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Leveraging Your Community and Networking Online

Smart Hustle Magazine

Rodney Sampson and Cate Luzio spoke at the Survive and Thrive Summit , hosted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media. This conversation focused on community building, networking and how to do it virtually. Luminary helps advance women in the workforce through community no matter their job, industry, schooling or background.

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Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform

TechCrunch

Financed by private investors, and media conglomerate Vivendi, the company declined to disclose its total capital raised to date. The platform, produced by Vivendi, includes documentaries, podcasts, articles and interviews between experts and known players in the chess community. Kasparovchess is significantly more expensive.

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NJEDA Hosts Diversity Finance Advisory Board Meeting, Convening Diverse Group of Entrepreneurs and Investors

American Entrepreneurship

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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The Importance of Local Media to Boost Startups in Rising Cities

Revolution

In recent weeks, several major media organizations, including Verizon (Huffington Post, Yahoo, AOL), Buzzfeed and Gannett, the owners of more than 120 local media organizations across the country, announced thousands of newsroom layoffs in an attempt to reduce costs. It’s the Gannett cuts that worry me the most.

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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. . We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. Board of Directors. CrunchBase (free). PWC MoneyTree (free).

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Docquity, a community for healthcare professionals, raises $44M Series C

TechCrunch

Roychowdhury told TechCrunch that after his father’s experience, he and his co-founders, Amit Vithal and Abhisek Wadhwa, wondered why “in today’s day of social media, it took a phone call to save someone’s life.” It says it is the largest community of healthcare professionals in Southeast Asia, with more than 350,000 doctors on board.

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Ben Franklin Announces Spring 2024 TechCelerator Finalists!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Out of a pool of 20 applicants, the following teams have been selected for the 2024 Spring program: Digital Evaluation Board, founded by Oren Gall (Centre County): OZG Systems’ Digital Evaluation Board (DEB) revolutionizes digital circuit design education by providing a portable, self-contained learning tool.