capital and we’re seeing increasing amounts of risk capital available in Queensland.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

From Tobacco & manufacturing to entrepreneurship. In doing this work, there has been a significant amount of investment of both funds and time in moving entrepreneurship activities forward. One of my oft-used phrases is that there are no losers in entrepreneurship—anyone that tries to take it on has already won.