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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Similarly we backed another great team out of MIT called GroveLabs that is building a company to allow you to grow fresh vegetables, herbs and some fruits in your kitchen with no pesticides, no transportation and greatly reduced water consumption.

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How a female entrepreneur gained Traction in a male-dominated industry

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I enlisted in the Hawaii Air National Guard right after graduating high school and served for 20 years as a Cyber Transport Systems Technician. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, IFSH was awarded the IREM Workplace Environment Award for exemplary practices in leadership development, employee engagement, corporate culture and wellness programs.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

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It become such a quick part of popular culture that Jim Carrey rode a Bird in an opening segment of the Jimmy Kimmel show (hilarious if you haven’t seen it). And there are cities like New York City who are desperately in need of new transportation solutions and are currently studying the best way to accommodate electric scooters.

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The 5 Types of Entrepreneurs You Need on Your Startup’s Team

StartupNation

We studied that very challenge while researching our new book, “The Entrepreneur’s Faces.” Below, we profile five of the 10 different types of entrepreneurs we discuss in our book, and why these are the key people you want on your side from the start. We found that new ventures require radically different talents and skills.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Founder Christina York created the tech to work as augmented reality for published books but quickly pivoted into health care when she found the technology could be readily used as pediatric patient distraction during medical procedures. It also just won the Digiday Worklife Award for Most Collaborative Culture. and the world.

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Daily Crunch: After slashing 2,800 jobs, Peloton taps former Spotify CFO to replace outgoing CEO

TechCrunch

Calendly : The explosive growth of meeting-booking service Calendly was bound to attract competition. Transit security is big business : Flush with a $50 million Series B, Shift5 is working to build transportation security. Fantastical v. Expect to see more related competitors in time.

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Uber’s New BHAG: UberPool

abovethecrowd.com

In their seminal 1994 book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies , Jim Collins and Jerry Poras coined the term BHAG (pronounced BEE-hag) — an acronym that stands for “ B ig H airy A udacious G oal.” Today, the company’s mission statement is “transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere for everyone.”