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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

based production, inclusive sizing, and babywearing education that empowers every kind of parent. Skye Amundsen , Owner, hope&plum This Month’s Free Skills Training: From Determining Prices to Government Contracting Turning Layoff into Startup Opportunity I lost my company in 72 hours, and it made me a better entrepreneur.

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The Pershing Square Foundation Launches Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant

American Entrepreneurship

“Inspired by those who fought ovarian cancer, leaving behind learnings and legacies, we are empowered to approach a research manifold still thin in knowledge yet deep in shape and opportunity,” said Neri Oxman, PhD, Co-Trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation.

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Educate, Empower, Support: EO Women Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Way

Entrepreneurs' Organization

WEDO Canada’s mission is to educate, empower and support future women entrepreneurs by granting $1 million in scholarships to deserving female post-secondary students across Canada,” Milena said. “We We’ve helped our portfolio companies with introductions with potential customers, board members, key employees, and advisors.”

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The steps on how to get a job in 2025

Founder Bounty

CNBC reported that "Fields such as marketing, software development, data analytics and data science have far fewer opportunities now than they did before the pandemic, whilst industries such as health care, construction and manufacturing have seen consistent job growth. "

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Teach 'Em to Tinker

This is going to be BIG.

The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. It''s an especially relevant question for me as I''ve recently joined the board of the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering , one of two software focused high schools in NYC. Don''t get me wrong--I think software literacy is extremely important.

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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

They’re building campuses, districts, buildings, spaces, as well as running new educational efforts and contests—basically anything they can think of to foster the growth of new and innovative companies. This is exactly the wrong way to think about the economic opportunity presented by innovation.

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The Care and Feeding of Advisory Boards

Gust

And I don’t mean because they lend a credible name to an investor pitch: way too many entrepreneurs look at names on Advisory Board as just a way to expedite a raise. If that’s all you really expect of the Board, you’re cheating yourself as well as the investors before whom you dangled the names. Please do establish an Advisory Board.

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